From the publisher:
Fascinating conversations with Uncle Paul reveal the mysteries behind the dyeing and weaving of cloth, the lighting and heating of homes, the processing involved in bringing oil, coffee, tea, spices, and other foodstuffs to the table, and the power of water in all its manifestations. Excellent as follow-on to The Story Book of Science.
Table of Contents:
1. Thread
2. Pins
3. Needles
4. Silk
5. Wool
6. Flax and Hemp
7. Weaving
8. Woolen Cloth
9. Moths
10. Napery
11. Calico
12. Dyeing and Printing
13. Dyestuffs
14. Heat-Conduction
15. Human Habitations
16. Clothing
17. Ashes—Potash
18. Soap
19. Fire
20. Matches
21. Wood and Charcoal
22. Coal and Coal-Gas
23. Combustion
24. Heating
25. Lighting
26. Kerosene Oil
27. Glass
28. Iron
29. Rust
30. Tin-Plating
31. Pottery
32. Coffee
33. Sugar
34. Tea
35. Chocolate
36. Spices
37. Salt
38. Olive Oil
39. Double Boiler
40. Little Pests
41. Flies
42. The Three States of Matter
43. Distillation
44. Water
45. Water (continued)
46. Vinegar
47. The Grist Mill
48. Bread
49. Other Wheat Products
50. Strange Uses of Starch
51. Rice
52. Chestnuts
53. Codfish
54. Air
55. Air (continued)
56. Impure Air
57. Germs
58. The Atmosphere
59. Evaporation
60. Humidity in the Atmosphere
61. Rain
62. Snow
63. Ice
64. Pebbles
65. The Force of Steam
66. Sound
67. Sound (continued)
68. Light
