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An Elementary Text-Book of Heat and Light (Classic Reprint): With One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations, and Numerous Examples - Couverture souple

R. Wallace Stewart

 
9781331943075: An Elementary Text-Book of Heat and Light (Classic Reprint): With One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations, and Numerous Examples

Synopsis

Discover the basics of heat and light with a clear, foundational approach. This introductory text explains what heat is, how it moves, and how we measure it, all in accessible terms for students and curious readers alike. It connects everyday observations to the science behind temperature, energy, and the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases.

This edition covers the nature of heat, its relation to temperature, and the ways heat can be produced and transferred. It also introduces key ideas in hygrometry and the transmission of heat through conduction, convection, and radiation. The material blends conceptual explanations with practical experiments and example problems to build understanding step by step.


  • How heat is produced and how energy transforms during heating and cooling

  • Different modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation

  • How temperature and heat relate, and what a thermometer measures

  • Practical topics like hygrometry and the behavior of vapors and humidity



Ideal for readers of science textbooks, early physics and chemistry students, and anyone seeking a solid, approachable grounding in heat and light.

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