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100 1 _aPepper, John Henry,
_d1821-1900
245 1 4 _aThe Boy's Playbook of Science :
_bIncluding the Various Manipulations and Arrangements of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus Required for the Successful Performance of Scientific Experiments in Illustration of the Elementary Branches of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-01-13
505 0 _aThe properties of matter: impenetrability -- Centrifugal force -- The science of astronomy -- Centre of gravity -- Specific gravity -- Attraction of cohesion -- Adhesive attraction -- Capillary attraction -- Crystallization -- Chemistry -- Chlorine, iodine, bromine, fluorine -- Carbon, boron, silicon, selenium, sulphur, phosphorus -- Frictional electricity -- Voltaic electricity -- Magnetism and electro-magnetism -- Electro-magnetic machines -- The electric telegraph -- Ruhmkorff's, Hearder's, and Bentley's coil apparatus -- Magneto-electricity -- Dia-magnetism -- Light, optics, and optical instruments -- The refraction of light -- Refracting optical instruments -- The absorption of light -- The inflection or diffraction of light -- The polarization of light -- Heat -- The steam-engine.
508 _aProduced by Neville Allen, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Boy's Playbook of Science" by John Henry Pepper is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a guide for young readers, providing a series of practical experiments designed to illustrate the fundamental principles of chemistry and natural philosophy. At the start of this work, the author outlines his inspiration for creating this playbook, referencing the joy and curiosity of young students who expressed a desire to understand the experiments they witnessed in lectures. He emphasizes the importance of scientific knowledge for personal growth and later success, while highlighting the book's overall aim to make scientific concepts accessible and engaging to young minds. The introduction sets the stage for a series of well-structured experiments that encourage critical thinking and hands-on learning, beginning with the properties of matter and various states of physical phenomena. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience -- Juvenile literature
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41839
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