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In preparing this book, the authors aim has been to dovetail the fund of information about things physical, already possessed by the student, with results obtained in the laboratory. Common knowledge of everyday phenomena is constantly referred to and used as a basis for studying the investigations of physicists. The mode of treatment of most topics is as follows: (i) appeal to the students ready-at-hand knowledge of the topic;(2) mention, when helpful, of pertinent historical items of interest;(3) clear-cut enunciation of definitions;(4) careful description of apparatus well illustrated;(5) logical derivation of laws and principles so worded as not to inflict too great a burden on the memory;(6) numerous applications of principles;(7) exercises and problems (not too hard) requiring for solution some constructive thought. The material selected is that considered to be of most value to the student. Some traditional topics may have been slighted in the exercise of this choice, but in each case the advantage to the student has been carefully considered. Recent views and theories, especially those referring to the constitution of matter and of electricity, have not been neglected; but the author frankly acknowledges that he considers anything more than the briefest mention of them quite out of place in an elementary text written for the average student.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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