A System of Mechanical Philosophy 4 Volume Set
A System of Mechanical Philosophy 4 Volume Set
David Brewster
After a brief career at sea, during which he tested Harrison's chronometer for the Board of Longitude, John Robison (1739–1805) became lecturer in chemistry at the University of Glasgow. In 1774, having spent a period teaching mathematics in Russia, he returned to Scotland as professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh. Despite his busy schedule, he contributed major articles on the sciences to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, giving an overview of contemporary scientific knowledge for the educated layperson. After his death, these and other pieces of his scientific writing were edited by his former pupil David Brewster (1781–1868) and were finally published in four volumes in 1822, with a separate volume of illustrative plates. This reissue incorporates those plates in the relevant volumes of text. Volume 1 covers dynamics; Volume 2 mainly machinery, including the steam engine; Volume 3 astronomy and pneumatics; Volume 4 electricity, magnetism and sound.
Product details
No date availableMultiple copy pack
9781108070416
3018 pages
216 × 140 mm
3.78kg
49 b/w illus.
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface of the editor
- Dynamics
- Projectiles
- Corpuscular forces
- Strength of materials
- Carpentry
- Roof
- On the construction of arches
- On the construction of centres for bridges. Volume 2: Letter from Mr Watt to Dr Brewster
- On steam
- On the steam engine
- Appendix, by the late Mr Watt
- On machinery
- On the resistance of fluids
- On rivers
- On water works
- On pumps. Volume 3: Astronomy
- Telescope
- Pneumatics. Volume 4: Electricity
- Magnetism
- Variation of the compass
- Temperament of the scale of music
- Speaking trumpet
- Marine trumpet
- Musical trumpet
- Watch-work
- Seamanship.
