INDEX 



absolute motion, 64 



absolute zero, 167, 171 



acceleration, 134, 144 



acid, 255 



actinium, 92 



action and reaction, 148 



active mass, 260 



Ahmes papyrus, 120 



alchemy, 73, 85, 152 



Alexandria, 50 



alpha rays, 313 



ampere, 178 



amplitude, 33 



angle of repose, 17 



anion, 245 



ankylosis, 295 



anode, 189 



anti-cathode, 190 



Arabs, 50, 73 



Archimedes' principle, 41 



Aristotle, 34, 40, 52 



Arnold, 312 



Assyrians, 27 



atomic numbers, 91, 92, 320 



atomic size, 90 



atomic weight, 84, 91, 99 



atomists, 85 



atoms, 71, 72, 78, 80 



attraction of currents, 198, 201, 



availability of energy, 105, 153 



Avogadro, 80, 83, 84 



Avogadro's constant, 312 



Babylonians, 10 



Bacon, Roger, 41 



balance, 28 



base, 256 



Berzelius, 78, 84 



beta rays, 313 



Black, 74, 76 



black body radiation, 299 



boiling point, 171, 224, 239 



Boyle, 54, 74, 77, 78 



Boyle's law, 57 



Bragg, 319 



Braun, 263 



brickbuilders, 11 



bronze lion, 27 



Brown, Robert, 158 



Brownian movement, 158, 275 



by-products of experimentation, 53 



Caesar, 48 

 calculus, 32 

 calibration, 31 

 calorie, 289 

 calx, 75 



Cannizzaro, 80, 84 

 Carnot cycle, 269 

 carriers of electricity, 184 

 cathode, 189 

 cathode rays, 304 

 cation, 245 

 Cavendish, 74 

 celestial sphere, 34 

 Celsius, 168 

 center of mass, 148 

 centi-, 26 



Centigrade scale, 113, 168 

 certificates of indebtedness, 183 

 Charlemagne, 51 

 207 Chinese, 52 



circular motion, 195 



Clausius, 79, 269, 281 



clepsydra, 34 



clocks, 33 



Columbus, 52 



compass, 52 



concentration of solutions, 236, 260 



condensation, pulse of, 62 



conduction. See heat or electricity. 



conservation of energy, 110, 113, 141 



continuity, molecular, 217 



correspondence of molecular states, 



217 



Coulomb, 174, 178 

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