Child's Repository
Dates
- 1829 August
Conditions Governing Use
Access to the Theodore Newton Vail Collection of Aeronautical Images, Broadsides and Clippings is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection.
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Box 17
Physical Description
Other
Dimensions
12 pages; 12.1 x 7.6 cm, 12.1 x 15.2 cm(open showing 2 pages)
General Note
Pages from The Child's repository and infant scholar's magazine. The article titled “The Balloon” contains a dialogue between a father and son, in which the father explains some of the history and science of aeronautics. Handwritten at the top of page 115 is “Child Repository August 1829.”
Original publication
The Child's repository and infant scholar's magazine. [London : s.n., 1829] OCLC Number: 43174650
- Balloons -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children’s literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Science -- Study and teaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Repository Details
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
Building 14N-118
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Cambridge MA 02139-4307 US
distinctive-collections@mit.edu