Physics for Princes: The George III Collection.

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1968 (A Science Museum illustrated booklet). Paper covers, [50] pp (unpaginated). First edition. In good condition. Small (6x6") glossy pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Staple bound. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked with occasional age spotting throughout. NOT Ex-Library. Illustrated booklet which features 21 items from the George III collection at the Science Museum. The core of this collection consists of instruments which had been used to teach physics to the Prince of Wales, later King George III (1738 - 1820). Each item includes a full color photograph and an explanation of its history, purpose and significance. Contents include: Introduction by V. K. Chew, Philosophical table, Compound engine, Hydraulic screw, Diagonal barometer, exhausting and compressing pump, Prism producing spectrum, Hooke microscope, Object seen through the 'Prince of Wales' microscope, Bell in vacuo, Glass bell, Lodestone, Globe electrical machines, Electrical chimes, Electric egg, Leyden jar, Orrery, Regulator,Theodolite, Newcomen's atmospheric engine, Ferguson's crane.