ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY by Elroy M. Avery, PH.D
"A Text-Book for High Schools and Academies"
Illustrated by more than 400 wood engravings
Published by Sheldon and Company, New York. Copyright 1885. Revised Edition. Hardcover with blind stamped designs on cover with leather spine strip with gilt lettering. 594 pages, 4.75 in x 7.5 in. Book condition is poor: binding and text shows wear, tears; endpapers and last page or pages missing; last page of Index is 594 (ends with part of U). Hinges cracked, cover loosening from text block. Pencil notes, marks throughout the book. A reading copy with very interesting illustrations/wood engravings.
Content: Natural Philosophy, Physics. Chapter discussions on Physics, Dynamics, Simple Machines, Liquids, Pneumatics, Electricity and Magnetism, Sound, Heat, Light.