Fragments of Knowledge from a Schoolboy's Science Paper.

The earth makes a resolution every twenty-four hours.

The difference between air and water is that air can be made wetter and water can not.

We are now masters of steam and eccentricity.

Gravity is chiefly noticeable in the autumn when the apples are falling from the trees.

The axis of the earth is an imaginary line on which the earth takes its daily routine.

Electricity and lightning are of the same nature, the only difference being that lightning is often several miles long while electricity is only a few inches.

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