History of the Inductive Sciences: VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. VII. Physical astronomy. VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology

John W. Parker, 1847

Moons Gravity to the Earth	3

PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF GALILEO	7

Revival of the Scientific Idea of Pressure Stevinus	14

5	21

INDUCTIVE EPOCH OF GALILEO DISCOVERY	23

Establishment of the Second Law of Motion	37

Momentum	44

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF GALILEO PERIOD	53

THE SECONDARY MECHANICAL SCIENCES	321

PROBLEM OF THE VIBRATIONS OF STRINGS	332

PROBLEM OF THE PROPAGATION OF SOUND	340

PROBLEM OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS OF	348

PROBLEM OF DIFFERENT MODES OF VIBRA	357

BOOK IX	369

DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF REFRACTION	376

DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF DISPERSION	382

Título	History of the Inductive Sciences: VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. VII. Physical astronomy. VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology Volumen2 de History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Time, William Whewell
Autor	William Whewell
Editor	John W. Parker, 1847
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Harvard
Digitalizado	31 Oct. 2005

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DISCOVERY OF THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES	62

Discovery of the Laws of Motion of Fluids	68

MECHANICS	73

Generalization of the Third Law of Motion Cen	80

SEQUEL OF THE GENERALIZATION OF	92

Motion in Resisting Media Ballistics	98

Mécanique Céleste	108

Analytical Generality Connexion of Statics and	121

Character of Newton	124

BOOK VII	133

THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH OF NEWTON DIS	160

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF NEWTON RECEP	195

Sect 3	205

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF NEWTON CON	213

Sect 3	223

Confirmation of the Newtonian Theory by Expe	251

DISCOVERIES Added to the NEWTONIAN	260

Discovery of Nutation	266

THE INSTRUMENTS AND AIDS OF ASTRONOMY	272

161	277

Observatories	282

Astronomical Expeditions	288

DISCOVERY OF ACHROMATISM	396

DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF POLARIZATION	406

DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF THE COLOURS	413

DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF PHENOMENA	420

162	423

CHAPTER XPRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG	426

EPOCH OF YOUNG AND FRESNEL	438

Explanation of Double Refraction by the Undu	449

Explanation of Dipolarization by the Undulatory	461

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF YOUNG	467

CONFIRMATION AND EXTENSION OF	480

Dispersion on the Undulatory Theory	492

BOOK X	515

Radiation	524

Correction of Newtons Law of Cooling	538

Discovery of the Polarization of Heat	545

Specific Heat Change of Consistence	552

THE RELATION OF VAPOUR AND	556

Daltons Doctrine of Evaporation	566

Consequences of the Doctrine of Evaporation	575

PHYSICAL THEORIES OF HEAT	582

Atmological Theories	588