Chambers's scientific charts, sheet 2. mechanics
Date: 1860-1900
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1432b
Classification: Chart
Subject:
Maker: W & R Chambers (founded 1832)
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
96 x 69 cm (37 13/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Accessories: rectangular and round wood stretchers
Description:
Rolled wall chart with a rectangular wood stretcher at the top and round wood stretcher at the bottom. The chart is made of paper and fabric (linen?), and has many scenes of mechanical vignettes of people working, such as a man with a ladder, a woman bringing up water from a well, and two men carrying a barrel on a stick. There are various weights and scales being demonstrated throughout the image, mechanical demonstrations juxtaposed with their human counterparts engaging in daily activities that reflect what is happening in the mechanized examples.
SignedSigned at top of chart: CHAMBERS'S SCIENTIFIC CHARTS, Adapted to Treatises in the Educational Course. Sheet 2. Mechanics.
At bottom of chart: W.&R. CHAMBERS, LONDON AND EDINBURGH. Label on back Scientific Charts. CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL CHARTS. Mounted on Rollers, and Varnished, Price 5s. 6d.
At bottom of chart: W.&R. CHAMBERS, LONDON AND EDINBURGH. Label on back Scientific Charts. CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL CHARTS. Mounted on Rollers, and Varnished, Price 5s. 6d.
InscribedAt bottom of chart: W.&R. CHAMBERS, LONDON AND EDINBURGH.
Label on back: Scientific Charts. CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL CHARTS. Mounted on Rollers, and Varnished, Price 5s. 6d.
Label on back: Scientific Charts. CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL CHARTS. Mounted on Rollers, and Varnished, Price 5s. 6d.
FunctionThese charts were part of Chambers's Educational Course, a series of reading books and related materials published by W & R Chambers of Edinburgh. The series was sold by subscription to schools and other educational institutions and contained subjects of instruction such as History and Geography, Drawing, English, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Latin and other languages.
For a list of publications in this series, including Chambers's Scientific Charts, see the information on the first and last pages of one of the books of the series available online, their "History and present state of the British empire". Click here.
For a list of publications in this series, including Chambers's Scientific Charts, see the information on the first and last pages of one of the books of the series available online, their "History and present state of the British empire". Click here.
