Smithsonian physical tables
Title:
Smithsonian physical tables
Author:
Forsythe, William Elmer, 1881-
ISBN:
9781591245308
Edition:
9th rev. ed.
Publication Information:
Norwich, N.Y. : Knovel, 2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 827 pages)
Series:
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections ; v. 120.
General Note:
Title from title information screen (viewed Jan. 31, 2003).
Previously published in print by: Smithsonian Institution, 1964. 3rd reprint of 9th rev. ed (1954) ; Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, v. 120.
Contents:
Temperature conversion table -- Introduction -- Some mathematical tables -- Treatment of experimental data -- General physical constants -- Common units of measurement -- Constants for temperature measurement -- The Blackbody and its radiant energy -- Photometry -- Emissivities of a number of materials -- Characteristics of some light-source materials, and some light sources -- Cooling by radiation and convection -- Temperature characteristics of materials -- Changes in freezing and boiling points -- Heat flow and thermal conductivity -- Thermal expansion -- Specific heat -- Latent heat -- Thermal properties of saturated vapors -- Heats of combustion -- Physical and mechanical properties of materials -- Characteristics of some building materials -- Physical properties of leather -- Values of physical constants of different rubbers -- Characteristics of plastics -- Properties of fibers -- Properties of woods -- Temperature, pressure, volume, and weight relations of gases and weight relations of and vapors -- Thermal properties of gases -- The Joule-Thomson effect in fluids -- Compressibility -- Densities -- Velocity of sound -- Acoustics -- Viscosity of fluids and solids -- Aeronautics -- Diffusion, solubility surface tension and vapor pressure -- Various electrical characteristics of materials -- Electrolytic conduction -- Electrical and mechanical characteristics of wire -- Some characteristics of dielectrics -- Radio propagation data -- Magnetic properties of materials -- Geomagnetism -- Magneto-optic effects -- Optical glass and optical crystals -- Transmission of radiation -- Reflection and absorption of radiation -- Rotation of plane of polarized light -- Media for determinations of refractive indices with the microscope -- Photography -- Standard wavelengths and series relations in atomic spectra.
The atmosphere -- Densities and humidities of moist air -- The barometer -- Atmospheric electricity -- Atomic and molecular data -- Abundance of elements -- Colloids -- Electron emission -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Atomic and molecular dimensions -- Nuclear physics -- Radioactivity -- X-rays -- Fission -- Cosmic rays -- Gravitation -- Solar radiation -- Astronomy and astrophysics -- Oceanography -- The earth's rotation: its variation -- General conversion factors.
Abstract:
Comprising 901 tables concentrating on a broad scope of common physical and chemical data, the information provided is of general interest to scientists and engineers and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. On knovel, the Smithsonian physical tables are now easy to navigate and are full-text searchable as are all references on knovel. All entries in the index are hyperlinked to their page numbers.
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