Elementary Science.
A West Coast School Inspector found the following among the replies to his questions in elementary science: — “ Sound is conveyed through the air by a number of books stood upon their ends at equal distances, so that if you knock the first down,” etc. “ Wind is air in a hurry.” “ Tho chief forces in nature are solid liquids and gases.” “ When the diaphragm is pulled down tho muscles of the arm stop contracting.” “Because the arterial blood changes into venous blood that is why tho skin is sometimes moist.”
“ Blood vessels, veins and artilleries .” “ The sternum is at the back.” “ The Gas Trick juice,” “ Digestion is the machine which keeps tho stomach rolling round and round.” One scholar, in answer to the question “Describe the action of the heart,” made answer “ The heart is deceitful above all things!’’
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4985, 18 April 1889, Page 3
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140Elementary Science. South Canterbury Times, Issue 4985, 18 April 1889, Page 3
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