Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained
Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
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1. Front matter2. CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,3. PREFACE.4. CONVERSATION I. ON GENERAL PROPERTIES OF BODIES.5. CONVERSATION II. ON THE ATTRACTION OF GRAVITY.6. CONVERSATION III. ON THE LAWS OF MOTION.7. CONVERSATION IV. ON COMPOUND MOTION.8. CONVERSATION V. ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS.9. CONVERSATION V. CONTINUED. ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS.10. CONVERSATION VI. CAUSES OF THE MOTION OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.11. CONVERSATION VII. OF THE PLANETS.12. CONVERSATION VIII. ON THE EARTH.13. CONVERSATION IX. ON THE MOON.14. CONVERSATION X. ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS.15. CONVERSATION XI. OF SPRINGS, FOUNTAINS, &c.16. CONVERSATION XII. ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AIR.17. CONVERSATION XIII. ON WIND AND SOUND.18. CONVERSATION XIV. ON OPTICS.19. CONVERSATION XV. OPTICS—continued. ON THE ANGLE OF VISION, AND THE REFLECTION OF MIRRORS.20. CONVERSATION XVI. ON REFRACTION AND COLOURS.21. CONVERSATION XVII. ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.22. GLOSSARY.23. INDEX.24. SCHOOL BOOKS.25. Transcriber's Note.