Chapman's principia, or, Nature's first principles. Volume I theory of universal electro-magnetism, simplified / by L.L. Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, L. L.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electromagnetism.

Gravitation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates) : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed. / revised by the author.

Other Title:

Chapman's principia, or, Nature's first principles

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Campbell & Co., 1855 (H.B. Ashmead)

Notes:

"Explaining the elements of the important discovery of the laws of nature, which regulate the changes of the elements. Exposing the numerous discrepancies of the popular (erroneously so called) Newtonian theory of gravitation alone without repulsion. Demonstrating the existence and operation of repulsive force, co-extensively with gravitation."

"The second volume will be published about the 20th of March"--p. [1], 2nd count. However, no copy of the second volume is known, suggesting that it may never have been issued.

Publisher's advertising: [2] p., 2nd count.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

OCLC:

866987177