THE EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE SERIES. 



LIGHT: 



A Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phe- 

 nomena of Light, for the Use of Students of Every Age. 



By ALFRED M. MAYER and CHARLES BARNARD. 



NEAT 12no VOLTJMK, FULLY ILLUSTRATED. . CLOTH, PRICE, $1.00. 



" Professor Mayer has invented a series of experiments in Light which are described 

 by Mr. Barnard. Nothing is more necessary for sound teaching than experiments made 

 by the pupil, and this book, by considering the difficulty of costly apparatus, has rendered 

 an important service to teacher and student alike. It deals with the sources of light, 

 reflection, refraction, and decomposition of light. The experiments are extremely simple 

 and well suited to young people." Westminster Review. 



"This work describes, in simple language, a number of experiments illustrating the 

 principal properties of light, by means of a beam of sunlight admitted into a dark room, 

 and various contrivances. The experiments are highly ingenious, and the young student 

 can not fail to learn a great deal from the book. As an example of the effective experi- 

 mental method employed, we may specially mention the device for illustrating the refrac- 

 tion of light. This book is specially designed ' to give to every teacher and scholar the 

 knowledge of the art of experimenting. 1 "The Quarterly Journal of Science (London). 



"A singularly excellent little hand-book for the use of teachers, parents, and children. 

 The book is admirable both in design and execution. The experiments for which it pro- 

 vides are so simple that an intelligent boy or girl can easily make them, and so beautiful 

 and interesting that even the youngest children must enjoy the exhibition. The experi- 

 ments here described are abundantly worth all that they cost in money and time in any 

 family where there are boys and girls to be entertained.''.?^ York Evening Post. 



"The experiments are capitally selected, and equally as well described. The book is 

 conspicuously free from the multiplicity of confusing directions with which works of the 

 kind too often abound. There is an abundance of excellent illustrations." New York 

 Scientific American. 



"The experiments are for the most part new, and have the merit of combining pre- 

 cision in the methods with extreme simplicity and elegance of design. The value of the 

 book is further enhanced by the numerous carefully-drawn cuts, which add greatly to its 

 beauty." American Journal of Science and Arts. 



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