Science in Short Chapters. W. Mattieu Williams

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       W. Mattieu Williams

      Science in Short Chapters

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664648372

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       SCIENCE IN SHORT CHAPTERS.

       THE FUEL OF THE SUN.

       DR SIEMENS’ THEORY OF THE SUN.

       ANOTHER WORLD DOWN HERE.

       THE ORIGIN OF LUNAR VOLCANOES.

       NOTE ON THE DIRECT EFFECT OF SUN-SPOTS ON TERRESTRIAL CLIMATES.

       THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE RADIOMETER AND ITS COSMICAL REVELATIONS.

       ON THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF PARAFFIN.

       THE SOLIDITY OF THE EARTH.

       A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

       THE FORMATION OF COAL.

       THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1871.

       The First Telegrams.

       Further Details by Post.

       METEORIC ASTRONOMY.

       THE “GREAT ICE AGE” AND THE ORIGIN OF THE “TILL.”

       THE BAROMETER AND THE WEATHER.

       On Winds and Currents, from the Admiralty Physical Atlas.

       THE CHEMISTRY OF BOG RECLAMATION.

       AERIAL EXPLORATION OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

       The Anglo-American Arctic Expedition.

       Mr. Walter Powell.

       THE LIMITS OF OUR COAL SUPPLY. 23

       “THE ENGLISHMAN’S FIRESIDE.”

       “BAILY’S BEADS.”

       TO THE EDITOR OF THE Times .

       THE COLORING OF GREEN TEA.

       “IRON FILINGS” IN TEA.

       CONCERT-ROOM ACOUSTICS.

       SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALISM.

       MATHEMATICAL FICTIONS.

       (British Association , 1871.)

       WORLD-SMASHING.

       THE DYING TREES IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.

       THE OLEAGINOUS PRODUCTS OF THAMES MUD: WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHERE THEY GO.

       LUMINOUS PAINT.

       THE ORIGIN AND PROBABLE DURATION OF PETROLEUM.

       THE ORIGIN OF SOAP.

       OILING THE WAVES.

       ON THE SO-CALLED “CRATER NECKS” AND “VOLCANIC BOMBS” OF IRELAND. A Paper Read at the Geologists’ Association, December 6, 1878.

       TRAVERTINE.

       THE ACTION OF FROST IN WATER-PIPES AND ON BUILDING MATERIALS.

       THE CORROSION OF BUILDING STONES.

       FIRE-CLAY AND ANTHRACITE.

       COUNT RUMFORD’S COOKING-STOVES.

       THE “CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.”

       THE AIR OF STOVE-HEATED ROOMS.

       VENTILATION BY OPEN FIREPLACES.

       DOMESTIC VENTILATION. A Lesson from the Coal-Pits.