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Popular Scientific Recreations

by Gaston Tissandier

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Author
Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899
Title
Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
Q: Science
Subject
Scientific recreations
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 52709
Release Date
August 2, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.POPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC., ETC., ETC.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTORY.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV ACOUSTICS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. ACOUSTICS ( Continued ).
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII ELECTRICITY .
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. GALVANISM.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. MAGNETISM.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. AERONAUTICS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. CHEMISTRY. INTRODUCTION.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS .
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS ( continued ).
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. THE METALS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. NEW LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. ASTRONOMY.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. ANGLES AND MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI THE SUN.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE EARTH.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE MOON.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PLANETS AND ASTEROIDS.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XL. THE FIXED STARS.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLI. THE STARS—( continued ).
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLII. NEW ASTRONOMICAL APPLIANCES.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.—I. GEOLOGY.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLV.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII. THE SEA AND THE SKY.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. METEOROLOGY.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLIX. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. METEOROLOGY ( continued ).
  53. 53.CHAPTER L. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. CLIMATOLOGY.
  54. 54.CHAPTER LI. BIOLOGY. PART I. BOTANY.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LII. FLOWERING PLANTS.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LIII. FLOWERING PLANTS ( continued ).
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIV. ZOOLOGY.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LV. ECHINODERMATA—ANNULOSA—ENTOZOA—INSECTA.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LVI. THE ANALYSIS OF CHANCE AND MATHEMATICAL GAMES.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVII.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVIII. SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LIX. SCIENCE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LX. SOME CURIOUS MODES OF TRANSIT.
  64. 64.INDEX.
  65. 65.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes

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