Familiar lectures on scientific subjects.
By: By Sir John F. W. Herschel.
Publisher: A. Strahan & co.
Published: 1866
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
Table of contents: title: About volcanos and earthquakes.; title: The sun.; title: On comets.; title: The weather and weather prophets.; title: Celestial measurings and weighings.; title: On light: pt. I. Reflexion, refraction, dispersion, colour, absorption. pt. II. Theories of light, interferences, diffraction. pt. III. Double refraction, polarization.; title: On sensorial vision.; title: The yard, the pendulum, and the metre.; title: On atoms.; title: A dialogue.; title: On the origin of force.; title: On the absorption of light by coloured media, viewed in connexion with the undulatory theory.; title: On the estimation of skill in target shooting.