I。TheSupremePowerofNatureII。AstronomyIII。TheSolarSystemIV。AcrosstheDivideV。FlourishmentoftheEarthVI。AnimalMagnetismVII。MiscellaneousTheauthorofthislittlebookspentseveralyearsincomposinghiswork，tothebestofhisability，makingthetreatisebriefandtothepoint，sothatthereadermaynotbecomewearyandmisunderstandthetruemeaning。
HisdesireistohavetheflourishinghumanknowthetruthofScienceandtolearnwhathecanofitsgreatestwonders。
CHAS。OLIVER。
ABC\'sOFSCIENCE
CHAPTERI
THESUPREMEPOWEROFNATURE
1。
SupremepowerofNatureiscomprisedofall。
2。
Itmaybedividedintothreeparts：Mineral，Vegetable，andAnimal。
3。
MineraliscomprisedofMineralMatterandMineralMagnetism。
4。
AnimaliscomprisedofAnimalMatterandAnimalMagnetism。
5。
VegetableiscomprisedofVegetableMatterandVegetableMagnetism。
6。
Eachoftheforegoinghavelife，andbycooperatingwitheachotherproducelifethatflourishes。
7。
TherebeingasmanydifferentkindsofMagnetismastherearematterwhichisbeyondthestrengthofhumantoclassify。
8。
ThesupremepowerofNaturehadnobeginningsoithasnoend；itslifeisindestructible。
[Figures：Fiveline-drawings，captionedasfollows。\"Cometof1881，theyearMotherShiptonpropheciedtheEarthtocometoanend。\"
\"Cometof1744。\"\"Cometof1857。\"\"Biela\'scometdiscoveredin1827。
returnedatintervalsof61/2years。In1846itreturnedsplit，returnedin1852，butneverappearedsince。\"\"Saturn。\"]
CHAPTERII
ASTRONOMY
（Theword\"vapor\"usedingeneralforwater，ice，atmosphere，etc。）
1。
Spacewithoutbeginningorend，filledwithunmaterialandmateriallife。Thematerialisinmotionbythecurrentsofunmateriallife。
2。
Thematerialisinperfectbodies，imperfectbodies，andunconcentratedmaterial。
3。
Perfectbodiesgroupintoconstellation，calledsun\'splanets，planetoids，andmoons。
4。
Imperfectbodiesarecomets，calledperiodicandparaboliccomets。
5。
UnconcentratedmaterialcalledMilkyWays，andringssuchasarearoundSaturn。
6。
Theunmateriallifecurrentsrunineveryconceivablemanner。Iwillcallthecurrentscarryingconstellationsuncurrents，planetcurrents，planetoidcurrents，mooncurrents，andcometcurrents，respectively。
Milkywayseddys。
7。
Saturnistheonlybodyweknowwhichhasanunconcentratedobsequiousattendant。Suchringsmayappeararoundconstellations，planets，moons，etc。
Theseringscanbeaccountedforintwoways，——first，thematerialneverbeingconcentrated；second，bytwoormorebodiescomingtogetherandthrowingthebodiesintoatoms。
8。
Suck，orNebula，currentsformintheMilkyways（thesameastwoormorecurrentsofaircomingtogetherandmakingawhirlwind），whichconcentratesthematerialintobodies，thusformingconstellationsandcomets；alsoringssuchasarearoundSaturn。
Ifaconstellationisformeditscurrentiscalledsuncurrent，andhereitcontinuestowhirlwithallitssubordinatecurrents，planet，planetoid，andmoon。
9。
Cometsarecausedbysuncurrents\'pressureforcingthesuckcurrentsatagreatspeed，andforcesthecometcurrenttopassthroughsuncurrents。Somecometspassinandoutoftheirsuncurrentsatregularintervalsandarecalledperiodic，i。e。，itsorbitisanellipse。
Cometsthatareparabolicwillneverreturntotheirstartingpointandtravelwild。
10。
