1930s HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK
HARDCOVER / LIBRARY BINDING / NO DUST JACKET
* TITLE: Descriptive Physics
* AUTHOR: Sherman R. Wilson
* PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Co.
* EDITION: First Ed.
* DATE: 1936
* PAGES: ix, 231
* SIZE: 8” x 5 3/4”
* COLOR: Blue, White, Yellow
* INCLUDES: B&W Photographs, Illustrations, Preface, Contents, Appendix, Index.
* NOTE: Each chapter ends with a number of review questions.
- This 1936 science textbook is in VERY GOOD condition, considering the age.
- Pages are free of pencil marks; although there is an old price written in pencil on the front free endpaper.
- No rips, tears or folds.
- Slight discoloring to pages and endpapers due to age.
- Strong binding.
- Hardcover without a dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear.
This 1936 school book is a one-semester text for the high school physics student. According to the Preface, “ It is written in language that the student can easily understand. A few practical examples are used as illustrations, and applications are made clear by the use of photographs and drawings. It attempts to meet the need for a practical text through its omissions: (1) it does not meet all requirements for college entrance; (2) it does not cover all the ground usually covered in a year’s work in this subject; (3) it does not require the use of formulas or the ability to solve problems.”
The text covers the following: (a) the molecular theory and its applications; (b) sound, light, and heat - naturally associated with wave motion; (c) the mechanics of fluids, the use of machines in applying forces, in transforming and transferring energy, in doing work, and in generating power; (d) magnetism and electricity - static, cells, batteries, dynamos, and motors.
Nice book for collecting or for homeschool curriculum.
