Classical Methods, Volume 1 (Methods in Experimental Physics)

✍ Scribed by Estermann (editor)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1959
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 609
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Classical Methods

✦ Table of Contents

Classical Methods
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface to Volume 1
Chapter 1. Evaluation of Measurement
1.1. General Rules
1.2. Errors
1.3. Statistical Methods
1.4. Direct Meaaurementa
1.5. Indirect Measurement
1.6. Errors of Computation
Appendix I
Chapter 2. Fundamental Units and Constants
2.1. Systems of Units
2.2. Definition of the Fundamental Units
2.3. Fundamental Constants
2.4. Determination of Best Values
Chapter 3. Mechanics of Solids
3.1. Length and Related Quantities
3.2. Mass and Force
3.3. Time and Frequency
3.4. Point Kinematics
3.5. Rigid-Body Mechanics
3.6. Friction
3.7. Deformation
Chapter 4. Mechanics of Fluids
4.1. Static Properties
4.2. Dynamic Phenomena
Chapter 5. Sound and Vibration
5.1. General Concepts
5.2. Instruments
5.3. Experimental Techniques
Chapter 6. Heat and Thermodynamics
6.1. Thermometry
6.2. Calorimetry
6.3. Heat Transfer
6.4. Thermodynamics
Chapter 7. Optics
7.1. Geometrical Optics
7.2. Diffraction and Interference
7.3. Spectroscopy in the Visible Region
7.4. Polarization
7.5. Magneto- and Electrooptical Effects
7.6. Photometry
7.7. Scattering of Light
7.8. Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
7.9. Nonvisible Light
7.10. X-Rays
Chapter 8. Electricity
8.1. Electrostatics
8.2. Direct-Current Measurements
8.3. Alternating-Current Measurements–Lumped Circuit
8.4. Alternating-Current Measurements–Distributed Circuit
8.5. Dielectrics
8.6. Atmospheric Electricity
8.7. Thermoelectricity
Chapter 9. Magnetism
9.1. The Electromagnetic Field
9.2. Production of Magnetic Fields
9.3. Magnetization and Its Measurement
9.4. Measurements of Susceptibility
9.5. Measurements of Ferromagnetic Materials
Author Index
Subject Index