A

GENERAL VIEW

OF THE

SCIENCES AND ARTS.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.

A

GENERAL VIEW

OF THE

SCIENCES AND ARTS:

EQUALLY ADAPTED TO

DOMESTIC AND TO SCHOOL EDUCATION.

By W. JILLARD HORT,
AUTHOR OF THE NEW PANTHEON," &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

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LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME AND BROWN,

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1822.

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20 JUN.83

OXFORD

III.

Vision

Reflection of Light, Rainbow, and

Colour.....

Different Refrangibility of Light

The Rainbow

Of the Concave Figure of the Sky.

Of the Blue Colour of the Sky

IV. Optical Instruments.-The Multiplying

Glass

Mirrors

The Camera Obscura..................................

The Magic Lantern

The Microscope.......................

The Lucernal Microscope...........

V. Acoustics.

VI. Electricity

VII. Electricity.

VIII. Galvanism

-Laws of Sound, Echo....

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1

8

13

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15

17

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18

25

27

28

The Solar Microscope

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29

30

31

IX. Magnetism

The Compass

56

X. Metals.- Perfect Metals

60