COLLECTION OF MANY HUNDREDS OF REASONS FOR THINGS WHICH, THOUGH GENERALLY BELIEVED, ARE IMPERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD. This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and comprehends a familiar explanation of many subjects which occupy a large space in the philosophy of Nature, relating to air, animals, atmosphere, caloric, chemistry, ventilation, materia medica, meteorology, acoustics, electricity, light, zoölogy, etc.…
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