Experimental Physics
Experimental Physics
A Text-Book of Mechanics, Heat, Sound and Light
Harold A. Wilson
May 2014
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George Frederick Charles Searle (1864–1954) was a British physicist who worked at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge for 55 years. In this book, which was first published in 1934, Searle presents details on a selection of experiments relating to mechanics, elasticity, surface tension, viscosity, heat and sound. Illustrative figures and textual notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in physics, the history of education and the history of science.
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May 2014Paperback
9781107637672
414 pages
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Mechanics and Properties of Matter:
- 1. Space and time
- 2. Motion
- 3. The laws of motion and matter
- 4. Force and motion
- 5. Work and study
- 6. Mechanics of rigid bodies
- 7. Gravitation
- 8. Elasticity
- 9. The properties of liquids
- Part II. Heat:
- 1. Temperature
- 2. The expansion of solid bones with rise of temperature
- 3. The expansion of liquids with rise of temperature
- 4. The properties of gases
- 5. Quantity of heat. Specific heat
- 6. Change of state. Solid-liquid
- 7. Change of state. Liquid-vapour
- 8. Convection and conduction
- 9. Heat a form of energy
- 10. The conversion of heat into work
- 11. The kinetic theory of gases
- Part III. Sound:
- 1. Production and velocity of sound
- 2. Wave motion
- 3. Wave trains
- 4. Musical notes
- 5. Reflection, refraction, interference of sound and composition of perpendicular vibrations
- 6. Resonance
- 7. Vibration of strings
- 8. Vibration of air in open and closed spaces
- Part IV. Light:
- 1. Sources of light. Photometry
- 2. Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces
- 3. Spherical mirrors
- 4. Lenses
- 5. Dispersion
- 6. Colour
- 7. Optical instruments
- 8. The velocity of light
- 9. Interference and diffraction
- 10. Polarization and double refraction
- 11. Energy of light. Invisible radiations
- Index.
