CONTENTS. 



ELOCUTION. 



Page 



Of the Advantages of Omtory 1 



Of Articulation and Pronunciation, with an Anatomical Descrip- 

 tion of the Organs of Speech ....... 2 



Rules and Directions in Reading and Speaking . . 6 



SCIENTIFIC READINGS. 



ATTRACTION Attraction defined Different Kinds of attraction 

 Gravitation, particular and general Law of falling bodies 

 Electric, Galvanic, and Magnetic attractions Attraction of Co- 

 hesion Capillary attraction Chemical affinity, Simple and 

 Compound, &c. . . . . . . . . .11 



CALORIC, HEAT. FIRE Definition and properties of Fire Con- 

 ductors of Caloric Expansive power of Caloric in different sub- 

 stances Caloric divided into two kinds, Free and Latent Sun 

 the chief cause or source of Caloric Affinity of different Co- 

 lours for Caloric Condensation of Solar Heat by Mirrors and 

 Lenses Caloric produced by Combustion, Percussion, Friction, 

 Chemical Mixtures, Electricity, &c . . . . .15 



COMBUSTION Simple and Compound Combustibles Supporters 

 of Combustion Theory of Combustion Result of Combustion 

 Combustion simply decomposition Sir Richard Phillips's 

 Theory of Combustion Different states of Combustion . . 20 



LIGHT Action of Light on the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms 

 Nature of Light Its Velocity Direction Refraction Re- 

 flection The Eye described Vision explained Colours, &c. 25 



COLD Effects of Cold How produced artificially Fatal Results 

 from exposure to extreme cold, &c. . . . . .33 



PNEUMATICS Air a compound body Figure, Height, Weight, 

 Pressure, &c. of the Atmosphere Ah- the supporter of Animal 

 and Vegetable Life Expansion and condensation of Air Re- 

 fractive and reflective power The Air- Pump Air-Gun Con- 

 densing Syringe Barometer, &c. explained . . . .35 



