Miscellaneous papers / by Heinrich Hertz with an introduction by prof. Philipp Lenard
1896, First Edition. London ; New York : MacMillan and Co. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: book plate of Cardiff Public Library. Item #441621
Physical description; xxvi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction -- Experiments to determine an upper limit to the kinetic energy of an electric current -- On induction in rotating spheres -- On the distribution of electricity over the surface of moving conductors -- Upper limit for the kinetic energy of electricity in motion -- On the contact of elastic solids -- On the contact of rigid elastic solids and on hardness -- On a new hygrometer -- On the evaporation of liquids, and especially of mercury, in vacuo -- On the pressure of saturated mercury-vapour -- On the continuous currents which the tidal action of the heavenly bodies must produce in the ocean -- Hot-wire ammeter of small resistance and negligible inductance -- On a phenomenon which accompanies the electronic discharge -- Experiments on the cathode discharge -- On the behavior of benzene with respect to insulation and residual charge -- On the distribution of stress in an elastic right circular cylinder -- On the equilibrium of floating elastic plates -- On the relations between Maxwell's fundamental electromagnetic equations and the fundamental equations of the opposing electromagnetics -- On the dimensions of magnetic pole in different systems of units -- A graphical method of determining the adiabatic changes of moist air -- On the relations between light and electricity -- On the passage of cathode rays through thin metallic layers -- Hermann von Helmholtz. Subjects; Physics. Electricity. Physics Essays and lectures. Electricity ; Early works to 1850. Electricity ; Collected works. Physics ; Collected works. Physics Addresses, essays, lectures.
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