How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General IndexServiss, Garrett Putman
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How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General Index
Serviss, Garrett Putman
Popular science library; Science -- History
Body Cells, ix, 13, 41-3, xi, 15, 17, 49;
development of, ix, 43-8, 324-5, 332-3;
different kinds, 13, 39, 42-3, 277, 329;
living and nonliving, 12-17;
maintenance and growth, 34-6, 38-9, 189, 278-84, 287-9;
metabolism of (see Cell Metabolism);
oxygen needs and supply, 182, 199, 253, 254, 260;
power development in, 16, 17, 22, 36, 40;
salt needs, 174;
size of, 12;
sugar and fat supplies, 289-91;
supply and renewal system, 49-52, 193-5, 221-2, 262, 271;
supporting tissue, 71-2;
waste of, in starvation, 298;
X-ray effects on, vii, 253
(see also Muscle Cells, Nerve Cells, Germ Cells, etc.)
Body Fluids, ix, 50-1, 173-90;
in connective tissues, 59;
sugar in, 290, 291
(see also Blood, Tissue Fluids)
Boë, Francis de la, x, 69, 70, xvi, 108
Boerhaave, Hermann, x, 76-7, 87, xvi, 112, 178
Boer War, kopjes in, xiv, 82
Boethius, xvi, 101
Bog Iron Ore, iii, 13, viii, 156
Bog Mosses, xiii, 68-9
Bogoslof Islands, xiv, 319
Bog Plants, xiii, 104, 381-2
Bogs, formed from filling lakes, xiv, 210-12
Bohemian Glass, viii, 281
Boiler Explosions, caused by electrolytic corrosion, vi, 64-6;
due to scale, xiv, 147;
violence, v, 140
Boilers, Steam, v, 139-42;
boiling point of water in, viii, 303;
hard water in, 151-2, 323, xiv, 147;
heat loss, v, 155;
pressure in, iv, 119, 170
Boiling, of foods, xv, 233;
of liquids, iv, 167-75
Boiling Point, iv, 168;
chemical composition and, viii, 298, 301;
in various thermometers, i, 73, iv, 136, 137, 141, viii, 27;
of various substances, iv, 173;
pressure effects on, 168, 169-70, v, 354, viii, 303-5
Boils, causes of, ix, 186, 187, x, 195, 201, 311
Bolivia, Chilean control of, xiv, 306
Bologna, University of, xvi, 100;
medical school of, x, 38
Bolometers, iv, 301, vii, 363;
in corona studies, ii, 212, 225
Bombay Duck, xii, 163
Bombing Machines, v, 233
Bombs, aerial, v, 372-3
Bombs, volcanic, xiv, 323
Bond, Dr. A. R., author Mechanics, Vol. v
Bonds (chemistry), defined, viii, 374
Bone Black, viii, 47
Bone Fertilizers, viii, 153, 280, 343
Bones, of body, ix, 59, 71;
cartilage beginnings of, 58;
condition of, in infants, 345-6;
food needed for, 33;
formation, structure, and growth, 54-7, 58;
inflammations of, x, 224;
lime salts in, ix, 57;
red marrow of, 183;
used in hearing, iv, 204;
X-ray pictures of, iv, 320, vii, 253-4, 255
Bonneville, Lake, iii, 153
Books, ancient making of, xv, 178-9;
printing and binding of, v, 306
Book Scorpions, xii, 90
Boomerangs, xv, 194, 208;
principle of, iv, 42
Bora Winds, i, 133, 368
Boracic Acid, viii, 89, 90, 372
Borates, preparation, viii, 117;
test, 290
Borax, composition, viii, 141;
deposits, 89, 90, 197, 275;
uses, 89, 141, 146, 333, 372
Boredom, in work, xi, 275-6, 277-8, 280
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