Scientific dialogues, with corrections by O. Gregory

Jeremiah Joyce

1853

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Conversation	1

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	16

Of the Attraction of Gravitation	18

Of the Centre of Gravity	21

Of the Centre of Gravity	24

On the Laws of Motion	27

On the Laws of Motion	31

On the Laws of Motion	34

Of the Specific Gravities of Bodies Page	173

Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravity of Bodies	175

Of the Methods of finding the Specific Gravities of Bodies	179

Of the Methods of obtaining the Specific Gravity of Bodies	182

Of the Method of obtaining the Specific Gravity of Bodies Table of Specific Gravities	183

Of the Hydrometer	187

27	196

Of the Hydrometer and Swimming	190

On the Mechanical Powers	36

Of the Lever	39

Of the Lever	42

Of the Wheel and Axle	45

Of the Pulley	49

Of the Inclined Plane	52

Of the Wedge	54

Of the Screw	56

Of the Pendulum	60

Of the Fixed Stars	65

Of the Fixed Stars	66

Of the Fixed Stars and the Ecliptic	69

Conversation Page IV Of the Ephemeris	72

Page	73

1	74

Of the Solar System	76

Of the Figure of the Earth	79

3	80

Of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth	82

6	84

Of Day and Night	85

Of the Annual Motion of the Earth	87

Of the Seasons	89

Of the Seasons	91

Of the Equation of Time	96

Of Leapyear and the Old and New Styles	99

12	101

Of Eclipses	105

14	106

16	107

Of the Tides	110

Of the Harvest Moon	113

Of Mercury	116

Of Venus	118

18	119

Of Mars	120

Of Jupiter	123

21	125

Of Herschel	128

The New Planet Neptune The nineteen New Aste roids	129

24	132

Of Comets	133

Of the Sun	137

Of the Fixed Stars	139

Introduction	142

Of the Weight and Pressure of Fluids	146

Of the Weight and Pressure of Fluids	149

Of the Lateral Pressure of Fluids	153

Of the Hydrostatic Paradox	155

Of the Hydrostatic Bellows	159

Of the Pressure of Fluids against the Sides of Vessels	161

Of the Motion of Fluids	164

Of the Motion of Fluids	167

Of the Specific Gravities of Bodies	171

Of the Syphon	191

Of the Diving Bell	191

Of the Diving Bell	200

31	201

Of the Diving Boat	203

Of Pumps 183 187 190 194	206

Of the ForcingPump FireEngine Ropepump Chain Pump and Hydraulic Press	209

34	210

Of the Nature of	213

Of the AirPump	215

36	218

Of the Pressure of the	220

Of the Pressure of the	222

Of the Weight of	227

Of the Elasticity of	229

Of the Compression of	232

Miscellaneous Experiments on the AirPump	236

Of the AirGun and Sound	239

Of Sound	241

Of the Speaking Trumpet	245

Of the Echo	247

Of the Echo	249

39	285

213	288

APPENDIX TO PNEUMATICS	299

Of the Refraction of Light	307

Of Parallel RaysOf Diverging and Converging Rays	317

Of Colours	323

On Concave Mirrors and Experiments on them	330

Of the different Parts of the Eye	337

Of Spectacles and of their Uses	351

42	361

56	363

Of the MicroscopeIts Principle Of the Single Micro	364

60	368

On Double Refraction and Polarization of Light	381

MAGNETISM	387

ELECTRICITY	403

Of the Electrical Machine	411

Of Electrical Attraction and Repulsion	418

Of the Leyden JarLanes Discharging Electrometer	424

XIIL Of Atmospherical Electricity	438

VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY	455

Voltaic ConductorsCirclesTablesExperiments	461

Miscellaneous Experiments	468

MAGNETOELECTRICITYTHERMOELECTRICITY	479

218 220	483

65	485

247	486

Of the SteamEngine and Papins Digester XIX Of the Barometer	488

418	489

66	492

270	493

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Bibliographic information

Title	Scientific dialogues, with corrections by O. Gregory
Author	Jeremiah Joyce
Editors	Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Charles Vincent Walker
Published	1853
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	8 Sep 2006

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