Curiosities of Heat

The work frames a popular lesson on the phenomena of heat within a village Bible class, where a minister and parishioners examine thermal principles alongside moral and theological questions. It surveys sources and transmission of heat, methods of preservation and economy, combustion and coal-beds, ocean currents and icebergs, and heat transfer in space, offering plain scientific explanations and practical applications. Interwoven with experimental description are reflections on providence, suffering, and the design of the world, intended to show how natural laws reveal wisdom and inform human conduct.