Writings of Charles S. Peirce Volume 4 This page intentionally left blank "Original Faculty of Philosophy" mural by Leon Kroll (1956), in Shriver Hall, The Johns Hopkins University. From left to right: A. Marshall Elliott, Charles S. Peirce, William Hand Browne, George S. Morris, Henry Wood, Henry A. Rowland, Basil L. Gildersleeve, Ira Remsen, H. Newell Martin, J. J. Sylvester, C. D. Morris, William K. Brooks, Simon Newcomb, Herbert Baxter Adams, G. Stanley Hall, George Huntington Williams, Paul Haupt. Courtesy of Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives of The Johns Hopkins University. Writings of CHARLES S. PEIRCE A CHRONOLOGICAL EDITION Volume 4 1879-1884 CHRISTIAN J. W. KLOESEL, Editor MAX H. FISCH, Senior Editor MARC SIMON, Textual Editor NATHAN HOUSER, Associate Editor DON D. ROBERTS, Associate Editor URSULA NIKLAS, Assistant Editor ALETA HOUSER, Copy Editor Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis Preparation of this volume has been supported in part by grants from the Program for Editions of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. Publication of this volume was aided by a grant from the Program for Publica- tions of the National Endowment for the Humanities. COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARLY EDITIONS AN APPROVED EDITION MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Harvard University Press holds the copyright to those parts of this volume that first appeared in Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce (Vols. 1-6 edited by Charles Hartshorne and Paul Weiss, 1931-1935; 7-8 by Arthur W. Burks, 1958). Copyright © 1989 by Peirce Edition Project All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any informa- tion storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data (Revised for vol. 4) Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Writings of Charles S. Peirce. Vol. 3- : Christian J.W. Kloesel, editor. Includes bibliographies and indexes. Contents: —v. 1. 1857-1866. —v. 2. 1867-1871. —v. 3. 1872-1878. —v. 4. 1879-1884. 1. Philosophy. I. Fisch, Max Harold, 1900- II. Kloesel, Christian J. W. III. Title. B945.P4 1982 191 79-1993 ISBN 0-253-37201-1 (v. 1) ISBN 0-253-37204-6 (v. 4) 2 3 4 5 6 02 01 00 99 98 Indiana University at Indianapolis Peirce Edition Project Christian J. W. Kloesel, Director Max H. Fisch, Senior Editor Marc Simon, Textual Editor Nathan Houser, Associate Editor Don D. Roberts, Associate Editor Ursula Niklas, Assistant Editor Aleta Houser, Copy Editor and Production Manager Edward C. Moore, Founding Editor Contributing Editors (Vol. 4) James E. Anding Maryann E. Ayim Glenn Clark H. William Davenport Andre De Tienne Ivor Grattan-Guinness Nicholas Rescher Paul Shields Richard A. T irsman Shea Zellweger Advisory Board Jo Ann Boydston TClaus Oehler Edmund Byrne Vincent Potter Arthur W. Burks Hilary Putnam Don L. Cook Don D. Roberts Carolyn Eisele Israel Scheffler John Gallman Thomas A. Sebeok Robert H. Hirst William A. Stanley Kenneth L. Ketner Richard A. Tursman Robert P. Multhauf President, Peirce Society This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Chronology xvii Introduction xix 1. Read's Theory of Logic 1 2. Spectroscopic Studies 4 3. /^Lecture on Logic and Philosophy/ 7 4. Note on the Progress of Experiments for comparing a Wave-length with a Metre 10 5. On a method of swinging Pendulums for the determination of Gravity, proposed by M. Faye 12 6. On the Algebraic Principles of Formal Logic 21 7. Logic. Chapter I. Of Thinking as Cerebration 38 8. Logic. Chapter I. Thinking as Cerebration 45 9. Rood's Chromatics 47 10. On the Ghosts in Rutherfurd's Diffraction-Spectra 50 11. A Quincuncial Projection of the Sphere 68 12. Note on the Theory of the Economy of Research 72 13. Measurements of Gravity at Initial Stations in America and Europe 79 14. A large number of repetitions of similar trials 145 15. On the Value of Gravity at Paris 148 16. [On the State of Science in Americay 152 17. Letter, Peirce to Herve Faye 157 18. On the Colours of Double Stars 161 19. On the Algebra of Logic 163 VII