Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat
Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat
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GBPProfessor of natural philosophy for the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the physicist John Tyndall (1820–93) passionately sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. Reissued here is the collected research he contributed to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other journals. Published in 1872, it complements Tyndall's Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (1863), which is also reissued in this series. Here each memoir is preceded by a short summary, explaining what he discovered and his reasons for embarking on the investigations in question. Accompanying the detailed descriptions of experimental methods are illustrations of the scientific apparatus used. Tyndall also shows how his work built upon previous research, acknowledging the insights of distinguished scientists such as William Herschel and Macedonio Melloni. In particular, he discusses at length his academic debates with Heinrich Gustav Magnus.
Product details
February 2014Paperback
9781108067904
472 pages
229 × 152 × 27 mm
0.69kg
2 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Analysis of memoir 1
- 1. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapours, and on the physical connexion of radiation, absorption, and conduction
- Analysis of memoir 2
- 2. Further researches on the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous matter
- Analysis of memoir 3
- 3. On the relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour
- Analysis of memoir 4
- 4. On the passage of radiant heat through dry and humid air
- Analysis of memoir 5
- 5. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous and liquid matter
- Analysis of memoir 6
- 6. Contributions to molecular physics
- Analysis of memoir 7
- 7. On luminous and obscure radiation
- Analysis of memoir 8
- 8. On calorescence, or the transmutation of heat rays
- Analysis of memoir 9
- 9. On the influence of colour and mechanical condition on radiant heat
- Analysis of memoir 10
- 10. On the action of rays of high refrangibility upon gaseous matter
- Analysis of memoir 11
- 11. Aqueous vapour: discussion resumed
- 12. Recent researches on radiant heat
- 13. On radiation through the Earth's atmosphere
- 14. On a new series of chemical reactions produced by light
- 15. On the blue colour of the sky, the polarization of sky-light, and on the polarization of light by cloudy matter generally
- 16. On cometary theory
- 17. On the formation and phenomena of clouds.
