01828cam a22003133u 4500 40652 UtSlPG 20260610133929.0 m cr n 260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 Q Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897 A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2012 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_the_Scientific_Knowledge_of_Things_Familiar Release date is 2012-09-03 Produced by David Garcia, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar" by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer is a science book first published around 1840. Written in catechism style, it answers over 2,000 questions about everyday phenomena, from candles and chimneys to thunder and rainbows. The work proved remarkably popular, reaching 47 editions by 1905 and translations into multiple languages. Despite presenting itself as accurate science, the book subtly promotes religious ideas, including divine design, reflecting its author's perspective as an ordained priest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Science -- Juvenile literature https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40652 81491 81491