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The wonders of science, or, Young Humphry Davy : (the Cornish apothecary's boy, who taught himself natural philosophy, and eventually became President of the Royal Society) : the life of a wonderful boy written for boys
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The wonders of science, or, Young Humphry Davy : (the Cornish apothecary's boy, who taught himself natural philosophy, and eventually became President of the Royal Society) : the life of a wonderful boy written for boys

Date1862
Names
FormatBook
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    Medium
    Undefined
    Dimensions33 cm, 12Pages, 20500 mm (13 in., 807 1/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131009563941D
      The wonders of science, or, Young Humphry Davy
      The wonders of science, or, Young Humphry Davy
      Charles Dickens and Evans
      1879
      The boy's playbook of science : including the various manipulations and arrangements of chemical and philosophical apparatus required for the successful performance of scientific experiments : in illustration of the elementary branches of chemistry and natural philosophy
      The boy's playbook of science : including the various manipulations and arrangements of chemical and philosophical apparatus required for the successful performance of scientific experiments : in illustration of the elementary branches of chemistry and natural philosophy
      Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
      1860
      The boy's playbook of science : including the various manipulations and arrangements of chemical and philosophical apparatus required for the successful performance of scientific experiments : in illustration of the elementary branches of chemistry and natural philosophy
      The boy's playbook of science : including the various manipulations and arrangements of chemical and philosophical apparatus required for the successful performance of scientific experiments : in illustration of the elementary branches of chemistry and natural philosophy
      Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
      1869
      The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea- shore" : founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science)
      The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea- shore" : founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science)
      Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887
      1864
      Book cover; green with indented decorations
      The boy's country-book : being the real life of a country boy written by himself ; exhibiting all the amusements, pleasures, and pursuits of children in the country
      Howitt, William, 1792-1879
      1841
      The boy's country-book : being the real life of a country boy written by himself ; exhibiting all the amusements, pleasures, and pursuits of children in the country
      The boy's country-book : being the real life of a country boy written by himself ; exhibiting all the amusements, pleasures, and pursuits of children in the country
      Howitt, William, 1792-1879
      1839
      The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq
      The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq
      Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786
      1778
      Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
      Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
      John Sims
      1677
      Designers: Above, Judy Cornish, right, and Joyce Gunhouse mix '40s elegance with bad boy tattoo images in their new fall line
      Designers: Above, Judy Cornish, right, and Joyce Gunhouse mix '40s elegance with bad boy tattoo images in their new fall line
      Combs, Erin
      8/15/1988
      The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1
      The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 1
      Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
      1820
      The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 2
      The Swiss family Robinson, or, Adventures of a father and mother and four sons on a desert island : being a practical illustration of the first principles of mechanics, natural philosophy, natural history, and all those branches of science which most immediately apply to the business of life, volume 2
      Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818
      1820
      Lucky Patient: Ted Ryder, 74, holds a picture of himself showing the healthy boy he became after Dr. Frederick Banting started him on insulin treatments in 1922.
      Lucky Patient: Ted Ryder, 74, holds a picture of himself showing the healthy boy he became after Dr. Frederick Banting started him on insulin treatments in 1922.
      Combs, Erin
      10/13/1990