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~By PROFESSORS J.H. POYNTING & J.J. THOMSON.~
In Five Volumes. Large 8vo. Sold Separately.
~A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSICS.~
BY
J.H. POYNTING, SC.D., F.R.S.,
Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Professor of Physics,
Birmingham University.
AND
J.J. THOMSON, M.A., F.R.S.
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Prof. of Experimental Physics in
the University of Cambridge.
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Introductory Volume, fully Illustrated. SECOND EDITION, Revised.
Price 10s. 6d.
~PROPERTIES OF MATTER.~
CONTENTS.--Gravitation.--The Acceleration of
Gravity.--Elasticity.--Stresses and Strains.--Torsion.--Bending of
Rods.--Spiral Springs.--Collision.--Compressibility of
Liquids.--Pressures and Volumes of Gases.--Thermal Effects Accompanying
Strain.--Capillarity.--Surface Tension.--Laplace's Theory of
Capillarity.--Diffusion of Liquids.--Diffusion of Gases.--Viscosity of
Liquids.--INDEX.
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VOLUME II. SECOND EDITION. Fully Illustrated. Price 8s. 6d.
~SOUND.~
CONTENTS.--The Nature of Sound and its chief Characteristics.--The
Velocity of Sound in Air and other Media.
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