The Secret of Everyday Things

By: Jean-Henri Fabre

Narrated by: Ella Porter, Jean-Henri Fabre

"The Secret of Everyday Things" by Jean-Henri Fabre provides simple explanations for children about basic materials, their use and impacts.

Contents:

• Thread,
• Pins,
• Needles,
• Silk,
• Wool,
• Flax and Hemp,
• Weaving,
• Woolen Cloth,
• Moths,
• Napery,
• Calico,
• Dyeing and Printing,
• Dyestuffs,
• Heat-Conduction,
• Human Habitations,
• Clothing,
• Ashes - Potash,
• Soap,
• Fire,
• Matches,
• Wood and Charcoal,
• Coal and Coal-Gas,
• Combustion,
• Heating,
• Lighting,
• Kerosene Oil,
• Glass,
• Iron,
• Rust,
• Tin-Plating,
• Pottery,
• Coffee,
• Sugar,
• Tea,
• Chocolate,
• Spices,
• Salt,
• Olive Oil,
• Double Boiler,
• Little Pests,
• Flies,
• The Three States of Matter,
• Distillation,
• Water,
• Vinegar,
• The Grist Mill,
• Bread,
• Other Wheat Products,
• Strange Uses of Starch,
• Rice,
• Chestnuts,
• Codfish,
• Air,
• Impure Air,
• Germs,
• The Atmosphere,
• Evaporation,
• Humidity in the Atmosphere,
• Rain,
• Snow,
• Ice,
• Pebbles,
• The Force of Steam,
• Sound,
• Light.

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