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PROPERTIES OF MATTER 



By p. G. TAIT, M.A., Sec. R.S.E. 



HONORARY FELLOW OF ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE ; 

 PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. 



Contents : Introductory — Some Hypotheses as to the Ultimate 

 Structure of Matter — Examples of Terms in Common Use as 

 applied to Matter — Time and Space — Impenetrability, Porosity, 

 Divisibility — Inertia, Mobility, Centrifugal Force — Gravitation — 

 Preliminary to Deformability and Elasticity — Compressibility of 

 Gases and Vapours — Compression of Liquids — Compressibility 

 and Rigidity of Solids — Cohesion and Capillarity — Diffusion, 

 Osmose, Transpiration, Viscosity, etc. — Aggregation of Particles. 



" We are inclined to assign this work the foremost place among the 

 somewhat numerous writings of its distinguished author." — AthencBwn. 



" The work is clearly written, and gives an inteUigible account of 

 the fundamental principles of physics, so as to be, but for a few para- 

 graphs, within the grasp of readers who have no mathematical know- 

 ledge. It is well calculated to stimulate a student's reflective powers, 

 and is a very able introduction to the study of physics." — Westminster 

 Review. 



" We had occasion, in a notice of Prof. Tait's handbook on light, to 

 express our admiration for the manner in which he places physical 

 subjects before his readers. The volume on the properties of matter 

 certainly calls for no withdrawal of our former criticism. As was to 

 be expected, it presents many novel aspects of familiar matters." — 

 Saturday Review. 



" The subject of this excellent little book includes the mechanical 

 properties of matter, and much that is usually treated under the head 

 of chemical physics, such as diffusion and capillarity." — Nature. 



" This is another of the series of admirable text-books of which we 

 have already noticed two volumes, ' Light ' and ' Heat.' Like the 

 former volumes, it claims only to be an elementary treatise written 

 for the ordinary student, but like them it contains much which all 

 students will find to be of the greatest use and highly suggestive, 

 leading them on to study more deeply the subjects which are only 

 lightly touched on here, but touched by the hand of a master who 

 emphasises the important points and does not crowd the work with 

 details." — Madras College Magazine. 



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