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Every-day Science: Volume 6. The Conquest of Nature
Henry Smith Williams and Edward Huntington Williams
Science is the story of turning nature to human use. This volume follows that conquest, from the struggle for existence and the rise of civilization to the machines of wheels, pulleys, and transmitted power. Popular science told with sweep and clarity. See how knowledge tamed the forces of the natural world.
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109 chapters
- 1EVERY-DAY SCIENCE
- 2CONTENTS
- 3ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4THE CONQUEST OF NATURE
- 5I
- 6MAN AND NATURE
- 7THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
- 8SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION
- 9II
- 10HOW WORK IS DONE
- 11WHEELS AND PULLEYS
- 12OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMITTING POWER
- 13INCLINED PLANES AND DERRICKS
- 14FRICTION
- 15AVAILABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY
- 16III
- 17THE ANIMAL MACHINE
- 18THE TWO TYPES OF MUSCLES
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