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Through magic glasses, and other lectures : a sequel to 'The fairyland of science'
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- Creator
- by Arabella B. Buckley (Mrs. Fisher) ; with numerous illustrations
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- English
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- London : Edward Stanford, 1890
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- xiv, 234 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
- OCLC
- ocm04038647, ocm04038647
- Includes index.
- Frontispiece title: "The Great Nebula of Orion," from a photograph taken on February 4th, 1889 by McIsaac Roberts.
- Chapter I. The magician's chamber by moonlight -- Chapter II. Magic glasses and how to use them -- Chapter III. Fairy rings and how they are made -- Chapter IV. The life-history of lichens and mosses -- Chapter V. The history of a lave stream -- Chapter VI. An hour with the son -- Chapter VII. An evening among the stars -- Chapter VIII. Little beings from a miniature ocean -- Chapter IX. The dartmoor ponies -- Chapter X. The magician's dream of ancient days