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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)
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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)

Date1864
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FormatBook
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    Pages448 pages
    Dimensions448Pages, 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
    Language
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131053590733D
      Prudential instruction to the poor boys, fitted out by the Corporation of the Marine Society : with moral and religious advice adapted in a sententious manner to their condition and to every one who is a candidate for happiness on Christian principles
      Prudential instruction to the poor boys, fitted out by the Corporation of the Marine Society : with moral and religious advice adapted in a sententious manner to their condition and to every one who is a candidate for happiness on Christian principles
      Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786
      1788
      Scientific dialogues : intended for the instruction & entertainment of young people in which the first principles of natural and experimental philosophy are fully explained
      Scientific dialogues : intended for the instruction & entertainment of young people in which the first principles of natural and experimental philosophy are fully explained
      Joyce, Jeremiah, 1763-1816
      1874
      Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
      Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
      Slaughter, Mike
      6/3/1992
      The pebbles are tasty - but the sun is too hot
      The pebbles are tasty - but the sun is too hot
      Norris, Dave
      7/27/1970
      Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
      Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
      Stuparyk, Michael
      6/3/1992
      Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c
      Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c
      J. Mawe
      1828
      Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist, by Catharine Parr Traill, with biographical sketch, by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon
      Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist, by Catharine Parr Traill, with biographical sketch, by Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon
      FitzGibbon, Mary Agnes, 1851-1915
      1894
      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
      Science popularly explained : the principles of natural and physical science, and their practical and useful applications to the employments and necessities of common life, familiarly explained, and illustrated with upwards of two hundred engravings
      Science popularly explained : the principles of natural and physical science, and their practical and useful applications to the employments and necessities of common life, familiarly explained, and illustrated with upwards of two hundred engravings
      Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
      1856
      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
      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
      Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829
      1862
      The book of science : a familiar introduction to the principles of natural philosophy, adapted to the comprehension of young people, comprising mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, acoustics, pyronomics, optics, electricity, galvanism, magnetism
      The book of science : a familiar introduction to the principles of natural philosophy, adapted to the comprehension of young people, comprising mechanics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, acoustics, pyronomics, optics, electricity, galvanism, magnetism
      Chapman and Hall
      1833