Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-05-29
IN PRESS
POPULAR LECTURES
ON
SCIENCE AND ART;
DELIVERED IN THE
chief Cities and Towns i'm the az. 6.
RY DiONVSJIIS JaDDNrn

Df DlON1 1SIUS LARDNER
Doctor Of Civil Law Fellow of Royal Societies of London
ana hiihputgh, Member of the Universities of Cambridge
ana Dublin, and formerly Professor of Natural Phi
iosophy and Astronomy in the University of
London, &c. sc.
The publishers announce that DR.. T,a,Jner bav-
ing brought TO close his public Lectures in this
country, they have availed themselves of the op
portunlty thus presented to induce him to prepare
LOT puollcatlon complete and authentic edition of
these Discourses. The general interest which for
le last 1our years they have excited in eyery part
OF this country is universally felt and acknowl-
edged Probably no public lecturer ever contin-
ued lor the same length of time to collect around
him so numerous audiences. Nor has there been
any exception to this favorable impression. Visit
after visit has been made to all the chief cities.
and on every succeeding occasion audiences a.
mounting to thousands have assembled to hear
again and again these lessons of useful knowledge
he same simplicity of language, perspicuty of
reasoning, and felicity of illustration which rem
Gered the oral discourses so universally accepta-
Die Will be preserved in the published report, which
will indeed be, as nearly possible Identical with
the Lectures as they were delivered.
The publishers feel that in the volume now pro-
posed they will 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
have attended the Lectures, an agreeable means
of reviving 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 Sun; The Moon
The flanets; The Comets; The Solar System;
The Atmosphere Popular Fallacies; Artificial H.
Illumination; Light; Sound Electricity; Galvansm;
The Bridge Water Lecture; Lunar Influences
Weather Amanacs; Babbages Calculating Ma
chnery; Electric and Magnetic Telegraphs; The
Telescope and Microscope; Calico; Coperncus;
l.avoiser; Newton; The Stellar Universe; The
Power of Steam; Steam Navigation; Aurora Bore
alis; Wafer Spouts; Thunder and Lightning; The
ory Of Dew; Heat; The Barometer; The Thermom-
eter; &c &c.
The work will appear in numbers, or parts, will
be well printed on good type, and copiously illus
trated with engravingS on wood. 1t will be CON-
pleted in ten or twelve numbers, and the entire
volume 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 o!
the United States. Postmasters remitting one
dollar will be entitled to FIVE numbers. Orders
are respectfully solicited
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