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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
PAGE
23
CHAPTER II.-PROBLEM OF THE VIBRATIONS OF STRINGS..
28
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
BOOK IX.
HISTORY OF OPTICS, FORMAL AND PHYSICAL
51
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..
PHYSICAL OPTICS.
CHAPTER X.-PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND
FRESNEL
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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.
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105
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
CHAPTER XII.-SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG AND
FRESNEL.-RECEPTION OF THE UNDULATORY THEORY... 111
CHAPTER XIII.-CONFIRMATION AND EXTENSION OF THE
UNDULATORY THEORY
1. Double Refraction of Compressed Glass.
2. Circular Polarization...
3. Elliptical Polarization in Quartz.
4. Differential Equations of Elliptical Polarization.
5. Elliptical Polarization of Metals..
6. Newton's Rings by Polarized Light.
7. Conical Refraction.
8. Fringes of Shadows.
9. Objections to the Theory.
10. Dispersion, on the Undulatory Theory.
11. Conclusion..
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BOOK X.
HISTORY OF THERMOTICS AND ATMOLOGY.
Introduction.
137
THERMOTICS 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..
3. Temperature of the Interior of the Earth.
4. Heat of the Planetary Spaces...
Sect. 5. Correction of Newton's Law of Cooling.
Sect. 6. Other Laws of Phenomena with respect to Radiation.
Sect. 7. Fourier's Theory of Radiant Heat..
Sect. 8. Discovery of the Polarization of Heat.
CHAPTER II.-THE LAWS OF CHANGES OCCASIONED BY HEAT.
Sect. 1. Expansion by Heat.-The Law of Dalton and Gay-Lussac for
Gases...
Sect. 2. Specific Heat.-Change of Consistence..
Sect. 3. The Doctrine of Latent Heat...
ATMOLOGY.
CHAPTER III. THE RELATION OF VAPOR AND AIR.
Sect. 1. The Boylean Law of the Air's Elasticity.
Sect. 2. Prelude to Dalton's Doctrine of Evaporation.
Sect. 3. Dalton's Doctrine of Evaporation...
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176
Sect. 4. Determination of the Laws of the Elastic Force of Steam..
Sect. 5. Consequences of the Doctrine of Evaporation.-Explanation of
Rain, Dew, and Clouds..
CHAPTER I.-DISCOVERY OF LAWS OF ELECTRIC PHENOMENA 193
CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF ELECTRICAL THEORY..... 201
Question of One or Two Fluids...
210
Question of the Material Reality of the Electric Fluid..
212
BOOK XII.
HISTORY OF MAGNETISM.
CHAPTER I.-DISCOVERY OF LAWS OF MAGNETIC PHENOMENA 217
CHAPTER II.-RECEPTION AND CONFIRMATION OF THE DIS-
COVERY OF VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY.
240
CHAPTER III.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF THE MUTUAL
ATTRACTION AND REPULSION OF VOLTAIC CURRENTS.-
AMPÈRE
242
CHAPTER IV.-DISCOVERY OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ACTION.
CHAPTER V.-DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF ELECTRO-MAG-