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The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was a Member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other scientists, including James Watt, and was known for his significant mechanical inventions. However, Edgeworth's real inte...

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Main Authors: Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 (Author), Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744-1817 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : J. Johnson, 1798.
Subjects:
Home schooling > Early works to 1800.
Education > Curricula > Early works to 1800.
Children > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800.
Educational psychology > Early works to 1800.
Great Britain.
Education.
Home schooling.
Pädagogik.
Early works.
Marbled papers (Binding) > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Toys
  • II. Tasks
  • III. On attention
  • IV. Servants
  • V. Acquaintance
  • VI. On temper
  • VII. On obedience
  • VIII. On truth
  • IX. On rewards and punishments
  • X. On sympathy and sensibility
  • XI. On vanity, pride and ambition
  • XII. Books
  • XIII. On grammar, and classical literature
  • XIV. On geography and chronology
  • XV. On arithmetick
  • XVI. Geometry
  • XVII. On mechanicks
  • XVIII. Chemistry
  • XIX. On public and private education
  • XX. On female accomplishments, masters, and governesses
  • XXI. Memory and invention
  • XXII. Taste and imagination
  • XXIII. Wit and judgment
  • XXIV. Prudence and economy
  • XXV. Summary.