Mathematical and Physical Papers (Paperback)

Obituary notice by Lord Rayleigh; 1. Note on certain formulæ in the calculus of operations; 2. An experiment on electro-magnetic rotation; 3. On the foci of lines seen through a crystalline plate; 4. On certain movements of radiometers; 5. On the question of a theoretical limit to the apertures of microscopic objectives; 6. On an easy and at the same time accurate method of determining the ratio of the dispersions of glasses intended for objectives; 7. On a method of detecting inequalities of unknown periods in a series of observations; 8. Description of the card supported for sunshine recorders adopted at the meteorological office; 9. On a simple mode of eliminating errors of adjustment in delicate observations of compared spectra; 10. Discussion of the results of some experiments with whirled anemometers; 11. On the determination of the constants of the cup anemometer by experiments with a whirling machine; 12. Note on the reduction of Mr Crookes's experiments on the decrement of the arc of vibration of a mice plate oscillating within a bulb containing more or less rarefied gas; 13. On the cause of the light border frequently noticed in photographs just outside the outline of a dark body seen against the sky; 14. Extracts from reports of the Committee of Solar Physics; 15. Memorandum for the use of observers with Professor Balfour Stewart's actinometer; 16. On the highest wave of uniform propagation; 17. On the maximum wave of uniform propagation; 18. Note on the theory of the solitary wave; 19. The outskirts of the solitary wave; 20. On a remarkable phenomenon of crystalline reflection; 21. The coefficient of viscosity of air; 22. Note on the determination of arbitrary constants which appear as multipliers of semi-convergent series; 23. On a graphical representation of the results of Dr Alder Wright's experiments on ternary alloys; 24. On an optical proof of the existence of suspended matter in flames; 25. On the reactions occurring in flames; 26. The influence of surface-loading on the flexure of beams; 27. On the best methods of recording the direct intensity of solar radiation; 28. On the nature of the Rontgen rays; 29. On the nature of the Rontgen rays (Wilde lecture); 30. Mathematical proof of the identity of the stream lines obtained by means of a viscous film with those of a perfect fluid moving in two dimensions; 31. On the discontinuity of arbitrary constants that appear as multipliers of semi-convergent series; 32. On the methods of chemical fractionation; 33. The ultra-violet Spectrum of Radium; Appendix; Index.