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(P. 64.)
Artist
- Name:
- Poyet, Louis
- Dates:
- 1846-1913
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Poyet, Louis
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les récréations scientifiques
- Author(s):
- Tissandier, Gaston
- Publisher:
- Paris: G. Masson, n.d. [1884]
Description
A woman’s hand is seen with a napkin ring made to spin around the tip of the forefinger and kept in suspension by centrifugal force.
The caption reads in the original French: Rond de serviette soulevé par un rapide mouvement de rotation. — Force centrifuge et résistance de frottement.
Caption taken from the English edition titled Popular scientific recreations in natural philosophy, astronomy, geology, chemistry. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., n.d. [ca. 1882].
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, children's book
