 To meet this want the present work has been prepared, based on the experience gained in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the past four years. The preliminary chapter is devoted to general methods of investigation, and the more common applications...  Elements of Physical Manipulation - Page vby Edward Charles Pickering - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Abendaño - 1852 - 722 pages
...Jj ty THE FIRST TO PROPOSE A PHYSICAL LABORATOUV, THIS WORK IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED SINCEUE FRIEND AND PUPIL, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. THE rapid spread...errors present in all physical experiments. A short desciiption is also given of the various methods of measuring distances, time and weights, which, in... | |
 | Edward Charles Pickering - 1877 - 278 pages
...eliminating many of the errors, which in a work of its character would otherwise be so difficult to avoid. The preliminary chapter is devoted to general methods...Some new developments of it are moreover inserted. A short description is also given of the various methods of measuring distances, time, and weights,... | |
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