Things which appear to contradict general experience or scientific principles, with popular explanations of the how and why. Contents: Mechanical Paradoxes: carriages and other means of transport; spinning movement; rolling and flying movement; fluid forces; fallacies with the lever; Paradoxes of Physical State: curiosities of freezing and melting; curiosities of steam and vaporization; curiosities of heat conduction; curiosities of vapor jets; curiosities of volatile liquids; perpetual motion fallacies; magnetism; Chemical Paradoxes: curiosities of combination; disintegration; Physiological Paradoxes: eyes and peculiarities of vision; eyes as false witness; ears as false witness; touch a false witness; bodily structure. Handsomely illustrated.