Lessons in Heat and Light

Abstract

THE success of a previous work on “Heat, Light, and Sound” has led Prof. Jones to extend the two former parts, and publish them separately for the use of schools and junior classes in colleges. As an introduction to the study of experimental physics, the book cannot fail to be of great value. The principles of the subjects are very clearly stated, and the experiments from which they have been deduced are fully described. Most of the experiments may be easily performed by students, the instructions being sufficiently clear to guarantee success. Numerous arithmetical examples, partly selected from the author's “Examples in Physics,” are added at the ends of the various chapters. The physiographic bearings of the subject of heat have been brought well to the front; thus the origin of the Gulf Stream, trade winds, and the formation of rain and snow are explained. Many of the diagrams have been carefully drawn to scale, in order to give the student an idea of the dimensions of the apparatus which may be conveniently employed in performing the experiments.