Evidence: | 'I read a lot of astronomy and that, too, was wonderful. The world is full of wonders if one only looks for them. One book I got was on spectrum analysis, as applied to astronomy. I was fascinated by this too. I could not put the book down. One evening Mother had not a penny for the gas, and there was no paraffin in the lamp she still had. I crouched on the fender, reading by the red glow of the fire, so close that my hair was singed.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: St Helens county: Lancashire location in dwelling: at home, close by the fire |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Joseph Stamper |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 14 Oct 1886 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | school boy, son of iron moulder |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [Astronomy and spectrum analysis] |
Genre: | Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (public library) |
Record ID: | 11595 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Stamper | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | So long ago | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1960 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 214 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Joseph Stamper, So long ago (London, 1960), p. 214, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11595, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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