Popular Scientific RecreationsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation65 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPOPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC., ETC., ETC.PREFACE.Chapter I · —INTRODUCTORY.Chapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIChapter XIV · SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS.Chapter XV · ACOUSTICS.Chapter XVI · ACOUSTICS (Continued).Chapter XVIIChapter XVIII · ELECTRICITY.Chapter XIXChapter XX · GALVANISM.Chapter XXI · MAGNETISM.Chapter XXIIChapter XXIII · AERONAUTICS.Chapter XXIV · CHEMISTRY. INTRODUCTION.Chapter XXV · CHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LABORATORY.Chapter XXVIChapter XXVII · NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS.Chapter XXVIII · NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS (continued).Chapter XXIX · THE METALS.Chapter XXX · ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.Chapter XXXI · MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.Chapter XXXII · NEW LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES.Chapter XXXIII · ASTRONOMY.Chapter XXXIV · ANGLES AND MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES.Chapter XXXV · THE SOLAR SYSTEM.Chapter XXXVI · THE SUN.Chapter XXXVII · THE EARTH.Chapter XXXVIII · THE MOON.Chapter XXXIX · THE PLANETS AND ASTEROIDS.Chapter XL · THE FIXED STARS.Chapter XLI · THE STARS—(continued).Chapter XLII · NEW ASTRONOMICAL APPLIANCES.Chapter XLIII · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.—I. GEOLOGY.Chapter XLIVChapter XLVChapter XLVI · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.Chapter XLVII · THE SEA AND THE SKY.Chapter XLVIII · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. METEOROLOGY.Chapter XLIX · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. METEOROLOGY (continued).Chapter L · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. CLIMATOLOGY.Chapter LI · BIOLOGY. PART I. BOTANY.Chapter LII · FLOWERING PLANTS.Chapter LIII · FLOWERING PLANTS (continued).Chapter LIV · ZOOLOGY.Chapter LV · ECHINODERMATA—ANNULOSA—ENTOZOA—INSECTA.Chapter LVI · THE ANALYSIS OF CHANCE AND MATHEMATICAL GAMES.Chapter LVIIChapter LVIII · SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.Chapter LIX · SCIENCE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY.Chapter LX · SOME CURIOUS MODES OF TRANSIT.INDEX.FOOTNOTES:Beginning of this editionNext chapter →POPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC., ETC., ETC.All chapters and sections (65)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPOPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC., ETC., ETC.PREFACE.Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960Other sectionsINDEX.FOOTNOTES:FrontispiecePOPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC., ETC., ETC. →