THE STORY-BOOK OF SCIENCE

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

CHAPTER I THE SIX

CHAPTER II THE FAIRY TALE AND THE TRUE STORY

CHAPTER III THE BUILDING OF THE CITY

CHAPTER IV THE COWS

CHAPTER V THE SHEEPFOLD

CHAPTER VI THE WILY DERVISH

CHAPTER VII A NUMEROUS FAMILY

CHAPTER VIII THE OLD PEAR-TREE

CHAPTER IX THE AGE OF TREES

CHAPTER X THE LENGTH OF ANIMAL LIFE

CHAPTER XI THE KETTLE

CHAPTER XII METALS

CHAPTER XIII METAL PLATING

CHAPTER XIV GOLD AND IRON

CHAPTER XV THE FLEECE

CHAPTER XVI FLAX AND HEMP

CHAPTER XVII COTTON

CHAPTER XVIII PAPER

CHAPTER XIX THE BOOK

CHAPTER XX PRINTING

CHAPTER XXI BUTTERFLIES

CHAPTER XXII THE BIG EATERS

CHAPTER XXIII SILK

CHAPTER XXIV THE METAMORPHOSIS

CHAPTER XXV SPIDERS

CHAPTER XXVI THE EPEIRA’S BRIDGE

CHAPTER XXVII THE SPIDER’S WEB

CHAPTER XXVIII THE CHASE

CHAPTER XXIX VENOMOUS INSECTS

CHAPTER XXX VENOM

CHAPTER XXXI THE VIPER AND THE SCORPION

CHAPTER XXXII THE NETTLE

CHAPTER XXXIII PROCESSIONARY CATERPILLARS

CHAPTER XXXIV THE STORM

CHAPTER XXXV ELECTRICITY

CHAPTER XXXVI THE EXPERIMENT WITH THE CAT

CHAPTER XXXVII THE EXPERIMENT WITH PAPER

CHAPTER XXXVIII FRANKLIN AND DE ROMAS

CHAPTER XXXIX THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING-ROD

CHAPTER XL EFFECTS OF THE THUNDERBOLT

CHAPTER XLI CLOUDS

CHAPTER XLII THE VELOCITY OF SOUND

CHAPTER XLIII THE EXPERIMENT WITH THE BOTTLE OF COLD WATER

CHAPTER XLIV RAIN

CHAPTER XLV VOLCANOES

CHAPTER XLVI CATANIA

CHAPTER XLVII THE STORY OF PLINY

CHAPTER XLVIII THE BOILING POT

CHAPTER XLIX THE LOCOMOTIVE

CHAPTER L EMILE’S OBSERVATION

CHAPTER LI A JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD

CHAPTER LII THE EARTH

CHAPTER LIII THE ATMOSPHERE

CHAPTER LIV THE SUN

CHAPTER LV DAY AND NIGHT

CHAPTER LVI THE YEAR AND ITS SEASONS

CHAPTER LVII BELLADONNA BERRIES

CHAPTER LVIII POISONOUS PLANTS

CHAPTER LIX THE BLOSSOM

CHAPTER LX FRUIT

CHAPTER LXI POLLEN

CHAPTER LXII THE BUMBLE-BEE

CHAPTER LXIII MUSHROOMS

CHAPTER LXIV IN THE WOODS

CHAPTER LXV THE ORANGE-AGARIC

CHAPTER LXVI EARTHQUAKES

CHAPTER LXVII SHALL WE KILL THEM BOTH?

CHAPTER LXVIII THE THERMOMETER

CHAPTER LXIX THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE

CHAPTER LXX SHELLS

CHAPTER LXXI THE SPIRAL SNAIL

CHAPTER LXXII MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND PEARLS

CHAPTER LXXIII THE SEA

CHAPTER LXXIV WAVES SALT SEAWEEDS

CHAPTER LXXV RUNNING WATERS

CHAPTER LXXVI THE SWARM

CHAPTER LXXVII WAX

CHAPTER LXXVIII THE CELLS

CHAPTER LXXIX HONEY

CHAPTER LXXX THE QUEEN BEE