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CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
THE SECONDARY MECHANICAL SCIENCES.
BOOK VIII.
HISTORY OF ACOUSTICS.
Introduction..
CHAPTER I.-PRELUDE TO THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS IN
ACOUSTICS.
CHAPTER II.-PROBLEM OF THE VIBRATIONS OF STRINGS..
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CHAPTER III.-PROBLEM OF THE PROPAGATION OF SOUND..
32
CHAPTER IV.-PROBLEM OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS OF THE
SAME STRING........
36
CHAPTER V.-PROBLEM OF THE SOUNDS OF PIPES.............
38
CHAPTER VI.-PROBLEM OF DIFFERENT MODES OF VIBRA-
TION OF BODIES IN GENERAL.
41
FORMAL OPTICS.
CHAPTER I.-PRIMARY INDUCTION OF OPTICS.-RAYS OF
LIGHT AND LAWS OF REFLECTION.
53
CHAPTER II.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF REFRACTION... 54
CHAPTER III.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF DISPERSION BY
REFRACTION
58
CHAPTER IV.-DISCOVERY OF ACHROMATISM
66
CHAPTER V.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF DOUBLE RE-
CHAPTER VI.-DISCOVERY OF the Laws of POLARIZATION.
72
CHAPTER VII.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF THE COLORS
OF THIN PLATES..
76
CHAPTER VIII-ATTEMPTS TO DISCOVER THE LAWS OF
OTHER PHENOMENA,
CHAPTER IX.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF PHENOMENA
OF DIPOLARIZED LIGHT.
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PHYSICAL OPTICS.
CHAPTER X-PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND
FRESNEL
CHAPTER XI.-EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL.
Sect. 1. Introduction..
Sect. 2. Explanation of the Periodical Colors of Thin Plates and Shadows
by the Undulatory Theory....
Sect. 3. Explanation of Double Refraction by the Undulatory Theory.
Sect. 4. Explanation of Polarization by the Undulatory Theory
Sect. 5. Explanation of Dipolarization by the Undulatory Theory
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CHAPTER XII.-SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND
FRESNEL. RECEPTION OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY... 111
3. Temperature of the Interior of the Earth.
THERMO TICS PROPER.
CHAPTER I.-THE DOCTRINES OF CONDUCTION AND RADIATION.
Sect. 1. Introduction of the Doctrine of Conduction..
Sect. 3. Verification of the Doctrines of Conduction and Radiation...
Sect. 4. The Geological and Cosmological Application of Thermotics...
1. Effect of Solar Heat on the Earth..
2. Climate
4. Heat of the Planetary Spaces...
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Sect. 5. Correction of Newton's Law of Cooling..
149
Sect. 6. Other Laws of Phenomena with respect to Radiation.
151
Sect. 7. Fourier's Theory of Radiant Heat...
152
Sect. 8. Discovery of the Polarization of Heat.
153