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AS the second volume of a series of books primarily intended for students taking a first- and second-year course in physics at a university, one scarcely expects to find space taken up with references to elementary work which has no doubt been done by a student at a much earlier stage; such space could probably have been used to better advantage. Thus in the first chapter mention is made of various types of thermometers, but a description and discussion of these types is deferred to a later part of the’ book; surely this must be a little irritating to students. Also the table on pp. 8-9 comparing the various thermometers would probably be better appreciated after all the thermometers had, been dealt with. The treatment of the various topics follows a logical order, though probably the chapter on radiation could have followed immediately that on conduction.
University Physics. Part 2: Heat
By Dr. F. C. Champion. Pp. vii + 148. (London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1940.) 5s. 6d. net.
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University Physics Part 2: Heat. Nature 147, 728 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147728b0
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