The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies
A school physics textbook by Alfred White Sprague, published in Boston by Phillips, Sampson & Company in 1856 for American schools and academies. The 182 wood-engraved figures show laboratory apparatus in outline—turned wooden stands, brass balls, governors, pumps, bell jars and lettered diagrams—usable as small mechanical motifs, technical line ornament, or annotated schematic reference.
