Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov on the Corpuscular Theory.

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• 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

Table of Contents

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