CONTENTS. 



GENERAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER. 



AKTICLE PAGE 



1. Extension. Units. Determination of Volume 1 



2. Impenetrability 7 



3. Solid, Liquid, Gaseous bodies. State of Aggregation . . .10 



4. Cohesion and Expansive Force 18 



5. Porosity 29 



6. Divisibility . . . . . . ." . 32 



7. Gravity. Absolute and Specific Weight 33 



MECHANICS, OR THE EQUILIBRIUM OF BODIES (STATICS) 

 AND THE MOTION OF BODIES (DYNAMICS). 



8. Inertia . 43 



1. General Mechanics, and Mechanics of Solid Bodies. 



9. Force and Mass 48 



10. Motion of Falling Bodies 58 



11. Motion of Projectiles 65 



12. Mechanical Work 72 



13. Simple Machines .......... 78 



14. Equilibrium. Centre of Gravity. The Balance . . . 103 



15. The Pendulum 123 



16. Centrifugal Force 131 



17. Molecular Constitution of Solids, Rigidity. Elasticity . ' . 151 



18. Adhesion. . , 154 



