Project Gutenberg 2014-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 83 Paris, John Ayrton 1785 1856 Paris, J. A. (John Ayrton) 44031299 Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports Produced by Chris Curnow, Elizabeth Oscanyan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest" by John Ayrton Paris is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. The work serves as an attempt to illustrate the foundational principles of natural philosophy through the lens of popular toys and sports, aiming to engage the youthful mind in scientific exploration while encompassing the fun aspects of play. At the start of the book, the narrative introduces Tom Seymour, who has returned home from school to Overton Lodge, where his family eagerly awaits him. The father, Mr. Seymour, proposes to teach Tom about natural philosophy using toys, intending to evoke both learning and enjoyment. This leads to a humorous interaction with the village Vicar, Mr. Twaddleton, who initially dismisses the idea of young children learning philosophy, seeing it as an unnecessary burden. However, he eventually agrees to participate in the educational scheme, which aims to utilize toys as tools for understanding scientific concepts, setting the stage for engaging discussions and experiments that blend amusement with serious inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science -- Juvenile literature Q Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - General 1111149 1111154 2024-09-19T17:46:14.400736 2023-09-20T13:38:29.065150 text/html text/html 1106147 2014-11-29T19:01:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 1800252 2014-11-29T19:03:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1861311 2024-09-19T17:46:38.286115 application/epub+zip 1867555 2024-09-19T17:46:21.717693 application/epub+zip 499103 2024-09-19T17:46:17.057675 application/epub+zip 4059726 2024-09-19T17:46:47.813028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3978603 2024-09-19T17:46:33.602106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678897 2022-09-21T14:51:30.436630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 956133 2024-09-19T17:46:11.135745 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 956500 2014-11-29T16:02:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 350038 2014-11-29T19:03:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17788 2024-09-19T17:46:47.973024 application/rdf+xml 11262 2024-09-19T17:46:17.205672 image/jpeg 2182 2024-09-19T17:46:17.131699 image/jpeg 1808303 2024-09-19T17:46:15.432682 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