Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov on the Corpuscular Theory.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• TeilnehmendeR: Leicester, Henry M.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. THE LIFE OF LOMONOSOV --; 2. THE SOURCES OF LOMONOSOV'S IDEAS --; 3. THE CHEMISTRY AND CORPUSCULAR THEORY OF LOMONOSOV --; 4. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOMONOSOV'S CORPUSCULAR THEORY IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE --; The Papers of Lomonosov on Corpuscular Theory --; INTRODUCTORY NOTE --; Elements of Mathematical Chemistry --; Introduction to the True Physical Chemistry --; An Attempt at Physical Chemistry. Part First. Empirical. --; Meditations on the Cause of Heat and Cold --; Dissertation on the Action of Chemical Solvents in General --; On the Luster of Metals --; Dissertation on the Origin and Nature of Niter --; Oration on the Use of Chemistry --; An Attempt at a Theory of the Elastic Force of Air --; Supplement to Meditations on the Elasticity of Air --; On the Relation of the Amount of Material and Weight --; Meditations on the Solidity and Liquidity of Bodies --; Oration on the Origin of Light. A New Theory of Color --; Criticism of the Theories of Lomonosov --; Dissertation on the Duties of Journalists in the Accounts Which They Give of Works Intended to Maintain the Liberty of the Philosopher --; Index
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• ISBN: 9780674424241; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674424241
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• Hierarchical level: Monograph