Scientific dialogues, with corrections by O. Gregory

Jeremiah Joyce

1846

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MECHANICS Conversation Page 1 Introduction	1

Of Matter Of the Divisibility of Matter	3

Of the Attraction of Cohesion	6

Of the Attraction of Cohesion	9

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	11

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	13

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	15

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	18

Of the Pressure of the Air v Of the Pressure of the Air 201	203

Of the AirGun and Sound	221

Of Sound	224

Of the Speaking Trumpet	227

Of the Echo	230

Of the Echo	233

Of the Winds	236

Of the SteamEngine XVII Of the SteamEngine	240

Of the Centre of Gravity	21

Of the Centre of Gravity	23

On the Laws of Motion	25

On the Laws of Motion	30

On the Laws of Motion	32

On the Mechanical Powers	35

Of the Lever	38

Of the Lever	41

Of the Wheel and Axle	44

Of the Pulley	47

Of the Inclined Plane	50

Of the Wedge	52

Of the Screw	54

Of the Pendulum	58

Of the Seasons	88

Of the Equation of Time	93

Of Leapyear and the Old and New Styles	96

Of the Moon	98

Of Eclipses	102

Of the Tides	105

Of the Harvest Moon	109

Of Mercury	112

Of Venus xx Of Mars XXI Of Jupiter XXII Of Saturn XXIII Of Herschel XXIV Of Comets xxv Of the	113

Introduction	131

Of the Weight and Pressure of Fluids	135

Of the Weight and Pressure of Fluids	138

Of the Lateral Pressure of Fluids	142

Of the Hydrostatic Paradox	144

Of the Hydrostatic Bellows	147

Of the Pressure of Fluids against the Sides of Vessels	150

Of the Motion of Fluids IX Of the Motion of Fluids x Of the Specific Gravities of Bodies XI Of the Specific Gravities of Bodies Page	152

Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravity of Bodies	163

Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravities of Bodies	166

Of the Methods of obtaining the Specific Gravity of Bodies	169

Of the Method of obtaining the Specific Gravity of Bodies	171

Of the Hydrometer	174

Of the Hydrometer and Swimming	177

Of the Syphon	180

Of the Diving Bell xx Of the Diving Bell 174 177 180	184

Of Pumps	189

Of the ForcingPump FireEngine RopePump Chain Pump and Hydraulic Press	191

Of the Nature of	195

Of the AirPump 195	197

Of the Torricellian Experiment	201

Of the Barometer	249

Of the Barometer and its Application to the Measuring of Altitudes	252

Of the Thermometer	256

Of the Thermometer	259

135	261

Of the Pyrometer and Hygrometer	262

Of the RainGauge	266

APPENDIX TO PNEUMATICS Of Air as a vehicle of heat and moistureOf Rain Dew Meteoric Stones OPTICS Page 249 252	269

Introduction Of Lightits Velocitymoves only in straight lines	272

Of Rays of LightOf Reflection and Refraction	274

Of the Refraction of Light	277

Of the Reflection and Refraction of Light	280

Definitionsof the different kinds of Lensesof Mr Parkers Burning Lens and the effects produced by it	283

Of Parallel Raysof Diverging and Converging Rays of the Focus and Focal Distances	286

Images of Objects invertedOf the Scioptric Ballof Lenses and their Foci	288

Of the Nature and Advantages of Lightof the separa tion of the Rays of Light by means of a Prismand of Compounded Rays	290

Of the Rainbow	292

Of Colours	293

Reflected Light and Plane Mirrors	296

Of Concave Mirrorstheir useshow they	298

On Concave Mirrors and Experiments on them	300

Of Concave and Convex Mirrors	302

Of Convex Reflectionof Optical Delusionsof Anamor phoses	304

Of the different Parts of the Eye 290	307

Of the Microscopeits Principleof the Single Micro	325

On Double Refraction and Polarization of Light	334

MAGNETISM	340

Of the Variation of the Compass	347

Of Electric Attraction and RepulsionOf Electrics	354

Of Electrical Attraction and Repulsion	366

Of the Leyden JarLanes Discharging Electrometer	372

Conversation Page	381

XVII General Summary of Electricity with Experiments	398

Galvanic Light and ShocksVoltaism	404

Miscellaneous Experiments	414

MagnetoElectricityThermoElectricity	422

Miscellaneous Experiments on the AirPump 218	425

224	426

302	427

233	428

138	429

117	430

240	434

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Titel	Scientific dialogues, with corrections by O. Gregory
Autor/in	Jeremiah Joyce
Herausgeber	Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Charles Vincent Walker
Veröffentlicht	1846
Original von	Oxford University
Digitalisiert	11. Okt. 2006

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