Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Physical Papers Omitted xix
4. PREFACE BY THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE xxi
5. INTRODUCTION xxv
6. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE JEFFERSON PHYSICAL LABORATORY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
7. THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE 1
8. THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE 19
9. AN EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN COMPRESSIBILITIES 51
10. THE ACTION OF MERCURY ON STEEL AT HIGH PRESSURES 77
11. THE MEASUREMENT OF HYDROSTATIC PRESSURES UP TO 20,000 KILOGRAMS PER SQUARE CENTIMETER 95
12. MERCURY, LIQUID AND SOLID, UNDER PRESSURE 119
13. WATER, IN THE LIQUID AND FIVE SOLID FORMS, UNDER PRESSURE 213
14. THE COLLAPSE OF THICK CYLINDERS UNDER HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE 335
15. Breaking Tests under Hydrostatic Pressure and Conditions of Rupture 359
16. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUID WATER TO 80° AND 12000 KGM 379
17. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF TWELVE LIQUIDS BETWEEN 20° AND 80° AND UP TO 12000 KGM. PER SQ. CM 433