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
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.
BY
F.C.S., A. INST. C.E.; LATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC, ETC. ETC. AUTHOR OF THE PLAYBOOK OF METALS.
NEW EDITION.
Illustrated with 470 Engravings, CHIEFLY EXECUTED FROM THE AUTHOR'S SKETCHES, BY H. G. HINE.
LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE. NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET. 1869.
John Henry Pepper
THE BOY'S PLAYBOOK OF SCIENCE:
JOHN HENRY PEPPER,
THE
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.
CHEMICAL AFFINITY.
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS.
EXPERIMENTS WITH OXYGEN GAS.
THE ALLOTROPIC CONDITION OF OXYGEN GAS.
OZONE.
HYDROGEN.
CHLORINE, IODINE, BROMINE, FLUORINE.
IODINE.
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
BROMINE.
FLUORINE.
CARBON, BORON, SILICON, SELENIUM, SULPHUR, PHOSPHORUS.
CARBON.
BORON.
SILICON.
SULPHUR.
SELENIUM.
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.
MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY.
DIA-MAGNETISM.
LIGHT, OPTICS, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE KALEIDOSCOPE.
THE REFRACTION OF LIGHT.
REFRACTING OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT.
THE INFLECTION OR DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT.
THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
Polarization by Reflection, and by Single Refraction.
POLARIZATION BY DOUBLE REFRACTION.
POLARIZATION BY THE TOURMALINE.
HEAT.
The Radiation of Heat.
THE STEAM-ENGINE.
Heat the Cause of Vapour.
THE STEAM-ENGINE—continued.