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Title: The Story of a Tinder-box

Author: Charles Meymott Tidy

Release Date: August 22, 2009 [EBook #29757]

Language: English

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THE STORY
OF
A TINDER-BOX.

[Illustration: THE STORY OF A TINDER-BOX]

_THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE._

* * * * *

THE STORY
OF
A TINDER-BOX.

_A COURSE OF LECTURES_

_Delivered before a Juvenile Auditory at the London Institution
during the Christmas Holidays of 1888-89._

BY THE LATE
CHARLES MEYMOTT TIDY, M.B., M.S., F.C.S.
FORMERLY BARRISTER-AT-LAW;
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AT THE LONDON HOSPITAL;
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR ISLINGTON; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE
OF CHEMISTRY; ONE OF THE OFFICIAL ANALYSTS TO THE HOME OFFICE.

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1897.

[PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GENERAL LITERATURE COMMITTEE.]

PREFACE.

These lectures were delivered with the assistance merely of a few notes,
the author in preparing them for the press adhering as nearly as
possible to the shorthand writer's manuscript. They must be read as
intentionally untechnical holiday lectures intended for juveniles. But
as the print cannot convey the experiments or the demonstrations, the
reader is begged to make the necessary allowance.

The author desires to take this opportunity of expressing his thanks
to Messrs. Bryant and Ma