Arthur Schuster, Charles H. Lees

Exercises in Practical Physics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1901, this book enables students of physics to become acquainted with the principles and methods of accurate measurement in laboratories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781107559875
• ISBN-10: 1107559871
• Artikelnr.: 43107391

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Preface to the fifth edition
Part I. Preliminary: 1. Treatment of observations
2. Measurement of length
3. Measurement of intervals of time
4. Calibration of a spirit level
5. Calibration of a graduated tube
Part II. General Physics: 6. The balance
7. Accurate weighing with the balance
8. Density of a solid
9. Density of a liquid
10. Moments of inertia
11. Gravitational acceleration by reversible pendulum
12. Young's modulus by the bending of beams
13. Modulus of rigidity
14. Viscosity
15. Surface tension
Part III. Heat: 16. Coefficient of expansion of a solid
17. Thermal expansion of a liquid
18. Coefficient of increase of pressure of a gas with temperature
19. Coefficient of expansion of a gas as constant pressure
20. Effect of pressure on the boiling point of a liquid
21. Laws of cooling
22. Cooling correction in calorimetry
23. Specific heat of quartz
24. Latent heat of water
25. Latent heat of steam
26. Heat of solution of a salt
27. The mechanical equivalent of heat
Part IV. Sound: 28. Frequency of a tuning fork by the syren
29. The velocity of sound in air and other bodies by Kundt's method
30. Study of vibrations of tuning forks by means of Lissajous' figures
Part V. Light: 31. Angles by the optical method
32. The sextant
33. Curvatures and powers of lenses
34. Index of refraction by total reflection
35. Resolving power of a lens
36. The prism spectroscope
37. Reduction of spectroscopic measurements to an absolute scale
38. The spectrometer
39. Refractive index and dispersion of a solid by the spectrometer
40. Refractive index and dispersion of a liquid. Specific refractive powers
41. Photometry
42. Interference of light. The biprism
43. Newton's rings
44. Wave length of light by the diffraction grating
45. Rotation of plane by polarisation
46. Saccharimetry
Part VI. Magnetism and Electricity: 47. Horizontal components of magnetic fields
48. Magnetic dip
49. Magnetisation curves
50. The water voltameter
51. The copper voltameter
52. Adjustment and standardisation of galvanometers
53. The Post Office resistance bridge
54. High resistances
55. Low resistances
56. The resistance of a galvanometer
57. The resistance of a cell
58. Comparison of resistance standards
59. Change of resistance with temperature
60. The resistance of electrolytes
61. Construction of a standard cell
62. Electromotive forces
63. The potentiometer method of measuring currents
64. Thermo-electric circuits
65. The mechanical equivalent of heat by the electric method
66. Induction of electric currents
67. Standardisation of a ballistic galvanometer
68. The self-inductance of a coil
69. Comparison of self and mutual inductances
70. Leakage and absorption in condensers
71. Comparison of condensers
72. The capacitance of a condenser
73. High resistance by condenser
74. The characteristic curves of a triode tube
75. The quadrant electrometer
76. Ionisation currents by electrometer
Appendix. Details of dimensions of apparatus
Index.