Pendulum, cont.

Pendulum, cont.

Physics

The showcased diagram of the child on the slope comes close after the introduction of the pendulum and serves as a counter example to everything discussed in the description of the pendulum diagram. It is overly complex and artistic where it doesn't need to be. Why it is there is unclear, maybe it is just to keep the attention of the readers with visual appeal. All that said, it is not indicative of the nature of most of the book.

Mary Swift

First Lessons on Natural Philosophy for Children

W.M. JAS. HAMERSLEY

1851