A full treatment of the application of thermodynamics to optics discusses temperature radiation and luminescence, Kirchoff's law of emission and absorption, sine law in the formation of images of surface elements, effect of change of temperature on the spectrum of a black body, and the distribution of energy in the spectrum of such a body. 1902 edition. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Longmans, Green, New York, 1902.
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