PREFACE.
SUBJECTS OF THE CHAPTERS.
HEAT. INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV. SMOKE.
CHAPTER V. LAMPS AND CANDLES.
CHAPTER VI. ANIMAL HEAT.
CHAPTER VII. MECHANICAL ACTION. 1. PERCUSSION.
CHAPTER VIII. 2. FRICTION. 3. CONDENSATION.
CHAPTER IX. EFFECTS OF HEAT. 1. EXPANSION.
CHAPTER X. EXPANSION FROM HEAT. (Continued.)
CHAPTER XI. 2. LIQUEFACTION. 3. VAPORIZATION.
CHAPTER XII. 4. EVAPORATION.
CHAPTER XIII. COMMUNICATION OF HEAT. 1. CONDUCTION.
CHAPTER XIV. 2. ABSORPTION OF HEAT.
CHAPTER XV. 3. REFLECTION OF HEAT.
CHAPTER XVI. 4. RADIATION.
CHAPTER XVII. 5. CONVECTION.
PART II.
AIR. CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX. CARBONIC ACID GAS.
CHAPTER XX. CARBURETTED HYDROGEN GAS.
CHAPTER XXI. PHOSPHURETTED HYDROGEN GAS.
CHAPTER XXII. WIND.
CHAPTER XXIII. BAROMETER.
CHAPTER XXIV. SNOW. HAIL. RAIN.
CHAPTER XXV. WATER.
CHAPTER XXVI. ICE.
CHAPTER XXVII. LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. SOUND.
CHAPTER XXIX. MISCELLANEOUS.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX.
BY
THE REV. DR. BREWER,
TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE,
HEAD MASTER OF KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL,
NORWICH,
IN UNION WITH KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON.
LONDON:
JARROLD AND SONS, 47, ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD,
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