INDEX. 



595 



Bradley, 341, 379, 402, 413, 416, 461 ; b. 1622, 



d. 1762. 



Brahe. See Tycho. 

 Bramah, 170, 256. 

 Bramah's press, 199, 254, PI. 23. 

 Brass, 538. 



Breast wheel, 246, PL 22. 

 Brereton, 558. 

 Brewster, 371. 

 Bridge, 125, PI. 11. 

 Bridges, PI. 14. 

 Bridgewater. Duke of Bridgewater, 157, 159, 



PL 17. 



Briggs, 189; b. 1561, d. 1631. 

 British manufactures, 186. 

 Brittleness, 110. 

 Brouncker, 34. 

 Brunau, 278. 



Buat. Chevalier de Buat, 222, 223, 243, 285. 

 Bubble, 476. 

 Buchanan, 101. 

 Bucket revolving, 198. 

 Bucket wheel, 250. 

 Buffon, 375, 489, 586. 

 Bull, 395. 

 Bullets, 268. 

 Buoyancy, 202. 

 Burg, 461. 



Burning glasses, 330, 374, 

 Burning mirror, 375. 

 Burning rocks, 179. 

 Burnisher, 92. 

 Burrows, 583. 



Cabbage:ieaf, 478. 



Cable, 114. 



Caesar, 186, 277, 427, 428, 442, 455 ; b. 99, d. 43, 



Calabria, 561. 



Calendar, 427, 456. 



Calendering mill, 170. 



Calking, 72. 



Caloric, 501. 



Camden, 187. 



Camera lucida, 331. 



Camera obscura, 331, PL 28. 



Camper, 90. 



Canal, PL 21. 



Canals, 238, 240, 277. 



Cancer, 401. 



Candles, 486. 



Cnno n, 175, 



Cannon ball, 179, 233. 



Canopus, 395. 



Canterbury cathedral, 188. 



Canton, 209, 291. 



Capacity for heat, 499. 



Capella, 394, 395. 



Capes, 437. 



Capillary action, 475. 



Capillary attraction, 227. 



Capillary tubes, 477, 589. 



Capstan, 158, PL 3, 4. 



Capricornus, 401. 



Carbonic acid gas, 289. 



Carisbrook castle, 160. 



Carlisle, 588. 



Carpentry, 121, 128. 



Carriages, PI. 18. 



Carrying, 102. 



Cartes. See Descartes. 



Cartesian devils, PL 19. 



Cartilages of the larynx, PL 26. 



Carts connected, 168. 



Cart with a crane, 161. 



Caspian Sea, 43?. 



Cassegrain, 335, 338. 



Cassegrain's telescope, 335, PL 28. 



Cassini, 34, 147, 399, 456, 458, PL 33. C. F. 

 Cassini, b. 1714, d. 1784. D. Cassini, b. 1625, 

 d. 1712. J. Cassini, b. 1677, d. 1756. 



Cassiopeia, 393, 394, 395. 



Castelli, 2J7; b. ab. 1575, d. 1644. 



Casting, 87- 



Castor, 397. 



Catalogue of references, 193. 



Catchfly, 566. 



Catenaria, 124. 



Catoptrics, 324. 



Causation, 11. 



Caustics, PL 28. 



Cavalleri, 28, 190, 256. 



Cavallo, 526, 532, 538, 558, PL 40. 



Cavendish, 348, 440, 507, 510, 512, 586. 



Caxton, 189. 



Ceiling, 114. 



Cellular pump, 256. 



Celsius, 498. 



Centaur, 395. 



Central forces, PL 1, 2. 



Centre, 32?. 



Centre of a bridge, PI. 14. 



Centre of gravity, 40, 47, PL 3. 



Centre of gyration, 64. 



Centre of inertia, 39, PL 2, 3. 



Centre of oscillation, 64. 



Centre of percussion, 64. 



Centre of position, 40. 



Centre of pressure, 202. 



Centres of bridges, 131 . 



Centrifugal bellows, PI. 24. 



Centrifugal force, 26, 417. 



Centrifugal pump, 253, PL 23. 



Centrifugal regulator, 37. 



Cepheus, 395. 



Ceres, 404, 424. 



Chain, 139, PL 7. 



Chain loaded, PL 11. 



Chain pump, 256. 



Chains, 86. 



Chair, 131. 



Chaldeans, 452. 



Chalk, 112. 



Chalks, 72. 



Changeable stars, 393. 



Change of climate, 546. 



Changes of form, 169. 



Chapman, 284. 



Charcoal, 486. 



Charge, 513. 



Charles, 294. 



Charles II., 460. 



Charts, 394. 



Chase, 94. 



Chemical attractions, 523, 524. 



Chemical effects of electricity, 519. 



Chemical electricity, 521. 



Chemistry, 11. 



Chemists, 504. 



Chersiphron, 182. 



Childers, 102. 



Childrey, 399. 



Chimney, 265. 



Chimney pipes, 314, PI. 26. 



Chimnies, 277. 



Chinese, 74, 91, 452, 580. 



Chinese pumps, 257. 



Chiron, 453. 



Chladni, 292, 297, 300, 317, 318, PL 25. 



Chord, PL 25. 



Chords of a circle, 33, PL 2. 



Choroid coat, 351. 



Christian era, 427. 



Chromatic aberration, 337- 



Chromatic scale, 307. 



Chronology, 427. 



Chronology of acoustics, 319. 



Chronology of astronomers, 463. 



Chronology of authors on hydrodynamics, 286. 



Chronology of mathematicians and mechanics. 



See 194. 



Chronology of optical authors, 385. 

 Chronology of physical authors. See 590. 

 Chronometer with a barrel, 146. 

 Churchman, PL 41. 

 Chyle, 577, 578. 

 Cicero, 456. 



Cimabue, 188 ; b. 1240, d. 1300. 

 Cimento. Academicians del Cimento, 290, 



489. 



Circle. Graduated circle, 81. 

 Circle in perspective, PL 8. 

 Circles, 77, PL 6. 

 Circular pendulum, 36. 

 Circular slider, PL 7. 

 Circulation of the blood, 220, 584. 

 Cisalpinus, 584. 

 Cisterns, 239. 



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