Project Gutenberg 2013-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 408 Pepper, John Henry 1821 1900 Pepper, J. H. (John Henry) Pepper, Professor (John Henry) 32032940 The Boy's Playbook of Science Including 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 The 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. Produced 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) "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.) Reading ease score: 46.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Science -- Juvenile literature Q Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - General Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Science - Physics Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry Category: How To ... 1245300 2025-06-17T05:00:29.764884 text/html 1188492 2024-10-23T13:33:50 text/html 4562862 2025-06-17T05:01:10.016697 application/epub+zip 4580226 2025-06-17T05:00:44.185784 application/epub+zip 498236 2025-06-17T05:00:33.775851 application/epub+zip 16086672 2025-06-17T05:01:22.555591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 15984142 2025-06-17T05:00:59.583718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 716279 2022-09-19T06:59:59.550183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1012248 2025-06-17T05:00:25.355902 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1011892 2024-11-27T22:12:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17191 2025-06-17T05:01:22.763605 application/rdf+xml 11189 2025-06-17T05:00:34.555825 image/jpeg 2810 2025-06-17T05:00:34.210819 image/jpeg 4509493 2025-06-17T05:00:30.858882 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia