12 Nolon. The figures denote Greenwich time when the line marked Meri dian of Greenwich is brought opposite to them. Direction in which 12 o'clock line. THE SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA OF DOMESTIC LIFE. FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED BY CHARLES FOOTE GOWER, Esq. SECOND EDITION, LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1847. Frost on the window. Apparent temperature of different articles. Un- healthiness of sleeping with the air excluded. Animal heat. Venti- lation. Difference between hard and soft water. Soap-bubbles. The boiling kettle. Steam. Steam-engine. Caloric or heat. Cur- rents of air. Reasons for fires not drawing well. Smell of soot in warm weather. Land and sea breezes of tropical climates. Circulation of air. Bright tea-pots better than dull ones. Woollen a bad conductor of heat. Dissolving sugar in tea, useful hint de- THE MORNING WALK. Breath visible on a frosty morning. Hoar-frost. Formation of ice. Expansion and contraction. Latent heat. Evaporation. Visible |
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