THE NEWTONIAN SYSTEM OF Philosophy; EXPLAINED BY FAMILIAR OBJECTS, IN FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES & GENTLEMEN, BY TOM TELESCOPE, A. M. 茶 Illustrated with Copperplates and Cuts. SECOND PHILADELPHIA EDITION: WITH NOTES AND By ROBERT PATTERSON. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY JOHNSON & WARNER, No. 147, 1808. LYDIA R. RAILEY, PRINTER, No. 10, North Alley. BE it remembered, That on the eighteenth day of November, in the thirty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1808, Johnson and Warner, of the said District, have deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors in the words following, to wit: The Newtonian System of Philosophy; explained by familiar objects, in an entertaining manner, for the use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen, by Tom Telescope, A. M. Illustrated with Copperplates and Cuts. Second Philadelphia Edition, with Notes and Alterations, by Robert Patterson, Professor of Mathematics, in the University of Pennsylvania. In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, enti tled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the Times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the Time therein mentioned," and extending the Benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints." D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the District Court of Pennsylvania. LECTURE 1. Of Matter and Motion. The Laws of Motion, page 5.. At- traction and Gravitation, 8. Figure of the Earth, 9. Magnet or Load- stone, 11. Cohesion, 12. The Sphere of Attraction and of Repulsion, 13. LECTURE II. Of the Universe, and particularly of the Solar System. The Horizon, 15. The Reflecting Telescope, 17. The Refracting Te- lescope, 18. The Fixed Stars, 20. The Orrery, 22. The Sun and Pla- nets, 23. Comets, 25. Moon and Tides, 25. Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 26. The Motion of the Earth, 32. The Armillary Sphere, 34. Ve- LECTURE III. Of the Air, Atmos- The Four Elements, 39. The Air and Atmosphere, 42. The Triple Wea- ther-Glas, 43. Elasticity of the Air, 45. The Air-Gun, 47. Earthquakes. 48. Water, 49. Light and Sound, 50, Echo, 51. The Air-pump, 53. Ven- tilators, 57. The Air-Balloon, 59. |