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INDEX
Mechanics
(cont.)
84-95, 116-123; limitations
of, 518n, 522,
538;
molecular
(see
Kinetic
theory);
techni-
cal, 5;
and
thermodynamics,
128n-129n,
423n.
See
also
Dynamics;
Statistical
mechanics
Media: influence
on light,
297, 391, 427;
light
dispersion
in, 250, 253n;
moving,
133,
257n. See
also
Ether; Force,
lines
of
Meissner,
Ernst (1883-1939), 445, 447-448,
449n
Melting
point, xxiv, 470,
475n-476n
Metals, 316; compressibility
of, 471;
conduc-
tivity
of
pure, 501;
electrons
in,
232-233,
500;
surface of,
351. See
also Lorentz's
the-
ory
of
electrons
Meyer, Edgar
(1879-1960),
547n;
letter from
AE,
546n
Meyer-Schmid,
Anna
(1882-1948):
letter from
AE,
xvi
Michelson, Albert
(1852-1931),
138-139
Michelson-Morley
experiment,
138-140,
161,
444
Millikan,
Robert Andrews (1868-1953),
507n-509n. See
also
Ehrenhaft, Felix;
Elec-
tric
charge;
Electrons
Minkowski, Hermann (1864-1909),
169,
175n,
438,
444-445
Minkowski's
electrodynamic theory,
445,
449n. See
also
Electrodynamics;
Electro-
magnetic theory
Minkowski's
space-time.
See
Space-time
Mirror, 139;
Brownian motion
of, 454; mov-
ing, 178n, 281n;
in radiation field, 281n,
454, 455n
Model,
319,
421n, 538-539;
of
electricity,
9;
of
heat
conduction, 532;
of
magnetization,
518n;
molecular, 348,
405,
407n;
Nernst's
oscillator,
559. See
also
Lattice
Mole,
243n
Molecular collisions. See Collisions
Molecular
dimensions, 189,
243n;
determina-
tion of, 416-417, 418n, 423n
Molecular
motion, 533; linear,
545n; thermal,
in solids, 460-475,
475n-477n
Molecular
process,
195-196, 514n
Molecular
theory.
See Atomic
theory
Molecules:
diatomic,
215-216,
220, 245n,
545n;
equation
of
state
for
extended, 6;
inter-
action
between,
403-406, 409,
420, 461,
507n
(see
also
Forces);
inverse
fifth
power
repulsion
law, 127n;
kinetic
energy of, 181,
242n; magnetic,
221-222, 224-227;
mean
path
of,
183-185;
mean
thermal
velocity
of,
242n; monatomic, 182,
409; polyatomic,
219-221,
245n;
size
of, 189,
422. See
also
Gas;
Model
Molekularmechanik. See Kinetic
theory
Momentum, 26,
63; angular, 26,
63-67,
73,
101;
conservation
laws,
26-27,
72,
101,
127n,
391-392,
508; electromagnetic,
271,
393; fluctuations,
xx, 178n, 271,
276-280,
282n;
mean square,
271;
of
radiation,
282n.
See
also
Inertia
Morley,
Edward
W. (1838-1923),
138-139.
See
also
Michelson-Morley experiment
Mossotti,
Ottaviano Fabrizio
(1791-1863),
306
Motion,
11-12,
63, 72;
absolute, 429;
acceler-
ated, 487-491; and clock
paradox,
436;
of
a
conductor, 336; curvilinear,
12;
cyclic, 121;
of
dust
particles,
507n;
of
an
electron, 505n;
equations
of
5, 16,
95, 437,
447,
511
(see
also Euler
equations;
Lagrange equations);
force-free of
rigid
bodies, 103-115; in
mag-
netic
field,
369-370,
518, 518n;
of
a point,
39, 42-43;
quantization of, 545n, 561;
rela-
tive, 11, 141, 143, 161,
172
(see
also
Mag-
nets);
of
rigid bodies,
72-84, 99-115;
separability
between
oscillatory
and
linear,
505n; unaccelerated, 124;
uniform
free,
429
(see
also
Translation).
See
also
Coordinates,
system
of;
Electrodynamics; Ether;
Experi-
ments; Gyroscopes;
Hamilton's
equations
of
motion; Ions; Media;
Molecular
motion;
Newton, Isaac;
Observer;
Optics;
Planets;
Resonator
Moving
bodies,
electromagnetic properties
of,
427
Müller,
Fritz (Johann Friedrich
Theodor),
444-
445, 449n
Nature,
laws
of, 141, 145,
425
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich. See
Zurich
Scientific
Society
Nernst,
Walther
(1864-1941), xxi-xxv, 466,
501,
504n, 507n, 510n,
558-559,
[581];
ex-
periments
of,
xxii-xxiv,
460, 470;
letter
from
AE,
xxv,
476n,
477n;
letter
to
Schu-
ster, Arthur,
xxii-xxiii; and
quantum
theory,
510n, 513n,
530-531,
541, 545n;
specific
heat data,
xxii,
xxiv-xxv,
413,
414n, 423n,
469, 473, 475n-477n,
500,
511n,
525,
527-
529, 544n, 547n;
theorem
of, xxii, 513n,
514. See
also
Thermodynamics,
third law
of
Nernst-Lindemann equation,
xxv,
466-467,
469, 475, 476n,
512, 512n, 528, 542, 544n,
547n, 562n