Experimental Physics: A Textbook of Mechanics, Heat, Sound and LightUniversity Press, 1915 - 405 páginas |
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ABCD acceleration amplitude angle angular apparatus axis beam Boyle's law bright band called calorimeter centre cold body colours constant convex lens crown glass curve cylinder denotes density direction disk displacement distance dynes energy equation example focal length force f forces acting frequency gases glass gram horizontal hot body illuminated inertia J. J. Thomson knife edge liquid mass measured mercury millimetre mirror molecules moment of inertia moves nearly equal parallel particle pass pendulum perpendicular piston plane position pounds weight pressure prism produced proportional radius reflected refracted refractive index represented rotating S₁ screen shown in Fig simple harmonic motion slit specific heat spectrum sphere spherical string substance Suppose surface t₁ t₂ temperature thermometer train of waves transverse waves tube tuning fork unit v₁ vapour velocity vertical vessel vibration volume wave length weight wheel
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Página 2 - The difference between one event and another does not depend on the mere difference of the times or the places at which they occur, but only on differences in the nature, configuration, or motion of the bodies concerned.
Página 42 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Página 197 - ABTU is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.
Página 199 - For compressible flow this becomes: where y is the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume...
Página 21 - Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force (this applies to Ida's ribs).
Página 28 - The second law asserts that the rate of change of momentum of a body is proportional to the force acting upon the body and is in the direction of the applied force.
Página 42 - When three forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, each force is proportional to the sine of the angle between the other two.
Página 258 - In general, the number of beats per second is equal to the difference between the frequencies of the wanes.
Página 193 - Maxwell, since it measures the change of temperature which would be produced in a unit volume of the substance by the quantity of heat which flows in unit time through unit area of a layer of unit thickness having unit difference of temperature between its faces.
Página 78 - Now consider the moment of inertia of a circular disk of mass m and radius a about an axis through its centre and perpendicular to its plane.