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Rollo's Experiments, by Jacob Abbott
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Title: Rollo's Experiments
Author: Jacob Abbott
Release Date: April 5, 2008 [EBook #24993]
Language: English
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ROLLO'S
EXPERIMENTS.
BY THE
AUTHOR OF ROLLO LEARNING TO TALK, TO READ, AT WORK, AT PLAY, AT SCHOOL, AT VACATION, &c.
BOSTON: WEEKS, JORDAN, AND COMPANY
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839,
By T. H. CARTER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
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CONTENTS.
Page.
JONAS AN ASTRONOMER 11
PRUNING 23
THE GREAT BEETLE AND WEDGE 35
THE LITTLE BEETLE AND WEDGE 46
SPLITTING 59
HOROLOGY 80
JONAS'S DIAL 94
THE BEE-HIVE 112
JONAS'S MAGNET 124
MAGNETISM 139
INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY 157
OSCILLATIONS 165
ROLLO'S EXPERIMENTS.
JONAS AN ASTRONOMER.
One day, when Rollo was about seven year