A Catechism of Familiar Things

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Anonymous

Title

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.

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Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

LT: Education: Textbooks

Subject

Science -- Popular works

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Text

eBook-No.

16728

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16728

Release Date

September 20, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A CATECHISM OF FAMILIAR THINGS; — Their History, and the Events which Led to Their Discovery. — WITH A SHORT EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL
2. 2.NATURAL PHENOMENA. — FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. — Enlarged and Revised Edition. — New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis: — BENZIGER BROTHERS — PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE. — Copyright, 1881, by BENZIGER BROTHERS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.A CATECHISM OF FAMILIAR THINGS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — Dew, Water, Rain, Snow, Hail, Atmosphere, Wind, Lightning, Thunder, Electricity, Twilight, and the Aurora Borealis.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — Corn, Barley, Pearl Barley, Oats, Rye, Potatoes, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — Calico, Cotton, Cloth, Wool, Baize, Linen, Flax, Hemp, Diaper, Holland, Canvas, and Flannel.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — Cocoa, Toddy, Cherries, Bark, Cork, Cochineal, Cloves, Cinnamon, and Cassia.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — Bombazine, Crape, Camlet, Cambric, Lace, Silk, Velvet, and Mohair.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — Currants, Raisins, Figs, Rice, Sugar, Sugar Candy, &c., Sago, Millet, Ginger, Nutmeg, Mace, Pimento or Allspice, Pepper, and Cayenne Pepper.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — Glass, Mirrors, Earthenware, Porcelain, Needles, Pins, Paper, Printing, Parchment, and Vellum.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — Capers, Almonds, Oranges, Lemons, Citrons, Limes, Olives, Oils, Melons, Tamarinds, and Dates.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — Hats, Stockings, Shoes, Gloves, Leather, Furs, and Ink.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — Asbestus, Salt, Coal, Iron, Copper, Brass, Zinc, and Lapis Calaminaris.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — Yams, Mangoes, Bread-fruit, Shea or Butter Tree, Cow Tree, Water Tree, Licorice, Manna, Opium, Tobacco, and Gum.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — Spectacles, Mariner's Compass, Barometer, Thermometer, Watches, Clocks, Telescope, Microscope, Gunpowder, Steam Engine, and Electro-Magnetic Telegraph.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — Soap, Candles, Tallow Tree, Spermaceti, Wax, Mahogany, Indian Rubber or Caoutchouc, Sponge, Coral, Lime, Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Gas, Hydrogen, Chalk, and Marble.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — Gold, Silver, Lead, Tin, Platina, Sulphur, Gems or Precious Stones, as Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, Turquois, Pearls, Mother-or-Pearls, and Ivory.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — Starch, Arrow-Root, Tapioca, Isinglass, Caviare, the Vine, Wine, Gin, Rum, Brandy, Vinegar, Indigo, Gamboge, Logwood, Tar, Pitch, Camphor, Musk, Myrrh, Frankincense, and Turpentine.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — Bricks, Mortar, Granite, Slate, Limestone, or Calcareous Rocks, Steel, Earths, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — Architecture, Sculpture, Use of Money, Navigation .
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — Music, Painting, Poetry, Astronomy, Arts and Sciences, Art of Writing, and Chemistry.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — Attraction, Tides, Gravity, Artesian Wells, Air, Aneroid Barometer, Ear-Trumpet, Stethoscope, Audiphone, Telephone, Phonograph, Microphone, Megaphone, Tasimeter, Bathometer, Anemometer, Chronometer.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — Light, Lime Light, Magnesium Light, Electric Light, Rainbow, Prism, Spectrum, Colors, Photography, Camera Obscura, Stereoscope, Kaleidoscope.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — Electricity, Electric Currents, Electric Battery, Electrotyping, Stereotyping, Telegraph, Ocean Cable, Lightning Rod, The Gulf Stream, The Mt. Cenis Tunnel, The Suez Canal, Suspension Bridges, Eminent Americans.
27. 27.INDEX. — THE END.

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