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An introduction to the kinetic theory of gases / by Sir James Jeans ...

Author
Jeans, James, 1877-1946
Published
Cambridge [Eng.] : The University press ; New York : Macmillan company, [1940]
Physical Description
311 pages : diagrams ; 22 cm

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Contents
A preliminary survey -- Pressure in a gas -- Collisions and Maxwell's Law -- The free path in a gas -- Viscosity -- Conduction of heat -- Diffusion -- General theory of a gas not in a steady state -- General statistical mechanics and thermopage dynamics -- Calorimetry and Molecular Structure.
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"The book covers a good deal of the same ground as my earlier book, The dynamical theory of gases, but it is covered in a simpler and more physical manner."--Pref.
Bibliography Note
Bibliographical foot-notes.
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