Mary Swift, Natural Philosophy, seesaw

Resource added
A spread from the chapter on the lever, from First Lessons on Natural Philosophy for Children: Part Second by American author Mary Swift, published by Belnap and Hamersley in 1837. Held at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, 15h3332. The entire 1851 edition with the same images is available to view or download through the Digital Collections of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00031637/00001/flipbook/39

Full description

“Lesson Sixth” introduces the lever and fulcrum, a simple machine, through a dialog about the child’s experience playing with a seesaw, as shown in the illustration.

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    Image
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  • container title
    Mary A. Swift, First Lessons on Natural Philosophy for Children: Part Second (Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1837).
  • credit
    Courtesy of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
  • rights
    Public Domain