01828cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000400011224500590015226400510021130000470026233600260030933700260033533800360036150001210039750000310051850802280054952005970077753400450137465300350141985600430145499900170149740652UtSlPG20260610133929.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aQ1 aBrewer, Ebenezer Cobham,d1810-189712aA Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_the_Scientific_Knowledge_of_Things_Familiar  aRelease date is 2012-09-03  aProduced 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"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience -- Juvenile literature40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40652  c81491d81491