The Scientific Papers of Sir Charles Wheatstone

Table of Contents

Preface
1. New experiments on sound
2. Explanation of the harmonic diagram
3. Description of the kaleidophone, or phonic kaleidoscope
4. Experiments on audition
5. On the resonances, or reciprocated vibrations of columns of air
6. On the transmission of musical sounds through solid linear conductors, and on their subsequent reciprocation
7. On the figures obtained by strewing sand on vibrating surfaces, commonly called acoustic figures
8. An account of some experiments to measure the velocity of electricity and the duration of electric light
9. An account of several new instruments and processes for determining the constants of a voltaic circuit
10. On the thermo-electric spark
11. Description of the electro-magnetic clock
12. Enregistreur électromagnétique pour les observations métorologiques
13. Note sur le chronoscope électromagnétique
14. An account of some experiments made with the submarine cable of the mediterranean electric telegraph
15. On the position of aluminum in the voltaic series
16. Télégraphe automatique écrivant
17. On the circumstances which influence the inductive discharges of submarine telegraphic cables
18. Description of the telegraph thermometer
19. On a new telegraphic thermometer, and on the application of the principle of its construction to other meteorological indicators
20. On the augmentation of the power of a magnet by the reaction thereon of currents induced by the magnet itself
21. On a cause of error in electroscopic experiments
22. Experimental verification of Bernouilli's theory of wind instruments
23. Remarks on Purkinje's experiments
24. On the prismatic decomposition of electrical light
25. Contributions to the physiology of vision. On some remarkable, and hitherto unobserved, phenomena of binocular vision
26. On a singular effect of the juxtaposition of certain colours under particular circumstances
27. On a means of determining the apparent solar time by the diurnal changes of the plane of polarization at the North Pole of the sky
28. Experiments on the successive polarization of light, with the description of a new polarizing apparatus
29. Note relating to M. Foucault's new mechanical proof of the rotation of the earth
30. On Fessel's gyroscope
31. On the formation of powers from arithmetical progressions
32. Interpretation of an important historical document in cipher
33. Instructions for the employment of Wheatstone's cryptograph
34. Reed organ-pipes, speaking machines, etc.
35. On the vibrations of columns of air in cylindrical and conical tubes.