Project Gutenberg 2013-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 104 Whiston, William 1667 1752 Hauksbee, Francis 1687 1763 A Course of Mechanical, Magnetical, Optical, Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Experiments perform'd by Francis Hauksbee, and the Explanatory Lectures read by William Whiston, M.A. Produced by Enrico Segre and the Distributed Proofreading team at DP-test Italia, http://dp-test.dm.unipi.it "A Course of Mechanical, Magnetical, Optical, Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Experiments" by Francis Hauksbee is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The work presents a series of experiments and demonstrations related to various scientific principles, including mechanics and optics. It aims to elucidate natural philosophy concepts, primarily focusing on the laws of physics as demonstrated through practical experimentation. The opening of the text introduces readers to various experiments conducted over multiple days, beginning with the foundational laws of motion established by Sir Isaac Newton. Hauksbee outlines experiments designed to observe the behavior of falling bodies, utilize levers and pulleys, and explore the properties of gravity and forces in motion. Further, there are detailed explanations of subsequent days focusing on magnetism, optics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics, including experiments that illustrate principles such as the reflection and refraction of light and the behaviors of fluids in various conditions. Overall, the beginning sets a rigorous and systematic approach to understanding these scientific phenomena through experimentation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44019/44019-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 54.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Physics -- Early works to 1800 Physical instruments Physics -- Experiments QC Text Category: Science - Physics 147755 2025-07-17T15:48:18.901864 text/html 125762 2024-10-23T19:16:11 text/html 2209245 2025-07-17T15:48:28.365846 application/epub+zip 2210749 2025-07-17T15:48:22.490905 application/epub+zip 115389 2025-07-17T15:48:19.308859 application/epub+zip 5619834 2025-07-17T15:48:31.076927 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5584208 2025-07-17T15:48:25.175890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161454 2022-09-20T06:03:49.107590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118146 2025-07-17T15:48:18.466908 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98183 2024-10-23T19:16:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17810 2025-07-17T15:48:31.212805 application/rdf+xml 29189 2025-07-17T15:48:19.383868 image/jpeg 3715 2025-07-17T15:48:19.346862 image/jpeg 2102872 2025-07-17T15:48:18.988879 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia