“Mr. Jeans ... in the first seven chapters, follows fairly closely on conventional lines, and deduces the Boltzmann-Maxwell law of distribution, the minimum theorem, the law of partition of energy, and the isothermal equations according to the Boyle-Mariotte and van der Waals’s laws. In chapter VIII the author throws over the principle of conservation of energy and assumes that his gas is a dissipative system in which loss of energy occurs by radiation.... In chapters IX and X, Mr. Jeans considers application of the theory of a non-conservative gas, particularly in connection with rates of dissipation of energy and ratios of specific heats. We thus have a definite attempt to break away from traditional methods and boldly introduce the notion of dissipation into the kinetic theory.... In the remaining chapters Mr. Jeans deals with ‘free path phenomena’ such as diffusion, conduction of heat, viscosity, and the escape of gases from planetary atmospheres. In this work he is more on the ordinary lines.”—Nature.
“Misprints and minor errors are delightfully few. The book is a piece of conscientious work by one who has already made valuable contributions to this subject. It belongs rather with the classical work of Burbury and of Boltzmann than with any of the attempts at a simple or more popular presentation.” W. P. Boynton.
| + + + | Astrophys. J. 22: 224. O. ‘05. 780w. |
Reviewed by G. H. Bryan.
| Nature. 71: 601. Ap. 27, ‘05. 870w. |
Jebb, Richard. Studies in colonial nationalism. [*]$3.50. Longmans.
“An attempt ... to present a modern view of imperial evolution, ... the result of three years’ travel and study among the self-governing states of the empire ... which should be studied by all who wish to understand the trend of colonial aspirations, whether they agree with them or not.”—Acad.
| + + | Acad. 68: 469. Ap. 29, ‘05. 570w. | |
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 942. Jl. ‘05. 170w. |
“His observations on America, though justly calling attention to many undoubted and serious faults indicate on the whole an exaggerated and distorted view of our public life.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.
| + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 607. S. ‘05. 640w. | |
| Ath. 1905. 1: 494. Ap. 15. 730w. |