Great Experiments in PhysicsHolt, 1959 - 370 pages The original accounts of twenty-four experiments that created modern physics, retaining the original illustrations where possible. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Pressurevolume Relations in a Gas | 36 |
The Laws of Electric and Magnetic ForceCHARLES | 59 |
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