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Ancient and Modern Physics

Ancient and Modern Physics

by Thomas Edgar Willson

The Editor of the Theosophical Forum in April, 1901, noted the death of Mr. Thomas E. Willson in the previous month in an article which we reproduce for the reason that we believe many readers who have been following the chapters of "Ancient and Modern Physics" during the last year will like to know something of the author. In these paragraphs is s..

Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances

Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances

by Joseph Black

Black's Paper entitled "Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances" was read in June 1755, and was first published in "Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary. Read before a Society in Edinburgh, and Published by them," Volume II., Edinburgh, 1756; pp. 157-225. It was subsequently reprinted several times du..

Five of Maxwell's Papers

Five of Maxwell's Papers

by James Clerk Maxwell

This eBook includes 5 papers or speeches by James Clerk Maxwell.The contents are:   Foramen Centrale   Theory of Compound Colours   Poinsot's Theory   Address to the Mathematical   Introductory LectureWhen observing the spectrum formed by looking at a long ve rtical slit through a simple prism, I no..

On the Antiquity of the Chemical Art

On the Antiquity of the Chemical Art

by James Mactear

The study of the History of Chemistry as an art, or as a science, is one which possesses peculiar fascination for its votaries. It has been the subject of deep research and much discussion, much has been written upon the subject, and many theories have been broached to account for its origin. We have had laid before us by Professor Ferguson, in his..

Opticks

Opticks

by Isaac Newton

Part of the ensuing Discourse about Light was written at the Desire of some Gentlemen of the Royal-Society, in the Year 1675, and then sent to their Secretary, and read at their Meetings, and the rest was added about twelve Years after to complete the Theory; except the third Book, and the last Proposition of the Second, which were since put togeth..

The New Physics and Its Evolution

The New Physics and Its Evolution

by Lucien Poincaré

Author's Preface: During the last ten years so many works have accumulated in the domain of Physics, and so many new theories have been propounded, that those who follow with interest the progress of science, and even some professed scholars, absorbed as they are in their own special studies, find themselves at sea in a confusion more apparent than..

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry

by M. M. Pattison Muir

The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry is very interesting in itself. It is also a pregnant example of the contrast between the scientific and the emotional methods of regarding nature; and it admirably illustrates the differences between well-grounded, suggestive, hypotheses, and baseless speculations.For thousands of years before me..

Elements of Chemistry

Elements of Chemistry

by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries. Author's Preface:When I began the following Work, my only object was to extend and explain more fully the Memoir which I read at the public meeting of the Academy of Sciences in the month of April 1787, on the necessity of reforming and completing the Nomenclat..