PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CONVERSATION I. ON GENERAL PROPERTIES OF BODIES.
CONVERSATION II. ON THE ATTRACTION OF GRAVITY.
CONVERSATION III. ON THE LAWS OF MOTION.
CONVERSATION IV. ON COMPOUND MOTION.
CONVERSATION V. ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS.
CONVERSATION V. CONTINUED. ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS.
CONVERSATION VI. CAUSES OF THE MOTION OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.
CONVERSATION VII. OF THE PLANETS.
CONVERSATION VIII. ON THE EARTH.
CONVERSATION IX. ON THE MOON.
CONVERSATION X. ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS.
CONVERSATION XI. OF SPRINGS, FOUNTAINS, and c.
CONVERSATION XII. ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AIR.
CONVERSATION XIII. ON WIND AND SOUND.
CONVERSATION XIV. ON OPTICS.
CONVERSATION XV. OPTICS continued . ON THE ANGLE OF VISION, AND THE REFLECTION OF MIRRORS.
CONVERSATION XVI. ON REFRACTION AND COLOURS.
CONVERSATION XVII. ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX.
SCHOOL BOOKS. SMILEY'S GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS, and SACRED AND ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY FOR SCHOOLS.
Transcriber's Note.
Title: Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained
Author: Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
Language: English
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CONVERSATIONS
ON
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
IN WHICH
THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE
ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED.
Illustrated with Plates.
BY THE AUTHOR OF CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY, &c.
WITH CORRECTIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS IN THE BODY OF THE WORK;
Appropriate Questions, and a Glossary:
BY DR. THOMAS P. JONES,
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICS, IN THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JOHN GRIGG,
NO. 9 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
Stereotyped by L. Johnson.
1826.
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit:
Be it remembered, that, on the twenty-fourth day of April, in the Fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1826, John Grigg, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:
"Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained. Illustrated with Plates. By the Author of Conversations on Chemistry, &c. With Corrections, Improvements, and considerable Additions, in the Body of the Work; appropriate Questions, and a Glossary: By Dr. Thomas P. Jones, Professor of Mechanics, in the Franklin Institute, of the State of Pennsylvania."
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