Description

INCLUDING THE
EVOLUTION OF PHYSICAL LABORATORIES

BY
FLORIAN CAJORI, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OP PHYSICS IN COLORADO COLL
1899

CO NTENTS
PAGE
The GREEKS . 1
Mechanics 1
Light 6
Electricity and Magnetism 8
Meteorology 9
Atomic Theory 19
Cause of Failure of Greek Physical Inquiry . ... 18
THE ROMANS 16
THE ARABS 17
EUROPE DURING THE MlDDLE AGES XI
Gunpowder and the Mariner's Compass 22
Hydrostatics S6
Light 20
THE RENAISSANCE S7
The Copernican System 17
Mechanics 30
Light 87
Electricity and Magnetism 41
Meteorology 47
The Inductive Method of Scientific Inquiry . . .48
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Mechanics 50
Light 78
Heat 89
Electricity and Magnetism 94
Sound 97
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ......... 99
Mechanics ........... 00
Light 101
Heat 105
Electricity and Magnetism 117
Sound 130
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 137
Light 140
Heat 189
Electricity and Magnetism 215
Sound 270
THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICAL LABORATORIES 286