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Introductory Science Primer
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley

INTRODUCTORY BY PROFESSOR HUXLEY - 1880 - ART. SECT. 1. NATURE AND SCIENCE. - - --,. Sensations and Things . . . 5 ., Causes and Effects . . . . . . . . . 5 ,,. The reason Why. Explanation . . . . . . . . 6 ,. Properties and Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . a ,. Artificial and Natural Objects. Nature . . . . ,, A . r btirfoicuigahl t Ttohgientghse... more » r aorre s eopnalrya teNd abtyu rMabe n X n . g - ssh . a pe . d . and 8 ,, Many Objects and Chains of Causes , atld Effects in Nature are out of our reach . . . . . C . . . - 1 0 ,, The Order of Natui-e n6tfiing happens bjr Accident, and there is no such thing as Chance . . . . . . . 10 .,. Laws of Nature Laws are not Causes . . . . . . I . ,, Knowledge of Natureis the Guide of Practical C . d c c t . 14 SciOenbcseer va thtieo nK, nEoxwpelerdimgee n o t f , tahned L Raweass oofn iNnagt. u re o . hain . ed by . 16 11. MATERIAL OBJECTS.- A MINERAL . BODIES. ,, The Natural object Water . . . - . . 19 ., A Tumbler of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . ,, . Water . occupies Space it offers Resistance irhai Weight . . . and is able to transfer h. lption. which it has acquired it is therefore a form of Matter . . . . . . . 10 , Water is a liquid, . . . . . . . . . . . ,2I C.. ,, Water is almost incompressible . . . . . . . . . . . .22 ,.. The Meaning of Weight. . . . . .. 24 Gravity and Gravitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ,, The cause of Weight . Attrziction Force 2.-. f . . 27 ,, The Weight of Water is Proportioned3to its-Bulk. . 28 . , The Measuring of Weights. . The Balance . . 29 ,, The Weight of the same Bulk or Volume of Water is Con-. stantunder the same conditions. Mass. Density . . a ,, Equal Volumes of Different Things under the same circurn- , stances, have Different Weights the Density of Different Bodies is Different . . . . . . 3 2 ,, The Meaning of Heavjr and i ht- ecifi , G c ravity . . 33 ,, Things of greater Specific Gravity than Water sink in Water Things of less Specific GrGity float . . 34 ,, A Body which Floats in Water always occupies as much Space beneath the level of the Surface of the Water as is . equal to the Volume ofWater. whichwei h a s s much as that Body in other words, it d. splaces its own Weight of Water 35 -. ,. Water Presses in all Directions . . . . 37 ,, The Transference of Motioh. by Movlng Water the Rlomen-. turn olf Moving Water . - . . . . . - - . i . . . . , . . S . . . . . . . . . 40 . i . Th e Energy of Moving Water .. 43 The Properties of Water are Constant . - . . . . . 47 - . . , , Increase of Heat at first causes Water to Increase in Volume 48 ,, Increase of Heat at length caudes Water to become Steam . 50 ,, Thceh taankgine gin atwo aHyo otf W Haeteart fr . om . Stea . m c . aus ... e . . s .. . thy . Steam to 5 1 , ,,, When Water is changed into Stearri, its-Glurne - becmes about 1,700 timesgreater than it was at first i . . 51 ,, Gases or Elastic Fluids. Air . . . U. 52 ,, Steam is an Elastic Fluidor Ga5 . . 7,- k m . 54 . f - c. C . f. , S5 .. p-. .. Gases and Vapours . . ,, The Ewporation of Wate . r-a . t . ord . ina . ry T . emp eratures . . 56 ,, When . Hot Water is . cooled, it Contracts to begh witKZ but after a time Ex . p and . s ............ r. - . . 57 1 7 . . - .-. . - . - L . - G e c ART. 40. SECT. P. iC E 11. Water cooled still further becames the transparent bfittle solid Ice . . . . . ,, Ice has less Specific Gravity ihan he Gater from which G 58 was formed . . . . . . . . 59 ,, Hoar Frost is the Gaseous Water which exists in the Atmosphere, condensed and converted into Ice Crystab . . 60 ,, When Ice is warmed it begins to change back into Water . as soon as the Temperature reaches 32 . . ...

ISBN-13: 9781408625439
ISBN-10: 1408625431
Publication Date: 10/29/2007
Pages: 100
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Publisher: Chapman Press
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