Index 



Thermodynamics, second law 

 244 



of single substances 249 



of solutions and mixtures 

 250 



of systems with external 



and capillary forces 252 



Thermoelectric measurement 



of temperature 157 

 Thermography 454 

 Thermometers 153, 154 



black bulb 160 



comparison 162 



differential 160 



electric 158 



history 12 



maximum and minimum 

 160 



recording 161 



special 159 



Thermometric scales 163 

 Thermometry, general 152 



physical 158 



radiation- 161 

 Thermostats 151 

 Threads and fibres, elastic 



constants 141 

 Time, measurement 100 

 Torsion 142 



balance 128 

 Total reflection 380 

 Transformation, heats of 190 

 Transmission of heat rays 404 



of light through hetero- 

 geneous media 342 

 Transparency 400 

 Transpiration 72 



of gases 72 



of liquids 72 

 Treatises, general 29 

 Trevelyan's apparatus 508 

 Triboluminescence 448 

 Tuning-forks 515, 545 

 Turbines, steam 272 



Ultra-violet rays, measure- 

 ment of wave-length 360 

 Undulatory theory 273 



Units and dimensions 87 



of heat 180 



of light 284 



Unsaturated vapours, expan- 

 sion by heat 179 

 Uranium radiations 482 



Vacuum tubes 430 

 Vaporisation, heats of 189 



of solids 217 

 Vapour densities 205 



densities, measurement 115 



pressure 200 



pressure of liquid mixtures 

 219 



pressure of solutions 219 

 Vapours, specific heats 187 

 Velocity of fluids, measure- 

 ment 132 



of light, measurement 355 



measurement 119 



of rotation, measurement 

 120 



of ships, measurement 120 



of sound 527 



of sound in air in tubes 

 529 



of sound in various media 

 530 



of sound, theory 529 



of sound-waves, measure- 

 ment 537 



wave-length, etc. of radia- 

 tion, general 353 

 Vibration plane of polarised 

 light 414 



and sound 505 

 Vibrations, forced 522 



of gases in tubes 519 



general 510 



of heated metals 508 



kinematics 505 



maintaining, observing and 

 measuring 507 



of membranes 516 



in pipes 520 



of plates 517 



of rods 515 



Vibrations of strings 513 



of wires 514 

 Virial 50 

 Viscosimeters 73 

 Viscosity 73 



of gases 73 



of liquids 74 



measurement 73 



of specified gases 74 



of specified liquids 75 

 Vision 484 



binocular 490 



stereoscopic 492 

 Visual acuity 500 

 Vocal organs 549 

 Voice 541 



Volume change on fusion or 

 solidification 195 



standards 93 



Volumes, measurement 99 

 Vortex theories 81 

 Vowels 541 



Warming of buildings 148 

 Water, compressibility 144 

 Waters, colours 392 



selective absorption 399 



Wave motion, illustration 509 



motions, kinematics 505 



theory 379 



Wave-length of infra-red rays, 



measurement 359 

 of rays in luminous spec- 

 trum, measurement 358 

 of ultra-violet rays, 



measurement 360 

 Waves, diffraction 510 

 interference 510 

 reflection and refraction 



509 



Weights and measures, stan- 

 dards 93 



Wires, torsion 142 

 vibrations 514 



Zeeman effect 441 

 Zero change in thermometers 

 156 



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