Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 My mother, Nellie, was a great cook who never relied on recipes or precise measurements when she cooked. She just did it, and she did it well. Her ability to figure things out and cope with the challenges was the greatest gift she passed on to me. #2 My family was large, with six children. We rarely ate out because we didn't have the money, and the restaurants couldn't compete with what we had at home. My father was a supervisor of shipbuilding at Johnson Iron Works, and my mother was a housewife. #3 My mother and father parceled out their love and attention to all of us in equal measure so that we never felt neglected or favored over one another. Their meals were exciting, rich, and varied even though they were poor. #4 My mother, Nellie, would cook delicious meals for us every day. She would always talk about how important it was to eat your vegetables, and she would always have soups in the wintertime made with what she called the soup meat-whatever was left over.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The idea that electricity was used to waken the monster is a misconception that probably originated with the famous 1931 film in which Boris Karloff played the monster. Shelley herself was more circumspect and only used the term instruments of life. #2 Static electricity is the buildup of electrical charges on our bodies, which can be caused by the atmosphere being dry or humid. It can also be caused by metal objects close to us, or another person. #3 The term static electricity refers only to the fact that the positive and negative electric charges are physically separated. As soon as a positively charged material comes close enough to a negatively charged one, current will flow from one to the other. #4 The first machine capable of generating static electricity was invented by the German Otto von Guericke around 1663. It consisted of a ball of brimstone, about the size of a child's head, with a wooden rod through its centre. The rod rested in a cradle, enabling the ball to be rotated on its axis by cranking the handle. When a dry hand or a pad of material was held against the whirling ball, static electricity was generated.