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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Every-day Science: Volume 6. The Conquest of Nature
Henry Smith Williams and Edward Huntington Williams
319 pages~6 hr 22 min read109 chapters$4.99
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.
Every copy includes a printable PDF edition, a beautifully typeset book you can print, mark up in the margins, and keep on your shelf. Yours the moment you own it.
Inside this book
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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