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THIS is the first half of a treatise on Elementary Physics from a highly scientific point of view. Dr. Reis considers that the principle of the conservation of force—as he puts it, “Die energie des Weltalls ist constant” (the energy of the universe is constant)—is at the root of all science, and that it is possible to deduce a large part of physics as a mathematical consequence of this principle. We confess to a little doubt whether it is advisable to introduce it in this form in the first instance in an elementary text-book. The attempt is one, however, that must be made no doubt at an early date, in some form or other.
Manual of Physics.—Lehrbuch der Physik, einschliesslich der Physik der Luft (Meteorologie), des Himmels (Himmelkunde), und der Erde (Physikalische Geographie).
Von Dr. Paul Reis. Erste Hälfte, pp. 256. (Leipzig: Quandt und Händel. 1870.)
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J., W. Manual of Physics.—Lehrbuch der Physik, einschliesslich der Physik der Luft (Meteorologie), des Himmels (Himmelkunde), und der Erde (Physikalische Geographie). Nature 1, 283 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001283c0
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