Author: Richard Green Parker

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Published: 2015-07-27

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781332003891

Excerpt from The Boston School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Embracing the Elementary Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Pyronomics, Optics, Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism,& Astronomy; With a Description of the Steam and Locomotive Engines The School Committee of the City of Boston having recently furnished the Grammar Schools with apparatus for exemplifying the principles of Natural Philosophy, the author of this work, who, for ten years, has been at the head of one of these large establishments, and has felt the want of an elementary treatise unencumbered with extraneous matter, has been induced to attempt to supply the deficiency. If he is not deceived in the result of his labors, the work will commend itself to notice, by the following features: 1. It is adapted to the present state of natural science; embraces a wider field, and contains a greater amount of information on the respective subjects of which it treats, than any other elementary treatise of its size. 2. It contains an engraving of every article in the Boston School at of philosophical apparatus; a description of each instrument, and an account of the experiments which can be performed by means of the apparatus. 3. It is enriched by a representation and a description of the Locomotive, as well-as the common Steam Engine. 4. Besides embracing a copious account of the principles of Electricity and Magnetism, its value is enhanced by the introduction of the science of Pyronomics, together with the new science of Electra-Magnetism. 5. It is peculiarly adapted to the convenience of study and of recitation, by the figures and diagram being first placed, side by side with the illustrations, and then repeated on separate leaves at the end of the volume. The number is also given, where each principle may be found, to which allusion is made, throughout the volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.