CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



Heat . . Pa * e 



Expansion and the Thermometer 2 



Specific heat ... 22 



Communication of heat, conduction . 25 



Radiation . . ~ 



Transmission of heat through media, and effect 



of screens . t go 



Equilibrium of temperature 

 Fluidity as an effect of heat 

 Vaporization 



Distillation . * 59 



Evaporation in vacuo 



S*+ 9 * O J. 



es 66 



Diffusion of gases 



Spontaneous evaporation in air 77 



Hygrometers ... ^ 9 



Nature of heat 



OO 



CHAPTER II. 



Light 



CHAPTER HI. 



Chemical nomenclature and notation . 94 



Combining proportions 1Q7 



Atomic theory . 



