Science Comics #5

Science Comics #5 is an anthology featuring educational science stories illustrated in comic form. "The Story of the World's Bridges" traces the history of bridge engineering from ancient suspension bridges through Roman wooden structures to Emperor Caligula's famous boat bridge across the Bay of Bair. "Oddities About the Great Apes" explains how King Alfred invented a fire clock using candles marked in bands to measure time, and details the workings of a Chinese water clock that used a paddle wheel mechanism. "Scientific Serendipities" recounts accidental discoveries including William Henry Perkin's invention of the first aniline dye in 1856 while attempting to extract quinine, and Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity through uranium's effect on photographic plates.