Rollo's experiments / by the author of Rollo learning to talk, to read, at work, at play, at school, at vacation, andc.
Material type: TextSeries: Rollo booksPublisher: Philadelphia : Hogan and Thompson ; 1841Publisher: Boston : Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1841Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 16 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | Juvenile | QH48 .A23 1841 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000077053 |
In original publisher's binding: marbled paper over boards and a green leather spine.
LC copy imperfect: preliminary pages wanting? DLC
Jonas as astronomer -- Pruning -- The great beetle and wedge -- The little beetle and wedge -- Splitting -- Horology -- Jonas's dial -- The beehive --Jonas's magnet -- magnetism -- Intellectual philosophy -- Oscillations.
Weber, C.J. Abbott, IIa7
Checklist Amer. imprints, 41-13
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Inspirational/learning book USA from the 1840s for teaching juveniles good life and learning habits. This volume on scientific experiments, with one chapter (page 80) called "Horology" where the protagonist Rolo (Age 10?) makes an hourglas (sandclock) and his friend makes a rudimentary sundial.
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