Rollo's experiments / by the author of Rollo learning to talk, to read, at work, at play, at school, at vacation, andc.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Rollo booksPublisher: Philadelphia : Hogan and Thompson ; 1841Publisher: Boston : Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1841Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 16 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books 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

31560000077053 6517

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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