LIGHT A Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of Light, for the Use of Students of Every Age.
by Mayer, Alfred M. & Charles Barnard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth/gilt with sunned spine, frayed board corners. PO name has been removed (white out) from ffep. Hinges mildly tender. ; Excellent illustrations in black & white. Specially prepared for the teacher who has no apparatus and who wishes pupils to become experimenters, strict reasoners and exact observers. Includes the heliostat, experiments with cards and a lamp, experiments with shadows, experiments in measuring light, reflection of light, etc. ; Illustrations in black & white; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 113 +ads pages .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17926
- Title
- LIGHT A Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of Light, for the Use of Students of Every Age.
- Author
- Mayer, Alfred M. & Charles Barnard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Experiment With Shadows, Experiment With Glass Tube, The Milk-and-water Lamp, Refraction Of Light, The Water-lens, The Solar Microscope, Experimental Science Series
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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