CHAPTER XI--CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. A DISCUSSION OF THE RELATION

OF THE DOCTRINE OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, AND THE POSSIBILITY

OF PERPETUAL MOTION--

Statement of Doctrine of Conservation of Energy; Upon

What Proof of Doctrine Rests; Not Mathematically

Proved; Conforms to Natural Phenomena; Multiplied

Illustrations; Inter-changeability and Convertibility

of Heat with Mechanical and Other Forms of Energy;

Explanation of Heat and Energy Units, and Their

Relative Equivalents; British Thermal Unit, Foot-Pound

and Horse-Power and Their Mutual Relationship

Explained; Further Illustrations; Galileo's Famous

Pendulum Experiment; Apparent Anticipation of the

Principle of Conservation of Energy 256-269

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