Object lessons : sensory science education 1830-1870

The Victorian nursery was filled with the potential for scientific lessons. From the bookshelves, children could listen to fairy-tales of wondrous forces and minuscule creatures; from the toy-chest, they could play with hoops and tops that demonstrated the laws of motion; at the table, they could ta...

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Main Author: Keene, Melanie Judith
Published: University of Cambridge 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590185