Popular Books On Natural Science
Published on 25. March 2013
149 pages
978-1-4566-1486-7 (ISBN)
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Natural philosophers have considered and investigated subjects that often appear to the unscientific man beyond the reach of human intelligence. Among these subjects may be reckoned the question, "How many pounds does the whole earth weigh?"
One would, indeed, believe that this is easy to answer. A person might assign almost any weight, and be perfectly certain that nobody would run after a scale, in order to examine, whether or not an ounce were wanting. Yet this question is by no means a joke, and the answer to it is by no means a guess; on the contrary, both are real scientific results. The question in itself is as important a one, as the answer, which we are able to give, is a correct one.
Knowing the size of our globe, one would think that there was no difficulty in determining its weight. To do this, it would be necessary only to make a little ball of earth that can be accurately weighed;...
One would, indeed, believe that this is easy to answer. A person might assign almost any weight, and be perfectly certain that nobody would run after a scale, in order to examine, whether or not an ounce were wanting. Yet this question is by no means a joke, and the answer to it is by no means a guess; on the contrary, both are real scientific results. The question in itself is as important a one, as the answer, which we are able to give, is a correct one.
Knowing the size of our globe, one would think that there was no difficulty in determining its weight. To do this, it would be necessary only to make a little ball of earth that can be accurately weighed;...
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- COVER IMAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PART I. THE WEIGHT OF THE EARTH.
- CHAPTER I. HOW MANY POUNDS THE WHOLE EARTH WEIGHS.
- CHAPTER II. THE ATTEMPT TO WEIGH THE EARTH.
- CHAPTER III. DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENT TO WEIGH THE EARTH.
- PART II. VELOCITY.
- CHAPTER I. VELOCITIES OF THE FORCES OF NATURE.
- CHAPTER II. HOW CAN THE VELOCITY OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT BE ASCERTAINED.
- PART III. NUTRITION.
- CHAPTER I. NOTHING BUT MILK.
- CHAPTER II. MAN THE TRANSFORMED FOOD.
- CHAPTER III. WHAT STRANGE FOOD WE EAT.
- CHAPTER IV. HOW NATURE PREPARES OUR FOOD.
- CHAPTER V. WHAT BECOMES OF THE MOTHER'S MILK AFTER IT HAS ENTERED THE BODY OF THE CHILD?
- CHAPTER VI. HOW THE BLOOD BECOMES THE VITAL PART OF THE BODY.
- CHAPTER VII. CIRCULATION OF MATTER.
- CHAPTER VIII. FOOD.
- CHAPTER IX. ABOUT NOURISHMENT.
- PART IV. LIGHT AND DISTANCE.
- CHAPTER I. SOMETHING ABOUT ILLUMINATION.
- CHAPTER II. ILLUMINATION OF THE PLANETS BY THE SUN.
- PART V. THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY.
- CHAPTER I. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER II. MAIN SUPPORT OF LEVERRIER'S DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER III. THE GREAT DISCOVERY.
- PART VI. METEOROLOGY
- CHAPTER I. SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER.
- CHAPTER II. OF THE WEATHER IN SUMMER AND WINTER.
- CHAPTER III. THE CURRENTS OF AIR AND THE WEATHER.
- CHAPTER IV. THE FIRM RULES OF METEOROLOGY.
- CHAPTER V. AIR AND WATER IN THEIR RELATIONS TO WEATHER.
- CHAPTER VI. FOG, CLOUDS, RAIN, AND SNOW.
- CHAPTER VII. HOW HEAT IN THE AIR BECOMES LATENT, AND HOW IT GETS FREE AGAIN.
- CHAPTER VIII. LATENT HEAT PRODUCES COLD
- FREE HEAT, WARMTH.
- CHAPTER IX. RULES ABOUT THE WEATHER, AND DISTURBANCES OF THE SAME.
- CHAPTER X. THE CHANGEABLENESS OF THE WEATHER WITH REGARD TO OUR GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION.
- CHAPTER XI. ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY AND POSSIBILITY OF DETERMINING THE WEATHER.
- CHAPTER XII. THE FALSE WEATHER-PROPHETS.
- CHAPTER XIII. HAS THE MOON INFLUENCE UPON THE WEATHER?
- PART VII. OUR ARTICLES OF FOOD.
- CHAPTER I. THE RAPID RENEWAL OF THE BLOOD IS AN ADVANTAGE.
- CHAPTER II. DIGESTION.
- CHAPTER III. COFFEE.
- CHAPTER IV. COFFEE AS A MEDICINE.
- CHAPTER V. USEFULNESS AND HURTFULNESS OF COFFEE.
- CHAPTER VI. BREAKFAST.
- CHAPTER VII. LIQUOR.
- CHAPTER VIII. INJURIOUSNESS OF DRINKING LIQUOR.
- CHAPTER IX. THE POOR AND THE LIQUOR.
- CHAPTER X. THE CONSEQUENCES OF INTEMPERANCE AND ITS PREVENTION.
- CHAPTER XI. DINNER.
- CHAPTER XII. NECESSITY FOR VARIETY IN FOOD.
- CHAPTER XIII. BROTH.
- CHAPTER XIV. WHAT IS BEST TO BE PUT INTO SOUP?
- CHAPTER XV. LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES.
- CHAPTER XVI. MEAT AND VEGETABLES.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE NAP AFTER DINNER.
- CHAPTER XVIII. WATER AND BEER.
- CHAPTER XIX. SUPPER.
