The Secret of Everyday Things by Jean Henri Fabre, Florence Constable Bicknell
By Jean Henri Fabre, Florence Constable Bicknell
Interesting conversations with Uncle Paul display the mysteries in the back of the dyeing and weaving of material, the lighting fixtures and heating of houses, the processing fascinated with bringing oil, espresso, tea, spices, and different foodstuffs to the desk, and the facility of water in all its manifestations. very good as follow-on to the tale booklet of Science. various black and white illustrations supplement the textual content. appropriate for a long time eleven and up.
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As soon as the caterpillars have completed their tasks, the cocoons are gathered from the sprigs of heather. A few of these cocoons, selected from those that show the best condition, are set aside and left for the completion of the metamorphosis. The resulting butterflies furnish the eggs or 'seeds' whence, next year, will come the new litter of worms. The rest of the cocoons are immediately subjected to the action of very hot steam, which kills the chrysalis in each just when the tender flesh is beginning slowly to take form.
To-day, when the highly prized caterpillar is dying out in our part of the world, China and its neighbor Japan are called upon to furnish healthy silkworm eggs. " CHAPTER V Wool "WE live," continued Uncle Paul, "on the life of our domestic animals. The ox gives us his strength, his flesh, his hide; the cow gives us her milk besides. The horse, the ass, the mule work for us; and when death overtakes them they leave us their skin for leather with which to make our footwear. The hen gives us her eggs, and the dog places his intelligence at our disposal.
Beaten with this earth for a number of hours by the heavy clubs of the fulling-mill, the cloth loses the oil with which it is impregnated. Soap-suds and finally pure water finish the cleaning. "But the part performed by the fulling-mill is not limited to cleaning the cloth; it also shrinks the goods to half the original width and nearly half the length. In this connection I will call your attention to a precaution familiar to every good housewife. Before cutting out a garment she is careful to wet the cloth so as to shrink it as much as possible.