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Science Experiments and Amusements for Children (Dover Children’s Science Books)

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The 73 scientific experiments described in this book can easily be done by children on their own, without the supervision of a parent or teacher. Explicit directions are given for Every step, and the only equipment required may also be found around the house. By working with such simple materials as steel wool, cotton, candles, eye-dropper, compass, cork, rubber tubing, coins and magnets, the young experimenter will grow to be conversant in dozens of the basic principles of physics, chemistry, mechanics, engineering, and plenty of other fields.
Following the step by step instructions, a child can learn how to make an air-screw, mariner’s compass, simple siphon, pinhole camera, thermometer, invisible ink, simple electric motor, periscope, boomerang, 3-D viewer, and plenty of other interesting things. The exercises and demonstrations also show how to burn steel, find a center of gravity, make a vacuum with a radish, electrify a bubble, reflect sound, make water denser, compress air under water, carry a column of water, make a liquid sandwich, watch a pulse at work, and so forth. Every article gives some background information together with an explanation of why the experiment works the way it does.
Over 100 photographs show children performing the experiments, and a lot of line drawings depict the materials used, the set-up of equipment, and the desired result.

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