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The Secret of Everyday Things
- Author
- Jean Henri Fabre
- Narrator
- Ella Porter, Jean Henri Fabre
- Publisher
- Audioliterature
- Publish Date
- 31 December 2017
- Run Time
- 8 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Jean Henri Fabre
- Narrator
- Ella Porter, Jean Henri Fabre
- Duration
- 8 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 December 2017
- ISBN
- 4251177525131
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Audioliterature
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The Secret of Everyday Things by Jean-Henri Fabre provides simple explanations for children about basic materials, their use and impacts. Contents: Thread Pins Needles Silk Wool Flax and Hemp Weaving Woolen Cloth Moths Napery Calico Dyeing and Printing Dyestuffs Heat-Conduction Human Habitations Clothing Ashes—Potash Soap Fire Matches Wood and Charcoal Coal and Coal-Gas Combustion Heating Lighting Kerosene Oil Glass Iron Rust Tin-Plating Pottery Coffee Sugar Tea Chocolate Spices Salt Olive Oil Double Boiler Little Pests Flies The Three States of Matter Distillation Water Vinegar The Grist Mill Bread Other Wheat Products Strange Uses of Starch Rice Chestnuts Codfish Air Impure Air Germs The Atmosphere Evaporation Humidity in the Atmosphere Rain Snow Ice Pebbles The Force of Steam Sound Light
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