Physical significance of entropy

About this eBook

Author

Klein, Joseph Frederic, 1849-1918

Title

Physical significance of entropy or of the second law

Original Publication

United States: D Van Nostrand Company, 1910.

Credits

MWS, Laura and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Thermodynamics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71291

Release Date

July 28, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ENTROPY OR OF THE SECOND LAW
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS
6. 6.THE PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ENTROPY AND OF THE SECOND LAW — INTRODUCTION PURPOSE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, THE TWO METHODS OF APPROACH AND OUTLINE OF TREATMENT
7. 7.PART I DEFINITIONS, GENERAL PRELIMINARIES, DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT AND PRECISE STATEMENTS OF THE MATTERS CONSIDERED — SECTION A
8. 8.SECTION B THE APPLICATION OF CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES IN MOLECULAR PHYSICS.
9. 9.SECTION C
10. 10.SECTION D
11. 11.SECTION E
12. 12.SECTION F
13. 13.PART II ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS FOR A FEW PRIMARY RELATIONS
14. 14.SECTION A MAXWELL'S LAW OF DISTRIBUTION OF MOLECULAR VELOCITIES
15. 15.SECTION B SIMPLE ANALYTICAL EXPRESSION FOR DEPENDENCE OF ENTROPY ON PROBABILITY
16. 16.SECTION C DETERMINATION OF A PRECISE, NUMERICAL, EXPRESSION FOR THE ENTROPY OF ANY PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION
17. 17.PART III PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS — SECTION A OF THE SIMPLE REVERSIBLE OPERATIONS IN THERMODYNAMICS
18. 18.SECTION B OF THE FUNDAMENTALLY IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES
19. 19.SECTION C NEGATIVE CHANGE OF ENTROPY; SOME OF ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES OR NECESSARY ACCOMPANIMENTS
20. 20.SECTION D PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EQUIVALENTS FOR GROWTH OF ENTROPY GIVEN ON PAGES 42 - 43
21. 21.SECTION E PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MORE SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OF THE SECOND LAW GIVEN ON PAGES 44 - 47
22. 22.PART IV SUMMARY: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PROBABILITY, IRREVERSIBILITY, ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW — SECTION A
23. 23.SECTION B IRREVERSIBILITY
24. 24.SECTION C ENTROPY
25. 25.SECTION D THE SECOND LAW
26. 26.PART V REACH AND SCOPE OF SECOND LAW — SECTION A ITS EXTENSION TO ALL BODIES
27. 27.SECTION B GENERAL CONCLUSION AS TO ENTROPY CHANGES

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