The Study of the Physical Sciences Their Value in Education And the Part They
The book The Study of the Physical Sciences Their Value in Education And the Part They was written by author George D Wood Here you can read free online of The Study of the Physical Sciences Their Value in Education And the Part They book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Study of the Physical Sciences Their Value in Education And the Part They a good or bad book?
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The grand principle of chemical attraction being understood, it is com- paratively easy to comprehend that the union or separation of elements, under certain conditions, is the cause of fire burning, metals rusting, or wood decaying ; that breathing, like combustion, is the union of oxygen and carbon ; while fermentation, in brewing and wine-making, is a kind of decay. Oxygen, the most wonderful and most widely diffused element known to chemists, appears to be the most active agent in the aston...ishing transformations that take place every hour. It is ever busy decomposing hard rocks, crumbling stubborn metals like iron into dust, removing carbon from our lungs, tearing animals and plants into pieces when life has left them, feeding our fires with a stream of aliment, transforming the CHEMISTRY. 35 sweet juice of the grape into wine, and souring even the wine. A constant and irresistible power, itself invisible, tasteless, scentless, it is found everywhere, and appears to do almost everything ; without it man could not breathe, fire burn, plants grow, or a leaf decay ; such is the element whose special mission seems to be destruction, but which really destroys in order to build up.
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