The Boy's Playbook of Science
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The Boy's Playbook of Science

Experiments in Chemistry and Natural Philosophy

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eBook - ePub

The Boy's Playbook of Science

Experiments in Chemistry and Natural Philosophy

About this book

Chemistry, heat, light, electricity and mechanics taught by experiment, with hundreds of figures and the apparatus assumed to be homemade. John Henry Pepper ran the Royal Polytechnic and made famous the stage illusion still called Pepper's Ghost. He writes as a showman who is also a teacher, and the experiments are chosen because they can be seen from the back of a room. Its 303 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9785486249006
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. The Boy’s Playbook of Science
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter I. The Properties of Matter—Impenetrability
  6. Inertia, or Passiveness
  7. Gravitation
  8. Chapter II. Centrifugal Force
  9. Chapter III. The Science of Astronomy
  10. Chapter IV. Centre of Gravity
  11. Chapter V. Specific Gravity
  12. Chapter VI. Attraction of Cohesion
  13. Chapter VII. Adhesive Attraction
  14. Chapter VIII. Capillary Attraction
  15. Chapter IX. Crystallization
  16. Chapter X. Chemistry
  17. Chemical Affinity
  18. Chemical Experiments
  19. Experiments with Oxygen Gas
  20. Second Experiment
  21. Third Experiment
  22. Fourth Experiment
  23. Fifth Experiment
  24. Sixth Experiment
  25. Seventh Experiment
  26. Ninth Experiment
  27. Tenth Experiment
  28. Eleventh Experiment
  29. Twelfth Experiment
  30. Thirteenth Experiment. The Bude Light
  31. Fourteenth Experiment. A Red Light
  32. Fifteenth Experiment. A Green Light
  33. Sixteenth Experiment. A Yellow Light
  34. Seventeenth Experiment. The Oxy-Calcium Light
  35. Eighteenth Experiment
  36. Nineteenth Experiment
  37. Twentieth Experiment
  38. Twenty-First Experiment. The Allotropic Condition of Oxygen Gas
  39. Ozone
  40. Nitrogen, or Azote
  41. First Experiment
  42. Second Experiment
  43. Third Experiment
  44. Fourth Experiment
  45. Hydrogen
  46. First Experiment
  47. Second Experiment
  48. Third Experiment
  49. Fourth Experiment
  50. Fifth Experiment
  51. Sixth Experiment
  52. Seventh Experiment
  53. Eighth Experiment
  54. Ninth Experiment
  55. Tenth Experiment
  56. Eleventh Experiment
  57. Twelfth Experiment
  58. Thirteenth Experiment
  59. Fourteenth Experiment
  60. Fifteenth Experiment
  61. Sixteenth Experiment
  62. Seventeenth Experiment
  63. Eighteenth Experiment
  64. Chapter XI. Chlorine, Iodine, Bromine, Fluorine
  65. First Experiment
  66. Second Experiment
  67. Third Experiment
  68. Fourth Experiment
  69. Fifth Experiment
  70. Sixth Experiment
  71. Seventh Experiment
  72. Eighth Experiment
  73. Ninth Experiment
  74. Tenth Experiment
  75. Eleventh Experiment
  76. Twelfth Experiment
  77. Iodine
  78. First Experiment
  79. Second Experiment. Third Experiment
  80. The Art of Photography
  81. First Experiment
  82. Second Experiment
  83. Third Experiment
  84. Fourth Experiment. The Wax-Paper Process
  85. Fifth Experiment. Albumen on Glass Process
  86. Sixth Experiment. The Collodion on Glass Process
  87. Bromine
  88. First Experiment
  89. Second Experiment
  90. Third Experiment
  91. Fourth Experiment
  92. Fifth Experiment
  93. Fluorine
  94. Chapter XII. Carbon, Boron, Silicon, Selenium, Sulphur, Phosphorus
  95. Carbon. Symbol, C; Combining Proportion, 6.
  96. First Experiment
  97. Second Experiment
  98. Third Experiment
  99. Fourth Experiment
  100. Fifth Experiment
  101. Sixth Experiment
  102. Seventh Experiment
  103. Eighth Experiment
  104. Ninth Experiment
  105. Tenth Experiment
  106. Eleventh Experiment
  107. Twelfth Experiment
  108. Thirteenth Experiment
  109. Boron
  110. Silicon
  111. Sulphur
  112. First Experiment
  113. Second Experiment
  114. Third Experiment
  115. Fourth Experiment
  116. Fifth Experiment. Sixth Experiment
  117. Selenium
  118. Phosphorus
  119. First Experiment
  120. Second Experiment
  121. Third Experiment
  122. Fourth Experiment
  123. Fifth Experiment
  124. Sixth Experiment
  125. Seventh Experiment
  126. Eighth Experiment
  127. Ninth Experiment
