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clouds. Rather because clouds negatively charged
17 Come in contact with those positively charged  
18. The Earth revolving around the Sun inclined to the plane of its orbit.
19. Teaches of Matter and the properties and the natural laws that control matter.
20. Nine I think of Magnitude from compressibility [[?]] inactive divisability, [[crossed out]] color [[/crossed out]], weight, electricity. divisability
21. Optics teaches the laws that govern light &c Acoustics teaches of Sound and matters appertaining thereto. Hydrestics teaches of water and laws appertaining to moisture. Pneumatics teaches of cold and matters appertaining thereto.
22. Light. 192 000 of miles per. min. Sound. 4700 ft per min. in a - four times as fact in water and much faster in bodies solid.
23. A lever is a bar resting on a fulcrum with two arms one the power of resistance and the other motion. There are three kinds. 1st where the fulcrum is between the power and the weight; example scissors. 2nd the fulcrum between weight and resistance example nut crackers. 3rd the treadle of a spinning machine ex. 
24. That of the inclined plane and its varietals
25. Reflection of light is where, light rather a ray is bent from its course but takes another course in the same medium. Refraction is where light is bent from its course and takes another through other mediums. The example of the combined we have in the Spectre of the Brocken.

Transcription Notes:
Brocken spectre is a phenomenon of an enormous shadow surrounded by a rainbow