这套《科学读本》以一位名为威尔逊的教授与3位学生为主角，通过对各种事物与科学知识和原理的讨论，系统讲述了孩子们身边随时可见的事物与现象原理。以激发孩子们对科学的兴趣与爱好。这比死记知识，大量解题要实用得多。

《科学读本》对中国学生而言，这又是另一习得英语的良好途径，尤其对那些准备出国学习的孩子们，《科学读本》的阅读学习，对他们继续国外课程的学业定有很大帮助。比起文学与文史题材的英语读本，科学英语更容易让孩子们理解与学习。本书由文森特·默奇著。

第一册

Water 1

Water — A Liquid 4

Solids 6

Liquids and Solids 9

The Cat 12

More about the Cat 16

Hard and Soft Bodies 19

Porous Bodies 22

The Dog 25

Dogs 29

A Piece of Clay 34

Clay — Its Uses (I) 37

Clay — Its Uses (II) 40

The Cat’s Big Cousins — The Lion 42

The Cat’s Big Cousins — The Tiger 46

Wolves and Foxes 49

A Piece of Putty 52

Putty — What it is 55

Gutta-Percha 57

A Piece of Salt 59

The Sheep 61

Salt 64

The Pig 66

Rock-Salt — Table Salt 69

A Plant 72

Sugar 76

The Root of a Plant 79

Loaf Sugar 82

The Root and its Work 85

About Burning 88

The Stems of Plants 91

Coal (I)  95

Coal (II) 97

Leaves 100

Coal — The Mine 103

The Mine and the Miners 106

More about Leaves 110

More about the Mine 112

Flowers 115

What we mean by Elastic

第二册

Porous Bodies 1

Sponge — and its Uses 4

The Sponge 7

Filters 11

The Poor Man’s Filter 14

Soluble 17

Soluble Substances 20

Starch 23

What Starch is 25

Starch for Food 28

Soluble and Insoluble 31

Soap 34

Corn 36

Kinds of Corn 39

Adhesive 42

Cements 45

Wheat and Rice 48

Fusible 51

Maize 54

About Metals 57

Some More about Metals 59

Iron Ore

Iron 64

The Cow 67

Cast-Iron 71

Milk, Butter, Cheese 74

Wrought Iron 77

The Horse 80

Steel 85

The Rabbit 87

Copper 90

The Rabbit at Home 93

Lead 97

The Monkey 100

Tin 103

Three Classes of Monkeys 106

Zinc 110

The Mole 113

Silver 117

Gold

第三册

Water—Its Properties 1

Some of the Uses of Water 5

Birds and their Covering 8

A Feather 12

The Uses of Feathers 16

Water as a Solvent 19

Further Uses of Water 22

Birds 26

Water in other Forms 30

Vapor in the Air 34

Birds and their Beaks 37

More about Beaks 42

Vapor—What Becomes of It 45

Clouds, Rain, Dew 48

Birds—Their Legs and Feet 51

Birds—More about Legs and Feet 55

Solid Water 61

Ice, Hail, and Snow 64

A Snake 67

How the Snake Feeds 71

Mercury 74

The Poisonous Snakes

The Non-Poisonous Snakes 81

Mercury — Its Preparation and Uses 84

The Frog 87

Air 91

More about the Frog 94

More about the Air 97

The Frog and the Toad compared 100

Gases 103

The Frog—Its Life History 106

Coal-Gas 110

A Fish 113

More about Coal-Gas 116

More about the Fish 119

Balloons 122

How The Fish Moves 125

Tar 128

The Fish and its Food 131

Paraffin Oil 134

An Insect 137

Carbonic Acid Gas

More about Insects 144

More about Carbonic Acid Gas 147

Life History of an Insect 150

Parts of a Plant 153

The Spider 157

The Vital Organs of the Plant 161

The Spider’s Web 165

Parts of a Flower 168

More about the Flowers 171

The Flower and its Work 174

Seeds 177

Seedlings 180

The Seed-Leaves 183

The Single Seed-Leaf 186

The Bark 189

Kinds of Bass 192

Flax 195

Linen-Making 198

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