“The New Principles of Natural Philosophy”

Abstract

IN the Preface to this large and handsome volume we are told that “The Third Chapter, . . . . and more especially the first nine Parts of that chapter, are the justification for the title of this work.” This sort of intimation is unusual, but timely and useful, as it enables us to go at once to the root of the matter, and to study “The New Principles” in themselves, before we commence the perusal of the formidable array of arguments, examples, and demonstrations which constitutes the bulk of the volume. The chapter referred to is formally dedicated to the memory of Descartes and Newton, “as it shows the connexion between the Cartesian Vortices and the Newtonian Laws (sic) of Gravitation.”

The New Principles of Natural Philosophy.

By W. L. Jordan (London: David Bogue, 1883.)