第1章

I。TheSupremePowerofNatureII。AstronomyIII。TheSolarSystemIV。AcrosstheDivideV。FlourishmentoftheEarthVI。AnimalMagnetismVII。MiscellaneousTheauthorofthislittlebookspentseveralyearsincomposinghiswork，tothebestofhisability，makingthetreatisebriefandtothepoint，sothatthereadermaynotbecomewearyandmisunderstandthetruemeaning。

HisdesireistohavetheflourishinghumanknowthetruthofScienceandtolearnwhathecanofitsgreatestwonders。

CHAS。OLIVER。

ABC"sOFSCIENCE

CHAPTERI

THESUPREMEPOWEROFNATURE

1。

SupremepowerofNatureiscomprisedofall。

2。

Itmaybedividedintothreeparts：Mineral，Vegetable，andAnimal。

3。

MineraliscomprisedofMineralMatterandMineralMagnetism。

4。

AnimaliscomprisedofAnimalMatterandAnimalMagnetism。

5。

VegetableiscomprisedofVegetableMatterandVegetableMagnetism。

6。

Eachoftheforegoinghavelife，andbycooperatingwitheachotherproducelifethatflourishes。

7。

TherebeingasmanydifferentkindsofMagnetismastherearematterwhichisbeyondthestrengthofhumantoclassify。

8。

ThesupremepowerofNaturehadnobeginningsoithasnoend；itslifeisindestructible。

[Figures：Fiveline-drawings，captionedasfollows。"Cometof1881，theyearMotherShiptonpropheciedtheEarthtocometoanend。"

"Cometof1744。""Cometof1857。""Biela"scometdiscoveredin1827。

returnedatintervalsof61/2years。In1846itreturnedsplit，returnedin1852，butneverappearedsince。""Saturn。"]

CHAPTERII

ASTRONOMY

（Theword"vapor"usedingeneralforwater，ice，atmosphere，etc。）

1。

Spacewithoutbeginningorend，filledwithunmaterialandmateriallife。Thematerialisinmotionbythecurrentsofunmateriallife。

2。

Thematerialisinperfectbodies，imperfectbodies，andunconcentratedmaterial。

3。

Perfectbodiesgroupintoconstellation，calledsun"splanets，planetoids，andmoons。

4。

Imperfectbodiesarecomets，calledperiodicandparaboliccomets。

5。

UnconcentratedmaterialcalledMilkyWays，andringssuchasarearoundSaturn。

6。

Theunmateriallifecurrentsrunineveryconceivablemanner。Iwillcallthecurrentscarryingconstellationsuncurrents，planetcurrents，planetoidcurrents，mooncurrents，andcometcurrents，respectively。

Milkywayseddys。

7。

Saturnistheonlybodyweknowwhichhasanunconcentratedobsequiousattendant。Suchringsmayappeararoundconstellations，planets，moons，etc。

Theseringscanbeaccountedforintwoways，——first，thematerialneverbeingconcentrated；second，bytwoormorebodiescomingtogetherandthrowingthebodiesintoatoms。

8。

Suck，orNebula，currentsformintheMilkyways（thesameastwoormorecurrentsofaircomingtogetherandmakingawhirlwind），whichconcentratesthematerialintobodies，thusformingconstellationsandcomets；alsoringssuchasarearoundSaturn。

Ifaconstellationisformeditscurrentiscalledsuncurrent，andhereitcontinuestowhirlwithallitssubordinatecurrents，planet，planetoid，andmoon。

9。

Cometsarecausedbysuncurrents"pressureforcingthesuckcurrentsatagreatspeed，andforcesthecometcurrenttopassthroughsuncurrents。Somecometspassinandoutoftheirsuncurrentsatregularintervalsandarecalledperiodic，i。e。，itsorbitisanellipse。

