Theory of Heat

Preface ......Page 3
Contents ......Page 5
I. Introduction ......Page 11
II. Thermometry, or the registration of temperature ......Page 42
III. Calorimetry ......Page 64
IV. Elementary dynamical principles ......Page 84
V. On the measurement of pressure and other internal forces, and of the effects which they produce ......Page 104
VI. On lines of equal temperature, or isothermal lines on the indicator diagram ......Page 118
VII. On the properties of a substance when heat is prevented from entering or leaving it ......Page 137
VIII. On heat engines ......Page 148
IX. On the relations between the physical properties of a substance ......Page 175
X. On latent heat ......Page 183
XI. On the application of the principles of thermodynamics to gases ......Page 188
XII. On the intrinsic energy of a system of bodies ......Page 195
XIII. On free expansion ......Page 219
XIV. On the determination of heights by the barometer ......Page 227
XV. On the propagation of waves ......Page 233
XVI. On radiation ......Page 240
XVII. On convection currents ......Page 260
XVIII. On the diffusion of heat by conduction ......Page 263
XIX. On the diffusion of fluids ......Page 283
XX. Capillarity ......Page 289
XXI. On elasticity and viscosity ......Page 304
XXII. On the molecular theory of the constitution of bodies ......Page 311