Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900 : subject index

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CATALOGUE OF PAPERSSCIENTIFIC 1800-1900 SUBJECT INDEX VOLUME III PHYSICS PART ICAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS FETTEB E.G.ILontiDn: LANE, C. F. MANAGER.CLAY, 100, PRINCES STREET ASHER ANDBerlin A. CO. F. A. BROCKHAUSILeipjifi: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS$(>fo gork: anto Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND LTD.Eotnbag CO., All reserved rightsEOYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC PAPEES 1800-1900 SUBJECT INDEX IIIVOLUME PHYSICS PART I SOUNDGENERALITIES, HEAT, LIGHT, :CAMBEIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1912ARRANGED FOR A COMMITTEE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF CMHERBERT F.R.S.LEOD, LL.D., DIRECTOR OP THE CATALOGUE with the assistance of R.ALICE EVERETT, M.A., HARGREAVES, M.A., AND W. MARSHALL D.Sc.WATTS,PREFACE TN the Preface theto Volume the Index to the onSubjectforming papers Pure Mathematics for the nineteenth in an outline1908,century, published of the of the of Scientific is ;history Royal Society's Catalogue Papers given it is not to that account.necessary repeat Volume II of the with the onIndex, Mechanics,Subject dealing papers was in 1909.published The volume deals with the on as classified in thepresent papers Physics, schedule of the International of Scientific Literature. As it wasCatalogue found that the number of entries in this was too for asubject large single the Committee decided that it should be in two thevolume, Parts,published first volume the entries classed under andGeneralities, Heat,containing Light and the second those on and Part I containsSound, Electricity Magnetism. contained in serial33344 entries to the 1261referring papers publications. This order differs from that of the International in whichCatalogue, Sound follows and the Numbers are ;Electricity Magnetism Registration here but the numbers 8990 to with are inter-retained, 9520, Sound,dealing between 4470 and 4900.polated The Index titles were in the same manner as those for Volumesprepared I and II. from to inclusive were consulted1884 1900Papers published by Referees familiar with the so that the Index titles were made fromsubjects, the contents Forof the and not from the the yearspapers merely headings. from 1800 to it had been intended that the Index entries should be1883, made from the titles in the twelve volumes of thepublished Catalogue to Authors' but it has been found inarranged according names; necessary a number of cases to refer to the as the of thelarge original papers, headings were not definite to enable the Referees to thepapers classifysufficiently contents. With the of the of the volume,object expediting publication Physics three of the Referees who assisted in the of the Index titlespreparation were invited to in the for the Press. Mr R.help sorting slips HargreavesPreface on Dr W. Marshall Watts that on andundertook the section Heat, Light Miss Everett that on Sound.Alice under the numbers inThe are arranged registration adoptedsubjects Literature a ofthe International of Scientific Schedule C ;Catalogue copy as revised in is to the withof that 1905, Index,prefixed(Physics) Catalogue, titles for theindication of the on which the different sections occur.pages been found in order to save inIt has convenient, repetitionoccasionally a which is not contained in theto entries under sub-headingprinting, group Schedule. Where this has been done theInternational Catalogue sub-heading In some of these cases the words of theis in italics.printed are understood to exist before the entries andthem,following consequently these entries commence with small letters. These minor classifications, being made on the basis of the mention of the sub-often mechanically explicit as exhaustiveare not to be taken entries be found ; cognateheading, may elsewhere under the same main The unit of classification is thusheading. the numbered heading.complete the end of the volume will be found anAt index to thealphabetical subdivisions under which the titles have been this willsubject arranged ; The index alsomuch facilitate reference. contains references to important included within some of the subdivisions but withoutsubjects separate headings. in Index are so thatThe entries the reference can bearranged made, if to the titles in the of Scientificnecessary, complete Catalogue Papers. withthe author's name the date will indicate the volumeGenerally together in which the title of the be found in full. But these clues arepaper may orinsufficient when the is occurs in Volume XII or in thepaper anonymous, additions to Volume VI. are also at fault for titles marked with anThey asterisk that to volumes in these cases the ;showing they belong previous of the volume is in the Index innumber small Roman numeralsgiven entry within brackets. The references have been made as short as thuspossible ; the initial ofthe number of each has been but thepage ;only paper given of the be found reference to the of Authors.length paper may by Catalogue When an error has been found in an author's name in the Catalogue, it is corrected in the Index and a reference made to the error. The Index contains references to some of dates earlier than 1884,papers, which were omitted in volumes of the these are indicatedprevious Catalogue ; vi