The student's manual of natural philosophy / [Charles Tomlinson].

  • Charles Tomlinson
Date:
1838
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    Gregorian telescope, the, 510 Grenie, his musical glasses, 356 Guitar, action of, 312. 326 length of its strings, 340 Hail, 201 Hall, Capt. B., on the trade-winds, 138 Hall, Dr. M., his thermometer, 96 Halley on thermometer, 72. 73 on measurement of heights, 147 comet of, 515 Halos, on, 465 Hansteen on magnetism, 278 Harmonica, or musical glasses, 353. 354 Harding discovers the planet Juno, 518 Harp, action of, 312. 320. 341 Harris, Snow, his barometer, 131 influence of wind on barometer, 146 Heat, 23. 25 sources of, 25 latent, 40 sensible, 40 of fluiditjg 41 theory of, 45 diffusion of, 55 specific, 51 conduction of, 55 radiation of, 58 theory of, 62 reflexion of, 63 absorption of, 26. 64 table of effects, 100 action of, on air, 109. 137 on liquids, 158 affects densities of bodies, 158. 175 cause of evaporation, 196. 210 influences vibration, 387 repulsive property of, 552 Height of the atmosphere, 199 Heights, measurement of, 146 Heliostat, the, 446 Plerschel, Sir J., his actinometer, 95 on the fixed lines of spectrum, 445 on the theoi'y of colours of thin plates, 549 Herschel, Sir W., on the calorific rays of spectrum, 446 his reflecting telescope, 515 his astronomical discoveries, 517 on space-penetrating power of the telescope, 526 Hesler on the chemical rays, 450 Hiero, his crown, 167 Hindoos, the, astronomical knowledge of, 477 Hipparchus, the Father of Astro¬ nomy, 481 Hoar-frost, 202 Hooke on the thermometer, 72 his hygrometer, 214 Hope on maximum density of water, 161 Hour-glass, the, 561 Hour-lines on sun-dial, 585 Hours, time divided into, 577 number and length of, among different nations, 577 divided into minutes, 579 Howard on the barometer, 145 Humboldt on the height of Chim¬ borazo, 148 on the colour of the sky, 462. 463 Huygens discovers Saturn’s rings, 513 Hydrogen, one of the constituents of water, 154 sound of bell in, 314 effect of inhaling, 330 Hydrometer, the, 152 illustration of, 172 invented by Hypatia, 172 action of, 173 of Sikes, 175 of Nicholson, 176 of Fahrenheit, I76 of Jones, 178 applications of, 179 Hygrometer, the, 187. 207 descriptions of, 212 of Molyneux, 214 of Hooke, 214 of De Luc, 215 of Leslie, 220 of Saussure, 217 of Kater, 218 of Mason, 222 of Daniell, 223 of Jones, 226 of Adie, 226 of Pouillet, 227 of Cummings, 227 practical applications of, 225. 230 Hygroscope, the, 216 1 of Edgeworth, 214 of Leslie, 216 of Gould, 219 of Desaguliers and Hales, 220 Hypatia invents the hydrometer, 172
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