pt.1. [A treatise on physics

James, Knapton, 1723

PART I	1

and the Manner of treating ſuch a Subječt 2 An Examination of the Notions that preceed the Study of Natural Philofophy	3

Of the Heart	4

Of the Veins and Arteries	5

Obfervations about the Suns Motion	6

Of the Tongue and falival Ducts	7

Of the Lungs	8

Of the Liver	9

Of the Flux and Reflux of the	29

Of the Divifibility of Matter	31

Of Motion and Reft	38

Of the Continuation and Ceſſation of Motions	47

Of fuch Motions as are commonly afcribed to the Fear of a Vacuum	54

PART III	68

Of the Determination of Motion	78

Of the Compofition of Motion and of its Deter	82

Of the Spleen	10

Of the Kidneys and Bladder	11

Of the true Bignefs of the Earth Moon	12

The Manner of applying Philofophy to particular Subjects	13

What Time the Blood circulates	14

A Caution concerning Words	15

Of Nourishment and Growth	16

pofition that the Earth turns about its own Center in Twentyfour Hours 17 A Caution about the Poles and the Circles	17

The principal Axioms of Natural Philoſophy	18

An Explication of the apparent Motion of the fixed Stars	19

An Explication of the Motions of Mercury and Venus	20

Of the Principles of Natural Things	21

An Explication of the Moons Motion	22

Of Matter	23

8	24

Of the Nature of the Stars	25

Of a Fever	26

Some Corollaries of the foregoing Notion	27

Of Gravity and Levity	28

mination	84

Of Reflexion and Refraction	90

Of hard Bodies put into Liquors	96

Of Accretion Diminution and Alteration	101

Of Forms 19 Of Elements according to the Opinion of the Ancients	105

Of the Elements of the Chymifts	111

Of the Elements of natural Things	113

Of the Form of a Hard and of a Liquid Body or of Hardness and Liquidity	118

Of Salt	124

Of Mineral Oil 6 Of Metals	125

Of Minerals 8 Of the LoadStone 9 Of fubterraneous Fires and Earthquakes 10 Of Fountains 11 Of Winds 12 Of Mifts and Clouds 13 Of Rain Drizzle ...	127

Of Heat and Cold	151

Of Taftes	171

Of Smells	179

Of Sound	183

Of Light and Colours and of Transparency and Opaken	196

A Defcription of the	233

29	236

Titolo	pt.1. [A treatise on physics Volume 1 di Rohault's System of Natural Philosophy, Illustrated with Dr. Samuel Clarke's Notes Taken Mostly Out of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, Jacques Rohault
Autore	Jacques Rohault
tradotto da	John Clarke
Editore	James, Knapton, 1723
Provenienza dell'originale	la University of Michigan
Digitalizzato	28 gen 2011

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