Scientific papers. Vol. V, 1902-1910. (Q1479274)

Dieser Band enthält die folgenden 77 Abhandlungen aus den Jahren 1902 bis 1910: Interference of sound. -- Some general theorems concerning forced vibrations and resonance. -- On the law of the pressure of gases between 75 and 150 millimetres of mercury. -- On the pressure of vibrations. -- On the question of hydrogen in the atmosphere. -- Does chemical transformation influence weight? -- Is rotatory polarization influenced by the earth's motion? -Does motion through the aether cause double refraction? -- On the distillation of binary mixtures. -- Note on the theory of the fortnightly tide. -- On the free vibrations of systems affected with small rotatory terms. -- On the vibrations of a rectangular sheet of rotating liquid. -- On the spectrum of an irregular disturbance. -- Considerations respecting the combustion of modern propellants in closed vessels and in guns. -- On the bending of waves round a spherical obstacle. -- On the proportion of Argon in the vapour rising from liquid air. -- On the theory of optical images, with special reference to the microscope (Supplementary paper). -- On the production and distribution of sound. -- On the work done by forces operative at one or more points of an elastic solid. -- On the acoustic shadow of a sphere. -- Shadows. -- Sir \textit{George Gabriel Stokes}, Bart., 1819-1903. -- On the measurement of certain very short intervals of time. -- Note on the application of \textit{Poisson}'s formula to discontinuous disturbances. -- Fluid friction on even surfaces. -- On the electrical vibrations associated with thin terminated conducting rods. -- On the density of nitrous oxide. -- Note to a paper by Prof. \textit{Wood} on the achromatization of approximately monochromatic interference fringes by a highly dispersive medium. -- On the open organ-pipe problem in two dimensions. -- Extracts from \textit{Nobel} lecture. -- On the compressibility of gases between one atmosphere and half an atmosphere of pressure. -- On the pressure of gases and the equation of virial. -- The dynamical theory of gases and of radiation. -- An optical paradox. -- The problem of the random walk. -- On the influence of collisions and of the motion of molecules in the line of sight upon the constitution of a spectrum line. -- On the momentum and pressure of gaseous vibrations, and on the connexion with the virial theorem. -- The origin of the prismatic colours. -- On the constitution of natural radiation. -- On an instrument for compounding vibrations, with application to the drawing of curves such as might represent white light. -- On electrical vibrations and the constitution of the atom. -- On the production of vibrations by forces of relatively long duration, with application to the theory of collisions. -- On the dilatational stability of the earth. -- Some measurements of wave-lengths with a modified apparatus. -- On the experimental determination of the ratio of the electrical units. -- On the interference-rings, described by \textit{Haidinger}, observable by means of plates whose surfaces are absolutely parallel. -- On our perception of sound direction. -- Acoustical notes. -- On the passage of sound through narrow slits. -- On the dynamical theory of gratings. -- Note on the remarkable case of diffraction spectra described by Prof. \textit{Wood}. -On the light dispersed from fine lines ruled upon reflecting surfaces or transmitted by very narrow slits. -- On the relation of the sensitiveness of the ear to pitch, investigated by a new method. -- Effect of a prism on \textit{Newton}'s rings. -- Further measurements of wave-lengths, and miscellaneous notes on \textit{Fabry} and \textit{Perot}'s apparatus. -- On the aberration of sloped lenses and on their adaptation to telescopes of unequal magnifying power in perpendicular directions. -- \textit{Hamilton}'s principle and the five aberrations of \textit{von Seidel}. -- Vortices in oscillating liquid. -- Acoustical notes. VIII. -On reflexion from glass at the polarizing angle. -- Note on tidal bores. -Notes concerning tidal oscillations upon a rotating globe. -- On the instantaneous propagation of disturbance in a dispersive medium, exemplified by waves on water deep and shallow. -- On the resistance due to obliquely moving waves and its dependence upon the particular form of the fore-part of a ship. -- On the perception of the direction of sound. -- The theory of \textit{Crookes}'s radiometer. -- To determine the refractivity of gases available only in minute quantities. -- Note as to the application of the principle of dynamical similarity. -The principle of dynamical similarity in reference to the results of experiments on the resistance of square plates normal to a current of air. -- Note on the regularity of structure of actual crystals. -- Colours of sea and sky. -- The incidence of light upon a transparent sphere of dimensions comparable with the wave-length. -- On colour vision at the ends of the spectrum. -- Aerial plane waves of finite amplitude. -- Note on the finite vibrations of a system about a configuration of equilibrium. -- The problem of the whispering gallery. -On the sensibility of the eye to variations of wave-length in the yellow region of the spectrum.