Tables of physical and chemical constants and some mathematical functions / by G.W.C. Kaye and T.H. Laby.

  • Kaye, G. W. C. (George William Clarkson), 1880-1941.
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[1941]
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Credit: Tables of physical and chemical constants and some mathematical functions / by G.W.C. Kaye and T.H. Laby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX PAGE PAGE Radium emanation, heat from 116 Second, definition of . • * 3 ,, ,, , in atmosphere 119 ,, order line 169 ,, ,, , vapour pressure of . 117 ,, radiation constant . 120 ,, , heat from .... 116 Secular magnetic changes 103 ,, ,, , in rocks 118 Self-inductance unit . 10-12 ,, , in rocks .... 118 Sidereal day 3 ,, , in sea water Ramsay and Young’s vapour-pressure 119 ,, periods of planets . 23 Sikes’ hydrometer 30 law ...... 49 Silver, atomic mass 120 Range of a rays . . . . 115, 122 ,, in electrolysis . II, 144 Rankine’s vapour-pressure formula 49 Sines, natural 161 Ratio, Poisson’s ..... 36 Size of drops 46 Ratios of specific heats 68 ,, molecules 4i Rayleigh’s radiation formula 75 Sodium carbonate, density of 33 Reciprocals ..... 157 ,, hydroxide, density of t * 33 Recombination of ions (gaseous) . 109 Solar constant 76 Reduction of barometer readings . 27 ,, day .... 3 ,, gaseous volumes 28 ,, parallax, equatorial . 22 , 23 86 ,, platinum to international ,, spectrum . temperatures 54 ,, system 23 ,, weighings to vacuo . Reflection of light (metallic) 28 ,, year .... 3 9i Solubilities aqueous, gases . 145 Refractive indices, gases 82 ,, ,, , inorganic com- ,, „ , glasses . . 83, 85 pounds 130 -138 ,, ,, , miscellaneous . 83 ,, ,, , solids . 146 Refractivity ..... 82 ,, of liquids (mutual) 145 Relative activity of minerals 118 Solutions, aqueous, coefficient of cubic ,, humidity .... 47 expansion 65 ,, ionization by a rays 116 ,, ,, , conductivity 97 ,, viscosities .... 40 ,, ,, , densities of 34 ,, visibility factors 81 ,, ,, , standard conductivity 97 Relativity theory of Einstein . 113, 169 ,, ,, , surface tensions of . 46 Remanence ..... 100 Sound and hearing 79 Resistance, electrical unit . . 10-12 ,, , velocity of 78 ,, , specific .... 92 Sparking potentials 105 ,, , temperature coefficient of 93, 94 Specific charge of electron . , 120, 127 Resistances of cells .... 99 ,, gravity, definition . 5 ,, wires .... 94 ,, heats, elements 66 Resistivities, electrical 92 ,, ,, , gases, constant pressure . 68 Resonance potentials .... 126 ,, ,, , ,, , constant volume . 68 Richardson’s equation 113 ,, ,, , ,, , ratio of 68 Rigidity, modulus of . 36 ,, ,, , mercury 66 ,, , temperature coefficient of 37 ,, ,, , miscellaneous 69 Rocks, Ra, Th, in ... 118 ,, ,, , water . ,, inductive capacity . 66 Rods, vibrations of , 79 95 Rontgen ...... 105 ,, resistances 92 ,, rays, ionization by . ,, ,, , wavelengths of 116 ,, rotations (optical) . 89 106 ,, volume . 31 Rotations (magnetic) of polarized light . 91 ,, ,, (water) i7 ,, (optical) .... 89 Spectra, absorption 88 Rydberg’s number . . . 120, 129 ,, , emission (gases) • e 88 „ , „ (solids) 87 ,, , magnetic, of a rays 123 ,, , X-ray . 106 Safe currents for wires 94 Spectroscopy 86 Satellites of planets .... 23 ,, , notation 124 Saturated air, water in 47 Squares .... 159 ,, vapour pressure . 49 Standard conductivity solutions 97 ,, water-vapour, density of 35 ,, spectrum lines 86 Scale of hardness (Mohs’) 147 ,, temperatures 53 Scales, musical ..... 79 ,, times . 24 Scattering of X-rays .... 129 ,, wavelengths . 86 Screws, pitch of, etc. .... 25 ,, wire gauge . 94 Seas, area, etc. ..... Sea-water, radium in . 22 Standards, British 4 119 ,, , ,, and metric equivalents 4