Physics for O.N.C. Courses

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
CHAPTER 1 - Mechanics: A Review of Some Basic Principles, Pages 1-20
CHAPTER 2 - Surface Tension, Pages 21-40
CHAPTER 3 - Viscosity, Pages 41-52
CHAPTER 4 - The Nature of Heat, Pages 53-57
CHAPTER 5 - Elementary Thermometry, Pages 58-78
CHAPTER 6 - Thermal Expansion, Pages 79-102
CHAPTER 7 - The Measurement of Heat Quantity, Pages 103-124
CHAPTER 8 - Gases (I), Pages 125-139
CHAPTER 9 - Gases (II), Pages 140-159
CHAPTER 10 - Vapours and Vapour Pressure, Pages 160-180
CHAPTER 11 - Thermal Conductivity, Pages 181-195
CHAPTER 12 - Wave Motion, Pages 196-209
CHAPTER 13 - Sources of Sound and Sound Waves, Pages 210-229
CHAPTER 14 - Vibrations of Strings and Rods, Pages 230-244
CHAPTER 15 - The Measurement of Frequency and Velocity of Sound, Pages 245-259
CHAPTER 16 - Measurement of Sound Intensity. Recording and Reproduction. The Doppler Effect, Pages 260-276
CHAPTER 17 - Thermal Radiation, Pages 277-302
CHAPTER 18 - Elementary Principles of Geometric Optics, Pages 303-318
CHAPTER 19 - Spherical Mirrors, Pages 319-341
CHAPTER 20 - Refraction at Plane Surfaces, Pages 342-363
CHAPTER 21 - Lenses, Pages 364-391
CHAPTER 22 - The Eye. Defects of Vision and Optical Instruments, Pages 392-419
CHAPTER 23 - Dispersion of Light. Spectra and the Spectrometer, Pages 420-443
CHAPTER 24 - The Wave Nature of Light, Pages 444-472
CHAPTER 25 - Illumination and Photometry, Pages 473-495
CHAPTER 26 - easurement of the Speed of Light, Pages 496-506
CHAPTER 27 - Fundamentals of Atomic and Radiation Physics, Pages 507-528
Index, Pages 529-536