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Familiar lectures on scientific subjects / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.
LIBRA 508.1 H44.1a
Available from offsite location
LIBRA 508.1 H44.1a
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : A. Strahan, 1866.
- Contents:
- About volcanos and earthquakes
- The sun
- On comets
- The weather and weather prophets
- Celestial measurings and weighings
- On light. pt. I. Reflexion, refraction, disperson, 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 50081468
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