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Chapters on experiments with light (including the magic lantern); optical illusions; moving pictures (including thaumatrope, phenakistoscope, zoetrope, praxinoscope, kaleidoscope); experiments ...
#45224 Book / Science
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Book seeks to give 'the adventurous side of invention.' Chapters on Marconi and radio; airships; trains; automobiles; steamboats; lifeboat equipment; ...
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Book describes for children the workings of mirrors; lenses; animals' eyes; telescopes and microscopes; prisms; photography; fluorescence; electron microscopy; radar. ...
#45167 Book / Science
Aimed at a young male readership, it describes the properties of matter; centrifugal force; astronomy; gravity; cohesion and adhesion; capillary ...
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Book explains to its audience of boys [sic] the properties of matter; centrifugal force; astronomy; gravity; adhesion and cohesion; capillary ...
#45301 Book / Science
Aimed at boys, 'in illustration of the elementary branches of chemistry and natural philosophy.' Chapters on the properties of matter; ...
#42610 Book / Science
Aimed at an audience of boys, it describes the properties of matter; centrifugal force; astronomy; gravity; cohesion and adhesion; capillary ...
#42612 Book / Science
Book appears to be first volume in a series covering the full range of the sciences, of which 'the sections ...
#29771 Book / Science
Brief preface explains that book is aimed at the lay reader, offering a description of all the terms used in ...
#46194 Book / Science
Book aims to introduce children to the wonders of science. Chapters on the sun and light; the atmosphere; water; the ...
#39161 Book / Science
Biography of Sir David Brewster by his daughter, and 'from a home point of view.' Includes descriptions of his work ...
#46175 Book / Science
Appears to be an odd volume from a series. A number of plates and maps are followed by essays. Subjects ...
#39191 Book / Science
A history of sound recording with descriptions of Edison 's invention of the phonograph; the invention of the gramophone; early ...
#29923 Book / Science
Contains an essay on the motivation of inventors; a dictionary of inventions, including full accounts of the camera; motion pictures; ...
#29819 Book / Science
Originally published in 1831, this updated version makes use of amendments and corrections added in 1855. Includes chapters on Newton's ...
#42496 Book / Science
Short biographies of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler, with some information on their optical work. With portraits.
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