Calendar: 1888-1889 Page 396
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392 EVENING CLASSES VII -Calorimetry Methods of Measuring the Specific Heat of Bodies Ice Calorimeters Method 01 Mixture Relation of Specific Heat to Atomic Weight Influence of High Specific Heat 01 Water VIII -Conversion of Heat into Work and Work into Heat Mechanical Theory of Heat and its Consequence Methods of Determining the Mechanical Equiva- lent of Heat IX -The Two Specific Heats of Gases Heat produced by the Compression of Gas and Heat absorbed its expansion Heat Engines Laws of Thermodynamics Efficiency of Reversible Engines -Sources of Heat Heat produced by Chemical Com- bination and Methods of Measurement Calorific Value of Fuel Availability of Heat Degrada- dation of Energy ΧΓ -Conduction of Heat Good and Bad Conductors The Davy Lamp Trevelyan's Experiment Con- vection of Heat Circulation of Liquids and Gases produced by Heat XII -Radiation in its Thermal Aspect Methods of In- vestigation The Thermopile and Galvanometer Connection between Radiant Heat and Light Transmission through Diathermanous Bodies The Wave Theory of Light XIII -Absorption of Radiant Heat Absorption by Aqueous Vapour Selective Absorption and Thermal Colour Equality of Radiation and Absorption for the same Substance Apparent Radiation of Cold Theory of Exchanges
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