'Translated and enlarged from "Les Recreations Scientifiques" of Gaston Tissandier". A large collection of scientific amusements (avoiding magic tricks), including natural history; physics (including automata); gases; water; heat; light (including optical illusions, the thaumatrope, phenokistoscope, the zootrope, the praxinoscope, ghost illusions, the stereoscope, the telescope and microscope, photography, dissolving views, spectroscopy); acoustics; electricity (with electrical machines); galvanism; magnetism; applied electricity (including telephone and phonograph); aeronautics; chemistry; mineralogy; new forms of transport; angles and the measurement of angles; astronomy and the solar system; geography and geology; meteorology; botany; zoology; games (including the magic top and the gyroscope. Illustrated with engravings of equipment and diagrams.
Item number | 16128 |
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Category | Book |
Type | Science |
Dimensions | length 245mm; breadth 164mm; thickness 54mm |
Language | English |
Country of origin | UK |
Related people | Gaston Tissandier (author) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection