Marcet, Mrs. Jane, authoress, born at Geneva; married a Swiss doctor settled in London; wrote elementary text-books on chemistry (from which Faraday gained his first knowledge), political economy, natural philosophy, &c., under the title “Conversations,” and her best work, “Stories for very Little Children” (1769‒1858).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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