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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.

[Illustration]

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 years old, he was sitting upon the
steps of the door, and he heard a noise in the street