Note: Cover -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- I. The Scope of the Book -- II. The Structural Basis of Geography -- III. The General World-Plan -- IV. Ethnological Principles, Nationality, and Language -- V. Ethnological Criteria -- PART II THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND PAST RACIAL DISTRIBUTION -- VI. The Changing Environment in the Australasian "Peninsula" -- VII. The Distribution of the Races in the Australasian Region -- VIII. The Changing African Environment -- IX. Africa-Ethnology -- X. The Higher Races in Africa -- XI. The Changing European Environment -- XII. Races in Prehistoric Europe and Early Migrations -- XIII. The Races of France and Britain -- XIV. The Classification of the Races of Europe -- XV. The Changing Asiatic Environment -- XVI. The Races of Southern Asia -- XVII. The Races of Eastern Asia -- XVIII. The Changing Environment in North America -- XIX. The Changing Environment in South America -- XX. The Races of America -- XXI. The Migration-Zone Theory of Race Evolution -- PART III THE PRESENT. A. WHITE SETTLERS IN A COLD CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENT. B. WHITE SETTLERS IN A HOT ARID ENVIRONMENT -- XXII. The Canadian Environment: The Maritimes -- XXIII. Structure and Settlement in Quebec and Ontario -- XXIV. Structure and Settlement in the Prairie Provinces -- XXV. Settlement in British Columbia: Future Canadian Population -- XXVI. The Attack on the Australian Environment -- XXVII. Climatic Control in Australia: The Arid Lands -- XXVIII. Factors in Tropical Settlement -- XXIX. Future Settlement in Australia -- PART IV THE FUTURE. THE CONTROL OF THE POTENTIAL WHITE SETTLEMENT OF THE WORLD BY ENVIRONMENT -- XXX. The Problem Stated, and Methods of Research -- XXXI. Future Settlement as Controlled by Agriculture and Coal Supply -- XXXII. Future White Settlement Deduced Graphically by the "Econograph" Method. , XXXIII. Potential Regions of White Settlement -- XXXIV. Deductions and Suggestions -- APPENDIX -- INDEX.

Note: Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: A GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE RABBIT -- DIVISIONS AND METHODS -- THE INTERPRETATION OF STRUCTURE -- ZOOLOGICAL POSITION -- GENERAL ANATOMY -- The Tissues -- 1. Epithelial tissues -- 2. Connective tissues -- 3. Muscular tissues -- 4. Nervous tissues -- 5. Blood and lymph -- SPECIAL ANATOMY -- Terminology -- THE GENERAL FEATURES AND GROUND PLAN OF THE ORGAN-SYSTEMS. -- Classification of the Organ-Systems -- General Organization -- Embryonic Plan of the Systems -- The Skeletal System -- The Muscular System -- The Nervous System -- The Digestive System -- The Respiratory System -- The Blood-Vascular System -- The Lymphatic System -- The Urinogenital System -- The Endocrine System -- The Serous Cavities -- REGIONAL SECTIONS -- PART II: OSTEOLOGY OF THE RABBIT -- DIVISIONS OF THE SKELETON -- THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN -- Cervical Region -- Thoracic Region -- Lumbar Region -- Sacral Region -- Caudal Region -- THE RIBS -- THE STERNUM -- THE SKELETON OF THE HEAD -- The Skull as a Whole -- The Bones of the Skull -- The Hyoid Apparatus -- THE SKELETON OF THE ANTERIOR LIMB -- THE SKELETON OF THE POSTERIOR LIMB -- PART III: DISSECTION OF THE RABBIT -- I. EXTERNAL FEATURES -- II. THE ABDOMINAL WALL -- III. THE STOMACH AND SPLEEN -- IV. THE LIVER -- V. THE INTESTINES -- VI. THE URINOGENITAL SYSTEM -- The Urinary Organs -- The Male Genital Organs -- The Female Genital Organs -- VII. THE ABDOMINAL AORTA, INFERIOR CAVAL VEIN, AND SYMPATHETIC TRUNKS -- VIII. THE ANTERIOR LIMB -- Blood-Vessels and Nerves of the Axillary Fossa -- Blood-Vessels and Nerves of the Arm and Forearm -- IX. THE POSTERIOR LIMB -- Blood-Vessels and Nerves of the Thigh -- Vessels and Nerves of the Leg and Foot -- The Lumbosacral Plexus -- The Articulations of the Posterior Limb -- X. THE HEAD AND NECK -- XI. THE THORAX. , XII. THE VERTEBRAL AND OCCIPITAL MUSCULATURE -- XIII. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- APPENDIX -- THE PRESERVATION OF MATERIAL -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- THE STORY OF MECHANICS -- I Weapons and Implements -- II The Classical Period -- III The Mediaeval and Early Modern Period -- IV The School of Galileo -- V The School of Newton -- THE STORY OF ACOUSTICS -- VI The Acoustics of the Ancients -- VII Acoustics in the Western Cycle of Culture -- VIII The Nineteenth Century and After -- THE STORY OF OPTICS -- IX Through Ancient Eyes -- X Optics in the Classical Cycle -- XI "Westward Ho -- XII The School of Newton and Huygens -- XIII The School of Young and Fresnel -- THE STORY OF THERMICS -- XIV Fingers Before Thermometers -- XV The Invention of the Thermometer -- XVI The Fruits of the Thermometer -- THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM -- XVII Amber and the Magnet -- XVIII Poles and Charges -- XIX Conduction -- XX Influence or Induction Charges -- XXI Electric Current -- XXII Induced Currents -- XXIII Electro-Magnetic Waves and Cathode Rays -- XXIV The Electron Theory -- Appendix -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Note: Cover -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The variational approach to mechanics -- 2. The procedure of Euler and Lagrange -- 3. Hamilton's procedure -- 4. The calculus of variations -- 5. Comparison between the vectorial and the variational treatments of mechanics -- 6. Mathematical evaluation of the variational principles -- 