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THESE plates are somewhat rough and occasionally violent in colouring, but perfectly trustworthy, and well calculated to interest young people and convey to them a clear idea of the elementary scientific truths intended to be illustrated. The accompanying text gives all the explanation necessary. The plates embrace a wide field of subjects in mechanics, navigation, magnetism and electricity, sound, optics, photography, colours, spectroscopy, &c. We hope the collection will find its way into many schools and families.
Physics in Pictures: the Principal Natural Phenomena and Appliances Described and Illustrated by Thirty Coloured Plates for Ocular Instruction in Schools and Families.
With Explanatory Text Prepared by Theodore Eckardt., and Translated by A. H. Keane, M.A.I. (London: Stanford, 1882.)
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Physics in Pictures: the Principal Natural Phenomena and Appliances Described and Illustrated by Thirty Coloured Plates for Ocular Instruction in Schools and Families . Nature 27, 551 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027551b0
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