- 1Author’s Preface to the First Edition
- 2Translator’s Note to the Third Edition
- 3The Forms of Liquids
- 4The Fibres of Corti
- 5On the Causes of Harmony
- 6The Velocity of Light
- 7Why Has Man Two Eyes?
- 8On Symmetry
- 9On the Fundamental Concepts of Electrostatics
- 10On the Principle of the Conservation of Energy
- 11The Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry
- 12On Transformation and Adaptation in Scientific Thought
- 13On the Principle of Comparison in Physics
- 14The Part Played by Accident in Invention and Discovery
- 15On Sensations of Orientation
- 16On Some Phenomena Attending the Flight of Projectiles
- 17On Instruction in the Classics and the Sciences
- 18Appendix
- 19The Science of Mechanics
- 20Testimonials of Prominent Educators
- 21A Portrayal of the Spirit and Methods of Science
- 22The Analysis of the Sensations
- 23Introductory: Antimetaphysical. The Chief Points of…
- 24The Religion of Science Library
- 25The Open Court
- 26The Monist
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