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GENERAL INDEX. 



Fixed pulleys, description of ...... MECHANICS, t. ii. 



Flies, means by which they are enabled to walk on window-panes 



and ceilings PREL. TREAT. 26. PNEUM. 



Page 

 33 



t. 



HEAT . 

 HYDRAUL. 1. 

 PNEUMATICS 

 HYDRAULICS 

 POLAR. OF LIGHT 

 HEAT . 

 HYDROSTATICS 

 HYDRAULICS 



PNEUMATICS . 

 HEAT 



i. . 22 

 . 42 

 PNEUM. 1 

 . 1 

 2 



, 45 

 , 53 

 2, 10 

 22 



PRELIMINARY TREAT. 

 MECHANICS, t. ii. 

 PRELIMINARY TREAT. 



MECH.t. i. 1. MECH. t. 



PNEUMATICS 



HEAT 



MECHANICS, t. i. 

 HEAT 



HYDRAULICS . 

 MECHANICS, t. iii 

 t. i. 



Float-boards in water-wheels, proper proportions of 



Fluidity caused by heat ....... 



Fluids definition of ....., 



elastic and inelastic distinguished .... 



. . friction of ........ 



circular polarisation in . . . . 



evaporation of in air and vacuo .... 



pressure of, exemplified ...... 



their power in motion ...... 



spouting, laws of ....... 



transmission of their pressure .... 



experiments on their expansion by heat 

 table of their comparative expansions by heat . 

 table of their several powers of conducting heat 

 (elastic) table of their several capacities for caloric heat 

 Fly-catcher, or Fly-trap, singular apparatus in the leaves of that plant 

 Fly-wheel, principle and power of ..... 



Foot of the camel, construction of ..... 



horse ........ 



. . rein-deer ....... 



Force, different definitions of ...... 



. . degree of required to work pumps of different constructions 

 . . expansive, of water by heat ..... 



of gravity, investigations of ..... 



.. of vapour of different fluids, table of 



and lift pump described ...... 



Forces of two species, active and resisting . . , 



composition and resolution of ..... 



of equal masses are proportionate to their velocity . . 



Forcing pumps, descriptions of ...... HYDRAUL. 11. PNEUM 



Form, proper, of the teeth in wheel-work .... MECHANICS, 



Formation of images by lenses ...... OPTICS 



by a plane mirror .... 



. . by concave and convex mirrors , . 



remarkable, of tesselated apophyllite 

 of rhomboidal crystals . . . 



Formula; (Malus's) for the intensity of pencils of light . 

 Fracture of a crystal of quartz, peculiar appearance of . 

 Fraudulent balances, calculations on .... 



Freezing temperature of various liquids, table of . 



of quicksilver, phenomenon of ... 



of water in large quantities, Dr. Ure's plan 

 of water in the receiver of an air pump 

 Fresnel and Arago, experiments on light by . 

 Fresnefs experiments on right and left-handed quartz . 



Friction, its general laws and effects as found by experiments 

 of bodies in motion and at rest 



sliding ..... 



.. . . rolling ...... 



. . revolving on each other without rolling 



turning on pivots . . . 



. . of fluids ...... 



comparative, of different kinds of wood . 

 an uniformly retarding force . . ' . 



a producer of heat ..... 



modified by equilibrium .... 



affected by velocity ...... 



tables of experiments on ..... . , 



works written upon, referred to .... 



i-rollers, Garnet's ...... t. ii. 



fie mixtures, combinations of . . . . . HEAT . 



table of 



'"rrr, Dr. Wollaston's, described .... 



wo Ae of Greenland, Giesecke's description of that pVionnw 

 /?, or pivot, defined . . , 



t. ii, 



POLAR. OF LIGHT 



OPTICS 



MECHANICS, t. ii. 

 HEAT 



POLAR. OF LIGHT 

 MECHANICS, t. iii. 



HYDRAULICS 

 MECHANICS, t. iii. 



HEAT 7~ 



MECHANICS, t. iii. 



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14 

 11 

 25 

 36 

 32 

 49 

 30 

 31 

 31 

 . 1 



2225 

 12 

 6 

 51 



. 11 

 1 



. 2 

 7 



24 



. 28 

 12 



. 18 

 19,20 

 . 57 

 . 1 

 15 



. 33 

 17 



. 62 

 5460 

 . 54 

 54 



. 37 

 44 



132 

 JO 



. 3 

 . 11 

 . 12 

 14 



. 2 

 . 30 

 . 6 

 . 35 

 . 18 

 30 



2630 

 31,32 

 . 40 

 62 



. 60 

 55 



