Science in Short Chapters

Chapter 63: Transcriber’s Notes

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A collection of short, accessible scientific essays aimed at intelligent non-specialists, presenting concise expositions and critiques across astronomy, meteorology, geology, chemistry, and applied technology. Topics range from the nature and sources of solar heat and the extent of planetary atmospheres to the origins of comets, coal, and petroleum, with discussions of electric lighting history, household heating and ventilation, and experimental demonstrations. Each piece blends empirical observation, laboratory evidence, and practical implications, often challenging established explanations and offering naturalistic accounts of familiar phenomena while emphasizing clarity and relevance for readers without specialized training.

Transcriber’s Notes

Cover created by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

The original text contained many typographical errors. The simple ones were corrected without comment here; others are noted below.

Unbalanced quotation marks were corrected, as proper placement always could be determined.

Some typographical errors probably remain undetected.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.

Text uses both “Acadamy” and “Academy”; both retained here.

Page 336: “The disagreeable sensation experienced by Dr. Siemens in the stove-heated railway cars, etc., were probably due to this” was printed that way. Either “sensation” should be “sensations” or “were” should be “was”.