McCormack, Thomas J (Thomas Joseph) 1865-1932 Search this
Physical description:
viii, p., 1 l., 382 p. illus., diagrs. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1897
[1897]
Contents:
The forms of liquids.--The fibres of Corti.--On the causes of harmony.--The velocity of light.--Why has man two eyes?--On symmetry.--On the fundamental concepts of electrostatics.--On the principle of the conservation of energy.--On the economical nature of physical inquiry.--On transformation andadaptation in scientific thought.--On the principle of comparison in physics.--On the part played b y accident in invention and discovery.--On sensations of orientation.--On instruction in the classics and the mathematico-physical sciences.--Appendixes: I. A contribution to the history of acoustics.II. Remarks on the theory of spatial vision
