Author: Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 558
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Pendulum
Author: Amir D. AczelPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416588434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In 1851, struggling, self-taught physicist Léon Foucault performed a dramatic demonstration inside the Panthéon in Paris. By tracking a pendulum's path as it swung repeatedly across the interior of the large ceremonial hall, Foucault offered the first definitive proof -- before an audience that comprised the cream of Parisian society, including the future emperor, Napoleon III -- that the earth revolves on its axis. Through careful, primary research, world-renowned author Amir Aczel has revealed the life of a gifted physicist who had almost no formal education in science, and yet managed to succeed despite the adversity he suffered at the hands of his peers. The range and breadth of Foucault's discoveries is astonishing: He gave us the modern electric compass, devised an electric microscope, invented photographic technology, and made remarkable deductions about color theory, heat waves, and the speed of light. Yet until now so little has been known about his life. Richly detailed and evocative, Pendulum tells of the illustrious period in France during the Second Empire; of Foucault's relationship with Napoleon III, a colorful character in his own right; and -- most notably -- of the crucial triumph of science over religion. Dr. Aczel has crafted a fascinating narrative based on the life of this most astonishing and largely unrecognized scientist, whose findings answered many age-old scientific questions and posed new ones that are still relevant today.
Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office: Authors. 1898
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
The Mechanics' Magazine
Author: The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations
Author: Fred SchuhPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486221342
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Guides the reader in understanding the mathematical principles involved in a wide variety of puzzles and card tricks.
A course of mechanical and experimental philosophy ... by J. S., and ... P. Brown. [A syllabus only.]
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Author: James STIRLING (F.R.S., of Balliol College, Oxford.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Scientific American
Author: Journal of the Franklin Institute
Author: Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publisher:
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Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-59.
Account of Pendulum Experiments Undertaken in the Harton Colliery to Determine the Mean Density of the Earth
Author: George Biddell AiryPublisher:
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Category : Earth (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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