Bodiesmaybedestroyedbysuckcurrentscarryingbodiesincollisionwitheachother；ifthebodiesareequalsize，willthrowthematerialintoatoms。Ifasmallandlargebodycomeincollisionthesmallbodywillburyitselfinthegreater。Bodiesthrownintoatoms，theatomsmaycontinuetobecarriedbyitsrespectivecurrent（asringsaroundSaturn），ortheatomsmaybeforcedbeyonditscurrentandpassasshootingstarstootherbodiesormilkyways。
11。
Nebulaisthesuckcurrentintheprocessofcondensingmaterialintobodies。CanbeseeninMilkyWaywithnakedeve。
[Figures：twolinedrawings，captionedasfollows。\"Thesolarsystem。\"\"Thesun。\"]
CHAPTERIII
THESOLARSYSTEM
1。
TheSolarSystemisbetterknowntous，astheearthonwhichweflourishbelongstoit。
2。
TheSystemiscomprisedofonesun（star），eightmajorplanets，Mercury，Venus，Earth，andonesatellite，Marsandtwosatellites，Jupiterandsevensatellites，Saturn，itsringsandtensatellites，Uranusandfoursatellites，Neptuneandonesatellite，andsome600
planetoids，varyinginsizefrom600milesindiametertomererocks。
3。
Thesun\'sdiameteris866，000miles。Rotatesevery606hours。Thelengthoftimeitscurrentcarriesthesunoveritsorbitisunknown。
Thesunremainsameltedmass；itsvibrationismaintained；hasbutlittlevaporanditsthemereflectedonthesurfaceofitsobsequiousattendantswhichgivesthemheatandlight。
Darkspotscausedbyvaporbecomingconcentratedtothesun\'ssurface；
thesespotschange。
4。
Mercury，thesmallestmajorplanet，alsotheclosesttothesun。Itiscarriedoveritsorbitabout36，000，000milesfromthesun，whichrequires88daystocompleteitscourse，androtatesonceevery24
hoursand5minutes。Itsdiameteris3，000milesandithasasuitableamountofvaporforanimalsandvegetablestoflourish。
5。
Venushasthebrightestlustreofourplanetswhichiscausedfromenormousamountofvapor。Itiscarriedoveritsorbitatabout67，000，000milesfromthesun，whichrequires2247/10daystocompleteitscourse。Rotatesonceevery23hoursand21minutes。
Diameter，7，700miles。
6。
Theearthiscarriedoveritsorbit；maindistancebeing93，000，000
milesfromthesun，whichrequiresoneyeartocompleteitscourse，whichis680，000，000miles：
MILES
Earth\'sdiameter8，000
Greaterorequatorial7，925
Lessorpolar7，899
Differenceoncomparison26
Theearthrotatesonceevery23hours，56minutes，and4seconds；hasonesatellite，whichiscarriedoveritsorbitatadistanceof238，850milesfromtheearth。Itsdiameteris2，160miles。Themooncompletesitsorbitin29days，12hours，44minutes，and2seconds。
Itscurrentstouchtheearthandcausethetide；alsoaffectssomeplantsofthephenomenaverita；theseplantsarealsoaffectedbythesun。
Manyyearsaftertheearth\'smaterialbegantoflourish，asmallbody（whosecrustwascooled）cameincontactwiththeearth；thiscausedtheearth\'scrusttocrackalmostfrompoletopoleandformedNorthandSouthAmerica。TheeruptionsinEurope，Asia，andAfricaweregreatlyscattered。Australiansoilisdeficientinphosphorus，whichshowsitisforeignandrepresentsthesmallbodywhichdidnotentirelyburyitself。Thiscausedsomeoftheearth\'slandsurfacetobebelowthesealevel；alsocausedtheearth\'saxistochangeataveryslowrateofabout77yardsperyear。ThiswillrequiremanythousandsofyearsfortheNorthPoletobecometheSouthPole。FormanyyearsthePolarstarappeared\"fixed\"attheearth\'snorthaxis。