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Author Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.

Title A course of six lectures on the various forces of matter and their relations to each other [microform] / by Michael Faraday ; delivered before a juvenile auditory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain during the Christmas holidays of 1859-60 ; edited by William Crookes ; with numerous illustrations.

Imprint New York : Harper & brothers, 1860.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 13273    ---  Available
Description x, 198 p. : ill.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 13273
Note Half title: Lectures on the physical forces.
Seventh lecture, Lighthouse illumination--the electric light, delivered before the Royal institution on Mar. 9, 1860. cf. p. [171]
"[The lectures] are printed as they were spoken, verbatim et literatim."--Preface.
Lectures reprinted from Chemical news, 1860. First edition published London, Glasgow: Richard Griffin, 1860. cf. A. E. Jeffreys. Michael Faraday: a list of his lectures and published works.
Contents The force of gravitation -- Gravity-cohesion -- Cohesion-chemical affinity -- Chemical affinity-heat -- Magnetism-electricity -- The correlation of the physical forces -- Light-house illumination-the electric light -- Notes.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1978. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English Literature ; LEL 13273)
Note s 1978 ilu n
Subject Physics.
Lighthouses -- Lighting.
Added Author Crookes, William, Sir, 1832-1919

 
    
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