Adventures with a Hand Lens (Paperback)

by Richard Headstrom (Author)

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Product Description
Clearly written guide to observing and studying flowers and grasses, fish scales, moth and insect wings, egg cases, buds, feathers, seeds, leaf scars, moss, molds, ferns, common crystals, etc.—all with an ordinary, inexpensive magnifying glass. 209 exact line drawings aid in your discoveries.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486233308
• ISBN-13: 978-0486233307
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,028,844 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Introduction to the use of a neglected tool--the magnifier., February 11, 1999

By	Cal Frye ([e-mail]) (Kent, Ohio) - See all my reviews

It has always annoyed me that toy shops are full of cheap microscopes but few good magnifiers. Children are more interested in that range of things which are a bit too small to see by eye alone, but too big to put on a microscope slide. Mr. Headstrom here provides a set of 50 "adventures" using an ordinary magnifying glass or hand lens to examine many of Nature's small wonders. It is a brief but detailled guide to the study of insects, flowers, and seeds, with occasional visits to the slimy side of nature; snails, leeches, and the like. Some of the adventures are for the shoreline, others merely to the backyard or nearby pond, but all are fruitful, well-described, and illustrated with line drawings. The book is a reprint of the 1962 edition, but is only charmingly dated. The language is a bit stiff for younger readers, but it would be an excellent guide for the parent/child team of explorers.