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Fourth Dimension

Fourth Dimension

by Charles Howard Hinton

Mathematics
29 chapters9h 5mEnglish1912

About this book

"Mr Hinton tries to explain the theory of the fourth dimension so that the ordinary reasoning mind can get a grasp of what metaphysical mathematicians mean by it. If he is not altogether successful, it is not from want of clearness on his part, but because the whole theory comes as such an absolute shock to all one's preconceived ideas" - The Bristol Times (quoted within the book). This book was published in 1912. The author is attempting to communicate a very complex interweaving of philosophy and mathematics, and it is often difficult to follow his train of thought. However, it is hard to refute his idea of a four dimensional universe passing through and, in a way, creating our three dimensional one. For sections 1-9, the reader attempted to describe the illustrations in the text, but as the pictures were getting more complex, a separate PDF file of illustrations was created, copied from the pages of the book. It can be downloaded from the catalog page on archive.org or via the link "Extracted illustrations of the book" on the left side below. (Summary by Peter Yeasley)

Chapters (29)

1Preface; Chapter 1 - Four Dimensional Space
795
2Chapter 2 - The Analogy of a Plane World
1266
3Chapter 3 - The Significance of a Fourth Dimensional Existence
940
4Chapter 4, part 1 - The First Chapter in the History of Four Space
1283
5Chapter 4, part 2 - The First Chapter in the History of Four Space
1140
6Chapter 5, part 1 - The Second Chapter in the History of Four Space
682
7Chapter 5, part 2 - The Second Chapter in the History of Four Space
1156
8Chapter 5, part 3 - The Second Chapter in the History of Four Space
896
9Chapter 6, part 1 - The Higher World
1024
10Chapter 6, part 2 - The Higher World
1019
11Chapter 7 - The Evidence for a Fourth Dimension
1096
12Chapter 8, part 1 - The Use of Four Dimensions in Thought
842
13Chapter 8, part 2 - The Use of Four Dimensions in Thought
830
14Chapter 8, part 3 - The Use of Four Dimensions in Thought
994
15Chapter 9, part 1 - Application to Kant's Theory of Experience
899
16Chapter 9, part 2 - Application to Kant's Theory of Experience
1079
17Chapter 10, part 1 - A Four-Dimensional Figure
759
18Chapter 10, part 2 - A Four-Dimensional Figure
632
19Chapter 11, part 1 - Nomenclature and Analogies ...
994
20Chapter 11, part 2 - Nomenclature and Analogies ...
1061
21Chapter 12 - The Simplest Four-Dimensional Solid
2129
22Chapter 13, part 1 - Remarks on the Figures
1602
23Chapter 13, part 2 - Remarks on the Figures
1335
24Chapter 14, part 1 - A Recapitulation and Extension of the Physical Argument
1635
25Chapter 14, part 2 - A Recapitulation and Extension of the Physical Argument
1845
26Appendix 1, part 1 - The Models
778
27Appendix 1, part 2 - The Models
1246
28Appendix 2, part 1 - A Language of Space
1625
29Appendix 2, part 2 - A Language of Space
1121

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