EEASON WHY 



COLLECTION OF MANY HUNDREDS OP REASONS FOR THINGS 



WHICH, THOUGH GENERALLY BELIEVED, ARE 



IMPERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD. 



A BOOK OF 



CONDENSED SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE MILLION. 

 BY THE AUTHOR OF 'INQUIRE WITHIN," 



This collection of useful information on " Common Things" is put in the interesting 

 form of " Why and Because," and comprehends a familiar explanation of many snb- 

 jaets which occupy a large space in the philosophy of Nature, relating to air, animals, 

 atmosphere, caloric, chemistry, ventilation, inateria medica, meteorology, acoustics 

 lectricity, light, zoology, etc. 





NEW YORK : 

 DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS, 



N:. 18 ANN STREET. 



