How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General IndexServiss, Garrett Putman
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How to Use the Popular Science Library; History of Science; General Index
Serviss, Garrett Putman
Popular science library; Science -- History
Heart Muscle, ix, 74-5, 84, x, 333-4;
"eight-hour day" of, ix, 210;
hypertrophy of, x, 331-2, 335;
nervous control of, ix, 207-335;
nervous control of, ix, 207-9
Heartwood, xiii, 24, 25, 26, 177 (fig.)
Heat, absorbers of, iv, 182;
absorption by colors, x, 309;
absorption by gases, viii, 309;
absorption by mixtures, iv, 175;
artificial, man's dependence on, ix, 308;
available supply in universe, iv, 193;
bacteria destroyed by, viii, 332;
"caloric" or "imponderable" theory, iv, 47, xvi, 125;
capacity, iv, 154-5;
change of state by, 151-3, 192-3;
chemical reactions and, viii, 12, 15, 53, 62, 95-6, 100, 308, 360;
chemical reactions hurried by, 310;
"closeness" due to, ix, 268-9, 270;
compression and, i, 26-7, 90, v, 126-8, 161, 351;
conduction and conductors of, iv, 138, 176-7, 178-9, x, 307, 308, 309;
convection of, iv, 139, 177-8;
demagnetization by, 253, vi, 34-5, 38, 117;
direction of flow of, iv, 190, v, 351, xvi, 135;
effects of, on bodies, iv, 144-59;
electrical production of, iv, 310-12, vii, 89, 337-8, 303-5, viii,
283-4;
electricity generated by, vi, 340
(see also Thermal Couples);
electromagnetic theory, vii, 371;
energy form, iv, 138, 140, 189;
"engineer" of physics, 50;
entropy, iv, 193;
expansion by, i, 27, iv, 134-5, 138, 140, 145, 151, viii, 25, 107;
forms, ii, 383;
from charcoal, viii, 186-7;
from foods, 361, 367, x, 269, 271;
from infrared waves, iv, 366;
from moon, ii, 200;
from radium, viii, 186-7;
from sun, ii, 169-71, iv, 181-2, 183, 194, ix, 25-6;
insulators, iv, 178, 184-5, vii, 307-8;
kindling temperature, viii, 53-4;
latent (see Latent Heat);
measurement for fuels and foods, viii, 360-1;
measurements, physico-chemical, 307-8;
measurement of quantity of, iv, 154;
mechanical equivalent of, (see Mechanical Equivalent);
mechanical (dynamical) theory of, iv, 48-9, 140;
molecular activity and, iv, 138-9, 140, viii, 25, 37-8;
motive power,
xvi, 135;
of earth's interior, iii, 108, 120-1, 160, 162, v, 178-81, xiv, 11-16,
31-2, 312;
of electric arc, iv, 311, vi, 280;
of electric lamp, vi, 268;
of volcanoes, iii, 106;
power from, v, 139-54, 351;
pressure of gases increased by, iv, 140;
production, electrical, 310-12;
production of, by friction, iv, 48-9;
production by mixtures, 174-5;
production by solidification, 160, 161;
radiant energy, vibration rate, ix, 114, 115;
radiation of, iv, 180-4;
reflectors of, 182-3;
resistance of charcoal, vii, 306;
rolling friction and, v, 204;
scientific meaning of, iv, 139-40;
sensation of, ix, 93, xi, 109, 113-14;
shrinkage in relation to, ii, 170 (see Lane's Law);
solvent action and, viii, 112;
specific, iv, 155-6, viii, 308-9;
"stuffiness due to", i, 321, x, 237-8;
temperature and, iv, 14-45;
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