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.
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.
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.
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