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A
TREATISE ON MECHANICS,

BY
CAPTAIN HENRY KATER, V. PRES: R.S.
─── and ───
DIONYSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L. F.R.S. &c. &c.
A NEW EDITION REVISED & CORRECTED.
1852.

H. Corbould del.E. Finder fc.

London:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS. PATERNOSTER ROW:

ADVERTISEMENT.

This Treatise on Mechanics, which was originallypublished in 1830, is the work of Dr. Lardner, withthe exception of the twenty-first chapter, which waswritten by the late Captain Kater. The present editionhas been revised and corrected by Dr. Lardner.

London, January, 1852.

v

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.
PROPERTIES OF MATTER.
Organs of Sense.—Sen­sa­tions.—Pro­per­tiesor Qua­li­ties.—Ob­ser­va­tion. —Com­pa­ri­son andGen­er­al­isa­tion.—Par­tic­ular and gen­eral Qua­li­ties.—Mag­ni­tude.—Size.—Vol­ume.—Lines.—Sur­faces.—Edges.—Area.—Length.—Im­pene­tra­bil­ity.—Ap­par­ent Pene­tra­tion.—Figure.—Dif­fer­entfrom Volume. —Atoms.—Mol­ecules.—Mattersep­ar­able.—Par­ticles.—Force.—Co­he­sion of Atoms.—Hypo­thet­ical Phrasesun­neces­sary.—At­trac­tion.
CHAP. II.
PROPERTIES OF MATTER, CONTINUED.
Divisibility.—Unlimited Divisibility.—Wollaston’smicro­metric Wire. —Method of mak­ing it.—Thick­ness of a SoapBubble.—Wings of In­sects.—Gild­ing of Wire for Em­broi­dery.—Glob­ulesof the Blood.—Animal­cules.—Their minute Organ­isa­tion.—Ulti­mateAtoms.—Crys­tals.—Por­osity.—Vol­ume.—Den­sity. —Quick­silverpass­ing through Pores of Wood.—Fil­tra­tion.—Por­osity of Hydro­phane.—Com­press­ibil­ity.—Elas­ti­city.—Di­lat­abil­ity.—Heat.—Con­trac­tionof Metal used to re­store the Per­pen­dic­ular to Walls of a Build­ing.—Im­pene­tra­bil­it
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