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Table of Contents

INDEX.

  • gravity, 604;
  • principle of continuity, 617.
  • Gallon, definition of, 318.
  • Galton, Francis, divergence from mean, 188;
  • works by, 188, 655;
  • on hereditary genius, 385, 655.
  • Galvanometer, 351.
  • Ganières, de, 182.
  • Gases, 613;
  • properties of, 601, 602;
  • perfect, 470;
  • liquefiable, 665.
  • Gauss, pendulum experiments, 316;
  • law of error, 375–6;
  • detection of error, 396;
  • on gravity, 463.
  • Gay Lussac, on boiling point, 659;
  • law of, 669.
  • Genealogical classification, 680, 719.
  • General, terms, 29;
  • truths, 647;
  • notions, 673.
  • Generalisation, 2, 594, 704;
  • mathematical, 168;
  • two meanings of, 597;
  • value of, 599;
  • hasty, 623.
  • Genius, nature of, 575.
  • Genus, 433, 698;
  • generalissimum, 701;
  • natural, 724.
  • Geology, 667;
  • records in, 408;
  • slowness of changes, 438;
  • exceptions in, 660.
  • Geometric mean, 361.
  • Geometric reasoning, 458;
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