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Nature, Gardens & Animals

Popular Scientific Recreations

Gaston Tissandier

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Science meant to be played with, not just studied. Tissandier's beloved compendium is packed with experiments, tricks, and marvels drawn from physics, chemistry, and natural history, chapter after chapter of hands-on wonder. A Victorian family favorite that turned parlors into laboratories. Roll up your sleeves and rediscover the delight of finding things out yourself.

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66 chapters

  1. 1POPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC., ETC., ETC.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTORY.
  5. 5CHAPTER II.
  6. 6CHAPTER III.
  7. 7CHAPTER IV.
  8. 8CHAPTER V.
  9. 9CHAPTER VI.
  10. 10CHAPTER VII.
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII.
  12. 12CHAPTER IX.
  13. 13CHAPTER X.
  14. 14CHAPTER XI.
  15. 15CHAPTER XII.
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII.
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV. SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS.
  18. 18CHAPTER XV ACOUSTICS.

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