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Handwritten notebook of Practical navigation, or, Geometrical problems useful in navigation
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| Title | Handwritten notebook of Practical navigation, or, Geometrical problems useful in navigation |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publication Date | ca. 1826 |
| Notes | Example of a handwritten copybook used in place of a textbook. Contains mathematical problems relating to sailing and navigation. |
| Contextual Notes | Children from wealthy homes were privately tutored or attended private schools. The poor child continued to be uneducated and was put to work instead. Beginning in the 18th century, particularly in America, communities established public schools, and hired teachers, but lacked textbooks. In place of books, stationers sold blank books, ruled and plain, sometimes with advertisements on the wrappers, for the students to use for copybooks. Arithmetic problems were presented to the students who copied them into these blank books from blackboards. Penmanship exercises were also practiced in these same blank books. |
| Category | Copybooks
Mathematics and arithmetic
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1117 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. |
| Object Type | Manuscript
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| Physical Description | 31 x 19 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit Checklist 2.6 |
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