CONTENTS 



(For detailed breakdown of tables, see index.) 



Pages 



Temperature conversion table (Table 1 ) Inside front cover 



Preface to the ninth revised edition iii 



Introduction 1 



Units of measurement 1 



Conversion factors and dimensional formulae 2 



Some fundamental definitions ( Table 2) 4 



Part 1. Geometrical and mechanical units 4 



Part 2. Heat units 7 



Part 3. Electric and magnetic units 10 



Fundamental standards (Table 3) 13 



Part 1. Selection of fundamental quantities 13 



Part 2. Some proposed systems of units 15 



Part 3. Electric and magnetic units 16 



Part 4. The ordinary and the ampere-turn magnetic units 18 



The new (1948) system of electrical units (Table 4) 1° 



Relative magnitude of the old international electrical units and the new 1948 



absolute electrical units (Table 5) 20 



Relative values of the three systems of electrical units (Table 6) 20 



Conversion factors for units of energy (Table 7) 21 



Former electrical equivalents (Table 8) 22 



Some mathematical tables (Tables 9-15) 23- 36 



Treatment of experimental data (Tables 16-25) 37- 45 



General physical constants (Tables 26-28) 46- 55 



Common units of measurement (Tables 29-36) 56- 69 



Constants for temperature measurement (Tables 37-51) 70- 78 



The blackbody and its radiant energy (Tables 52-57) 79- 86 



Photometry (Tables 58-77) 87-97 



Emissivities of a number of materials (Tables 78-84) 98-101 



Characteristics of some light-source materials, and some light sources (Tables 



85-102) 102-111 



Cooling by radiation and convection (Tables 103-110) 112-116 



Temperature characteristics of materials (Tables 111-125) 117-130 



Changes in freezing and boiling points (Tables 126-129) 131-135 



Heat flow and thermal conductivity (Tables 130-141) 136-144 



Thermal expansion (Tables 142-146) 145-154 



Specific heat (Tables 147-158) 155-164 



Latent heat (Tables 159-164) 165-167 



Thermal properties of saturated vapors (Tables 165-170) 168-178 



Heats of combustion (Tables 171-183) 179-186 



Physical and mechanical properties of materials (Tables 184-209) 187-228 



Characteristics of some building materials (Tables 210-217) 229-231 



Physical properties of leather (Tables 218-223) 232-233 



Values of physical constants of different rubbers (Tables 224-229) 234-238 



Characteristics of plastics (Tables 230-232) 239-240 



Properties of fibers (Tables 233-236) 241-245 



Properties of woods (Tables 237-240) 246-258 



Temperature, pressure, volume, and weight relations of gases and vapors (Tables 



241-253) 259-267 



Thermal properties of gases (Tables 254-260) 268-277 



The Joule-Thomson effect in fluids (Tables 261-267) 278-281 



Compressibility (Tables 268-280) 282-290 



Densities (Tables 281-295) 291-305 



Velocity of sound (Tables 296-300) 306-308 



Acoustics (Tables 301-310A) 309-317 



Viscosity of fluids and solids (Tables 31 1-338) 318-336 



Aeronautics (Tables 339-346A) 337-353 



Diffusion, solubility, surface tension, and vapor pressure (Tables 347-369) 354-374 



Various electrical characteristics of materials (Tables 370-406) 375-396 



Electrolytics conduction (Tables 407-415) 397-403 



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