ABSTRACT
Arthur Mason Worthington, 1852–1916, known principally for the development of high-speed photography as a means of mechanical objectivity in the observation of splashes. This text is aimed at establishing the experimental method as a course of study for children at school. He makes numerous references to Clifton College, a Public School in Bristol where he was Science Master in 1877 and between 1880 and 1884. In the very valuable report of the United States Government Bureau of Education, edited by Mr. C. K. Wead of the University of Michigan, and published in 1884, there occurs among the answers to a question as to the desirability and feasibility of laboratory work in schools, one which urges that it is objectionable to put students to experimental work when unqualified for it, and with inadequate means.
