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A General Survey of its Principles A General Survey of its Principles

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The first section concerns bodies as they appear to us and as we perceive them directly by means of our eyes. By further research we have learnt that these bodies are built out of very small particles which we call atoms. Even though these atoms cannot be seen directly with the eye, yet we still have quite certain proofs of their existence and of many of their properties. The whole of our... Read more

Part 1: The Material World 1. Fundamental Ideas Concerning Motion 2. The Motion of Bodies 3. Gravity and Gravitational Fields of Force 4. Elasticity 5. Impact 6. Waves 7. Acoustics Part 2: The Atomic Structure of Matter 1. The Classification of the Elements 2. The Gaseous State of Aggregation 3. The Fluid State 4. The Solid State 5. Temperature 6. Specific Heat 7. Heat and the Various States of Aggregation 8. The Laws of Thermodynamics 9. The Atom Part 3: The Structure of the Atom 1. Magnetism 2. Electrostatics 3. The Electric Current 4. Electromagnetics 5. Electrolysis 6. Ions and Electrons 7. Radioactivity 8. Electromagnetic Waves 9. The Structure of the Atom Part 4: The Physics of the Aether 1. The Undisturbed Propagation of Waves in the Aether 2. The Disturbed Propagation of Life 3. Interference and Diffraction 4. The Polarization of Light 5. Light and Colour 6. The Aether 7. The Aims of Modern Physics