Everyday Mysteries: Secrets of Science in the HomeMacmillan, 1923 - 198 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 28
Página 5
... bottom by condensed steam from the flame . When a chemical element , iron , for instance , takes on oxygen , we say it is oxidized . So water is the oxide of hydrogen . It is combined in the proportion one atom of oxygen to two atoms of ...
... bottom by condensed steam from the flame . When a chemical element , iron , for instance , takes on oxygen , we say it is oxidized . So water is the oxide of hydrogen . It is combined in the proportion one atom of oxygen to two atoms of ...
Página 12
... bottom in winter , and in cold climates would never thaw in summer , excepting for a little depth on the top of the ice . Fresh water could not support fish life in that case . Liquid water furnishes another standard for meas- urements ...
... bottom in winter , and in cold climates would never thaw in summer , excepting for a little depth on the top of the ice . Fresh water could not support fish life in that case . Liquid water furnishes another standard for meas- urements ...
Página 25
... bottom of the pipe where the down spout led into the main sewer pipe , and so had formed a little dam which caught the floating obstructions and at length closed up the channel . The plumber worked manfully with his helper again . They ...
... bottom of the pipe where the down spout led into the main sewer pipe , and so had formed a little dam which caught the floating obstructions and at length closed up the channel . The plumber worked manfully with his helper again . They ...
Página 27
... bottom of the oak stick . He then adjusted the loop , which stuck out below the lower end , in such a way that it would most easily slide over the obstructing stick of wood which he was about to remove . Then he went up to Mrs. Tech ...
... bottom of the oak stick . He then adjusted the loop , which stuck out below the lower end , in such a way that it would most easily slide over the obstructing stick of wood which he was about to remove . Then he went up to Mrs. Tech ...
Página 52
... bottom it lightened the bucket next above on the side of the wheel whose weight and lever- age had hitherto prevented the cord from unwinding , and so the wheel would gradually roll downward . The water clock could keep the time all day ...
... bottom it lightened the bucket next above on the side of the wheel whose weight and lever- age had hitherto prevented the cord from unwinding , and so the wheel would gradually roll downward . The water clock could keep the time all day ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Arab Arica atoms bacteria baking powder balance wheel bell blueberries boiling bolometer bottom called Calories carbonic acid caustic cent CHARLES GREELEY ABBOT chemical chimney clock coal colors compounds cooking cool copper cotton depths diameter dish dissolve earth electric Fahrenheit fathoms feet fibres fire flapping rod freezing furnace George George Anson glass glycerides green heat hole hydrogen inches iron keep length less light liquid magnetic milk mirror molecules nearly never ocean old shoes oxygen pail Pasteur pendulum piano pipe plants PLATE plumber pond salt screw sewer ship silk smoke pipe soap bubbles sodium solar cooker solder sound steam stick stop strong substances sun rays surface Techman temperature thing thread tree tube turn vegetables vibration violet vitamines warm water wheel waves wire wonderful wooden wool young Anson
Pasajes populares
Página 125 - We were drawing nine! My hands were in a nerveless flutter. I could not ring a bell intelligibly with them. I flew to the speakingtube and shouted to the engineer: " Oh, Ben, if you love me, back her! Quick, Ben! Oh, back the immortal soul out of her!
Página 14 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths ; their soul is melted because of trouble, They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 15 - They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Página 138 - I know that my REDEEMER liveth, And that He shall stand in the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, Yet in my flesh shall I see God : Whom I shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not another.
Página 104 - Hark ! hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags and some in tags, And some in velvet gowns.
Página 137 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother- wit, and arts unknown before.
Página 30 - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Página 139 - Some talk of Alexander, And some of Hercules ; Of Hector and Lysander, And such great names as these...
Página 190 - This book was written at Orrhoa, a city of Mesopotamia, by the hands of a man named Jacob, in the year seven hundred and twenty-three. In the month Tishrin the latter it was completed.
Página 124 - Half twain!" This was frightful! I seized the bell-ropes and stopped the engines. "Quarter twain! Quarter twain! Mark twain!" I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.