The First Bill Nye The Science Guy?
To be quite honest, I really just found the cover of the Cyclopedic Science Simplified incredibly attractive. I know, never judge a book by its cover – though with such a cover, this should be interesting, no? If only book covers were still illustrated like this (and I don’t mean the dust jacket) and books were bound with the same care and attention to detail.
The author, John Henry “Professor” Pepper (1821 – 1900), was a British scientist and inventor who toured the world demonstrating his scientific experiments. He helped to develop a projection technique known as “Pepper’s Ghost” which allowed an actor’s image to be displayed onstage with a ghost-like quality. And among many other accomplishments, he is credited with making a large step in the understanding of continental drift.
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