Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses / By James Ferguson.

  • Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Date:
1760
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses / By James Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A. ADulteration of metatsj to dete^L page 168 Air, its properties 172 — 175 Air-pump, 184 ---—- experiiiients upon it 187—208 Alderfea (Mr.) his engine for 13^ 213 232 214 282 raifmg watei* Angle, of incidence »■■■ —■ of reheftion •-- of refradion Antceci Apparent motion of the hea¬ vens 263 Archimedes, his propofltion for finding the area of a circle^ and the folidity of a cylinder raifed Upon that circle 146 ■>-—- for finding the deceit in king Hiero^s crown 15 7 Armillary fphere 329 Atmofphere, its whole weight upon the earth 177 Attradlion, of cohefion 6 - -■ of gravitation 9 --- of magnetifm 19 — -- of eledtricity 20 iBodJes move fafier in fmall ©f- bits than in large ones 34 --their centrifugal forces O Burning-glafies, the force of their heat 2\j C» / Carnera obfcura 249 Cartefian vortexes# abfurd 39 Center of gravity 14 -—- the curves defcribed by bodies moving round it 27 Central forces 21—52 Circles of the fphere 264 Climate 304 Colours, which are tranfparent# become opake if put toge¬ ther Colures Combined forces Common pump Confiellations Cranes D. Azimuth 320 258 313 22 I 26 3H 90—-96 181 B. Balance 5 5 Barometer 177 Bodies, moving in orbits, haVe a tendency to fiy off from their orbits 3 3 Damps Danger# of peopIe^s rifing hafti- ly in a coach or boat when it is likely to be overfet 15 Days, lengthened by the re- fradlion of light Declination# of the ftars Defending velocity# power of equal afeent E e 2 fun 212 and 316 gives a T ^ >