Physics For Technical Students Sound Electricity And Magnetism Light

Author : Joseph Albertus Culler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330228746
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book A Text-Book of General Physics for College Students written by Joseph Albertus Culler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Text-Book of General Physics for College Students: Electricity, Electromagnetic Waves, and Sound Several aims have been kept in mind in the preparation of the following text: (1) To make the descriptions, proofs, statements, and illustrations clear to the average student. (2) To emphasize the physical side of physics, point out its applications in the commercial world, and give more than an outline in the development of a topic. (3) To incorporate in the body of the discussions and in their proper place the electronic and electromagnetic theories now so well established. The discussion of electricity begins with the experimental evidence which led to a belief in the electron, and the ordinary phenomena of electricity are explained in accordance with this theory. Magnetism comes early in the discussion and emphasis is placed on the fact that a magnetic field is the result of an electric charge in motion. The explanation of electrolysis is given in accordance with modem theories, and an unusual amount of space has been given to the very important subject of electromagnetic induction. After a study of electricity the next natural and logical step is to electromagnetic waves. These embrace the whole subject of ether disturbance, including those short waves which produce light. Light is therefore treated as a subdivision of this general heading. Here also is introduced the evidence in favor of the belief that light is an electromagnetic disturbance resulting from rapid vibrations of electric charges, such, for example, as the spectroscopic effect when a source of light is in a magnetic field, the phenomena of radioactivity, etc. No attempt has been made to produce a compendium of physics but rather a logical development of the live topics which, it seems, should be included in a text-book for college students. We desire to thank the Leeds & Northrup Co. for cuts showing standard resistance, shunts, and inductance; the General Electric Co. for Figs. 101, 102, 106, 127, and 128; the Weston Electrical Instrument Co. for Fig. 69; Wm. Gaertner & Co. for Fig. 97; and the Electric Storage Battery Co. for Fig. 55. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.