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Excerpt from Introduction to Heat The main idea underlying it is that boys are gifted with a large amount of curiosity, and that when they once realise that there is something behind many of the phenomena of everyday life they are prepared to take a good deal of trouble to satisfy their inquisitive instincts. For this reason appeal is constantly made to the ordinary experiences of a boy, and experiments designed to elucidate these experiences are suggested. At the same time the boy is not made to think that he knows everything; it is hoped, rather, that he may be left in the frame of mind of Oliver Twist - asking for more. The sections and paragraphs suggested for later reading have been asterisked. The working of numerous problems and examples is essential to the proper progress of the student. 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.