PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

NAUTICAL. CHAPTER I.

NAUTICAL. CHAPTER II. THE OAR, THE PADDLE, AND THE SCREW.

NAUTICAL. CHAPTER III. SUBSIDIARY APPLIANCES. Part I.

NAUTICAL. CHAPTER IV. SUBSIDIARY APPLIANCES. Part II.

NAUTICAL. CHAPTER V. SUBSIDIARY APPLIANCES. Part III. The

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER I. THE PITFALL, THE CLUB, THE SWORD, THE SPEAR AND DAGGER.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER II. POISON, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE. PRINCIPLE OF THE BARB.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER III. PROJECTILE WEAPONS AND THE SHEATH.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER IV.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER V.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER VI. THE HOOK. DEFENSIVE ARMOUR. THE FORT.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER VII. SCALING INSTRUMENTS. DEFENCE OF FORT. IMITATION. THE FALL-TRAP.

WAR AND HUNTING. CHAPTER VIII. CONCEALMENT. DISGUISE. THE TRENCH. POWER OF GRAVITY. MISCELLANEA.

ARCHITECTURE. CHAPTER I.

ARCHITECTURE. CHAPTER II.

ARCHITECTURE. CHAPTER III.

ARCHITECTURE. CHAPTER IV.

TOOLS. CHAPTER I. THE DIGGING-STICK. SPADE. SHEARS AND

TOOLS. CHAPTER II. THE SAW AND ITS VARIETIES.

TOOLS. CHAPTER III. BORING TOOLS. STRIKING TOOLS. GRASPING TOOLS.

TOOLS. CHAPTER IV. POLISHING TOOLS. MEASURING TOOLS.

OPTICS. CHAPTER I. THE MISSIONS OF HISTORY. THE CAMERA

OPTICS. CHAPTER II. THE WATER TELESCOPE. IRIS OF THE

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER I. PRIMITIVE MAN AND HIS

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER II. CRUSHING INSTRUMENTS. THE

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER III. CLOTH-DRESSING. BRUSHES AND COMBS. BUTTONS, HOOKS AND EYES, AND CLASP.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER IV. THE STOPPER, OR CORK. THE FILTER.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER V. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SPRING. THE

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER VI. SPIRAL AND RINGED TISSUES. VARIOUS SPRINGS IN NATURE AND ART.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER VII. FOOD AND COMFORT.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER VIII. DOMESTIC COMFORT.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER IX. ARTIFICIAL WARMTH. RING AND STAPLE. THE FAN.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER X. WATER, AND MEANS OF PROCURING IT.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XI. AEROSTATICS. WEIGHT OF AIR. EXPANSION BY HEAT.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XII.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XIII. TELESCOPIC TUBES. DIRECT

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XIV.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XV.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XVI. TILLAGE. DRAINAGE. SPIRAL PRINCIPLE. CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.

USEFUL ARTS. CHAPTER XVII. OSCILLATION. UNITED STRENGTH. THE DOME.

ACOUSTICS. CHAPTER I. PERCUSSION. THE STRING AND REED. THE TRUMPET. EAR-TRUMPET. STETHOSCOPE.

INDEX.

NATURE’S TEACHINGS
HUMAN INVENTION
ANTICIPATED BY NATURE

BY THE LATE

REV. J. G. WOOD, M.A., F.L.S., Etc.

AUTHOR OF “HOMES WITHOUT HANDS,”
“MAN AND BEAST, HERE AND HEREAFTER,” ETC.


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