Decameron physiologicum, or, Ten dialogues of natural philosophy by Thomas Hobbes ... ; to which is added The proportion of a straight line to half the arc of a quadrant, by the same author.
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- Decameron physiologicum, or, Ten dialogues of natural philosophy by Thomas Hobbes ... ; to which is added The proportion of a straight line to half the arc of a quadrant, by the same author.
- Author
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by J.C. for W. Crook ...,
- 1678.
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- Physics -- Early works to 1800.
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The Contents.
- Dial. 1. OF the Original of Natural Philo∣sophy. Pag. 1.
- 2. Of the Principles and Method of Natural Philosophy. p. 14.
- 3. Of Vacuum. p. 23.
- 4. Of the Systeme of the World. p. 31.
- 5. Of the Motions of Water and Air. p. 46.
- ...
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- 6. Of the Causes and, Effects of Heat and Cold. p. 58.
- 7. Of Hard and Soft, and of the Atomes that fly in the Air. p. 72.
- 8. Of Gravity and Gravitation. p. 84.
- 9. Of the Loadstone, and its Poles; and whether they shew the Lon∣gitude of Places on the Earth. p. 104.
- 10. Of Transparence, Refraction, and of the Power of the Earth to produce living Creatures. p. 121.
- ...
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- The Proportion of a straight Line to half the Arc of a Quadrant; by the same Author. p. 133.