Punch,  30 (1856), 54.

Practical Science

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Education, Pneumatics, Physics


    Shows a boy holding an upturned glass on a table, near which sits his elderly grandmother. He explains to his grandmother that he has been learning about pneumatics and a method of removing the wrinkles from her forehead.



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