The wonders of science
- Subtitle
- Or, young Humphry Davy (the Cornish apothecary's boy, who taught himself natural philosophy, and eventually became President of the Royal Society)
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1. Front matter2. A WORD OR TWO BY WAY OF EXPLANATION AND DEDICATION TO MICHAEL FARADAY.3. CHAPTER I. THE WIDOWED AND THE FATHERLESS.4. CHAPTER II. YOUNG HUMPHRY’S RESOLVES.5. CHAPTER III. HUMPHRY AND HIS MOTHER.6. CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST DRINK AT THE WELL.7. CHAPTER V. THE FIRST GLIMMER OF THE SAFETY-LAMP.8. CHAPTER VI. THE WONDERS OF HEAT: ITS SOURCES.9. CHAPTER VII. THE WONDERFUL DIFFUSION OF HEAT.10. CHAPTER VIII. THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF HEAT.11. CHAPTER IX. THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF HEAT—(continued).12. CHAPTER X. THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF HEAT—(concluded).13. CHAPTER XI. HUMPHRY AND HIS “WONDERFUL LAMP.”14. CHAPTER XII. HUMPHRY PRACTISES AS A SURGEON—ON HIMSELF.15. CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST SUN-PICTURES.16. CHAPTER XIV. THE WONDERS OF THE REFRACTION OF LIGHT.17. CHAPTER XV. THE WONDERS OF THE REFRACTION OF LIGHT (continued).18. CHAPTER XVI. THE WONDERS OF THE REFLEXION OF LIGHT.19. CHAPTER XVII. THE WONDERS OF COLOUR AND PHOTOGRAPHY.20. CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUSION.21. INDEX.22. BOOKS BY THE ABBOTTS.