Wonders of physical science (Registro nro. 119277)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
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| Classification number | QC |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fournier d'Albe, E. E. |
| Fuller form of name | (Edmund Edward), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1868-1933 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Wonders of physical science |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Readable books in natural knowledge |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-04-27 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Archimedes -- The wise men of Alexandria -- Arabian days -- Dr. Gilbert of Colchester -- Galileo -- The barometer -- The air-pump -- The inventor of the steam-engine -- Electric sparks -- The electric current -- The electric telegraph -- The telephone -- Electric light -- Michael Faraday -- Telegraphing without wires -- The new rays -- Air-ships and flying machines. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Laura Natal (Images generously made available by Google Books.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Wonders of physical science" by E. E. Fournier d'Albe is a popular science survey written in the early 20th century. It offers an engaging, historically framed tour of key ideas and instruments in physics, showing how observation, experiment, and ingenuity shaped everyday technologies. Aimed at curious readers and students, it blends vivid biography with clear explanations to inspire interest in scientific thinking and its human story.<br/><br/>The opening of the volume lays out the series’ purpose—readable, inspiring science for schools and general readers—then begins a lively historical arc. It sketches Archimedes’ lever, screw, and buoyancy principle (via the golden crown), his war machines, and his death at Syracuse. It next highlights Alexandria’s lighthouse, library, and scholars: Aristarchus gauging sun–moon distances, Eratosthenes measuring Earth’s size, and Heron’s devices (early steam toy, water clocks, surveying level). The narrative shifts to the Arab world’s chemistry and optics, centering on Alhazen’s straight-line light, reflection and refraction studies, the moon-size illusion, and the concept of specific gravity. Turning to early modern Europe, it celebrates Gilbert’s experimental method and his case for Earth as a magnet, then Galileo’s experiments on falling bodies and pendulums, invention of the telescope, and celestial discoveries despite opposition. Foundational fluid and air studies follow: Torricelli’s mercury barometer and Pascal’s mountain test, then Guericke’s vacuum feats and Boyle’s “spring of the air,” showing sound fails in a vacuum. It concludes this opening stretch with Denis Papin’s improvements to the air-pump, practical pumping schemes, diving apparatus, centrifugal pump, and the pressure “digester,” setting the stage for the steam engine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Physics -- Juvenile literature |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Readable books in natural knowledge |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Wonders_of_Physical_Science/f5NFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en">https://www.google.com/books/edition/Wonders_of_Physical_Science/f5NFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78559">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78559</a> |
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