Physics, by Willis E. Tower, M. Sci. (Univ. Of Illinois)

About this eBook

Author

Turton, Charles M. (Charles Mark), 1861-1937

Title

Physics

Credits

Produced by Anna Hall, Albert László and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Physics

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40175

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40175

Release Date

July 9, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PHYSICS — PHYSICS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.ON THE STUDY OF PHYSICS
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — (1) Introduction — Exercises — (2) The States of Matter — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) The Metric System — Important Topics — Exercises
6. 6.CHAPTER II — (1) Evidences of Molecular Motion in Gases — Important Topics — Questions — (2) Molecular Motion in Liquids — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Molecular Forces in Liquids — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Evidences of Molecular Forces in Liquids and Solids — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) Evidence of Molecular Forces in Solids — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Introduction and Molecules
7. 7.CHAPTER III — (1) The Gravity Pressure of Liquids — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Transmission of Liquid Pressure — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Archimedes' Principle — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Density and Specific Gravity — Important Topics — Exercises
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — (1) Weight and Pressure of the Air — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Compressibility and Expansibility of the air — Important Topics — (3) Pneumatic Appliances — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Liquids and Gases
9. 9.CHAPTER V — (1) Force, How Measured and Represented — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Motion. Newton's Laws of Motion — (A) Modes of Motion — (B) Direction of Motion — (C) Uniformity of Motion — Newton's Laws of Motion — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Resolution of Forces — Exercises. — (4) Moment of Force and Parallel Forces — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) Gravitation and Gravity — Important Topics — Exercises — (6) Falling Bodies — Important Topics — Exercises — (7) The Pendulum — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Force and Motion
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — WORK AND ENERGY — Important Topics — Exercises — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) The Wheel and Axle and the Pulley — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) The Inclined Plane. Efficiency — Important Topics — Exercises — (6) Friction, Its Uses and Laws — Important Topics — Exercises — (7) Water Power — Exercises — Review Outline: Work and Energy
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — (1) Sources and Effects of Heat — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Temperature and Expansion — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Expansion of Liquids and Solids — Important Topics — Exercises — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) Transmission of Heat in Fluids. Heating and Ventilation — Important Topics — Exercises — (6) The Moisture in the Atmosphere, Hygrometry — Important Topics — Exercises — (7) Evaporation — Important Topics — Exercises
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — (1) Heat Measurement and Specific Heat — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Heat and Change of State — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Heat and Work — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Heat Engines — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Heat
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — (1) General Properties of Magnets — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) The Theory of Magnetism and Magnetic Fields — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) The Earth's Magnetism — Important Topics — Exercises
14. 14.CHAPTER X — (1) Electrification and Electrical Charges — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Electric Fields and Electrostatic Induction — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Electrical Theories and Distribution of Charges — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Potential, Capacity and the Electric Condenser — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) Electrostatic Generators — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Magnetism and Static Electricity
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — (1) Electrical Currents and Circuits — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) The Voltaic Cell and its Action — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Practical Voltaic Cells — Important Topics — Exercises
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — (1) The Magnetic Effect of Electric Currents — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Electrical Measurements — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Ohm's Law and Electrical Circuits — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Methods of Grouping Cells and Measuring Resistance — Important Topics — Exercises
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — (1) The Chemical Effect of an Electric Current — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) The Storage Battery and Electric Power — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) The Heat Effect of Electric Currents — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Current Electricity
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — (1) Electromagnetic Induction — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) The Dynamo and the Motor — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) The Induction Coil and the Transformer — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) The Telephone — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Induced Currents
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — (1) Sound and Wave Motion — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Waves [N] and Wave Motion — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Intensity and Pitch of Sounds — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Musical Scales and Resonance — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) Wave Interference, Beats, Vibration of Strings — Important Topics — Exercises — (6) Tone Quality, Vibrating Air Columns, Plates — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Sound
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — (1) Light, Its Rectilinear Propagation, Shadows — Important Topics — Exercises — (2) Photometry and the Law of Reflection — Important Topics — Exercises — (3) Mirrors and the Formation of Images — Important Topics — Exercises — (4) Refraction of Light — Important Topics — Exercises — (5) The Formation of Images by Lenses — Important Topics — Exercises — (6) Optical Instruments — Important Topics — Exercises — (7) Color and Spectra — Important Topics — Exercises — (8) Nature of Light, Interference, Polarization — Important Topics — Exercises — Review Outline: Light
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — (1) Electric Waves and Radio-activity — Important Topics
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — Wireless Telephony — Alternating Currents — Exercises — Important Topics
23. 23.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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