Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained

by Mrs. Marcet; Thomas P. Jones

F.

• Fall of bodies, [24], [27], [31].
• Figure, [10], [12].
• Fluids, [118], [128].
  • elastic, [28], [41], [118], [136].
  • equilibrium of, [120], [122], [132].
  • non-elastic, [119].
  • pressure of, [121].
• Flying, [40].
• Focus, [176].
  • of concave mirrors, [177].
  • of convex mirrors, [175], [177].
  • of a lens, [184].
  • imaginary, [176].
  • virtual, [176].
• Force, [33].
  • centrifugal, [49], [72], [95], [115].
  • centripetal, [49], [72].
  • projectile, [47], [49].
  • of gravity, [47], [49].
• Fountains, [135].
• Friction, [68], [69], [135].
• Frigid zone, [93].
• Fulcrum, [54].

G.

• General properties of bodies, [10].
• Georgium Sidus, [85].
• Glass, [183].
  • burning, [188].
  • refraction of, [183].
• Gold, [119], [126].
• Gravity, [18], [23], [78], [97].

H.

• Harmony, [155].
• Heat, [16], [29], [103].
• Hemisphere, [92], [100].
• Herschel, [85].
• Hydraulics, [118].
• Hydrometer, [128].
• Hydrostatics, [118].

I.

• Image on the retina, [165], [172].
  • reversed, [167].
  • in plain mirror, [172].
  • in concave do. [175].
  • in convex do. [175].
• Impenetrability, [10].
• Inclined plane, [54], [66].
• Inertia, [10], [14], [32].
• Inherent properties, [10].
• Juno, [84].
• Jupiter, [85].

L.

• Lake, [133], [135].
• Latitude, [94], [112].
• Lens, [184].
  • concave, [184].
  • convex, [184].
  • meniscus, [184].
  • plano-concave, [184].
  • plano-convex, [184].
• Lever, [54], [55].
  • first kind, [58].
  • second kind, [60].
  • third kind, [60].
• Light, [157].
  • pencil of, [158].
  • of the moon, [162], [163].
  • absorption of, [188].
  • reflected, [160].
  • refraction of, [179].
• Liquids, [118].
• Longitude, [94], [112].
• Luminous bodies, [157].
• Lunar month, [108].
  • eclipse, [110].