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REV. S. VINCE, A. M. F.R.S.

PLUMIAN PROFESSOR of ASTRONOMY and EXPERIMENTAL

PHILOSOPHY.

THE FIFTH EDITION.

CAMBRIDGE:

Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University;

AND SOLD BY DEIGHTON & SONS, AND NICHOLSON & SON, CAMBRIDGE;

AND J. MAWMAN, LUDGATE-STREET, LONDON.

-26-01

CONTENTS.

DEFINITIONS

On the Pressure of non-elastic Fluids

On the Specific gravities of Bodies

On the Resistance of Fluids

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On the Times of Emptying Vessels, and on Spouting

On the Attraction of Cohesion, and on Capillary Attraction - 60

On Elastic Fluids

75

On Winds, Sound, Vapours, and the Formation of Springs - 134