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Lectures on the Forces of Matter : And Their Relations to Each Other
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Matter.
- Physics.
- Science.
- Local Subjects:
- Matter.
- Physics.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The pleasure which all derive from the expositions of Faraday is of a somewhat different kind to that produced by any other philosopher whose lectures we have ever attended. It is partially derived from his extreme dexterity as an operator with him we have no chance of apologies for an unsucessful experiment, no hanging fire in the midst of a series of brilliant demonstrations, producing that depressing tendency akin to the pain felt by an audience at a false note from a vocalist...
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Preface; Lecture I The Force of Gravitation; Lecture II Gravitation Cohesion; Lecture III Cohesion Chemical Affinity; Lecture IV Chemical Affinity Heat; Lecture V Magnetism Electricity; Lecture VI The Correlation of the Physical Forces; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77556-616-1
- OCLC:
- 604879283
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