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Elements of Classical Physics tackles the different areas of general physics in a way that the authors believe to be more effective. The book contains material easily understood with a minimal mathematical framework and introduces the necessary mathematical concepts when they have been presented in a typical concurrent mathematical course. The book also provides a quantitative understanding of the different concepts in a wide variety of specific situations. The topics covered, which are arranged according to increasing difficulty in a uniformly progressive pace, are temperature and heat; light.
Front Cover; Elements of Classical Physics; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Temperature and Thermometry; 1-1 Thermal Energy, Heat, and Temperature; 1-2 Temperature Measurement; 1-3 Centigrade and Fahrenheit Temperature Scales; 1-4 General Definition of Temperature; 1-5 Kelvin and Rankine Temperature Scales; 1-6 Mercury Thermometer; 1-7 Gas Thermometers; 1-8 The Platinum Resistance Thermometer; 1-9 Thermocouples; PROBLEMS; Chapter 2. Quantity of Heat and Calorimetry; 2-1 Quantity of Heat; 2-2 Specific Heat and Heat Capacity; 2-3 Calorimetry.
2-4 Method of Mixtures2-5 Method of Cooling; 2-6 Latent Heat of Fusion; 2-7 Latent Heat of Vaporization; 2-8 Heat of Combustion; PROBLEMS; Chapter 3. Expansion of Solids, Liquids, and Gases; 3-1 Expansion of Solids; 3-2 Coefficient of Linear Expansion of Solids; 3-3 Coefficient of Area Expansion; 3-4 Coefficient of Volume Expansion; 3-5 Importance and Applications of the Expansion of Solids; 3-6 Expansion of Liquids; 3-7 Expansion of Gases; 3-8 Boyle's Law; 3-9 Charles' Law; 3-10 The General Gas Law; PROBLEMS; Chapter 4. Heat Transfer; 4-1 Methods of Heat Transfer.
4-2 Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity4-3 Conductivity of Liquids and Gases; 4-4 Convection; 4-5 Radiation; 4-6 Prevost's Theory of Exchanges; PROBLEMS; Chapter 5. Thermal Properties of Substances; 5-1 Explanation of Change in State; 5-2 Pressure-Temperature Diagram for a Pure Substance; 5-3 Real Gases; 5-4 Expansion of Gases; 5-5 Liquefaction of Gases; 5-6 Atmospheric Humidity; PROBLEMS; Chapter 6. Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Surface; 6-1 Introduction; 6-2 Rectilinear Propagation; 6-3 Reflection; 6-4 The Formation of Images by a Plane Mirror; 6-5 Refraction.
6-6 The Critical Angle and Total Internal Reflection6-7 Dispersion; PROBLEMS; Chapter 7. Reflection and Refraction at a Curved Surface; 7-1 Terminology and Sign Convention; 7-2 Reflection from a Spherical Surface-Ray Tracing Method; 7-3 Reflection from a Spherical Surface-Analytical Method; 7-5 Combinations of Reflecting and Refracting Surfaces; PROBLEMS; Chapter 8. Lenses and Optical Instruments; 8-1 Thick and Thin Lenses; 8-2 Lens Combinations; 8-3 The Eye; 8-4 The Simple Microscope or Magnifier; 8-5 The Compound Microscope; 8-6 Telescopes; 8-7 The Camera; PROBLEMS.
Chapter 9. The Nature of Light9-1 Introduction; 9-2 A Particle Theory for Light; 9-3 A Wave Theory for Light; 9-4 The Speed of Light and its Determination; PROBLEMS; Chapter 10. Waves and Wave Motion; 10-1 The Nature of a Wave; 10-2 A Mathematical Description of a Wave; 10-3 Superposition of Waves; 10-4 Reflection and Refraction of Water Waves; 10-5 Huygens' Principle and Diffraction of Waves; PROBLEMS; Chapter 11. Interference; 11-1 Interference of Light Waves; 11-2 Applications of interference; 11-3 The Michelson Interferometer; PROBLEMS; Chapter 12. Diffraction; 12-1 Introduction.
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