7. Philosophical evaluation of the variational approach to mechanics -- I. THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ANALYTICAL MECHANICS -- 1. The principal viewpoints of analytical mechanics -- 2. Generalized coordinates -- 3. The configuration space -- 4. Mapping of the space on itself -- 5. Kinetic energy and Riemannian geometry -- 6. Holonomic and non-holonomic mechanical systems -- 7. Work function and generalized force -- 8. Scleronomic and rheonomic systems. The law of the conservation of energy -- II. THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS -- 1. The general nature of extremum problems -- 2. The stationary value of a function -- 3. The second variation -- 4. Stationary value versus extremum value -- 5. Auxiliary conditions. The Lagrangian λ-method -- 6. Non-holonomic auxiliary conditions -- 7. The stationary value of a definite integral -- 8. The fundamental processes of the calculus of variations -- 9. The commutative properties of the δ-process -- 10. The stationary value of a definite integral treated by the calculus of variations -- 11. The Euler-Lagrange differential equations for n degrees of freedom -- 12. Variation with auxiliary conditions -- 13. Non-holonomic conditions -- 14. Isoperimetric conditions -- 15. The calculus of variations and boundary conditions. The problem of the elastic bar -- III. THE PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK -- 1. The principle of virtual work for reversible displacements -- 2. The equilibrium of a rigid body -- 3. Equivalence of two systems of forces -- 4. Equilibrium problems with auxiliary conditions. , 5. Physical interpretation of the Lagrangian multiplier method -- 6. Fourier's inequality -- IV. D'ALEMBERT'S PRINCIPLE -- 1. The force of inertia -- 2. The place of d'Alembert's principle in mechanics -- 3. The conservation of energy as a consequence of d'Alembert's principle -- 4. Apparent forces in an accelerated reference system. Einstein's equivalence hypothesis -- 5. Apparent forces in a rotating reference system -- 6. Dynamics of a rigid body. The motion of the centre of mass -- 7. Dynamics of a rigid body. Euler's equations -- 8. Gauss' principle of least restraint -- V. THE LAGRANGIAN EQUATIONS OF MOTION -- 1. Hamilton's principle -- 2. The Lagrangian equations of motion and their invariance relative to point transformations -- 3. The energy theorem as a consequence of Hamilton's principle -- 4. Kinosthenic or ignorable variables and their elimination -- 5. The forceless mechanics of Hertz -- 6. The time as kinosthenic variable -- Jacobi's principle -- the principle of least action -- 7. Jacobi's principle and Riemannian geometry -- 8. Auxiliary conditions -- the physical significance of the Lagrangian λ-factor -- 9. Non-holonomic auxiliary conditions and polygenic forces -- 10. Small vibrations about a state of equilibrium -- VI. THE CANONICAL EQUATIONS OF MOTION -- 1. Legendre's dual transformation -- 2. Legendre's transformation applied to the Lagrangian function -- 3. Transformation of the Lagrangian equations of motion -- 4. The canonical integral -- 5. The phase space and the space fluid -- 6. The energy theorem as a consequence of the canonical equations -- 7. Liouville's theorem -- 8. Integral invariants, Helmholtz' circulation theorem -- 9. The elimination of ignorable variables -- 10. The parametric form of the canonical equations -- VII. CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. , 1. Coordinate transformations as a method of solving mechanical problems -- 2. The Lagrangian point transformations -- 3. Mathieu's and Lie's transformations -- 4. The general canonical transformation -- 5. The bilinear differential form -- 6. The bracket expressions of Lagrange and Poisson -- 7. Infinitesimal canonical transformations -- 8. The motion of the phase fluid as a continuous succession of canonical transformations -- 9. Hamilton's principal function and the motion of the phase fluid -- VIII. THE PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF HAMILTON-JACOBI -- 1. The importance of the generating function for the problem of motion -- 2. Jacobi's transformation theory -- 3. Solution of the partial differential equation by separation -- 4. Delaunay's treatment of separable periodic systems -- 5. The role of the partial differential equation in the theories of Hamilton and Jacobi -- 6. Construction of Hamilton's principal function with the help of Jacobi's complete solution -- 7. Geometrical solution of the partial differential equation. Hamilton's optico-mechanical analogy -- 8. The significance of Hamilton's partial differential equation in the theory of wave motion -- 9. The geometrization of dynamics. Non-Riemannian geometries. The metrical significance of Hamilton's partial differential equation -- IX. RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS -- 1. Historical introduction -- 2. Relativistic kinematics -- 3. Minkowski's four-dimensional world -- 4. The Lorentz transformations -- 5. Mechanics of a particle -- 6. The Hamiltonian formulation of particle dynamics -- 7. The potential energy V -- 8. Relativistic formulation of Newton's scalar theory of gravitation -- 9. Motion of a charged particle -- 10. Geodesics of a four-dimensional world -- 11. The planetary orbits in Einstein's gravitational theory -- 12. The gravitational bending of light rays. , 13. The gravitational red-shift of the spectral lines -- Bibliography -- X. HISTORICAL SURVEY -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.