Peter Parley's familiar tales, in illustration of natural philosophy
Contributors: Williams, Thomas, approximately 1800- engraver
Edition: Fourth edition, corrected, enlarged, and greatly improved.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: William Tegg
Published: 1864
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Physical sciences; Juvenile fiction; Physics; Scientific recreations; Telescopes
Other titles: Familiar tales in illustration of natural philosophy; Newtonian system of philosophy; Newtonian philosophy and natural philosophy in general for the use of young persons :
Description: Factual information about physical sciences presented in a fictional framework.
Notes: Peter Parley was a pseudonym used by S.G. Goodrich.

Illustrations engraved and signed by T. Williams.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.