Lord Kelvin William Thomson, William Baron Thomson

Popular Lectures and Addresses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of Kelvin's scientific lectures on the science of the seas, particularly on navigation, tides and magnetic forces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 737g
• ISBN-13: 9781108029797
• ISBN-10: 1108029795
• Artikelnr.: 33270968

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
32. Navigation
33. The tides
34. Terrestrial magnetism and the mariner's compass
35. On deep-sea sounding by pianoforte wire
36. On lighthouse characteristics
37. On the forces concerned in the laying and lifting of deep-sea cables
38. On ship waves
Index.