Title: A source book in physics.
Authors: Magie, William Francis, 1858-1943.
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 1963
Subjects: Physics; Physics History.
Contents: MECHANICS -- Acceleration and Laws of Falling Bodies. The Pendulum. Motion of Projectiles / Galileo -- The Inclined Plane / Stevinus -- Theorems on Centrifugal Force / Huygens -- Definitions. Axioms or Laws of Motion / Newton -- Varignon's Theorem. Jean Bernoulli's Principle of Virtual Velocities / Varignon -- Quantity of Motion / Descartes -- Quantity of Motion / Leibnitz -- Quantity of Motion / D'Alembert -- Energy / Young -- Principle of Virtual Velocities / Lagrange -- Forces and Couples / Poinsot -- PROPERTIES OF MATTER -- Rise of Water in a Pump / Galileo -- The Barometer / Torricelli -- Experiments with the Barometer. Fluid Pressure / Pascal -- The Air Pump / Von Guericke -- Relations of Pressure and Volume of Air / Boyle -- Relations of Pressure and Volume of Air / Mariotte -- Law of Gravitation / Newton -- Law of Elastic Force / Hooke -- Modulus of Elasticity / Young -- The Force of Torsion. Sliding Friction / Coulomb -- The Density of the Earth / Cavendish --^