FOR THE INSTRUCTION & ENTERTAINMENT OF Young People; IN WHICH THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY ARE FULLY EXPLAINED & ILLUSTRATED. BY THE REV. J. JOYCE. A New and Enlarged Edition, WITH QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION, AND OTHER ADDITIONS, BY WILLIAM PINNOCK, AUTHOR OF GRAMMA OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, REVISED & COMPLETED TO THE PRESENT 81ATE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, By J. W. GRIFFITH, M.D, F.L.S., &c. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. ADVERTISEMENT. Ir is unnecessary here to say anything on the merits of this work, already so well established as the most popular and instructive manual of science in the English language. The present edition has undergone very considerable revision, both in regard to the language and the subject, and is, for the first time, accompanied by the addition of " Questions for Examination;" which, while they give convenient analyses of the chapters, will be found of considerable advantage in exercising the intellect and memory of youth. This edition was prepared with great care and attention by the late Mr. WM. PINNOCK, a name so well known in scholastic literature, and was left by him ready for the press: but circumstances having retarded its publication, it has been deemed advisable to have the whole re-examined, and completed to the present time. This task has been entrusted to men eminent in science, and of acknowledged ability in its several departments; and it is confidently believed that the work, in its improved form, presents the most useful and comprehensive manual of science which can be put into the hands of youth. Since the above was written, the work has been again revised, and brought down to the present state of knowledge, by Dr. J. W. GRIFFITH. York Street, May, 1852. H. G. B. ADVERTISEMENT. It is unnecessary here to say anything on the merits of this work, already so well established as the most popular and instructive manual of science in the English language. The present edition has undergone very considerable revision, both in regard to the language and the subject, and is, for the first time, accompanied by the addition of " Questions for Examination;" which, while they give convenient analyses of the chapters, will be found of considerable advantage in exercising the intellect and memory of youth. This edition was prepared with great care and attention by the late Mr. WM. PINNOCK, a name so well known in scholastic literature, and was left by him ready for the press: but circumstances having retarded its publication, it has been deemed advisable to have the whole re-examined, and completed to the present time. This task has been entrusted to men eminent in science, and of acknowledged ability in its several departments; and it is confidently believed that the work, in its improved form, presents the most useful and comprehensive manual of science which can be put into the hands of youth. Since the above was written, the work has been again revised, and brought down to the present state of knowledge, by Dr. J. W. GRIFFITH. York Street, May, 1852. H. G. B. |
