"Conversations on Natural Philosophy" Gallery

Plate 1 from the book, in which many different physical properties are displayed in figures. This plate helps show the reader various was pendulums can work, the geometric relationship between points above the earths surface and it's center, and gives a visual demonstration of the classic 'feather and ball falling' problem.

This plate from Conversations on Natural Philosophy shows many different mechanical situations. The figures show how the radius of a circle determines the area, the affect of baked curves, and center of mass calculations respectively.

This plate from Conversations on Natural Philosophy shows many different functionalities of scales.

These figures from Conversations on Natural Philosophy look into rotational motion. The pictures help make the transition between linear and rotational kinematics much easier to understand.

At this point Conversations on Natural Philosophy starts to look into interstellar physics. This plate shows near relative sizes of stellar bodies to help make these easier for young pupils to understand.

This plate continues the exploration of stellar physics, now looking at stars. Both figures show how stars are visible on Earth and why the stars we see changes throughout the year.

This plate again continues on the path of stellar exploration. Here we look at why we have day and night along with why we have seasons.

These plate begins to explain various fluid motion. These ideas are not as fleshed out as the others due to it's highly complicated nature, and is mostly just observational.

This plate looks at how light works to create images. This is done to preface the upcoming section on optics. This pattern of building up is critical to many approaches to physics education.

These plates address the principles involved in optics. These topics are given a lot of time due to the complicated nature of optics, hoping that the extended exposure will help ease the understanding.