Cometsthatareparabolicwillneverreturntotheirstartingpointandtravelwild。

10。

Bodiesmaybedestroyedbysuckcurrentscarryingbodiesincollisionwitheachother；ifthebodiesareequalsize，willthrowthematerialintoatoms。Ifasmallandlargebodycomeincollisionthesmallbodywillburyitselfinthegreater。Bodiesthrownintoatoms，theatomsmaycontinuetobecarriedbyitsrespectivecurrent（asringsaroundSaturn），ortheatomsmaybeforcedbeyonditscurrentandpassasshootingstarstootherbodiesormilkyways。

11。

Nebulaisthesuckcurrentintheprocessofcondensingmaterialintobodies。CanbeseeninMilkyWaywithnakedeve。

[Figures：twolinedrawings，captionedasfollows。"Thesolarsystem。""Thesun。"]

CHAPTERIII

THESOLARSYSTEM

1。

TheSolarSystemisbetterknowntous，astheearthonwhichweflourishbelongstoit。

2。

TheSystemiscomprisedofonesun（star），eightmajorplanets，Mercury，Venus，Earth，andonesatellite，Marsandtwosatellites，Jupiterandsevensatellites，Saturn，itsringsandtensatellites，Uranusandfoursatellites，Neptuneandonesatellite，andsome600

planetoids，varyinginsizefrom600milesindiametertomererocks。

3。

Thesun"sdiameteris866，000miles。Rotatesevery606hours。Thelengthoftimeitscurrentcarriesthesunoveritsorbitisunknown。

Thesunremainsameltedmass；itsvibrationismaintained；hasbutlittlevaporanditsthemereflectedonthesurfaceofitsobsequiousattendantswhichgivesthemheatandlight。

Darkspotscausedbyvaporbecomingconcentratedtothesun"ssurface；

thesespotschange。

4。

Mercury，thesmallestmajorplanet，alsotheclosesttothesun。Itiscarriedoveritsorbitabout36，000，000milesfromthesun，whichrequires88daystocompleteitscourse，androtatesonceevery24

hoursand5minutes。Itsdiameteris3，000milesandithasasuitableamountofvaporforanimalsandvegetablestoflourish。

5。

Venushasthebrightestlustreofourplanetswhichiscausedfromenormousamountofvapor。Itiscarriedoveritsorbitatabout67，000，000milesfromthesun，whichrequires2247/10daystocompleteitscourse。Rotatesonceevery23hoursand21minutes。

Diameter，7，700miles。

6。

Theearthiscarriedoveritsorbit；maindistancebeing93，000，000

milesfromthesun，whichrequiresoneyeartocompleteitscourse，whichis680，000，000miles：

MILES

Earth"sdiameter8，000

Greaterorequatorial7，925

Lessorpolar7，899

Differenceoncomparison26

Theearthrotatesonceevery23hours，56minutes，and4seconds；hasonesatellite，whichiscarriedoveritsorbitatadistanceof238，850milesfromtheearth。Itsdiameteris2，160miles。Themooncompletesitsorbitin29days，12hours，44minutes，and2seconds。

Itscurrentstouchtheearthandcausethetide；alsoaffectssomeplantsofthephenomenaverita；theseplantsarealsoaffectedbythesun。

Manyyearsaftertheearth"smaterialbegantoflourish，asmallbody（whosecrustwascooled）cameincontactwiththeearth；thiscausedtheearth"scrusttocrackalmostfrompoletopoleandformedNorthandSouthAmerica。TheeruptionsinEurope，Asia，andAfricaweregreatlyscattered。Australiansoilisdeficientinphosphorus，whichshowsitisforeignandrepresentsthesmallbodywhichdidnotentirelyburyitself。Thiscausedsomeoftheearth"slandsurfacetobebelowthesealevel；alsocausedtheearth"saxistochangeataveryslowrateofabout77yardsperyear。ThiswillrequiremanythousandsofyearsfortheNorthPoletobecometheSouthPole。FormanyyearsthePolarstarappeared"fixed"attheearth"snorthaxis。