Familiar lectures on scientific subjects / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

  • Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
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1866
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Familiar lectures on scientific subjects / by Sir John F.W. Herschel. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Alexander Strahan, 1866.

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xii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Notes

This edition was reprinted in 1867
Copy 1 Note: 1867 printing

Contents

About volcanos and earthquakes.--The sun.--On comets.--The weather and weather prophets.--Celestial measurings and weighings.--On light: pt. I. Reflexion, refraction, dispersion, colour, absorption. pt. II. Theories of light, interferences, diffraction. pt. III. Double refraction, polarization.--On sensorial vision.--The yard, the pendulum, and the metre.--On atoms.--A dialogue.--On the origin of force.--On the absorption of light by coloured media, viewed in connexion with the undulatory theory.--On the estimation of skill in target shooting.

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