Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-05-22
IN PRESS
POPULAR LECTURES
ON
SCIENCE AND ART;
DELIVERED IN THE
Chief Cities and Towns i'm the e. 6,
BY DIONYSIuS LARDNER

Osch CisEcs ssiEl EeWAS fh essc e. =.
BY DlONYSIUS LARDNER.
Doctor Of Civil Law Fellow Royal Societies of London
ana Eainnugh Member OF the Universities of Cambridge
ana Dublin, and formerly Professor of Natural PHI
losophy and Astronomy in the University of
London, &C. &c.
! The publishers announce that DR.. Ialdner hav-
ing brought 10 a close his public Lectures in this
country, they have availed themselves of the op,
portunlty thus presented to induce him 20 pre- pare
Tor pu0ilcaton a complete and authentic edition OF
these Discourses. The general interest which for
the last four years they have excited in every part
OF this country Is universally felt and acknowl-
edged. Probably no public lecturer ever coptin-
ued for the same length of time to collect around
hm so numerous audiences. Nor has there been
any exception to this favorable impression. Visit
alter visit has been maje to all the chief cities,
and on every succeeding occasion audiences a
mounting TO thousands have assembled 10 hear
again ana again these lessons of useful knowledge
The same simplicity of language, perspicuity OF
reasoning, and felicity of illustration, which rem
Geled the oral discourses so universally accepta-
be Will he preserved in the published report, which
will indeed be, as nearly as possible, Identical with
the Lectures they were delivered
The publishers feel that in the volume now pro-
posed they VIII present 10 the American public a
most agreeable offering, and an interesting and
useful miscellany OF general information, which
will also afford that large class of persons who
nave attended The Lectures. an agreeable means
of revivn2 the impressions from which they have
already derived SO much profit and pleasure.
The subjects which will be included will en-
brace variety of topics in the Astronomical and
Physical Sciences, and in their application to the
arts OF life. Among these the following may be
mentioned:
The Plurality Of Worlds; The Sum- The Moon
The Planets; The Comets: The Solar System;
The Atmosphere; Popular Failacies; Artificial Il
Elimination; Light; Sound: Electricity; Galvanism;
The Bridge Wafer Lecture; Lunar Influences
Weather Almanacs; Babbage's Calculating Ma
chinery; Electric and Magnetic Telegraphs; The
Telescope and Microscope; Galileo Copernicus;
Lavoislcr; Newton; The Stellar Universe; The
Power Of Steam; Steam Navigation: Aurora Bore
alis; Water Spouts; Thunder and lightning; The
ory OF Dew; Heat The Barometer; The Thermom-
eier; &c &c.
The work will appear in numbers, or parts, viii
be we'll printed on good type, and copiously Illus
trated with engravngs on wood. 1t will be COM
pleted in ten or twelve numbers, and the entire
volnme will be published within six months. The
price will be 25 cents for each number
Any person wishing TO procure this valuable
work may apply to our agents, or to any of the
Booksellers or Country Merchants in any part OF
the United States. Posimasters renting ore
dollar will be entitled to FIVE numbers. Orders
are respectfully solicited
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