Harry’s vacation; or, Philosophy at home. By William C. Richards, A.M. New York: : D. Appleton and Company, 1882.

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Harry’s vacation; or, Philosophy at home. By William C. Richards, A.M. New York: : D. Appleton and Company, 1882.

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Harry's vacation; or, Philosophy at home. / By William C. Richards, A.M. New York: : D. Appleton and Company, 1882

Adopted by Gail and Stephen Caird

In honor of our son, Stephen C. Caird for his unlimited curiosity and engagement with the natural world!

Harry’s Vacation educates young readers in popular science through a series of fictional incidents. A group of children spend their Christmas vacation performing daily scientific experiments with their father, through which they are educated in a variety of scientific principles related to heat and cold, gravity, optics, pyrotechnics, and more.

Cover of Harry's Vaction features a man and a boy playing.
Title page with an illustration of Harry's father handing him an instrument.
Illustration of Harry and others gathered together.