The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... Experiments on this sub- ject , with a boy about two years old . Importance of imparting correct ideas to the infant mind . Maternal associations , Im- 38 ' CHAPTER IV . ON INFANT SCHOOLS . Objects of infant ( 5 ) CONTENTS .
... Experiments on this sub- ject , with a boy about two years old . Importance of imparting correct ideas to the infant mind . Maternal associations , Im- 38 ' CHAPTER IV . ON INFANT SCHOOLS . Objects of infant ( 5 ) CONTENTS .
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... Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry . - Departments of Experimental Philosophy . Mechanical Powers . Experiments illustrative of Hydrostatical principles , ( with figures ) . Simple experiments illustrative of Pneumatical subjects ...
... Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry . - Departments of Experimental Philosophy . Mechanical Powers . Experiments illustrative of Hydrostatical principles , ( with figures ) . Simple experiments illustrative of Pneumatical subjects ...
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... experiments and repre sentations , calculated to illustrate the operations of nature and art , were frequently exhibited ; if ample and agreeable accommodation were furnished , both within and without doors ; if they were not too long ...
... experiments and repre sentations , calculated to illustrate the operations of nature and art , were frequently exhibited ; if ample and agreeable accommodation were furnished , both within and without doors ; if they were not too long ...
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... experiments of this kind , and from these he gradually acquires his first ideas of the specific gravity of bodies . If he take the stone and the wood out of the water , and by chance they fall upon his feet , he learns that the heavier ...
... experiments of this kind , and from these he gradually acquires his first ideas of the specific gravity of bodies . If he take the stone and the wood out of the water , and by chance they fall upon his feet , he learns that the heavier ...
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... experiments on an indefinite variety of objects , all which he has arranged in his mind , and distinctly remembers . Light and heat , the properties of fire and flame , of water and air , the laws of projectiles and moving bodies ...
... experiments on an indefinite variety of objects , all which he has arranged in his mind , and distinctly remembers . Light and heat , the properties of fire and flame , of water and air , the laws of projectiles and moving bodies ...
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