Book, A System of Natural Philosophy
date: label: date made
content: 1837
name: label: maker
content: Comstock, John Lee
notes: label: Description
content: This illustrated volume has the lengthy but descriptive title <I>A System of Natural Philosophy: In Which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics,Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Electricity, and Magnetism are Familiarly Explined and Illustrated by More Than two Hundred Engravings to Which Are Added, Questions for the Examination of the Pupils Designed both the Use of Schools and Academies</I>.The book first appeared in 1830, with reprintings and revisions as late as 1871. The author, John Lee Comstock (1789-1858), was a Connecticut physician who published books on a wide range of scientific topics as well as philosophy and the Greek revolution.
label: Description
content: This copy has no front cover.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Physical Sciences
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. C. B. Schmeltzer in Memory of C. B. Schmeltzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3110.16
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3110
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3110.16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 12 cm x 18.3 cm; 31/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 7 7/32 in