# The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 Author: Various Genre: Category: Science - Physics Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47384 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Quarterly+Journal+of+Science%2C+Literature+and+the+Arts%2C+July-December%2C+1827+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Description of a cheap and portable Instrument for enabling Young People to acquire a knowledge of the Stars, or determine their situation in the Heavens. By S. LEE, Esq. 371 ## Chapters - [vi. The proportions of the two gases vary very much, and sometimes](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/12/index.md) - [Letter XIX gives a definition of the ellipsis, which would be a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/6/index.md) - [Book 5, chap. 2, Page 403—Account of a new compound Microscope for](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/3/index.md) - [iv. I believe that, in many cases, results obtained without the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/16/index.md) - [ii. A mirror, which was found to consist of 85 parts of copper, 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/9/index.md) - [xiii. Between eight and ten minutes after the disappearance of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/23/index.md) - [i. Ephemeris of the periodical Comet for its Return in 1828,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/2/index.md) - [ii. Other circumstances being the same, the specific heat of gases](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/8/index.md) - [part II. contents, 379](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/24/index.md) - [i. FRESNEL on the Undulatory Theory of Light 113](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/1/index.md) - [Letter VIII gives us a rule for doubling the last letter of a verb in](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/4/index.md) - [ii. The temperature was indicated by the gas itself, and not by a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/7/index.md) - [xi. The meteor itself disappeared as suddenly as if, in one](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/22/index.md) - [x. A second or two before its disappearance, three much larger](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/21/index.md) - [iii. It is composed of carbonic acid and azote, in very variable](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/10/index.md) - [vii. The light was such that all objects cast distinct shadows,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/20/index.md) - [i. All bodies exert between themselves a feeble repulsive action in](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/13/index.md) - [iv. It does occur continually; but very often we may vainly attempt](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/11/index.md) - [v. A tail of light, ten or twelve degrees in length, was formed](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/18/index.md) - [iii. The metallic plates in the Cabinet de Physique de Paris,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/15/index.md) - [Letter XVII. The criticism on Milton’s “than _whom_ none higher sat,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/5/index.md) - [iii. The length of its transverse diameter appeared to be about equal](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/17/index.md) - [ii. A very marked attraction may be observed between a cold and a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/14/index.md) - [vi. The ball was far more luminous than the tail, and the part](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quarterly-journal-of-science-literature-and-the-arts-july-d-dfc7c8ef/chapters/19/index.md)