GLANCE AT THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES; or the Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air, and Sky: by the Author of Peter Parley's Tales, A. by [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold] 1793-1860

Boston: George C. Rand & Avery No. 3 Cornhill, 1856. Illustrated by Steel engraved double frontis and text woodcuts, head and tail pieces. Later edition. c.1844. Parley's Cabinet Library. Original brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt decorated spine. 16mo. pp. 352. Very Good. Cap and corner chips, internal toning. Woodbury Prize of Summer term 1856 presented to Mary E. Weston ffep. Sections: Mechanics, Astronomy, Properties of Matter, Mechanical Powers, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Optics, Acoustics, Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Meteorology, Chemistry, Geology, Mineral Kingdom, Botany, Zoology..