Scientific Dialogues Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: In which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained

Jeremiah Joyce

E. Parker, 1838 - Physical sciences - 362 pages

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MECHANICS Conversation Page 1 Introduction	1

Of Matter Of the Divisibility of Matter	3

Of the Attraction of Cohesion	5

Of the Attraction of Cohesion	8

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	10

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	12

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	14

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	17

Of the Syphon and Tantaluss Cup XIX Of the Divers Bell 160 163 XX Of the Divers Bell	163

Of the ForcingpumpFire engineRopepump Chainpumpand Waterpress	169

Conversation Page 1 Of the Nature of Air	173

Of the Airpump	175

Of the Torricellian Experiment	178

Of the Pressure of the Air	180

Of the Pressure of the Air	182

Of the Weight of Air	184

Of the Centre of Gravity	22

Of the Laws of Motion	24

Of the Laws of Motion	27

Of the Laws of Motion	30

Of the Mechanical Powers	33

Of the Lever	35

Of the Lever	37

Of the Wheel and Axis	40

Of the Pulley	43

Of the Inclined Plane	45

Of the Wedge	47

Of the Screw	48

Of the Pendulum	51

Of the fixed Stars	53

Of the fixed Stars	56

Of the fixed Stars and Ecliptic	58

Of the Ephemeris	61

Of the Equation of Time	63

Of the Solar system	65

Of the figure of the Earth	67

Of the diurnal Motion of the Earth	70

Of Day and Night	74

Of the annual Motion of the Earth	76

Of the Seasons	77

Of the Seasons	80

Of Leap Year	87

Of the Moon	88

Of Eclipses	92

Of the Tides	94

Of the Harvest Moon	97

Of Mercury	100

Of Venus	102

Of Mars XXI Of Jupiter XXII Of Saturn	104

Of the Herschel Planet	108

Of Comets	110

Of the	111

Of the fixed Stars	112

Introduction HYDROSTATICS	114

Of the Weight and Pressure of Fluids III Of the Weight and Pressure of Fluids IV Of the Lateral Pressure of Fluids V Of the Hydrostatic Paradox	118

Of the Hydrostatic Bellows	129

Of the Pressure of Fluids against the Sides of Vessels	131

Of the Motion of Fluids	135

Of the Specific Gravity of Bodies Bodies XII Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravity of 142 XIII Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gra...	148

Of the Hydrometer and Swimming 155	158

Of the Elasticity of Air	187

Of the Compression of Air	191

Miscellaneous Experiments on the Air pump	193

Of the Airgun and Sound	195

Of Sound	198

Of the Speaking Trumpet	201

Of the Echo	203

Of the Winds	208

Of the Steamengine	213

Of the Steamengine	216

Of the Steam engine and Papins Digester	218

Of the Barometer	220

Of the Barometer and its Application to the Measur ing of Altitudes	223

Of the Thermometer	226

Of the Thermometer	228

167	230

Of the Raingauge and Rules for judging of the Weather	233

the Smallness and Velocity of its Particles	236

Reflection and Refraction	239

Refraction of Light	242

Refraction and Reflection of Light	244

Different Kinds of Lenses	247

Parallel diverging and converging Rays	250

Images of Objects Scioptric Ball c	253

Nature and Advantages of Light	255

Colours	257

Reflected Light and Plain Mirrors	259

Concave Mirrors	261

Concave Mirrors Experiments	264

Concave and Convex Mirrors	265

Optical Deceptions Anamorphoses c	268

Different Parts of the Eye	271

Spectacles and their Uses	275

Microscope	285

MAGNETISM	292

ELECTRICITY	300

Electrical Attraction and Repulsion	311

The Leyden Phial	317

Experiments with the Battery	323

Electrophorus Electrometer ThunderHouse c	329

Medical Electricity	338

GALVANISM	345

169	358

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Bibliographic information

Title	Scientific Dialogues Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: In which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained
Author	Jeremiah Joyce
Publisher	E. Parker, 1838
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	9 Aug 2006
Length	362 pages

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