A Christmas Book from 1875

• Autores: Thomas B. Greenslade Jr.
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 47, Nº. 9, 2009, págs. 579-580
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This is a story about a book that I found in my collection, its author, and the boy who owned it. The book is The Boys Playbook of Science, first published in 1860 by John Henry Pepper 1821�1900. On the flyleaf is written �Arthur G. Webster; Christmas75; from Mama.� Arthur Gordon Webster 1863�1923 was one of the founders of the American Physical Society, and was 12 when he was given this book.