On Laboratory Arts

ON LABORATORY ARTS
RICHARD THRELFALL, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY;
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS;
ASSOCIATE-MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS;
MEMBER OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1898
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EXPERIMENTAL work in physical science rests ultimately upon the mechanical arts. It is true that in a well-appointed laboratory, where apparatus is collected together in greater or less profusion, the appeal is often very indirect, and to a student carrying out a set experiment with apparatus provided to his hand, the temptation to ignore the mechanical basis of his work is often irresistible.