GENERAL CONTENTS. 



BOOK r. 



Page 

 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER, being a Synopsis of the Work 1 46 



CHAP. II. On the Atomic Constitution of Matter, and the 



relative Quantities of Caloric in different Bodies. . . 46 96 



CHAP. III. On the Forces of Caloric in elastic Fluids. 

 Theory of their Expansion and Contraction. Consti- 

 tution of Liquids 97 155 



BOOK II. 



CHAP. I. Theory of Cohesion, Conduction, and Radiation. 



156195 



CHAP. II. Chemical Attraction in general 196 224 



CHAP. III. Theory of Solution, and of Freezing Mixtures. 



225252 



CHAP. IV. Theory of Capillary Attraction, and the Con- 

 nexion of molecular with aggregate Forces of Matter. 



253279 



BOOK III. 



CHAP. I. Electricity atmospheric, identical with the Caloric 



which causes Evaporation 280 32 1 



CHAP. II. Theory of Winds, and their connexion with Elec- 

 trical Phenomena. Rationale of Tornadoes, Hail- 

 storms, &c 321 347 



