The poetry of science, or, Studies of the physical phenomena of nature / by Robert Hunt.

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1854.

xvi, 421 pages ; 18 cm

3rd ed. /

General conditions of matter.--Motion.--Gravitation.--Molecular forces.--Crystallogenic forces.--Heat.--Solar and terrestrial.--Light.--Actinism.--Chemical radiations.--Electricity.--Magnetism.--Chemical forces.--Chemical phenomena.--Time.--Geological phenomena.--Phenomena of vegetable life.--Phenomena of animal life.--General conclusions.