【英文原著类】a b c’s of science(简易科学).pdf

A B C's of Science
A B C's of Science
By CHAS. OLIVER
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A B C's of Science
CHAPTER I
THE SUPREME POWER OF NATURE
1. Supreme power of Nature prised of all.
2. It may be divided into three parts: Mineral, Vegetable, and
Animal.
3. Mineral prised of Mineral Matter and Mineral ism.
4. Animal prised of Animal Matter and Animal ism.
5. Vegetable prised of Vegetable Matter and Vegetable
ism.
6. Each of the foregoing have life, and by cooperating with each other
produce life that flourishes.
7. There being as many different kinds of ism as there are
matter which is beyond the strength of human to classify.
8. The supreme power of Nature had no beginning so it has no end; its
life is indestructible.
[Figures: Five line-drawings, captioned as follows. "Comet of
1881, the year Mother Shipton prophecied the Earth e to an end."
"Comet of 1744." "Comet of 1857." "Biela'et discovered in 1827.
returned at intervals of 6 1/2 years. In 1846 it returned split, returned in
1852, but never appeared since." "Saturn."]
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A B C's of Science
CHAPTER II
ASTRONOMY
(The word "vapor" used in general for water, ice, atmosphere, etc.)
1. Space without beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and material
life. The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life.
2. The material is in perfect bodies, imperfect bodies, and
unconcentrated material.
3. Perfect bodies group into constellation, called sun's s,
oids, and moons.
4. Imperfect bodies ets, called periodic and ets.
5. Unconcentrated material called Milky Ways, and rings such as are
around Saturn.
6. The unmaterial life currents run in every conceivable manner. I
will call the currents carrying constellation sun currents, currents,
oid currents, moon currents, et currents, respectively.
Milky ways eddys.
7. Saturn is the only body we know which has an unconcentrated
obsequious attendant. Such rings may appear around constellations,
s, moons, etc.
These rings can