JOHN HENRY PEPPER,
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
BOY'S PLAYBOOK OF SCIENCE. CHAPTER I. THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER IMPENETRABILITY.
CHAPTER II. CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.
CHAPTER III. THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY.
CHAPTER IV. CENTRE OF GRAVITY.
CHAPTER V. SPECIFIC GRAVITY.
CHAPTER VI. ATTRACTION OF COHESION.
CHAPTER VII. ADHESIVE ATTRACTION.
CHAPTER VIII. CAPILLARY ATTRACTION.
CHAPTER IX. CRYSTALLIZATION. Fig. 86. Fig. 86.
CHAPTER X. CHEMISTRY. Fig 92 Fig 92
CHAPTER XI. CHLORINE, IODINE, BROMINE, FLUORINE.
CHAPTER XII. CARBON, BORON, SILICON, SELENIUM, SULPHUR, PHOSPHORUS.
CHAPTER XIII. FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY. Fig. 159. Fig. 159.
CHAPTER XIV. VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY.
CHAPTER XV. MAGNETISM AND ELECTRO-MAGNETISM.
CHAPTER XVI. ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MACHINES.
CHAPTER XVII. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
CHAPTER XVIII. RUHMKORFF'S, HEARDER'S, AND BENTLEY'S COIL APPARATUS.
CHAPTER XIX. MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY.
CHAPTER XX. DIA-MAGNETISM.
CHAPTER XXI. LIGHT, OPTICS, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS. Fig. 246. Fig. 246.
CHAPTER XXII. THE REFRACTION OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXIII. REFRACTING OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS. I. The Magic Lantern.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXV. THE INFLECTION OR DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVII. HEAT. James Watt
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STEAM-ENGINE. Fig. 381. Fig. 381.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE STEAM-ENGINE continued . Fig, 391. Fig, 391.
INCLUDING THE
Various Manipulations and Arrangements
OF
CHEMICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS REQUIRED FOR THE SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.
IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE ELEMENTARY BRANCHES OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
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