Wonders of Physical Science
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Wonders of Physical Science

From Archimedes to the Electric Spark

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eBook - ePub

Wonders of Physical Science

From Archimedes to the Electric Spark

About this book

Physical science told as a succession of discoveries: Archimedes in the bath, Galileo's pendulum, Torricelli's tube, Newton's prism, Franklin's kite, Faraday's ring and the electric spark. E. E. Fournier d'Albe was a physicist who invented an early reading machine for the blind. His argument in the preface — that descriptive science matters as much as laboratory drill — is the reason the book reads well. Forty plates of nineteenth-century landscape painting by Turner, Church and their contemporaries run alongside the text, matching the book's wonder at natural forces with skies, mountains and light.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9785486267826
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Wonders of Physical Science
  4. Chapter I. Archimedes
  5. Chapter II. The Wise Men of Alexandria
  6. Chapter III. Arabian Days
  7. Chapter IV. Dr. Gilbert of Colchester
  8. Chapter V. Galileo
  9. Chapter VI. The Barometer
  10. Chapter VII. The Air-Pump
  11. Chapter VIII. The Inventor of the Steam-Engine
  12. Chapter IX. Electric Sparks
  13. Chapter X. The Electric Current
  14. Chapter XI. The Electric Telegraph
  15. Chapter XII. The Telephone
  16. Chapter XIII. Electric Light
  17. Chapter XIV. Michael Faraday
  18. Chapter XV. Telegraphing Without Wires
  19. Chapter XVI. The New Rays
  20. Chapter XVII. Air-Ships and Flying Machines
  21. About the Author

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