INDEX. 



Absorption of gases by liquids 125 



of solar energy by the atmosphere 177 



Acceleration, angular and linear, conversion 



factors for 17, 18 



Activity, conversion factors for 19, 21 



Aerodynamics ; data for the soaring of 



planes 109 



data for wind pressure loS 



Agonic lines 117 



Air, specific heat of 223 



thermometer 228, 229 



Alcohol, density of 96-98 



vapor pressure of 126, 225 



Alloys, electric conductivity of 251-253 



electric resistance of 251-253, 256, 257 



density of 85 



specific heat of 294 



strength of 73 



thermal conductivity of 197 



thermoelectric power of 248, 249 



Alternating currents, resistance of wires for. 258 



Alums, indices of refraction for 180 



Angles, conversion factors for 14 



Aqueous solutions, boiling-points of 196 



vapor, density of 155 



pressure of 151-154 



Arc spectrum, wave-lengths in 172 



Areas, conversion factors for 11 



Atmosphere, pressure of vapor in 1 57 



Atomic weights 272 



Barometer, correction for capillarity 124 



determination of heights by 169 



reduction to latitude 45° 122, 123 



reduction to sea level 121 



reduction to standard temperature 120 



Battery cells, composition and electromotive 



force of 246, 247 



Bismuth, electric resistance of, in magnetic 



field 293 



Boiling-point, of chemical elements 207 



of various inorganic compounds 210 



of various organic compounds 212 



of water, barometric height correspond- 

 ing to 171 



of water, effect of dissolved salts on. . . . 196 



Brick, strength of 70 



British weights and measures, equivalents in 

 metric 7 



Capacities, conversion factors for 12 



Capacity, specific inductive 263-265 



Capillarity, of aqueous solutions 128 



correction of barometer for 1 24 



of liquids as solidifying-point 129 



of soap films 129 



PAGB 



Capillarity (continued). 



surface-tension of water and alcohol ... 128 



various liquids 1 27 



Carat, definition of 18 



Cells, battery 246, 247 



secondary 247 



standard 247 



Chemical elements, boiling and melting 



points of 207 



Cobalt, Kerr's constants of 291 



magnetic properties of 279 



Coefiicients, isotonic 150 



of diffusion 147, 149 



of friction 135 



of thermal expansion 214-218 



of viscosity 137, 146 



Color scale, Newton and Reinold and 



Rucker 130 



Combination, heat of 202 



Combustion, heat of 201 



Compressibility, of gases 79, 8i 



of liquids 82 



of solids 83 



Conducting power of alloys 251-253 



Conductivities, molecular 260, 261 



of electrolytes 259 



thermal 197, 198 



Contact, difference of potential 268 



Conversion factor, definition of xviii 



Conversion factors for acceleration, angular . . 18 



acceleration, linear 17 



activity 19, 21 



angles 14 



areas 11 



capacities 12 



densities 23 



electric deposition 24 



electric displacement 25 



electric potential 27 



electric resistance 23 



energy 20, 21 



film tension 20, 22 



force 17 



heat, quantities of 24 



intensity of magnetization 26 



length II 



masses 13 



moment of inertia 13 



moment of momentum 16 



momentum 16 



magnetic moment 27 



magnetization, intensity of 26 



magnetization, surface density of 26 



power I9i 21 



resistance, electric 23 



stress 19, 22 



temperatures 25 



tension, film or surface 20 



