THE
REASON WHY:
A CAREFUL
COLLECTION OF MANY HUNDREDS OF REASONS FOR THINGS
WHICH, THOUGH GENERALLY BELIEVED, ARE
IMPERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD.
A BOOK OF CONDENSED SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE MILLION.
By THE AUTHOR OF "INQUIRE WITHIN."
This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and comprehends a familiar explanation of many subjects which occupy a large space in the philosophy of Nature, relating to air, animals, atmosphere, caloric, chemistry, ventilation, materia medica, meteorology, acoustics, electricity, light, zoölogy, etc.
NEW YORK:
DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS,
No. 18 ANN STREET.