AUTHOR INDEX. 209 



Rankine (W. J. M.)- On the centrifugal theory of elasticity as applied to 

 gases and vapours. Phil. Mag. [4] 2 (1851) 509 ; Jahresb. (1851) 39. 



. Letter on the reheating of jets of air and on the rela- 

 tion between temperature and corupression of the same. Edinburgh 

 Jour. 51 (1851) 128. 



. On the mechanical action of heat, especially in gases 



and vapours. Edinburgh Trans. 20 (1851) 147 ; Phil. Mag. [4] 7 

 (1854) 1, 111 ; Jahresb. (1854) 36. 



. On the centrifugal theory of elasticity and its connec- 



tion with the theory of heat. Edinburgh Trans. 20 (1852) 425. 



. On the reconcentration of the mechanical energy of 



the Universe. Phil. Mag. [4] 4 (1852) 358. 



. On the absolute zero of the perfect gas thermometer, 



beiug a note to a paper on the mechanical action of heat. Edinburgh 

 Trans. (1853) 561. 



. On the power and economy of single-acting expansive 



steam-engines ; being a supplement to the Fourth Section of a paper 

 on the mechanical action of heat. Edinburgh Trans. (1853) 195. 

 Fifth Section, same vol. 205. 



. On the mechanical action of heat. A review of the 



fundamental principles of the mechanical theory of heat, with remarks 

 on the thermic phenomena of currents of elastic fluids, as illustrating 

 these principles. Edinb. Trans. (1853) 535 ; Edinburgh Proc. 3 (1854) 

 223. 



. On the mechanical effect of heat and chemical forces. 



Phil. Mag. [4] 5 (1853) 6. Letter to J. P. Joule. 



. On the general law of the transformation of energy. 



Phil. Mag. [4] 5 (1853) 106. 



. On the mechanical theory of heat ; specific heat of air. 



Phil. Mag. [4] 5 (1853) 437. 



. On the mechanical theory of heat ; velocity of sound 



in gases. Phil. Mag. [4] 5 (1853) 483. 



. On the expansion of certain substances by cold. Phil. 



Mag. [4] 8 (1854) 357. 



. .On the geometrical representation of the expansive 



action of heat, and the theory of thermodynamic engines. Phil. Trans. 

 (1854) 115; Proc. Roy. Soc. 6 (1850-54) 388, abs. 



