Due volumi in-8° (21,3 x 13,3 cm), pp. (2), XIV, 294; VII, (1), 444, legatura editoriale, con titoli al dorso, con normali segni del tempo. Con due tavole fuori testo, più volte ripiegate, e 108 figure in bianco e nero nel testo, al volume primo e due tavole fuori testo, più volte ripiegate, e 245 figure in bianco e nero nel testo, al volume secondo. Al volume primo, strappi, riparati, alle controguardie, all'altezza della parte interna delle cerniere. Al volume secondo, formula scritta a matita, da mano coeva, nel bordo superiore di pagina 111. Al foglio con le pagine 113-114, nel margine inferiore, piccolo strappo, senza perdite, ben rimarginato con carta giapponese. Al foglio con le pagine 117-118, piccolissima mancanza nell'angolo inferiore esterno, molto lontano dal testo. Per il resto, esemplare ben conservato. Table of Contents: Volume I. Introduction. Record of Observations. Units. Graphical Representation of Results. Errors of Observation and Method of Least Squares. Chapter I. Curvature of a Lens by the Spherometer. Adjustment of a Cathetometer. Calibration of a Thermometer Tube. Volume and Density by Measurement. Periodic Motion by Method of Middle Elongations. Parallelogram of Forces. Parallel Forces. Principle of Moments. Coefficent of Friction. Wheel and Axle. Efficiency of a System of Pulleys. Atwood's Machine. Gravity from Motion of a Freely Falling Body. General Statements concerning Moment of Inertia and Simple Harmonic Motion. Gravity by the Physical Pendulum. Gravity by Kater's Pendulum. Variation of Period of Bar Pendulum with Position of Knife Edges. Moment of Inertia. Young's Modulus by Stretching. Moment of Torsion. Moment of Inertia by Torsion. Chapter II. General Statements concerning Density. Chapter III. General Statements concerning Calorimetry. Chapter IV. General Statements concerning Static Electricity. Chapter V. General Statements concerning Magnetism. Chapter VI. General Statements concerning the Electric Current. Chapter VII. General Statements concerning Difference of Potential and Electromotive Force. Chapter VIII. General Statements concerning Resistance. Chapter IX. General Statements concerning Electrical Quantity. Chapter X. General Statements concerning Induction. Chapter XI. Measurement of Pitch by the Syren. Interference and Measurement of Wave lenght by Koenig's Apparatus. Resonance of Columns of Air and the Velocity of Sound. Velocity of Sound in Brass. The Sonometer. Study of Transverse Vibrations by Möler's Method. Chapter XII. Radius of Curvature by Reflection. Focal Lenght of a Concave Mirror. Focal Lenght of a Convex Lens. Magnifying Power of a Telescope. Magnifying Power of a Microscope. Measurement of the Index of Refraction. Study of Flame Spectra of Various Metals. Determination of the Distance between the Lines of a Grating. Measurement of Candle Power by the Bunsen Photometer. Volume II. Part. I. Experiments with Direct Current Apparatus. Part. II. Experiments with Alternating Currents. Part III. Senior Courses in Heat and Photometry. Part IV. Outlines of Advanced Work in General Physics. Appendix A. Appendix B. Index. Titolo completo: A Laboratory Manual of Physics and Applied Electricity, arranged and edited by Edward L. Nichols, Professor of Physics in Cornell University, in Two Volumes. Vol. I. Junior Course in General Physics, by Ernest Merritt and Frederick J. Rogers Vol. II. Senior Courses and Outlines of Advanced Work, by George S. Moler, Frederick Bedell, Homer J. Hotchkiss, Charles P. Matthews, and the Editor
