Excerpt from A Familiar Introduction to the Arts and Sciences: With Original Introductory Essays Upon the Subject of Each Lesson; For the Use of Schools and Young Persons In most of our larger schools the study of the sciences is neglected, because the method of teaching them has been so different from that which is resorted to in their other exercises. Children are required to learn by rote the rules of grammar, and the application of these rules is left for future reading. This Introduction is drawn up to facilitate the acquisition of natural and experi mental knowledge upon a similar plan. The lessons consist of a series of short sentences to be committed to memory. They all contain facts not only necessary to be known by every well-educated youth, but will be found applicable and of obvious utility m their advanced and more mature studies. And in cases that require them, illustrations of the subject, and figures adapted to it, are subjoined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.