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Chapter XI: Conservation of Energy. a Discussion of the Relation

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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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