| Introduction | |
| Meaning of the word Temperature | p. 1 |
| The Mercurial Thermometer | p. 5 |
| Heat as a Quantity | p. 6 |
| Diffusion of Heat by Conduction and Radiation | p. 10 |
| The three Physical States of Bodies | p. 16 |
| Thermometry, or the Registration of Temperature | |
| Definition of Higher and Lower Temperature | p. 32 |
| Temperatures of Reference | p. 34 |
| Different Thermometric Scales | p. 37 |
| Construction of a Thermometer | p. 40 |
| The Air Thermometer | p. 46 |
| Other Methods of Ascertaining Temperatures | p. 51 |
| Calorimetry, or the Measurement of Heat | |
| Selection of a Unit of Heat | p. 54 |
| All Heat is of the same Kind | p. 56 |
| Ice Calorimeters | p. 58 |
| Bunsen's Calorimeter | p. 61 |
| Method of Mixture | p. 63 |
| Definitions of Thermal Capacity and Specific Heat | p. 65 |
| Latent Heat of Steam | p. 69 |
| Elementary Dynamical Principles | |
| Measurement of Quantities | p. 74 |
| The Units of Length, Mass, and Time, and their Derived Units | p. 76 |
| Measurement of Force | p. 83 |
| Work and Energy | p. 87 |
| Principle of the Conservation of Energy | p. 92 |
| Measurement of Internal Forces and Their Effects | |
| Longitudinal Pressure and Tension | p. 94 |
| Definition of a Fluid--Hydrostatic Pressure | p. 95 |
| Work done by a Piston on a Fluid | p. 101 |
| Watt's Indicator and the Indicator Diagram | p. 102 |
| Elasticity of a Fluid | p. 107 |
| Lines of Equal Temperature on the Indicator Diagram | |
| Relation between Volume, Pressure, and Temperature | p. 108 |
| Isothermal Lines of a Gas | p. 110 |
| Isothermal Lines of a Vapour in Contact with its Liquid | p. 113 |
| Steam Line and Water Line | p. 117 |
| Continuity of the Liquid and Gaseous States.--Experiments of Cagniard de la Tour and Andrews | p. 118 |
| Adiabatic Lines | |
| Properties of a Substance when heat is prevented from entering or leaving it | p. 127 |
| The Adiabatic Lines are Steeper than the Isothermals | p. 130 |
| Diagram showing the Effects of Heat on Water | p. 134 |
| Heat Engines | |
| Carnot's Engine | p. 138 |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | p. 153 |
| Carnot's Function and Thomson's Absolute Scale of Temperature | p. 155 |
| Maximum Efficiency of a Heat Engine | p. 158 |
| Thermodynamic Scale of Temperature | p. 160 |
| Entropy | p. 162 |
| Fictitious Thermal Lines | p. 164 |
| Relations Between the Physical Properties of a Substance | |
| Four Thermodynamic Relations | p. 165 |
| The two Modes of Defining Specific Heat | p. 169 |
| The two Modes of Defining Elasticity | p. 171 |
| Latent Heat | |
| Relation between the Latent Heat and the Alteration of the Volume of the Substance during a Change of State | p. 173 |
| Lowering of the Freezing Point by Pressure | p. 176 |
| Thermodynamics of Gases | |
| Cooling by Expansion | p. 180 |
| Calculation of the Specific Heat of Air | p. 183 |
| On the Intrinsic Energy of a System of Bodies | |
| Intrinsic Energy defined | p. 185 |
| Available Energy | p. 187 |
| Dissipation of Energy | p. 192 |
| Mechanical and Thermal Analogies | p. 193 |
| Prof. Gibbs' Thermodynamic Model | p. 195 |
| On Free Expansion | |
| Theory of a Fluid rushing through a Porous Plug | p. 209 |
| Determination of the Dynamical Equivalent of Heat | p. 211 |
| Determination of the Absolute Scale of Temperature | p. 213 |
| Determination of Heights by the Barometer | |
| Principle of the Barometer | p. 217 |
| The Barometer in a Diving Bell | p. 218 |
| Height of the 'Homogeneous Atmosphere' | p. 220 |
| Height of a Mountain found by the Barometer | p. 221 |
| On the Propagation of Waves of Longitudinal Disturbance | |
| Waves of Permanent Type | p. 223 |
| Velocity of Sound | p. 228 |
| On Radiation | |
| Definition of Radiation | p. 230 |
| Interforence | p. 234 |
| Different Kinds of Radiation | p. 237 |
| Prevost's Theory of Exchanges | p. 240 |
| Rate of Cooling | p. 246 |
| Effects of Radiation on Thermometers | p. 248 |
| On Convection Currents | |
| How they are Produced | p. 250 |
| Joule's Determination of the Point of Maximum Density of Water | p. 252 |
| On the Diffusion of Heat by Conduction | |
| Conduction through a Plate | p. 253 |
| Different Measures of Conductivity | p. 255 |
| Conduction in a Solid | p. 255 |
| Sketch of Fourier's Theory | p. 259 |
| Harmonic Distributions of Temperature | p. 263 |
| Steady and Periodic Flow of Heat | p. 265 |
| Determination of the Thermal Conductivity of Bodies | p. 268 |
| Applications of the Theory | p. 272 |
| On the Diffusion of Fluids | |
| Coefficient of Diffusion | p. 275 |
| Researches of Graham and Loschmidt | p. 278 |
| On Capillarity | |
| Superficial Energy and Superficial Tension | p. 280 |
| Rise of a Liquid in a Tube | p. 286 |
| Evaporation and Condensation as Affected by Capillarity | p. 287 |
| Table of Superficial Tension | p. 292 |
| On Elasticity and Viscosity | |
| Different Kinds of Stress and Strain | p. 294 |
| Coefficient of Viscosity | p. 297 |
| Molecular Theory of the Constitution of Bodies | |
| Kinetic and Potential Energy | p. 301 |
| Evidence that Heat is the Kinetic Energy of the Molecules of a Body | p. 303 |
| Kinetic Theory of Gases | p. 307 |
| Deduction of the Laws of Gases | p. 315 |
| Equilibrium of a Vertical Column | p. 319 |
| Diffusion, Viscosity, and Conduction | p. 321 |
| Evaporation and Condensation | p. 323 |
| Electrolysis | p. 325 |
| Radiation | p. 326 |
| Limitation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics | p. 327 |
| The Properties of Molecules | p. 330 |
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