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Index

PREFACE TO THE REVISED AND ENLARGED ED 1871
INTRODUCTION
DIVISIONS OF THE SUBJECT
OF MATTER AND ITS PROPERTIES
OF GRAVITY
MECHANICS, on THE LAWS OF MOTION
THE MECHANICAL POWERS
REGULATORS OF MOTION
HYDROSTATICS
HYDRAULICS
PNEUMATICS
ACOUSTICS
PYRONOMICS
THE STEAM-ENGINE
OPTICS
ELECTRICITY
GALVANISM, OR VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY
MAGNETISM
ELECTRO MAGNETISM
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
THE ELECTROTYPE PROCESS
MAGNETO-ELECTRICITY
THERMO-ELECTRICITY
ASTRONOMY

HYDRAULICS

Of what does Hydraulics treat?

469. HYDRAULICS. – Hydraulics treats of fluids in motion, and the instruments by which their motion is guided or controlled.

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