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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464432103321

Autore

Faraday Michael <1791-1867.>

Titolo

Lectures on the Forces of Matter [[electronic resource] ] : And Their Relations to Each Other

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009

ISBN

1-77556-616-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Matter

Physics

Science

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Physics - General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Preface; Lecture I The Force of Gravitation; Lecture II Gravitation Cohesion; Lecture III Cohesion Chemical Affinity; Lecture IV Chemical Affinity Heat; Lecture V Magnetism Electricity; Lecture VI The Correlation of the Physical Forces; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The pleasure which all derive from the expositions of Faraday is of a somewhat different kind to that produced by any other philosopher whose lectures we have ever attended. It is partially derived from his extreme dexterity as an operator with him we have no chance of apologies for an unsucessful experiment, no hanging fire in the midst of a series of brilliant demonstrations, producing that depressing tendency akin to the pain felt by an audience at a false note from a vocalist...