Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hack, Maria, 1777-1844
Title:
Lectures at home / by Maria Hack.
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
London : Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1841.
Physical Description:
[2], xi, [1], 211, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TP857 .H33 1841
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed by F. H. Wall, Castle Terrace, Richmond.

First issued in 1834.

With an added engraved title page.

With bibliographical references.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped blue cloth. Inscribed: A prize obtained by Anne Barnard for general good conduct. Dec. 23, 1841. J. L.; [on recto of frontispiece:] Grace Barnard. January 10th, 1859.
Contents:
Lecture I: Discovery and manufacture of glass -- Lecture II: Manufacture of glass, continued -- Lecture III: Refraction, lenses, mirrors -- Lecture IV: Spectacles and telescopes -- Lecture V: Microscopes and camera-obscura -- Lecture VI: The eye.
Subject Terms:
Glass -- Study and teaching. | Optical instruments -- Study and teaching. | Eye -- Study and teaching. | Glass manufacture -- History. | Mirrors -- Study and teaching. | Lenses -- Study and teaching. | Barnard, Anne -- Prize award from J. L., 1841 Dec. 23. | J. L. -- Prize award to Anne Barnard, 1841 Dec. 23. | Barnard, Grace -- Autograph, January 10th. 1859. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1841.