The wonders of science, or, Young Humphry Davy (the Cornish apothecary's boy, who taught himself natural philosophy and eventually became president of the Royal society)
Subtitle: the life of a wonderful boy, written for boys
By: by Henry Mayhew, author of "The story of the peasant-boy philosopher," etc
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, publishers
Published: 1856
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Other titles: Young Humphry Davy (the Cornish apothecary's boy, who taught himself natural philosophy and eventually became president of the Royal society)
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.