Project Gutenberg's The Story of a Tinder-box, by Charles Meymott TidyThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Story of a Tinder-boxAuthor: Charles Meymott TidyRelease Date: August 22, 2009 [EBook #29757]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF A TINDER-BOX ***Produced by Chris Curnow, Ritu Aggarwal and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisbook was produced from scanned images of public domainmaterial from the Google Print project.)THE STORYOFA TINDER-BOX.TitleTHE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE.THE STORYOFA TINDER-BOX.A COURSE OF LECTURESDelivered before a Juvenile Auditory at the London Institutionduring the Christmas Holidays of 1888-89.BY THE LATECHARLES MEYMOTT TIDY, M.B., M.S., F.C.S.FORMERLY BARRISTER-AT-LAW;PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AT THE LONDONHOSPITAL; MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR ISLINGTON;VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY; ONE OFTHE OFFICIAL ANALYSTS TO THE HOME OFFICE.LONDON:SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET.NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.1897.[PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GENERALLITERATURE COMMITTEE.]PREFACE.These ...
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Title: The Story of a Tinder-box
Author: Charles Meymott Tidy
Release Date: August 22, 2009 [EBook #29757]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF A TINDER-BOX ***
Produced by Chris Curnow, Ritu Aggarwal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
THE STORY
OF
A TINDER-BOX.
Title
THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE.
THE STORY OF A TINDER-BOX.
A COURSE OF LECTURES Delivered before a Juvenile Auditory at the London Institution during the Christmas Holidays of 1888-89.
BY THE LATE CHARLES MEYMOTT TIDY, M.B., M.S., F.C.S. FORMERLYBARRISTER-AT-LAW; PROFESSOR OFCHEMISTRYAND OFFORENSIC MEDICINEAT THELONDON HOSPITAL; MEDICAL OFFICER OFHEALTH FOR ISLINGTON; VICE-PRESIDENT OFTHEINSTITUTEOFCHEMISTRY; ONEOF THEOFFICIAL ANALYSTS TO THEHOMEOFFICE.
LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. BRIGHTON:129, NORTH STREET. NEWYORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO. 1897.
[PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GENERAL LITERATURE COMMITTEE.]
PREFACE.
These lectures were delivered with the assistance merely of a few notes, the author in preparing them for the press adhering as nearly as possible to the shorthand writer's manuscript. They must be read as intentionally untechnical holiday lectures intended for juveniles. But as the print cannot convey the experiments or the demonstrations, the reader is begged to make the necessary allowance.
The author desires to take this opportunity of expressing his thanks to Messrs. Bryant and May; to Messrs. Woodhouse and Rawson, electrical engineers; to Mr. Woolf, the lead-pencil manufacturer; and to Mr. Gardiner, for numerous specimens with which the lectures were illustrated.