Download or read book Housecraft Science (Classic Reprint) written by E. D. Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Housecraft Science This book is intended to stimulate independent investigation of those facts of elementary physics which explain everyday happenings in the home, and are capable of being established on an experimental basis. Measuring and weighing include plenty of household applications, while ventilation and warming are fully dealt with in the section on heat, and suggestions are made for promoting efficiency. Lubricants and anti-lubricants with the care and treatment of machinery are supplementary to the understanding of the six simple machines. The treatment of light includes all the common optical instruments, and under magnetism and electricity, wiring, dry batteries, electric meters, lamps, and fuses in common use are fully described. The author has endeavoured to overcome difficulties in understanding the presentation of facts, and the consequent lack of interest, by simplicity of statement, by avoiding mathematical formulae, by explaining all technical terms used, and by illustrating with clear sectional diagrams the working of apparatus and appliances in everyday use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."