(1) Mechanics and Heat: an Elementary Course of Applied Physics (2) Experimental Science (3) Practical Physics for Secondary Schools (4) A Text-book of Physics (5) A Systematic Course of Practical Science for Secondary and other Schools (6) Paul Drudes Physik des Aethers auf Elektro-magnetischer Grundlage

Abstract

(1) THE object of Mr. Duncan's text-book, according to the preface, is to awaken interest in the applications of the principles of mechanics and heat to engineering and allied constructive arts. The author has compiled a well arranged course of experimental work and descriptive matter in mechanics and heat, and, being an engineer, the applied side of the subject is kept well in the foreground. The first eleven chapters are devoted to mechanics, and contain, in addition to the more or less academic part of the subject, chapters on simple mechanism and hydraulic machines. The remaining ten chapters deal with heat, the action of the steam engine and the internal combustion engine being presented in a very simple and lucid manner, and well illustrated by clear diagrams. It may be regretted that Mr. Duncan could not have included some of the more modern methods of thermometry in the section on temperature, the principles and construction of many of the instruments employed being quite intelligible to elementary students. The subject of thermal conductivity, too, is barely touched upon, and as lagging is of extreme importance to the engineer, the value of the book would have been considerably increased by the inclusion of a few well-chosen experiments on this subject.

(1) Mechanics and Heat: an Elementary Course of Applied Physics.

By J. Duncan. Pp. xiii + 381. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1913.) Price 3s. 6d.

(2) Experimental Science.

I., Physics. By S. E. Brown. Pp. viii + 272. (Cambridge: University Press, 1913.) Price 3s. 6d.

(3) Practical Physics for Secondary Schools.

By N. H. Black Dr. H. N. Davis. Pp. ix + 487. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1913.) Price 5s. 6d. net.

(4) A Text-book of Physics.

Edited by A. Wilmer Duff. Third edition revised. Pp. xvi + 686. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1913.) Price 10s. 6d. net.

(5) A Systematic Course of Practical Science for Secondary and other Schools.

Book II., Experimental Heat. By A. W. Mason. Pp. vii + 162. (London: Rivingtons, 1913.) Price 2s. 6d. net.

(6) Paul Drudes Physik des Aethers auf Elektro-magnetischer Grundlage.

Zweite Auflage. Neu bearbeitet von Dr. Walter Knig. Pp. xvi + 671. (Stuttgart: F. Enke, 1912.)