Textbooks used at a technical college in Osaka in the early Meiji period
Physics and chemistry textbooks
These textbooks summarize lectures delivered at Rigakusho technical college in Osaka, which opened in 1869 as Seimikyoku, the first dedicated science school in Japan, but was renamed the following year. The principal, German chemist Georg Hermann Ritter, delivered lectures on modern Western chemistry and provided practical guidance for laboratory demonstrations. Given the paucity of proper scientific textbooks in the early years of the Meiji era (1868-1912), these textbooks from the Rigakusho technical college were highly valued as sources of specialist knowledge.
| Items | Details |
|---|---|
| The Power of Osaka | The Power of the Future |
| Storage Facilities | Osaka Science Museum |
| Category | High resolution |
