The Mechanical Universe, by A. E. Dolbear, A.B., A.M., M.E., Ph.D
by A. E. Dolbear
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson), 1837-1910
- Title
- The Machinery of the Universe: Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Andrew D. Hwang, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QC: Science: Physics
- Subject
- Force and energy
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 29444
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29444
- Release Date
- July 18, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE MACHINERY OF THE UNIVERSE
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III
- 4.CHAPTER I
- 5.CHAPTER II — PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ETHER — 1. MATTER IS DISCONTINUOUS. — THE ETHER IS CONTINUOUS. — 2. MATTER IS LIMITED. — THE ETHER IS UNLIMITED. — 3. MATTER IS HETEROGENEOUS. — THE ETHER IS HOMOGENEOUS. — 4. MATTER IS ATOMIC. — THE ETHER IS NON-ATOMIC. — 5. MATTER HAS DEFINITE STRUCTURE. — THE ETHER IS STRUCTURELESS. — 6. MATTER IS GRAVITATIVE. — THE ETHER IS GRAVITATIONLESS. — 7. MATTER IS FRICTIONABLE. — THE ETHER IS FRICTIONLESS. — 8. MATTER IS ÆOLOTROPIC. — THE ETHER IS ISOTROPIC. — 9. MATTER IS CHEMICALLY SELECTIVE. — 10. THE ELEMENTS OF MATTER ARE HARMONICALLY RELATED. — 11. MATTER EMBODIES ENERGY. — THE ETHER IS ENDOWED WITH ENERGY. — 12. MATTER IS AN ENERGY TRANSFORMER. — THE ETHER IS A NON-TRANSFORMER. — 13. MATTER IS ELASTIC. — THE ETHER IS ELASTIC. — 14. MATTER HAS DENSITY. — THE ETHER HAS DENSITY. — 15. MATTER IS HEATABLE. — THE ETHER IS UNHEATABLE. — 16. MATTER IS INDESTRUCTIBLE. — 17. MATTER HAS INERTIA. — THE ETHER IS CONDITIONALLY POSSESSED OF INERTIA. — 18. MATTER IS MAGNETIC. — THE ETHER IS NON-MAGNETIC. — 19. MATTER EXISTS IN SEVERAL STATES. — THE ETHER HAS NO CORRESPONDING STATES. — 20. SOLID MATTER CAN EXPERIENCE A SHEARING STRESS, LIQUIDS AND GASES CANNOT. — THE ETHER CAN MAINTAIN A SHEARING STRESS. — 21. OTHER PROPERTIES OF MATTER. — 22. SENSATION DEPENDS UPON MATTER. — THE ETHER IS INSENSIBLE TO NERVES. — CONTRASTED PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND THE ETHER.
- 6.CHAPTER III — THE END
- 7.THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE.
- 8.NATURAL HISTORY RAMBLES.
- 9.HEROES OF SCIENCE.
- 10.MANUALS OF HEALTH.
- 11.MANUALS OF ELEMENTARY SCIENCE.
- 12.MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. — Transcriber's Note
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