Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- NAUTICAL
- WAR AND HUNTING
- ARCHITECTURE
- TOOLS
- OPTICS
- USEFUL ARTS
- CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE MAN AND HIS NEEDS.—EARTHENWARE.—BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT.—TOGGLE OR KNEE JOINT
- CHAPTER II CRUSHING INSTRUMENTS.—THE NUT-CRACKERS, ROLLING-MILL, AND GRINDSTONE.—PRESSURE OF ATMOSPHERE.—SEED DIBBLES AND DRILLS
- CHAPTER III CLOTH-DRESSING.—BRUSHES AND COMBS.—BUTTONS, HOOKS AND EYES, AND CLASP
- CHAPTER IV THE STOPPER, OR CORK.—THE FILTER
- CHAPTER V THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SPRING.—THE ELASTIC SPRING.—ACCUMULATORS.—THE SPIRAL SPRING
- CHAPTER VI SPIRAL AND RINGED TISSUES.—VARIOUS SPRINGS IN NATURE AND ART
- CHAPTER VII FOOD AND COMFORT
- CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC COMFORT
- CHAPTER IX ARTIFICIAL WARMTH.—RING AND STAPLE.—THE FAN
- CHAPTER X WATER, AND MEANS OF PROCURING IT
- CHAPTER XI AËROSTATICS.—WEIGHT OF AIR.—EXPANSION BY HEAT
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII TELESCOPIC TUBES.—DIRECT ACTION.—DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT.—TREE-CLIMBING.—THE WHEEL
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI TILLAGE.—DRAINAGE.—SPIRAL PRINCIPLE.—CENTRI-FUGAL FORCE
- CHAPTER XVII OSCILLATION.—UNITED STRENGTH.—THE DOME
- ACOUSTICS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XI - AËROSTATICS.—WEIGHT OF AIR.—EXPANSION BY HEAT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- NAUTICAL
- WAR AND HUNTING
- ARCHITECTURE
- TOOLS
- OPTICS
- USEFUL ARTS
- CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE MAN AND HIS NEEDS.—EARTHENWARE.—BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT.—TOGGLE OR KNEE JOINT
- CHAPTER II CRUSHING INSTRUMENTS.—THE NUT-CRACKERS, ROLLING-MILL, AND GRINDSTONE.—PRESSURE OF ATMOSPHERE.—SEED DIBBLES AND DRILLS
- CHAPTER III CLOTH-DRESSING.—BRUSHES AND COMBS.—BUTTONS, HOOKS AND EYES, AND CLASP
- CHAPTER IV THE STOPPER, OR CORK.—THE FILTER
- CHAPTER V THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SPRING.—THE ELASTIC SPRING.—ACCUMULATORS.—THE SPIRAL SPRING
- CHAPTER VI SPIRAL AND RINGED TISSUES.—VARIOUS SPRINGS IN NATURE AND ART
- CHAPTER VII FOOD AND COMFORT
- CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC COMFORT
- CHAPTER IX ARTIFICIAL WARMTH.—RING AND STAPLE.—THE FAN
- CHAPTER X WATER, AND MEANS OF PROCURING IT
- CHAPTER XI AËROSTATICS.—WEIGHT OF AIR.—EXPANSION BY HEAT
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII TELESCOPIC TUBES.—DIRECT ACTION.—DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT.—TREE-CLIMBING.—THE WHEEL
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI TILLAGE.—DRAINAGE.—SPIRAL PRINCIPLE.—CENTRI-FUGAL FORCE
- CHAPTER XVII OSCILLATION.—UNITED STRENGTH.—THE DOME
- ACOUSTICS
- INDEX
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- Nature's TeachingsHuman Invention Anticipated by Nature, pp. 436 - 446Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1877