The Secret of Everyday Things
by Jean-Henri FABRE (1823 - 1915)Silk, Wool, Flax and Hemp
The clearness, simpicity, and charm of the great French naturalist's style are nowhere better illustrated than in this work, which in its variety of subject-matter and apt use of entertaining anecdote rivals "The Story-Book of Science," already a favorite with his readers. Such instances of antiquated usage or superseded methods as occur in these chapters of popular science easily win our indulgence because of the literary charm and warm human quality investing all that the author has to say. -- Translator (Introductory Note).
Listen next episodes of The Secret of Everyday Things:
Air, Impure Air , Ashes--Potash, Soap , Coal and Coal-Gas, Combustion, Heating , Coffee, Sugar , Fire, Matches, Wood and Charcoal , Germs, The Atmosphere, Evaporation , Heat-Conduction, Human Habitations, Clothing , Humidity in the Atmosphere, Rain, Snow , Ice, Pebbles, The Force of Steam , Iron, Rust, Tin-Plating, Pottery , Lighting, Kerosene Oil, Glass , Little Pests, Flies , Napery, Calico, Dyeing and Printing, Dyestuffs , Rice, Chestnuts, Codfish , Salt, Olive Oil, Double Boiler , Sound, Light , Tea, Chocolate, Spices , The Grist Mill, Bread, Other Wheat Products, Strange Uses of Starch , The Three States of Matter, Distillation , Water, Vinegar , Weaving, Woolen Cloth, Moths