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35 MECHANICS, ETC. MECHANICS, IKCLUDIKG THE VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES. Geleoted and arranged lay the Kev. P. It. SLEEMAN, B'.E.A.S., P.K.H.S. <&c, * PART 1.—MECHANICS. 9 Action and Reaction. 2 Measurement of Force. 3 Parallelogram of Forces. Diagram. 4 Parallelogram cf Forces. Experimental de- monstration. 6 Parallelogram of Forces. The “knee joint.” 6 Composition and resolution of Forces. 7 Parallel Forces. The Arithmetical Lever. 8 Pressure of wind on sails of ship. B Equilibrium of two forces. 10 The Pulley. 11 The Compound Pulley, No. 1. 12 The Compound Pulley, No. 2. IS Simple Levers (The three orders). 14 The Lever, 1st order, No. 1. 15 Thu Lever, 1st order, No. 2. 16 The Lever, 2nd order, No. 1. 17 The Lever, 2nd order. No. 2. 16 The Lever, 3rd order, No. 1. 19 The Lever, 3rd order, No. 2. 20 "Wheel and Axle. 31 The "Windlass. 32 Inclined Plane. S3 Apparatus drmonstrating lass of Inclined Plane. 24 The Screw. 25 Male and Female Scmro. 96 The Screw Jack. 27 The Screw Press. 36 The Wedge. SO Friction (Horizontal). 30 Friction Rollers, &c. 31 Friction Dynamometer. 32 Resistance to motion. Revolving fan. 33 Resistance to motion. Parachute. 34 Elasticity. Stretched wire. 35 Elasticity. Spring balances. 86 Elasticity of Torsion. 37 Porosity. Physical Pores. 38 Porosity. Filters. #9 Crystallisation, No. 1. Cubic System. 40 Crystallisation, No. 2. Pyramidal System. 41 Crystallisation, No. 3. Rhombohedral System. 42 Crystallisation, No. 4. Prismatic System. 43 Crystallisation, No. 5. Oblique System. 44 Crystallisation, No. 6. Anorthic System. 45 Crystallisation, Hemihedry. 46 Gravity shown by tension of a spring. 47 Direction of Gravity. Plumb-lme. 43 Plumb-line, Vertical to fluid surface. 43 -wnvergenoe of verticals towards centre of the Earth. 36 Attractio n. Cavendish Experiment. 31 Centre of Gravity. 62 ScSKreio f Gravity. Experimental determina- tion, No. 1. $ Centre of Gravity. Experimental determina- tion, No. 2. Oentrea of Gravity. Examples, No. 1. 3* <bntres of Gravity. Examples. No. 2. i 56 Different positions of equilibrium, No. 1. 67 Different positions of equilibrium. No. 8 . 58 Stable and unstable equilibrium. 59 Examples of equilibrium, No. 1 . 60 Examples of equilibrium, No. 2 . 61 The Balance. Ordinary Scales. 62 The Balance. Centro of Suspension. 63 The Chemical Balance. 64 The Chemical Balance. The Beam. 65 Vacuum balance of Standards Department. 66 Leaning Tower of Pisa. 67 Repetition of Galileo’s Pisa Experiment. 68 Fall of bodies in Vacuo. 69 Galileo’s Experiment with inclined plans. 70 Attwood’s Machine. 71 Friction pulleys of Attwood’s machine. 72 Morin’s Machine. 73 Parabolic curve. 74 Parabolic path of Projectile. 75 Action of Gravity independent of motion 03 the body. 76 Centrifugal Force apparatus. 77 Centrifugal Force. Oblateness of the Earth. 78 Centrifugal Force. Steam Engine G r ~ ufnor. 79 Free axes of rotating bodies. 80 Foucault’s Gyroscope. 81 Diagram of motion of simple peneslum. 82 Diagram of harmonic curve. 83 The pendulum. Time of vibration not de- pendent on amplitude. 84 The pendulum. Verification of law*. 85 Borda’s pendulum. No. 1. 8 G Borda’s pendulum. No. 2 . 87 Cycloidal pendulum. 88 Conical pendulum. 89 Inverted pendulum. 90 The Metronome. 91 Application or rue pendulum to clocks, No. 1, 92 Application of the pendulum to clocks, No. 2. 93 Foucault’s pendulum experiment. * 94 Compound pendulum (Blackburn). 95 Tisley’s Compound pendulum apparatus. 96 Curves traced by Compound pendulum apparatus. 87 Lisiajous’ curves of Compound Harmonic vibrations. 98 The Vernier. 99 Spherometer and Micrometer Screw. 100 The Gathetometer. 101 Equality of liquid pressure. Fascal’s Law. 102 Principle of the Hydraulic Press. 10 ;} The Hydraulic Press. 104 Vertical upward pressure of liquids. 105 Pressure of liquids on bottom of containing vessels. 106 Liquid pressure. Haldat’s apparatus. 107 Liquid pressure. Fascal’s apparatus. 1C 8 Hydrostatic Paradox. 1C9 Hydrostatic Paradox. Pascal’s experiment. 110 Hydraulic tourniquet, “ Barker’s Stiff."