A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy / John F.W. Herschel ; with a new foreword by Arthur Fine.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Herschel, John F. W. Sir, 1792-1871.
• TeilnehmendeR: Fine, Arthur.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Series: Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: xxvii, 372 p.
• Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and J. Taylor, 1830. (The Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1).; Includes index.

Table of Contents

• pt. 1. Of the general nature and advantages of the study of the physical sciences
• pt. 2. Of the principles on which physical science relies for its successful prosecution, and the rules by which a systematic examination of nature should be conducted, with illustrations of their influence as exemplified in the history of its progress
• pt. 3. Of the subdivision of physics into distinct branches, and their mutual relations.