Deschanel's Natural Philosophy, Part I: Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics

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xii, 256 pp. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy. Illustrated by 180 engravings on wood, and one colored plate. CONTENTS: Introductory; First Principles on Dynamics, Statics; Gravity; The Mechanical Powers; The Balance; First Principles of Kinetics; Laws of Falling Bodies; The Pendulum; Energy; Elasticity; Friction; Hydrostatics; Principle of Archimedes; Density and its Determination; Vessels in Communication. Levels.; Capillarity; The Barometer; Variations on the Barometer; Boyle's (or Mariotte's) Law; Air-Pump; Upward Pressure of the Air; Pumps for Liquids; Efflux of Liquids; Examples. Show more