Abstract
BOOKS upon light are many and of various qualities, but we think there is room for this little one. The subject is treated in a very elementary manner, and is made easy of comprehension by numerous diagrams. A further good point possessed by the book is that the lessons comprised in it are fully illustrated by experiments, all of which are capable of being carried out by teachers whose apparatus cupboards only contain a small stock of materials for the demonstration of optical facts and principles. The boy who goes through a course such as that described by Mr. Highton, and who sees all the experiments performed, will obtain a fair notion of the laws of light; and if he does the experiments himself, he will benefit considerably by the manual and mental training which his work will give him.
Light.
By H. P. Highton Pp. 243. (London: Rivington, Percival, and Co., 1895.)
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Light. Nature 53, 4 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/053004b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/053004b0