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1、【国外英文文学】ABCs of ScienceABCs of Scienceby Charles OliverMay, 1998 Etext #1331Project Gutenberg Etexts are usually created from multiple editions,all of which are in the Public Domain in the United States, unless acopyright notice is included. Therefore, we do NOT keep these booksin compliance with an

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32、Ron Burkey (rburkeyheads-). Items inbrackets are editorial comments added in proofing. Descriptions offigures have also been added in brackets, although the figuresthemselves have not been included.A B Cs of ScienceByCHAS. OLIVERINDEXI. The Supreme Power of NatureII. AstronomyIII. The Solar SystemIV

33、. Across the DivideV. Flourishment of the EarthVI. Animal MagnetismVII. MiscellaneousThe author of this little book spent several years in composing hiswork, to the best of his ability, making the treatise brief and to thepoint, so that the reader may not become weary and misunderstand thetrue meani

34、ng.His desire is to have the flourishing human know the truth of Scienceand to learn what he can of its greatest wonders.CHAS. OLIVER.ABCs OF SCIENCECHAPTER ITHE SUPREME POWER OF NATURE1.Supreme power of Nature is comprised of all.2.It may be divided into three parts: Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal.

35、3.Mineral is comprised of Mineral Matter and Mineral Magnetism.4.Animal is comprised of Animal Matter and Animal Magnetism.5.Vegetable is comprised of Vegetable Matter and Vegetable Magnetism.6.Each of the foregoing have life, and by cooperating with each otherproduce life that flourishes.7.There be

36、ing as many different kinds of Magnetism as there are matterwhich is beyond the strength of human to classify.8.The supreme power of Nature had no beginning so it has no end; itslife is indestructible.Figures: Five line-drawings, captioned as follows. Comet of 1881,the year Mother Shipton prophecied

37、 the Earth to come to an end.Comet of 1744. Comet of 1857. Bielas comet discovered in 1827.returned at intervals of 6 1/2 years. In 1846 it returned split,returned in 1852, but never appeared since. Saturn.CHAPTER IIASTRONOMY(The word vapor used in general for water, ice, atmosphere, etc.)1.Space wi

38、thout beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and materiallife. The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life.2.The material is in perfect bodies, imperfect bodies, andunconcentrated material.3.Perfect bodies group into constellation, called suns planets,planetoids, and moons.4.Imper

39、fect bodies are comets, called periodic and parabolic comets.5.Unconcentrated material called Milky Ways, and rings such as arearound Saturn.6.The unmaterial life currents run in every conceivable manner. I willcall the currents carrying constellation sun currents, planetcurrents, planetoid currents

40、, moon currents, and comet currents,respectively.Milky ways eddys.7.Saturn is the only body we know which has an unconcentrated obsequiousattendant. Such rings may appear around constellations, planets,moons, etc.These rings can be accounted for in two ways,-first, the materialnever being concentrat

41、ed; second, by two or more bodies comingtogether and throwing the bodies into atoms.8.Suck, or Nebula, currents form in the Milky ways (the same as two ormore currents of air coming together and making a whirlwind), whichconcentrates the material into bodies, thus forming constellations andcomets; a

42、lso rings such as are around Saturn.If a constellation is formed its current is called sun current, andhere it continues to whirl with all its subordinate currents, planet,planetoid, and moon.9.Comets are caused by sun currents pressure forcing the suck currentsat a great speed, and forces the comet

43、 current to pass through suncurrents. Some comets pass in and out of their sun currents atregular intervals and are called periodic, i.e., its orbit is anellipse.Comets that are parabolic will never return to their starting pointand travel wild.10.Bodies may be destroyed by suck currents carrying bo

44、dies in collisionwith each other; if the bodies are equal size, will throw the materialinto atoms. If a small and large body come in collision the smallbody will bury itself in the greater. Bodies thrown into atoms, theatoms may continue to be carried by its respective current (as ringsaround Saturn

45、), or the atoms may be forced beyond its current and passas shooting stars to other bodies or milky ways.11.Nebula is the suck current in the process of condensing material intobodies. Can be seen in Milky Way with naked eve.Figures: two line drawings, captioned as follows. The solarsystem. The sun.CHAPTER IIITHE SOLAR SYSTEM1.The Solar System is better known to us, as the earth on which weflourish belongs to it.2.The System is comprised of one sun (star), eight major planets,Mercury, Venus, Earth, and one satellite, Mars and two satellites,Jupiter and seven satellites, Saturn, its rings