Note: Front Cover -- Physics for O.N.C. Courses -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Mechanics: A Review of Some Basic Principles -- 1.1. Mass, Force and Weight -- 1.2. Work, Energy and Power -- 1.3. The States of Matter -- 1.4. Density and Specific Gravity -- 1.5. Pressure -- 1.6. Diffusion -- Exercises -- Chapter 2. Surface Tension -- 2.1. The Nature of Surface Tension -- 2.2. Quantitative Measure of Surface Tension -- 2.3. Angle of Contact -- 2.4. Pressure Change across Curved Liquid Surface -- 2.5. Rise of Liquids in Capillary Tubes -- 2.6. Experimental Determination of Surface Tension -- Exercises -- Chapter 3. Viscosity -- 3.1. Laminar Flow. Coefficient of Viscosity -- 3.2. Laminar Flow through Tubes. Poiseuille's Formula -- 3.3. Stokes' Law -- 3.4. Viscometers -- 3.5. Viscosity and Lubrication -- 3.6. Turbulence. Critical Velocity -- Exercises -- Chapter 4. The Nature of Heat -- 4.1. Heat and Temperature -- 4.2. Equivalence of Heat and Energy -- 4.3. Radiant Heat -- Chapter 5. Elementary Thermometry -- 5.1. The Liquid-in-glass Thermometer -- 5.2. The Constant-pressure Gas Thermometer -- 5.3. The Constant-volume Gas Thermometer -- 5.4. The Platinum-resistance Thermometer -- 5.5. Thermoelectric Thermometers -- Exercises -- Chapter 6. Thermal Expansion -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The Linear Expansion of Solids -- 6.3. Experimental Determination of Coefficients of Linear Expansion -- 6.4. Surface Expansion of Solids-Area or Superficial Expansion Coefficient -- 6.5. Volume or Cubical Expansion of Solids -- 6.6. The Expansion of Liquids -- 6.7. Experimental Determination of the Coefficient of Expansion for Liquids -- 6.8. Thermostats -- Exercises -- Chapter 7. The Measurement of Heat Quantity -- 7.1. Specific Heat -- 7.2. The Experimental Determination of Specific Heats. Calorimetry -- 7.3. Latent Heat. , 7.4. Calorific Value of Fuels. Fuel Calorimetry -- Exercises -- Chapter 8. Gases (I) -- 8.1. The Gas Laws -- 8.2. The Absolute Temperature Scale. The Perfect Gas Equation -- 8.3. Measurement of αp by a Simple Method (Verification of Charles' Law) -- 8.4. The Kinetic Theory of Gases -- Exercises -- Chapter 9. Gases (II) -- 9.1. The Specific Heats of Gases -- 9.2. The Experimental Determination of cp and cv -- 9.3. The First Law of Thermodynamics -- 9.4. Isothermal and Adiabatic Changes -- 9.5. Relationship between Pressure, Volume and Temperature for Adiabatic Changes -- 9.6. Kinetic Theory and the Ratio of Specific Heats -- Exercises -- Chapter 10. Vapours and Vapour Pressure -- 10.1. Evaporation -- 10.2. Vapour Pressure. Properties of Vapours -- 10.3. Variation of s.v.p. with Temperature -- 10.4. Gases and Vapours. The Critical Temperature -- 10.5. Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures -- 10.6. Relative Humidity -- 10.7. Hygrometers -- Exercises -- Chapter 11. Thermal Conductivity -- 11.1. The Transmission of Heat -- 11.2. The Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity -- 11.3. Experimental Determination of Conductivity Coefficients -- 11.4. Conduction and the Kinetic Theory of Matter -- Exercises -- Chapter 12. Wave Motion -- 12.1. Vibrations and Waves. Basic Definitions -- 12.2. Transverse and Longitudinal Waves -- 12.3. Equation of a Plane, Progressive s.h. Wave -- 12.4. General Properties of Wave Motion -- Exercises -- Chapter 13. Sources of Sound and Sound Waves -- 13.1. Characteristics of Sounds -- 13.2. Musical Intervals. Harmonics and Overtones -- 13.3. Sound Waves -- 13.4. Stationary Waves -- 13.5. Vibration of Air in Pipes -- 13.6. Measurement of Wavelength and Velocity of Sound in a Pipe by Resonance Tube Method -- Exercises -- Chapter 14. Vibrations of Strings and Rods -- 14.1. Transverse Vibrations of Strings. , 14.2. Longitudinal Vibrations in Solids -- Exercises -- Chapter 15. The Measurement of Frequency and Velocity of Sound -- 15.1. The Absolute Determination of Frequency -- 15.2. The Combination of Two Simple Harmonic Vibrations at Right Angles -- 15.3. Measurement of the Velocity of Sound -- Exercises -- Chapter 16. Measurement of Sound Intensity. Recording and Reproduction. The Doppler Effect -- 16.1. Measurement of Sound Intensity -- 16.2. The Recording and Reproduction of Sound -- 16.3. The Acoustic Design of Rooms and Auditoria -- 16.4. The Doppler Effect -- Exercises -- Chapter 17. Thermal Radiation -- 17.1. Electromagnetic Radiation -- 17.2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 17.3. The Detection and Measurement of Thermal Radiation -- 17.4. Some General Properties of Thermal Radiation -- 17.5. Emissive Power and Absorptive Power. Kirchhoff's Law -- 17.6. The Black Body. Black-body or Full Radiation -- 17.7. Energy Distribution among Wavelengths. Wien's Law -- 17.8. Pyrometers. The Measurement of High Temperatures -- Exercises -- Chapter 18. Elementary Principles of Geometric Optics -- 18.1. The Rectilinear Propagation of Light -- 18.2. The Reflection of Light -- 18.3. The Refraction of Light -- Exercises -- Chapter 19. Spherical Mirrors -- 19.1. Definition of Terms -- 19.2. The Formation of Images by Spherical Mirrors -- 19.3. Determination of Position and Size of Image. Use of Formula and Scale Drawings -- 19.4. Measurement of Focal Lengths and Radii of Curvature -- 19.5. Spherical Aberration -- 19.6. Uses of Spherical Mirrors -- Exercises -- Chapter 20. Refraction at Plane Surfaces -- 20.1. Real and Apparent Depth -- 20.2. Refraction through Triangular Prisms -- 20.3. Mirages -- 20.4. The Measurements of Refractive Indices -- Exercises -- Chapter 21. Lenses -- 21.1. Definition of Terms -- 21.2. Refraction at a Spherical Surface. , 21.3. Image Formation by Lenses -- 21.4. Measurement of Focal Lengths of Lenses -- 21.5. Measurement of Radius of Curvature of a Lens Surface -Boys' Method -- 21.6. Defects of Lenses -- Exercises -- Chapter 22. The Eye. Defects of Vision and Optical Instruments -- 22.1. Structure of the Eye -- 22.2. The Eye and Vision -- 22.3. Defects of Vision -- 22.4. Microscopes and Telescopes -- 22.5. Cameras and Projectors -- Exercises -- Chapter 23. Dispersion of Light. Spectra and the Spectrometer -- 23.1. The Visible Spectrum -- 23.2. Characteristic Spectra -- 23.3. Angular Dispersion. Dispersive Power -- 23.4. Achromatic Combinations of Prisms -- 23.5. Achromatic Lenses -- 23.6. The Spectrometer -- Exercises -- Chapter 24. The Wave Nature of Light -- 24.1. Huygens' Wave Theory -- 24.2. Diffraction -- 24.3. Interference in Light -- 24.4. Double Refraction and Polarised Light -- Exercises -- Chapter 25. Illumination and Photometry -- 25.1. Luminous Intensity -- 25.2. Luminous Flux -- 25.3. Illumination -- 25.4. Lambert's Cosine Law of Emission -- Luminance -- the Lambert -- 25.5. Photometers -- 25.6. Photoelectric Photometry -- Exercises -- Chapter 26. Measurement of the Speed of Light -- 26.1. Early Methods -- 26.2. Fizeau's Method -- 26.3. Foucault's Method -- 26.4. Michelson's Rotating Octagonal Prism Method -- 26.5. The Kerr Cell Method -- 26.6. Significance of the Value of c -- 26.7. The Doppler Effect in Light -- Exercise -- Chapter 27. Fundamentals of Atomic and Radiation Physics -- 27.1. Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table -- 27.2. Atomic Spectra -- 27.3. X-rays -- 27.4. Radioactivity -- Exercises -- INDEX.

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