Experimental Science: An Elementary Course of Physics and Chemistry (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Richard Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330389425 ISBN 13: 9781330389423

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Experimental Science: An Elementary Course of Physics and Chemistry

Many of the experiments follow the course of instruction in elementary science contained in the physics and chemistry syllabus prepared by a Committee of the Incorporated Association of Head Masters. The results are indicated in each case, hence the experiments may be regarded in a way as solved examples of the general laws and phenomena Of physical science, but the examples can only be properly understood by actually following the various stages which lead to their solution. In a few sec tions of the book it has been necessary to illustrate by numerical examples the principles involved and to exercise the studentin solving simple problems of this kind numerous questions have been added to the chapters. For a large number of these, and more especially for those appended to Chapters III - VII, we are indebted to Mr. Walter J. Wood, who has collected many from actual examination papers, and has supplied the answers.

Throughout the preparation of the following pages we have found the assistance and advice Of Professor R. A. Gregory invaluable. Teachers who know Professor Gregory's Exercise Book of Elementary Practical Physics will recognise in the earlier chapters of the present volume several experiments described in that book. The Opportunity of expressing thanks for permission to introduce these is gladly taken; and we also desire to express our Obligations to the Publishers for permitting free use of suitable illustrations from several of their elementary books in the various branches of science with which this volume is concerned.

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Excerpt from Experimental Science: An Elementary Course of Physics and Chemistry Within the past few years distinct advances have been made in the methods of teaching science. It is becoming more and more widely recognised that the only scientific knowledge worth having is that gained by individual observation and experience; and public examining bodies are one by one bringing themselves in line with this sound educational principle by causing their examinations to be more a test of familiarity with experimental methods and results than of information acquired by reading. The new regulations for the Matriculation Examination of the London University, making an experimental knowledge of the fundamental principles of physical and chemical science compulsory for every candidate, represent an advance in this direction. Moreover, provision for such an introductory course in science is made in the Junior Local Examinations of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; and pupil teachers in elementary schools are now encouraged by the Education Department to take up a course of elementary science having nearly the same scope as that just introduced into the Matriculation Examination of the University of London. The lessons in this volume follow the Matriculation Syllabus of "General Elementary Science." It is distinctly stated in a note prefixed to the syllabus that "In particular, the subjects of the present syllabus will be treated wherever possible from an experimental point of view. Candidates will be expected to have performed or witnessed simple experiments in illustration of the subjects mentioned in this syllabus." With these requirements in mind, we have made experimental work a distinctive feature of the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reco

About the Author

Richard Gregory is Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Eye and Brain and Mirrors in Mind, and the editor of The Oxford Companion to the Mind. He was founder and president of the first hands-on science center in Britain and "godfather" of the Mind
Zone at the Millennium Dome. He lives in the U.K.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330389425
• ISBN 13: 9781330389423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 343