Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II THERMOMETRY, OR THE REGISTRATION OF TEMPERATURE
- CHAPTER III CALORIMETRY, OR THE MEASUREMENT OF HEAT
- CHAPTER IV ELEMENTARY DYNAMICAL PRINCIPLES
- CHAPTER V MEASUREMENT OF INTERNAL FORCES AND THEIR EFFECTS
- CHAPTER VI LINES OF EQUAL TEMPERATURE ON THE INDICATOR DIAGRAM
- CHAPTER VII ADIABATIC LINES
- CHAPTER VIII HEAT ENGINES
- CHAPTER IX RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A SUBSTANCE
- CHAPTER X LATENT HEAT
- CHAPTER XI THERMODYNAMICS OF GASES
- CHAPTER XII ON THE INTRINSIC ENERGY OF A SYSTEM OF BODIES
- CHAPTER XIII ON FREE EXPANSION
- CHAPTER XIV DETERMINATION OF HEIGHTS BY THE BAROMETER
- CHAPTER XV ON THE PROPAGATION OF WAVES OF LONGITUDINAL DISTURBANCE
- CHAPTER XVI ON RADIATION
- CHAPTER XVII ON CONVECTION CURRENTS
- CHAPTER XVIII ON THE DIFFUSION OF HEAT BY CONDUCTION
- CHAPTER XIX ON THE DIFFUSrON OF FLUIDS
- CHAPTER XX CAPILLARITY
- CHAPTER XXI ON ELASTICITY AND VISCOSITY
- CHAPTER XXII MOLECULAR THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BODIES
CHAPTER VII - ADIABATIC LINES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II THERMOMETRY, OR THE REGISTRATION OF TEMPERATURE
- CHAPTER III CALORIMETRY, OR THE MEASUREMENT OF HEAT
- CHAPTER IV ELEMENTARY DYNAMICAL PRINCIPLES
- CHAPTER V MEASUREMENT OF INTERNAL FORCES AND THEIR EFFECTS
- CHAPTER VI LINES OF EQUAL TEMPERATURE ON THE INDICATOR DIAGRAM
- CHAPTER VII ADIABATIC LINES
- CHAPTER VIII HEAT ENGINES
- CHAPTER IX RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A SUBSTANCE
- CHAPTER X LATENT HEAT
- CHAPTER XI THERMODYNAMICS OF GASES
- CHAPTER XII ON THE INTRINSIC ENERGY OF A SYSTEM OF BODIES
- CHAPTER XIII ON FREE EXPANSION
- CHAPTER XIV DETERMINATION OF HEIGHTS BY THE BAROMETER
- CHAPTER XV ON THE PROPAGATION OF WAVES OF LONGITUDINAL DISTURBANCE
- CHAPTER XVI ON RADIATION
- CHAPTER XVII ON CONVECTION CURRENTS
- CHAPTER XVIII ON THE DIFFUSION OF HEAT BY CONDUCTION
- CHAPTER XIX ON THE DIFFUSrON OF FLUIDS
- CHAPTER XX CAPILLARITY
- CHAPTER XXI ON ELASTICITY AND VISCOSITY
- CHAPTER XXII MOLECULAR THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BODIES
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- Theory of Heat , pp. 127 - 138Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1871