Philosophical recreations, or, Winter amusements : a collection of entertaining & surprising experiments in mechanics, arithmetic, optics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity, chemistry, magnetism, & pyrotechny, or art of making fire works : together with the wonders of the air pump, magic lanthorn, camera obscura, &c. &c. &c. and a variety of tricks with cards : the whole simplified and clearly elucidated so as to suit every capacity.
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Opie collection of children's literature ;
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| Item Description: | Pref. signed: J.B. [i.e. John Badcock]. Includes publisher's advertisements (back cover and p. xv verso). Date of publication suggested by P.A.H. Brown, London publishers and printers, c. 1800-1870. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 200 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations |