Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 225
boiling water.If poured out on a conductor,as iron or ice, it assumes thegaseous state so rapidly as toamount to an explosion. Themany experiments with it aresimply wonderful, and thei iractical claims for it are with-out end. Already it runs anengine and motor vehicles. Itis claimed that it will… … DRIVING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER MADE OFFROZEN MERCURY. CONCLUSION. There is no branch of science that holds such an intimate relation to theprogress and welfare of man as chemistry. First of all, it is chiefly instru-mental in providing him with food and clothing, as has been shown in theparagraph on…
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