Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ...

G. Kearsley, 1803

OF THE SECOND VOLUME	1

Solution of a geometrical problem which feems to	8

PART V	10

To hold a flick upright on the tip of the finger	14

To find the weight of a cubic foot of water	22

To determine whether a mass of gold or filver	29

A table of the fpecific gravities of different bodies	33

Two bodies P and Q depart at the fame time	36

Another method by which a perfon may	208

In what manner must we proceed to trace	215

Of plane mirrors	223

To difpofe feveral mirrors in fuch a manner	230

To inflame objects at a confiderable dißtance	236

Account of jome mirrors celebrated for their fize and effects	248

To conftruct an optical box or chamber	255

CASE 5th When the lens is concave on both fides	263

If a chain and two buckets be employed	55

How comes it that a flick loaded with	60

What velocity must be given to a	74

Method of constructing an anemoſcope	80

Conftruction of a feelyard by means	87

Method of confiructing a fmcli figure which	90

Of the perpetual motion	102

52	103

To measure the depth of a well by the time	108

Containing every thing moft curious	117

66	129

688	161

Containing many curious problems in Optics	169

To conftruct a portable camera obfcura	181

If AB be the length of a parterre fituated	195

To cauſe an object without the interpofition	202

Of reflecting telescopes	278

Method of constructing a teleſcope by means	284

To conftruct a lantern by means of which	298

To compofe a table reprefenting all the	316

Experiments on colours	324

On the proportion which the light of	327

55	335

Is it true that light is reflected with more	340

On the movements of the Tremella	357

Singularities in regard to the eyes of most infects	363

Definition of found how diffuſed and tranfmitted	376

79	398

80	413

It is impoffible to intonate juffly the following	419

a new inftrument called the Harmonica	454

On the figures formed by fand and other	460

Titre	Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ... Volume 2 de Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Jacques Ozanam Volume 2 de Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy: Containing Amusing Dissertations and Enquiries Concerning a Variety of Subjects the Most Remarkable and Proper to Excite Curiosity and Attention to the Whole Range of the Mathematical and Philosophical Sciences, Jean Etienne Montucla Volume 2 de Recreations in mathematics and natural philosophy, recomposed by m. Montucla and tr. by C. Hutton, Jean Étienne Montucla
Auteur	Jacques Ozanam
Rédacteurs	Jean Etienne Montucla, Charles Hutton
Traduit par	Charles Hutton
Éditeur	G. Kearsley, 1803
Original provenant de	Université d'Oxford
Numérisé	27 févr. 2009

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