Mrs. Marcet (1769–1858)

"Uncommon second edition, revised, of Mrs Marcet's introduction to natural philosophy for children. Following on from the success and popularity of her first work Conversations on Chemistry (1806), and Conversations on Political Economy (1816), Mrs Marcet once again employs this format to convey a basic knowledge of the subject, clearly and succinctly, through conversations between Mrs B. and her charges Emily and Caroline. Seventeen conversations cover topics such as 'On general properties of bodies'; 'On the attraction of gravity'; 'On the laws of motion'; 'Earth’s annual motion'; 'On the planets'; 'On wind and sound'; 'On refraction of colours'; and 'Optics'. Interestingly, in her Preface, Mrs Marcet notes that the lessons 'are intended, in a course of elementary science, to precede the Conversations on Chemistry; and were actually written previous to either of her former publications' (p. iv). OCLC records six copies in North America, at UCLA, Chicago, North Carolina, Pennsylvannia, McGill and Toronto." (Pickering & Chatto, cat. 799, lot 63). COPAC lists copies at many British and Irish institutional and university libraries.… (plus d'informations)