# Every-day Science: Volume 6. The Conquest of Nature

Author: Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943; Williams, Edward Huntington, 1868-1944

Genre: Category: Science - Physics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44502

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Every-day+Science%3A+Volume+6.+The+Conquest+of+Nature+Williams&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Conquest of Nature, p. 4--Man's use of Nature's gifts, p. 6--Man the "tool-making animal," p. 7--Science and Civilization, p. 8--Clothing and artificially heated dwellings of primitive man, p. 10--Early domestication of animals, p. 11--Early development to the time of gunpowder, p. 12--The coming of steam and electricity, p. 15--Mechanical aids to the agriculturist, p. 19--The development of scientific agriculture, p. 20--Difficulties of the early manufacturer, p. 21--The development of modern manufacturing, p. 24--The relation of work to human development, p. 25--The decline of drudgery and the new era of labor-saving devices, p. 27.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/8/index.md)
- [chapter XIV., "The Progress of Electricity from Gilbert and Von](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/25/index.md)
- [VOLUME VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-6-the-conquest-of-nature-44502/chapters/26/index.md)