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(1) IN the two volumes forming “A Handbook of Physics Measurements” are given the theory and manipulation of those experiments which experience has shown to be most important in pure and applied science. The work is designed for college and industrial laboratories, and forms a self-contained manual. Each chapter consists of two parts; the first includes definitions, a description of the apparatus, and the general theory of the methods, while in the second each determination is described in detail, the more important sources of error are pointed out, and means are indicated by which these errors may be minimised or accounted for. Most of the experiments require no mathematics beyond trigonometry and algebra, but the authors have rightly decided to employ the calculus methods wherever these would result in economy of time and mental effort.
(1) A Handbook of Physics Measurements.
By Ervin S. Ferry. in collaboration with O. W. Silvey, G. W. Sherman, jun., and D. C. Duncan. Vol. i. Fundamental Measurements, Properties of Matter and Optics Pp. ix + 251. Vol. ii. Vibratory Motion, Sound, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. Pp. x + 233. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1918). Price 9s. 6d. net each vol.
(2) Notes on Magnetism: For the Use of Students of Electrical Engineering.
By C. G. Lamb. Pp. viii + 94. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1919.) Price 5s. net.
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A., H. (1) A Handbook of Physics Measurements (2) Notes on Magnetism: For the Use of Students of Electrical Engineering. Nature 105, 193 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105193a0
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