Lessons in elementary physics / by Balfour Stewart.

  • Balfour Stewart
Date:
1895
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Credit: Lessons in elementary physics / by Balfour Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Electrometer'S, 34S divided ring, 349 quadrant, 350 Electroscopes, 348 gold leaf, 348 Electrophorus, the, 341 Electro-static unit, 347d examples of use, 347b induction, 340 Electro-motive force, 384, 417 law of, 385 illustrations, 386 unit of, 418 Electro-negative elements, 432 Electro-positive elements, 432 Endosmose, 83 Endosmometer, 83 Energy after impact, 112 chemical, 450 defined, 98 descending plane, 124 differentiated from momenlum, 100 dissipation of, 453 due to gravity, 102 electric transmission of, 448 generated in an ellipse, 123 kinetic, 104 molar, 103, 125 of heat, Q3 of pendulum, 126 of rotation, 122 of vibrations, 128 potential, 103 sources of, 454 transmutations of, 455-460 types of, 101, 117 varieties of, 103 various forms of summarised, 455 Engines, steam, cooling of, 246 historic sketch, 248 principle of Carnot, 247 l^olipyle, 31a Equilibrium, stable and unstable, 50, 51 I'iquipotential surfaces, ii6b Erg, the, 16c ICther, hypotheses, 316 Evaporation, change of composition during, 211, 223 Exosmose, 83, 97 Expansion, 176 applicjalioii of, 186, 192 coefficient of, 173 coefficient of in various solids, 172a coefficient, cubical, 174 coefficient relation of linear to cubical, 175 coefficient, fractional use, 184 hydrostatic method of detcnuina- lion, 175 linear, 172 liijuid.s, 181 of mercury, 178 Expansion of solids, 172, 176 of water, 179 ; of gases, law of « Charles, 182 relation to temperature, iSo under heat, 165 under constant pressure^ 183 true methods of determining, 177a Eye, the, 280 F Fahrenheit, scale of, 169 Faraday’s laws of electrolysis, 435 Fibrous structure, 56 Eizeau’s method, 250 Flame, sensitive, 144. Flexure, resistance to, 68 Flotation, 80 Fluorescence, 315 Focus, principal, 263 principal formulae for, proved, 264, 265 rorce defined, 6 unit of, 14 Forces, action of two or more, 23, 24 classified, 32 in gases, 84 in solids, 54 lines of magnetic,iii6a parallel, 30 jiarallelogram of, 25, 28 resisting linear compression, 66 resisting linear extension, 65 l‘’ormuIic, use of, with examples, 21c Foucault’s experiment, 1:7 Friction, action of, 15, 54b G Galaxy, 2 Galvanometer, 396 astatic, 397 mirror, 398 tangent, 399 Gaseous state, change into, 19^ Gases, absorption of by solids and liquids, 97 compression of, 244 density of, 84a, 213 density of in relation to conveyance of soiiml, 147 iliffer from vapours, 85 diffusion of, 96 specific heat of, 232 theory of pressure, 91 Graphical method, use of, 21a Gravcsandc’s ring, 165 (iravitation, 6 universal, 32, 33. 33a, 35 centre of, 47 centre of, how to find, 48, 49 • lircclion of, 35b
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