Conversations on natural philosophy, in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained, and adapted to the comprehension of young pupils. Illustrated with plates
A school physics primer in dialogue form, written by Jane Marcet and revised for American pupils by John Lauris Blake, printed in Boston by Lincoln & Edmands in 1825. Numbered copperplate diagrams on foxed cream paper show bell-jar and air-pump apparatus, rows of suspended balls, plumb lines and lettered geometric figures, useful as thin-line mechanical schematics and apparatus outlines.