  128. Tenth Experiment
  129. Eleventh Experiment
  130. Chapter XIII. Frictional Electricity
  131. First Experiment
  132. Second Experiment
  133. Third Experiment
  134. Fourth Experiment
  135. Fifth Experiment
  136. Sixth Experiment
  137. Seventh Experiment
  138. Eighth Experiment
  139. Ninth Experiment
  140. Tenth Experiment
  141. Eleventh Experiment
  142. Twelfth Experiment
  143. Thirteenth Experiment
  144. Fourteenth Experiment
  145. Fifteenth Experiment
  146. Sixteenth Experiment
  147. Seventeenth Experiment
  148. Eighteenth Experiment
  149. Nineteenth Experiment
  150. Twentieth Experiment
  151. Twenty-First Experiment
  152. Twenty-Second Experiment
  153. Twenty-Third Experiment
  154. Twenty-Fourth Experiment
  155. Twenty-Fifth Experiment
  156. Twenty-Sixth Experiment
  157. Twenty-Seventh Experiment
  158. Twenty-Eighth Experiment
  159. Twenty-Ninth Experiment
  160. Thirtieth Experiment
  161. Thirty-First Experiment
  162. Thirty-Second Experiment
  163. Thirty-Third Experiment
  164. Thirty-Fourth Experiment
  165. Thirty-Fifth Experiment
  166. Thirty-Sixth Experiment. Thirty-Seventh Experiment
  167. Thirty-Eighth Experiment
  168. Chapter XIV. Voltaic Electricity
  169. First Experiment
  170. Second Experiment
  171. Third Experiment
  172. Fourth Experiment
  173. Fifth Experiment
  174. Sixth Experiment
  175. Seventh Experiment
  176. Eighth Experiment
  177. Ninth Experiment
  178. Tenth Experiment
  179. Eleventh Experiment
  180. Twelfth Experiment
  181. Thirteenth Experiment
  182. Fourteenth Experiment
  183. Fifteenth Experiment
  184. Sixteenth Experiment
  185. Seventeenth Experiment
  186. Eighteenth Experiment
  187. Chapter XV. Magnetism and Electro-Magnetism
  188. Second Experiment
  189. Third Experiment
  190. Fourth Experiment
  191. Fifth Experiment
  192. Sixth Experiment
  193. Seventh Experiment
  194. Chapter XVI. Electro-Magnetic Machines
  195. Chapter XVII. The Electric Telegraph
  196. The Battery
  197. The Conducting Wires
  198. The Instruments to Be Worked—The Bell and the Telegraph
  199. Cooke and Wheatstone’s Double Needle Telegraph
  200. The Frame
  201. The Coil
  202. The Needle
  203. The Reverser
  204. Chapter XVIII. Ruhmkorff’s, Hearder’s, and Bentley’s Coil Apparatus
  205. First Experiment
  206. Second Experiment
  207. Third Experiment
  208. Fourth Experiment
  209. Fifth Experiment
  210. Sixth Experiment
  211. Seventh Experiment
  212. Eighth Experiment
  213. Ninth Experiment
  214. Tenth Experiment
  215. Eleventh Experiment
  216. Twelfth Experiment
  217. Thirteenth Experiment
  218. Chapter XIX. Magneto-Electricity
  219. Magneto-Electricity
  220. First Experiment
  221. Second Experiment
  222. Third Experiment
  223. Fourth Experiment
  224. Chapter XX. Dia-Magnetism
  225. The Dia-Magnetic;
  226. Chapter XXI. Light, Optics, and Optical Instruments
  227. The Magic Mirror
  228. The Kaleidoscope
  229. Chapter XXII. The Refraction of Light
  230. Chapter XXIII. Refracting Optical Instruments. I. The Magic Lantern
  231. II. The Dissolving Views
  232. III. The Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope
  233. IV. The Physioscope
  234. V. The Camera Obscura
  235. VI. The Decomposition of Light—“Its Analysis and Synthesis.”
  236. VII. Duration of the Impression of Light
  237. VIII. The Phenakistiscope
  238. IX. The Thaumatrope
  239. X. The Kalotrope
  240. XI. The Photodrome
  241. XII. The Kaleidoscopic Colour-Top
  242. XIII. Simple Microscopes and Telescopes
  243. XIV. The Stereoscope
  244. XV. The Stereomonoscope
  245. XVI. The Stereomoscope
  246. XVII. The Pseudoscope
  247. Chapter XXIV. The Absorption of Light
  248. Chapter XXV. The Inflection or Diffraction of Light
  249. Chapter XXVI. The Polarization of Light
  250. Polarization by Reflection, and by Single Refraction
  251. Polarization by Double Refraction
  252. Polarization by the Tourmaline
  253. Splendid Chromatic effects produced by Polarized Light
  254. Chapter XXVII. Heat
  255. Sensible Heat
  256. Conduction of Heat
  257. The Radiation of Heat
  258. Chapter XXVIII. The Steam-Engine
  259. Heat the Cause of Vapour
  260. Chapter XXIX. The Steam-Engine—Continued
  261. About the Author

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