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AIDS IN STUDYING CHEMISTRY

Experiments in Chemistry are its most interesting phase. Let its problems take form in your visual mind and you will add to the enjoyment and also the ease of your understanding.

A teacher of this subject, after appreciating the value and ease of visualization, worked out picture combinations of atoms which helped him greatly. He could see the two atoms of Hydrogen floating through the air and combining with the atom of Oxygen and could see the result of the combination.

Using the Initialing Idea

The ideas which have been given in this and the preceding books can be applied in many ways to the problems of any subject. There is no attempt on the part of the author to work out all applications, but merely to suggest a few possible ones and leave the rest to the student. Each will think of different methods, and those aids which each one works out for himself will be most valuable and most easily recalled.

The Elemental Substances

The six elemental substances of the organic world are: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulphur, which can be easily remembered by the following: The Organic World--Can Have No Other Principal Story.

The initials of each of the words following "World" stand for one of the elements.

Chemical Formulae

The formula for Glycerine is C3H53, and can be remembered by the following idea: COME HEEL O HAM. In this example notice that the first letter of the word initials the substance and the last letter the number of atoms by the number code. As COME: C for Carbon, and M for 3. HEEL: H for Hydrogen, and L for 5. O for Oxygen. HAM: H for Hydrogen, and M for radicle 3 times. Use whichever method suits you best.

The formula for Carbolic Acid, C6H5OH, or CASH HAUL O, HAY. The formula for Benzine, C6H6, or CASH HASH.

Hardness of Substances

It is often valuable to know the degree of hardness of different substances, and these can easily be remembered by the following list. In degree of relative hardness the list is as follows, the hardest coming first.

Diamond Corundum Topaz Quartz Iridium Apatite Bell Metal Boric Acid Rock Salt Kaolin

Take Kaolin as a basis. The number opposite each substance in the following list indicates its comparative degree of hardness in relation to Kaolin:

In the list you have ten substances. Kaolin, the base, is 1, Rock Salt is 2, which indicates that Rock Salt is twice as hard as Kaolin. Iridium is 6, and six times as hard as Kaolin. Diamond is 10, which means that it is ten times as hard as Kaolin.

Learning this list by picturing reminders with the word of the Code list will enable you to easily recall these ten substances and the degree of hardness compared with Kaolin.

Atomic Weight Table

Some students of Chemistry have learned the entire list of elements and their atomic weights. The following are a few examples of how the list can be arranged and learned. It will be excellent practice for you to use this method and make a list of your own.

Element Code No. Reminder Wt. Code Word

Learning Foreign Vocabularies

The principle of using a reminder can be applied with advantage in learning a foreign language. The majority may learn foreign words more easily and permanently by the Reminder Link. In this case the reminder is the connecting link between the English word and the foreign word. Those who usually learn foreign words only by laborious repetition will find a saving of time in learning by the reminder link.

Spanish words:

English Link Spanish

cold freeze frio drink beer beber written inscribed escrito sing cantata cantar full complete completo sweet delicious dulce window ventilate ventana keep guard guardar sell vend vender

Latin Vocabularies

Latin is the base from which most modern languages are derived, and you will find in English a very large proportion of the words taken directly from the Latin source. This makes the learning of Latin Vocabularies simpler than any other.

In a great many cases the word is a direct derivative and needs no reminder or intermediate step; for example, the Latin word ANIMAL is the same as in English, although pronounced differently; or Latin: ORNAMENTUM, and the English ORNAMENT. Be resourceful, draw upon your imagination. Note the following suggestions:

English Reminder Latin

boyish Puerile puer crown coronation corona free liberate liber land terrace terra dog canine canis think cogitate cogito mind mental mentis running current curro pleasing gratifying gratus soldiers militia milites teaching doctrine doceo more majority maior unending perpetual perpetus shortness brevity brevis time temporary tempora faith fidelity fides

German Vocabularies become very much less difficult if you search for an intermediate step or reminder:

English Link German

fork gobble gabel coffee-pot coffee-can kaffekanne amusing comical komisch ancient old timer alterthuemlich easy light leicht meat flesh fleisch writing scribed schreiben gloves hand shoe handschuh quilt bed cover betdecke walking going gehen stove oven ofen flowers blooms blumen

Studying Music

The visual memory is the best memory for music. Many of the better musicians who learn music readily and remember it well have the visual memory. They can see the page, the bar, and the notes in the mind's eye. This ability can be developed in the child by the use of the exercises for visualization given in the first book. When the child begins to study music give part of the time to practice of visualizing and memorizing music.

First, teach him to visualize a perfect clef. Draw imperfect ones on paper or slate and have the child tell what is the matter with them. Draw different notes and have him become thoroughly familiar with them by reproducing them. Have him draw the whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes, etc.

Teach the child the division of time by grouping the notes with reference to beats. Write a line of notes and have him divide them into groups of whole note value. Then indicate a certain time to be followed and have him divide other rows of notes into bars in accordance with the time indicated.

Teach the child the different rests by the same visual process. Have him write bars of music using the different rests and completing the bar of given time by filling in with the proper notes. Teach the use of sharps and flats and the difference in signatures by the same visual process. Let all practice be simple in the beginning and increase in complexity as he grows older.

Teach the child to combine the use of the eye and ear in musical practice. Have him transfer ear impressions to visual ones by seeing the notes on a staff as he hears the tone. Write a few bars of a familiar tune and have the child tell what it is.

Another application of the visual memory is to look carefully at the staff, then close the eyes and see it in the mind's eye, then look back and correct and improve the picture. Another plan is to see the staff exaggerated in size, covering the entire wall of the room. This exaggerated picture can be colored according to the above suggestions.

It will be helpful to take the piece which is to be memorized, and after fixing the picture of it in mind write it upon a blank staff. Keep improving this written copy of music, writing only that part of the score which is seen clearly. These methods will help to improve the visual ability to carry a picture of the page; and continuous practice with them will help in improving the ability to memorize in this way.

Be systematic in all your efforts. It is best first to memorize the words, then the air, then the technical part. A thorough understanding of the composition and its general plan will be of assistance.

In learning songs apply the principles given in the second book, and learn the words thoroughly. This will enable you to devote all of your time and attention to the technical part of the music. When you do not know the words thoroughly your attention is divided between learning the technical part of the music and recalling the words. Better master one thing at a time and do that well.

Speaking in Public

When you have trained your child's memory and created in his mind a feeling of confidence that he can remember what he wishes to say, there will be very little embarrassment connected with speaking in public.

Teach the child to use the Hitching Post idea in all matters of public speaking.

This subject was covered in Book Two and the following sample outline of the points of a talk "Hitched" to the Code Words will be helpful.

A patriotic speech made after the Declaration of War with Germany.

Young men are taking off their ties and waving them in the air rushing into the Enlisting Office.

A partly built ship covered with snow which men are shoveling away so others can go on with the work.

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