Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Fireside Science: A Series of Popular Scientific Essays Upon Subjects Connected With Every-Day Life
The science of home life, and the every-day affairs of individuals and families. It has been the aim of the author to present some of the facts of science in their bearings upon hygiene, the arts, agriculture, etc., in a way to interest and instruct those who gather by the fireside, and those who labor in the workshop and the field. In order not to weary and confuse the minds of readers, the essays have been made as brief as possible. It is certain that the general reader cannot be held to the perusal of scientific treatises, if they abound in extended discussions, or are presented with much minuteness of detail. Science can only be attractive to the busy men and women of our.
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