Elements of Physiophilosophy

Name: Elements of Physiophilosophy
Author: Oken, Lorenz

Oken, Lorenz

Natural history

Functions of the Elements. 1. Functions of the Æther, § 317.
  a. Gravity, § 320. b. Light, § 321. Inflexion, Refraction, Reflexion,
  Colours, § 354. Colours and Planets, § 379. c. Heat,
  § 385. 2. Function of the Air, § 410. Electrism. 3. Function of
  the Water, § 432. Solution. 4. Function of Earth, § 438.
  Crystallization.

  D. _KINGDOMS OF NATURE_                                      95

  Individuals, § 463.

  FIRST KINGDOM--MINERALS                                      96

  I. _MINERALOGY_, § 474. Division, § 490.

  a. Chemical Division                                        103

  b. Genetic Division. Classes                                106

  Class I. Earth-Earths        Earths.

  II. Water-Earths        Salts.

  III. Air-Earths        Inflammables.

  IV. Fire-Earths       Ores.

  Table A to face page                                        120

  II. _GEOLOGY_        121

  _I._ Form of the Planet, § 546. Primary Valleys. _II._
  Organs of the Planet, § 570.

  A. _Earths_                                                 127

  a. Earth Formation--Primary Rocks, § 573. Granite, Gneiss,
  Mica-schist, Lamination, Primary Limestone. b. Water-formation,
  § 622. Transition-rocks, Sedimentary or Stratified Rocks,
  Stratified Limestone, Petrifactions or Fossil Remains.
  c. Air-formation--Trap-rocks, § 681. d. Fire-formation--Volcanic
  Rocks, § 690.

  B. _Metallic Ores_                                          148

  a. Metallic Veins, § 693. b. Production of Ore, § 698. c. Poison,
  § 755. d. Magnetism, § 760. e. Earth-magnetism, § 771.

  C. _Inflammables_                                           166

  a. Sulphur, § 801. b. Coal, § 819.

  D. _Salts_                                                  170

  a. Salt-periods, § 827. b. Chemism, § 847.


  PART III. BIOLOGY                                           178

  A. _ORGANOSOPHY_                                             ib.

  I. _Organogeny._ Galvanism, § 867. Primary Organism, § 882.

  Creation of the Organic                                     184

  a. Elementary Body--Protoplasma or Primary Mucus, § 898.
  Change. b. Form--Globe, § 926. Primary Vesicle, § 933. Infusoria,
  § 935. Theory of Generation, § 943. c. Processes of the
  Organic. 1. Earth-process--Nutrition, § 964.
  2. Water-process--Digestion, § 971. 3. Air-process--Respiration,
  § 977. 4. Motion, § 984.

  II. _Organognosy_                                           197

  Division of the Organism, § 933, into Planetary and Cosmic Organism.
  Processes of the Cosmic Organism, § 1014. 1. Process of Gravity,
  § 1021. 2. Process of Heat, § 1024. 3. Process of Light, § 1027.

  SECOND KINGDOM--VEGETABLE KINGDOM                           204

  I. _PHYTOGENY_, § 1038.

  A. _Planetary Organs_--Vegetable Trunk                      206

  I. _Tissues_, § 1055. 1. Water-organ--Cellular Tissue, § 1056.
  2. Earth-organ--Vascular Tissue, § 1062. 3. Air-organ--Tracheal
  Tissue, § 1065.

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