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PREFACE........................... vii
Part I. Viscometry
CHAPTER
I. PRELIMINARY. METHODS OF MEASUREMENT......... 1
II. THE LAW OF POISEUILLE.................. 8
III. THE AMPLIFICATION OF THE LAW OF POISEUILLE.......17
IV. Is THE VISCOSITY A DEFINITE PHYSICAL QUANTITY?.....58
V. THE VISCOMETER.....................62
Part II. Fluidity and Plasticity and Other Physical and Chemical Properties
I. VISCOSITY and FLUIDITY................... 81
II. FLUIDITY AND THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND CONSTITUTION
OF PURE LIQUIDS....................106
III. FLUIDITY AND TEMPERATURE, VOLUME, PRESSURE. COLLI-
SIONAL AND DlFFUSIONAL VISCOSITY............127
IV. FLUIDITY AND VAPOR PRESSURE...............155
V. THE FLUIDITY OF SOLUTIONS................160
VI. FLUIDITY AND DIFFUSION.................188
VII. COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS...................198
VIII. THE PLASTICITY OF SOLIDS.................215
IX. THE VISCOSITY OF GASES..................241
X. SUPERFICIAL FLUIDITY...................254
XL LUBRICATION.......................261
XII. FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE VISCOMETRIC METHOD.....279
APPENDIX A. PRACTICAL, VISCOMETRY...............296
APPENDIX B. PRACTICAL PLASTOMETRY..............320
APPENDIX C. TECHNICAL VISCOMETERS..............324
APPENDIX D. MEASUREMENTS OF POISEUILLE...........331
VISCOSITIES AND FLUIDITIES OF WATER FLUIDITIES OF ETHYL ALCO-
HOL AND SUCROSE SOLUTIONS...............341
RECIPROCALS........................342
FOUR-PLACE LOGARITHMS..................345
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AUTHOR INDEX..............347
SUBJECT INDEX.........................431