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IN the form of a series of familiar letters from an aunt to a nephew and niece, we have here an account, in simple familiar language, of some of the commoner physical phenomena of nature. Recollecting the books with a similar aim that have passed through our hands, we feel grateful to find one free from conspicuous blunders. To the little book before us we need not however apply such negative praise. It is in all respects to be commended as a book to put into the hands of the young. And we fancy that even many well-educated people who are not young in years, will find a record and explanation of facts with which they are not familiar. They may learn here all about the formation of ice, latent and specific heat, the air-pump, the barometer and thermometer, the winds, combustion, and many other phenomena of daily life. A few well executed woodcuts illustrate the text; and we would like to hear that a large circulation has rewarded the efforts of “Aunt Rachel” to popularise the elements of science.
Aunt Rachel's Letters about Water and Air.
(London: Longmans and Co., 1871.)
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Aunt Rachel's Letters about Water and Air . Nature 4, 24 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004024b0
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