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
Factories, fatigue reduction, xi, 277;
importance of conditions, 361-2;
instruction of beginners, 363-5;
lighting importance, 361;
rest periods, 363;
warm floors, importance of, ix, 320
(see also Industrial Plants, Industrial Psychology)
Factory System, beginning of, x, 244;
occupational diseases in, 245
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel, iv, 135-6
Fahrenheit Thermometer, i, 73, viii, 27;
compared with other scales, iv, 137, 141, viii, 27, 384;
invention, i, 69;
scale, how prepared, iv, 135-6, 137
Fainting, cause and relief, ix, 217;
due to weakness, x, 89;
low blood pressure in, 336
Fairmont, W. Va., deep well at, iii, 120, v, 265
Faith Healing, Barton on, x, 76;
effectiveness, xi, 374
Falcons, xii, 260, 261;
hunting with, xv, 223
Falkland Islands, groundsel of, xiii, 345
Falling Bodies, Galileo's studies of, iv, 19, 28, 97;
laws of, 96-7, xvi, 31-3;
velocity of, ii, 64, iv, 65;
velocity on sun and earth, ii, 168
Falling Stars (see Meteors, Meteorites)
Fall Line, xiv, 28, 214
Fallopius, x, 51, 53
Fallowing, viii, 341-2
Fall Winds, i, 132-3, 372
False Cirrus, i, 102, 104, 372
False Coral, xii, 47
Family, origin and evolution of the, xv, 273, 278-85, 360-1, 362
Fancy, pictures of, xi, 202
Fanning, benefits of, ix, 316-17
Farad, electric capacity unit, iv, 284, vii, 368
Faraday, chemical work, xvi, 160, 162, 163;
discovery of anesthetics, 185;
dynamo invention, 189;
electrical work, vi, 16, 21, 22-3, 50;
farad named after, iv, 284;
metallurgical work, xvi, 174;
on lines of force, iv, 252;
on philosophers, x, 376;
suggestion of fourth state of matter, xvi, 193
Faradic Currents, vii, 243, 248-9
Fargo, N. D., region, iii, 34
Farmers, ancient and recent methods, v, 239-40;
motor machines, 214;
past injustice and hardships, vii, 220-1;
small, and machinery, v, 249-50
Farms, cost of horse work, vii, 224-6;
electricity on, iv, 10, vii, 220-34;
migration of boys from, 221;
motor machines on, v, 214, 215-18
Far-sightedness, ix, 112-13, xi, 85
Fata Morgana, i, 172, 372
Fatigue, xi, 268-80;
adrenalin effects, 137;
cure for, x, 247-8;
disorders and diseases due to, 246-9;
from muscles, xi, 124;
from posture, ix, 83, 84;
habit and, xi, 253;
insomnia from, 289;
mental and physical, relations, x, 247, xi, 135-6;
mental effects, 13;
mental effects illustrated, xvi, 18;
muscular, cause and effects, ix, 80-1;
nervous, 137-8;
no sense organs of, 91;
physical effects of, x, 246-7;
rest periods and, xi, 363;
retardation of impulses in, 20;
sleep in relation to, ix, 219;
smooth muscles free from, 84-5;
stimulation to change, xi, 338-9;
suggestibility in, 307
Fatness, (obesity), x, 272-5;
adipose tissues in, ix, 298;
reduction of, 301-2
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