Project Gutenberg 2011-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 69 Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton) 1840 1929 Fisher, Arabella Burton Buckley Buckley, Arabella Burton Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science Reading ease score: 67.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. The magician's chamber by moonlight -- Magic glasses and how to use them -- Fairy rings and how they are made -- The life-history of lichens and mosses -- The history of a lava stream -- An hour with the sun -- An evening among the stars -- Little beings from a miniature ocean -- The Dartmoor ponies -- The magician's dream of ancient days. E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Robin Shaw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures" by Arabella B. Buckley is a collection of scientific lectures aimed at young readers, written in the late 19th century. This sequel to "The Fairyland of Science" explores various concepts of science, particularly focusing on the wonders revealed through optical instruments such as the telescope and microscope. The overarching theme emphasizes the magic of discovering the unseen world around us through these scientific tools, encouraging curiosity and further study. The opening of the work introduces the reader to a character referred to as the magician, who is situated in a turret chamber illuminated by the moonlight, preparing to observe an impending total lunar eclipse. He is depicted as a passionate teacher and scientist, eager to share the marvels of astronomy with his students at a school for working lads. The magician is surrounded by various instruments including a telescope, spectroscope, and microscope, each representing a different avenue of exploration into the universe and the microscopic world. As he waits for the eclipse, he reflects on the excitement of revealing the hidden complexities of nature, indicating the educational and exploratory spirit that pervades the lectures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37589/37589-h/images/i_cover.jpg en Natural history -- Juvenile literature Science -- Juvenile literature Physical sciences -- Juvenile literature Science -- History -- Juvenile literature Q Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - General 490332 490257 2024-10-16T04:00:52.547736 2023-09-16T10:31:04.122244 text/html text/html 471274 2011-10-01T16:27:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3972077 2011-10-01T16:33:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4213250 2024-10-16T04:01:01.536653 application/epub+zip 4217198 2024-10-16T04:00:54.283888 application/epub+zip 241767 2024-10-16T04:00:53.402683 application/epub+zip 4364769 2024-10-16T04:01:06.715642 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4298427 2024-10-16T04:01:00.579717 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334590 2022-09-17T08:31:50.501011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371287 371100 2024-10-16T04:00:48.066749 2023-09-16T10:31:02.618715 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 370913 2011-10-01T16:23:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 135074 2011-10-01T16:23:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 371008 2011-10-01T16:23:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 135020 2011-10-01T16:23:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22864 2024-10-16T04:01:06.891625 application/rdf+xml 24039 2024-10-16T04:00:53.562865 image/jpeg 3560 2024-10-16T04:00:53.482695 image/jpeg 4012639 2024-10-16T04:00:52.809684 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia