PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS: In Which Are Familiarly Explained The Causes Of Many Daily Occurring Natural Phenomena.

Published by Carter, Hendee & Co., 1834

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252 pages, Illustrated and with Notes And Questions for Review by Ebenezer Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston. "The object of the present work is to explain the causes of those phenomena which either pass unregarded, from the frequency of their occurrence, or are considered too abstruse to be comprehended without a previous acquintance with the elements of science." The final chapter is on Flying, birds flying, to the practicability of men flying, the impracticability of guiding ballons, and the means by which Man may expect to fly. GOOD HARDCOVER, orignal calf leather binding. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Title
PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS: In Which Are Familiarly Explained The Causes Of Many Daily Occurring Natural Phenomena.
Author
Bakewell, Frederick C.
Publisher
Carter, Hendee & Co.
Publication year
1834
Condition
Good
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Not Issued with a Dust Jacket.
Binding
Hard Cover
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NATURAL SCIENCES.

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PASCALE'S BOOKS a mail order business specializing in scholarly non-fiction, in many subjects, such as legal history, sociology, technology, architecture, aviation, astronomy and natural sciences & more. Content and condition are both equally important to me as a bookseller. I have 40 years experience buying and selling books & ephemera. "Read an old book and learn something new."

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