School life in its influence on sight : a lecture delivered before the College of Preceptors at the House of the Society of Arts, July 13, 1872 / by R. Liebreich.

  • Liebreich, Richard, 1830-1917.
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: School life in its influence on sight : a lecture delivered before the College of Preceptors at the House of the Society of Arts, July 13, 1872 / by R. Liebreich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    3. The edge of the table is always to be perpendicular to that of the seat. !■ 4. No seat is to be without a back, and the top of this is always to be one inch lower than the edge of the table for boys, and one inch higher than the edge of the table for girls. 5. In all classes where the boys change places, the height of the seat is to be regulated in proportion to the average height of the pupils. 6. In all girls’ schools, in all those boys’ schools where the chil- dren do not change places, in boarding schools, and in private school-rooms, the seat of each child should be accurately regu- lated in proportion to its height. To make this important arrangement practicable, I have invented a chair, the seat of which can be raised and lowered by means of a screw, while at the same time the back is brought forward in proportion. Such a chair will be a suit- able seat for either a child or grown-up person at the same desk—will follow the growth of the child, and enable it to be, whether reading or writing, in a comfortable and healthy position, which facilitates instruction and discipline. Should difficulties be met with in introducing this system into any particular school, it will give me pleasure to aid in over- coming them by my personal advice. Printed by C. F. Hodgson and Son, Gough Square, Fleet Street, E.C.