General Science eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 347 pages of information about General Science.

General Science eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 347 pages of information about General Science.

    Grape juice, fermented with millet, 233.

    Gravity cell, 309, 310.

    Grease, and lye, 221.
      and soap making, 223.

    Gulf Stream, 24.

    Hard water, and soap, 225.

    Harp, 295.

    Headache, 124, 125.
      powders, 259.

    Health, effect of diet, 62, 64.

    Heat, 9.
      absorbed in boiling, 31-32.
      and disease germs, 250.
      and food, 252.
      and friction, 47.
      and light, 142, 147.
      and oxidation, 45, 48, 49.
      and wave motion, 145-147.
      conduction, 25.
      convection, 24, 25.
      from burning hydrogen, 80.
      from electricity, 312-315, 339.
      needed to melt substances, 39.
      of fusion, 40.
      of vaporization, 32.
      produced by compression, 96.
      relation of water to weather, 29, 40.
      set free by freezing water, 40.
      sources of, 29-30.
      specific, 28-29.
      temperature, 27.
      unit of, 27, 28.

    Heating effect of electric current, 312-315.

    Heating of buildings:  central heating plant, 19.
      fireplaces, 17-18.

    Heating, furnaces, 19.
      hot water, 19-22.

    Helix, 318.

    Horse power, 173, 351.

    Hot water heating, 19-22.

    Hues, primary, 135.

    Humidity, 38.
      proper percentage for health and comfort, 38, 39.

    Humus, 216, 217.

    Hydrocarbons, 149.

    Hydrochloric acid, composition, 227.
      in bleaching, 241.
      to make a salt, 227.
      to make carbon dioxide, 55.
      to make chlorine, 238.
      to make hydrogen, 80.

    Hydrogen, 65, 66.
      and chlorine, 239.
      and water, 79.
      chemical conduct, 126-127.
      flame, 80.
      in voltaic cell, 307.
      peroxide, 53, 252.
      preparation, 80.
      to liquefy, 97.

    Ice, lighter than water, 42.
      manufacture of, 98, 99.

    Ice cream freezers, 44.

    Illuminating gas, manufacture of, 150, 151.
      measurement of quantity consumed, 93, 94.
      test of pressure, 92, 93.

    Illumination, intensity of, 105, 106.

    Image, in mirror, 108, 111.

    Incandescent lighting, 107, 314.

    Incidence, angle of, 110.

    Inclined plane, 162-166.
      screw, 166.
      wedge, 166.

    Indigo, 218.

    Induced current, 346-347.

    Ink spots, removal of, 243.

    Insoluble substances, 71.

    Insulators, electric, 324.

    Intensity, of light, 105-107.
      of sound, 270-271.

    Interval, in musical scale, 283.

    Iron, forging, 41.
      filings, 329.
      galvanizing, 49.
      oxidation of, 48.

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