Martindale’s First Lessons in Natural Philosophy

About this eBook

Author

Martindale, Joseph C. (Joseph Comly), 1833-1872

Title

First Lessons in Natural Philosophy for Beginners

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Kate Rooney & Ian Smith, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Physics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53778

Release Date

December 20, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIRST LESSONS IN Natural Philosophy FOR BEGINNERS.
2. 2.Preface. — FIRST LESSONS IN Natural Philosophy.
3. 3.CHAPTER I. Astronomy. — The Earth and Other Planets. — The Moon. — Eclipses.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. Light. — Color. — Refraction of Light. — Reflection of Light. — The Eye.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. Heat. — Sources of Heat. — Expansion by Heat. — Conduction of Heat. — Convection of Heat. — Liquefaction. — Latent Heat. — Ebullition. — Vaporization. — Evaporation. — Radiation. — Reflection. — Absorption.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. The Air. — Winds.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. Water. — Springs and Streams. — Fogs and Clouds. — Dew. — Frost. — Rain, Snow, and Hail. — Ice.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. Sound. — Conduction of Sound. — Trumpets and Speaking-Tubes. — Velocity of Sound. — Reflection of Sound.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. Matter.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. Attraction. — Cohesion and Adhesion. — Capillary Attraction. — Gravitation. — Centre of Gravity. — Specific Gravity.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. Motion.
12. 12.CHAPTER X. Mechanical Powers. — Lever. — Wheel and Axle. — Pulley. — Inclined Plane. — Wedge. — Screw.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. Electricity. — Magnetism. — Electro-Magnetism. — THE Elements of Natural Philosophy
14. 14.Transcriber’s Notes

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.