C

POPULAR COMPENDIUM

-OF

Useful+Knowledge,

EMBRACING

SCIENCE, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS

Arranged in the Most Attractive and Instructive Form.

COPYRIGHT, 1890,

-BY-

R. S, PEALE.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

❤Cable of Contents.

For an Alphabetical Index of Principal Subjects see page 529.

Scientific Department

A Brief and Simple Introduction to All the Sciences.

Natural Philosophy

The Forces of Nature and the Laws which Govern Them-The

Elements of Natural Science-Physics and Chemistry-Hy-

drostatics and Hydraulics-Optics and Acoustics-Magnetism

and Electricity.

Astronomy

The Wonders of the Heavens as Revealed by the Telescope-A

History of the Progress of Astronomical Science-Our Solar

System and the Universe of Stars-A Dictionary of Astronomi-

cal Definitions.

How to Read the Sky -

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A Dictionary of Facts and Figures

Statistical Department-Population, Religion, Education, Re-

sources, Productions and Industries of the World-More than

a Hundred Thousand Facts Presented in an Alphabetical Ar-

rangement of Topics, with Twenty-three Illustrative and Com-

parative Diagrams, Twenty of Which are Printed in Colors-

The Only Dictionary of the Kind in any Language.

A Compendium of Biography

Embracing the Names and Records of Eminent Personages of

All Ages, Arranged in Alphabetical Order and Selected with

Special Reference to the Literature of America, Great Britain

and Germany.

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Half-hours with the Stars - A Plain and Easy Guide to the

Knowledge of the Constellations-With Twelve Maps of the

Heavens, True for Every Year.