A Course of Mechanical, Magnetical, Optical, Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Experiments perform'd by Francis Hauksbee, and the Explanatory Lectures read by William Whiston, M.A.

"A Course of Mechanical, Magnetical, Optical, Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Experiments" by Francis Hauksbee is an early 18th-century scientific compilation that shows a number of experiments exploring mechanics and optics. The book is designed to explain concepts of natural philosophy, with an emphasis on the laws of physics as seen through experiments. Introducing the reader to experiments carried out over several days, it starts with Isaac Newton's core laws of motion, and then moves on to experiments showing the behavior of falling bodies, the use of levers and pulleys, and the study of gravity and motion. The remainder of the readings are filled with precise explanations of magnetism, optics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics, full with clear demonstrations around the reflection and refraction of light, and the behavior of fluids under different circumstances. The book uses a logical and methodical approach to show how these scientific topics can be understood through experimentation.