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THE author of this work has produced a very readable and useful book for those who wish to employ their eisure hours in gaining knowledge and information about the elementary parts of the various branches of science. The volume consists of a collection of experiments that can be easily performed with home-made apparatus; good detailed instruction as to the necessary mechanical operations is given, together with ninety-seven woodcuts of the experiments and the apparatus employed. The branches of science included in these experiments are mechanics, general and molecular physics; the chapter on soap-bubbles contains some very interesting experiments about them; and the concluding chapter consists of lints to those who are about to begin scientific lecturing.
Home Experiments in Science.
By T.O'Conor Sloane (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1888.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 37, 556 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037556c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/037556c0