Scientific dialogues, with corrections by O. Gregory

Jeremiah Joyce

1861

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MECHANICS Conversation 1 Introduction	1

u Of Matter of the Divisibility of Matter	4

Of the Attraction of Cohesion IV Of the Attraction of Cohesion	6

Of the Attraction of Gravitation VI Of the Attraction of Gravitation	12

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	16

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	18

Of the Centre of Gravity x Of the Centre of Gravity Page 1 6 9 12 14 16 18	21

On the Laws of Motion	27

Of the Winds	255

Of the SteamEngine 252 255	259

Of the SteamEngine Of the Locomotive	262

Of the SteamEngine and Papins Digester	272

Of the Barometer	274

Of the Barometer and its Application to the Measur ing of Altitudes	281

Of the Thermometer	286

Conversation Page	302

Of the Wheel and Axle	46

Of the Pulley	49

Of the Inclined Plane	52

Of the Wedge	55

Of the Screw	56

Of the Pendulum	61

42	64

46	74

Of the Equation of Time	75

Of Leapyear and the Old and New Styles XIV Of the Moon xv Of Eclipses XVI Of the Tides	76

Of the Fixed Stars	78

HYDROSTATICS Page 8888	80

49	101

56	136

Of the Fixed Stars II Of the Fixed Stars	143

ASTRONOMY	144

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	149

Of the Motion of Fluids	170

Of the Specific Gravities of Bodies	174

Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravity of Bodies	178

Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravities of 176 Bodies	181

Of the Methods of obtaining the Specific Gravity of Bodies	184

Of the Method of obtaining the Specific Gravity of BodiesTable of Specific Gravities	186

Of the Hydrometer	190

Of the Hydrometer and Swimming Page	193

Of the Syphon XIX Of the Diving Bell XX Of the Diving Bell	203

Of the Diving Boat	206

Of Pumps	208

Of the ForcingPump FireEngine RopePump Chain Pump and Hydraulic Press	211

Of the Nature of Air	215

Of the AirPump	217

Of the Torricellian Experiment	220

Of the Pressure of the Air v Of the Pressure of the Air VII Of the Elasticity of Air VIII Of the Compression of Air IX Miscellaneous Experiments with...	222

Of the Echo	252

Of the Refraction of Light	310

Of Parallel RaysOf Diverging and Converging Rays	320

Of Concave and Convex Mirrors	336

Of the Eye and Manner of Vision	343

XVIII Of Spectacles and of their Uses	355

Of Reflecting Telescopes	364

Of the Camera Obscura Magic Lantern and Multiply	373

On Double Refraction and Polarization of Light	377

Chemical Properties of LightSunpicturesPhoto graphsDaguerrotype	383

Of the MagnetIts PropertiesUseful to Mariners and othersIron rendered MagneticProperties of the Magnet Page 377	395

Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion	397

The Method of Making MagnetsOf the Mariners Compass	399

Of the Variation of the Compass	403

CORRE	406

66	408

The Early History of Electricity	411

Of Electric Attraction and RepulsionOf Electrics and Conductors	413

Of the Electrical Machine	416

Of the Electrical Machine	419

Of Electrical Attraction and Repulsion	422

Of Electrical Attraction and Repulsion	426

Of the Leyden Phial or	428

and the Electrical Battery VIII Of the Leyden JarLanes Discharging Electrometer	432

Experiments made with the Electrical Battery 411	435

Of the Electric Spark and Miscellaneous Experiments	438

Miscellaneous ExperimentsOf the ElectrophorusOf the Electrometer and the Thunder House	441

Of Atmospherical Electricity	446

On Atmospheric ElectricityOf the Aurora Borealis Of Waterspouts and Whirlwinds	449

Medical Electricity	454

68	497

438	500

73	501

446	503

454	508

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Bibliographic information

Title	Scientific dialogues, with corrections by O. Gregory
Author	Jeremiah Joyce
Editors	Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, John Henry Pepper, Charles Vincent Walker
Published	1861
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	20 Nov 2006

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