Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained

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Author

Jones, Thomas P.

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E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Stephen H. Sentoff, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Physics

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Text

eBook-No.

36691

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36691

Release Date

July 10, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CONVERSATION I. ON GENERAL PROPERTIES OF BODIES.
5. 5.CONVERSATION II. ON THE ATTRACTION OF GRAVITY.
6. 6.CONVERSATION III. ON THE LAWS OF MOTION.
7. 7.CONVERSATION IV. ON COMPOUND MOTION.
8. 8.CONVERSATION V. ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS.
9. 9.CONVERSATION V. CONTINUED. ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS.
10. 10.CONVERSATION VI. CAUSES OF THE MOTION OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.
11. 11.CONVERSATION VII. OF THE PLANETS.
12. 12.CONVERSATION VIII. ON THE EARTH.
13. 13.CONVERSATION IX. ON THE MOON.
14. 14.CONVERSATION X. ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS.
15. 15.CONVERSATION XI. OF SPRINGS, FOUNTAINS, &c.
16. 16.CONVERSATION XII. ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AIR.
17. 17.CONVERSATION XIII. ON WIND AND SOUND.
18. 18.CONVERSATION XIV. ON OPTICS.
19. 19.CONVERSATION XV. OPTICS— continued . ON THE ANGLE OF VISION, AND THE REFLECTION OF MIRRORS.
20. 20.CONVERSATION XVI. ON REFRACTION AND COLOURS.
21. 21.CONVERSATION XVII. ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
22. 22.GLOSSARY.
23. 23.INDEX.
24. 24.SCHOOL BOOKS. — SMILEY'S GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS, and SACRED AND ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY FOR SCHOOLS. — THE NEW FEDERAL CALCULATOR, or SCHOLAR'S ASSISTANT. — A KEY to the above Arithmetic, — TORREY'S SPELLING BOOK, or First Book for Children. — A PLEASING COMPANION FOR LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS, — THE MORAL INSTRUCTOR AND GUIDE TO VIRTUE, by Jesse Torrey, Jr. — HISTORY OF ENGLAND, — HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, — GRIMSHAW'S IMPROVED EDITION OF GOLDSMITH'S GREECE. — THE UNITED STATES SPEAKER, compiled by T. T. Smiley — GOLDSMITH'S HISTORY OF GREECE, — GRIMSHAW'S ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY AND EXPOSITOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
25. 25.Transcriber's Note.

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