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The high school physics

Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · 1887 · Toronto : W.J. Gage · 207 pictures

A secondary-school physics textbook by Alfred P. Gage, adapted by C. Fessenden and published in Toronto by W.J. Gage in 1887 for Canadian high school classrooms. Its 207 wood-engraved figures show laboratory apparatus, magnetic and current diagrams with lettered keys, and optical ray charts, many reversed as white line on black, offering stark diagram motifs and instrument silhouettes.

Physics

Internet Archive · University of Toronto Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0