R The Reason Why Robert Kemp Philp
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  1. Preface

    6:39

  2. Chapter 1

    4:03

  3. Chapter 2

    7:37

  4. Chapter 3

    9:12

  5. Chapter 4

    11:00

  6. Chapter 5

    10:13

  7. Chapter 6

    8:21

  8. Chapter 7

    11:11

  9. Chapter 8

    13:55

  10. Chapter 9

    6:12

  11. Chapter 10

    5:20

  12. Chapter 11

    10:39

  13. Chapter 12

    10:14

  14. Chapter 13

    12:09

  15. Chapter 14

    11:55

  16. Chapter 15

    15:41

  17. Chapter 16

    14:59

  18. Chapter 17

    16:07

  19. Chapter 18

    9:19

  20. Chapter 19

    8:40

  21. Chapter 20

    9:26

  22. Chapter 21

    6:19

  23. Chapter 22

    10:18

  24. Chapter 23

    13:24

  25. Chapter 24 Refraction and Reflection of Light

    8:39

  26. Chapter 25 Mirrors and Reflection

    9:31

  27. Chapter 26

    18:32

  28. Chapter 27 What is Electricity

    10:23

  29. Chapter 28 Lightning

    13:42

  30. Chapter 29 Thunder

    19:13

  31. Chapter 30 Atmosphere

    14:53

  32. Chapter 31 Wind

    13:20

  33. Chapter 32 A Barometer

    8:54

  34. Chapter 33 A Thermometer

    4:27

  35. Chapter 34 What is Sound

    11:03

  36. Chapter 35 What is Water

    8:24

  37. Chapter 36 What is Attraction

    7:28

  38. Chapter 37 What is Repulsion

    29:21

  39. Chapter 38 Why does a Humming Top make a Humming Noise

    10:07

  40. Chapter 39 Why are Soap Bubbles Round

    8:17

  41. Chapter 40 Mouse and Trap Spinner

    17:16

  42. Chapter 41 Why do we Eat Food

    8:49

  43. Chapter 42 Food and Nourishment

    8:14

  44. Chapter 43 Blood

    10:31

  45. Chapter 44 How our Bodies Heal

    11:06

  46. Chapter 45 Bones in the Body

    8:42

  47. Chapter 46 Ligaments

    8:23

  48. Chapter 47 Nerves

    10:33

  49. Chapter 48 Why do we see Objects

    10:19

  50. Chapter 49 Why do we Hear

    7:49

  51. Chapter 50 Why do we Taste

    8:18

  52. Chapter 51 Part 1 Why do we Perspire

    13:48

  53. Chapter 51 Part 2

    10:20

  54. Chapter 51 Part 3

    37:56

  55. Chapter 52 Animals and Creation

    8:43

  56. Chapter 53 Birds and Fish

    9:33

  57. Chapter 54 Moles, Elephants and other creatures

    15:04

  58. Chapter 55 Quadrupeds

    8:25

  59. Chapter 56 Weather and Animals

    7:59

  60. Chapter 57 Insects

    7:31

  61. Chapter 58 Animal Plant or Mineral

    10:15

  62. Chapter 59 Flowers and Plants

    9:23

  63. Chapter 60 Plants

    22:34

  64. Chapter 61 Plants and Trees

    29:10

  65. Chapter 62 Vegetable Oils and Fats

    55:42

  66. Chapter 63 Vegetable Gums

    12:26

  67. Chapter 64 Wood

    10:08

  68. Chapter 65 Plants and Seeds

    12:42

  69. Chapter 66 Caterpillars and other Insects

    11:09

  70. Chapter 67

    54:39

  71. Conclusion

    3:19

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Rolling marbles, soap bubbles and rising balloons provide the starting points for Robert Kemp Philp's explanations of everyday phenomena. Published in 1856, this science reference arranges its material as numbered questions and answers, moving from familiar observations to accounts of friction, elasticity, light and air pressure. An alphabetical index groups related questions so that readers can follow a subject across different chapters.

The preface links curiosity about nature with religious belief and moral improvement, presenting careful observation as a means of understanding the world. In the central excerpt, the motion of a marble leads to discussion of surfaces and sight, while changing bubble colours open a lesson on thin films and light. Readers interested in the history of popular science can see how a nineteenth-century handbook turns ordinary objects into teaching tools, with short explanations designed for a broad audience.

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