Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I Introduction
- CHAP. II A Preliminary Survey
- CHAP. III Pressure in a Gas
- CHAP. IV Collisions and Maxwell's Law
- CHAP. V The Free Path in a Gas
- CHAP. VI Viscosity
- CHAP. VII Conduction of Heat
- CHAP. VIII Diffusion
- CHAP. IX General Theory of a Gas not in a Steady State
- CHAP. X General Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
- CHAP. XI Calorimetry and Molecular Structure
- App. I Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
- App. II The H-theorem
- App. III The Normal Partition of Energy
- App. IV The Law of Distribution of Coordinates
- App. V Tables for Numerical Calculations
- App. VI Integrals involving Exponentials
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Names
App. I - Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I Introduction
- CHAP. II A Preliminary Survey
- CHAP. III Pressure in a Gas
- CHAP. IV Collisions and Maxwell's Law
- CHAP. V The Free Path in a Gas
- CHAP. VI Viscosity
- CHAP. VII Conduction of Heat
- CHAP. VIII Diffusion
- CHAP. IX General Theory of a Gas not in a Steady State
- CHAP. X General Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
- CHAP. XI Calorimetry and Molecular Structure
- App. I Maxwell's proof of the Law of Distribution of Velocities
- App. II The H-theorem
- App. III The Normal Partition of Energy
- App. IV The Law of Distribution of Coordinates
- App. V Tables for Numerical Calculations
- App. VI Integrals involving Exponentials
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Names
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1940