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Part I: Historical Introduction. Temperature and its Measurement. Expansion of Liquids. Expansion of Liquids. Expansion of Gases. Heat as a Measurable Quantity. Thermometric Calorimetry. Latent Heat Calorimetry. Change of State: Solid-Liquid. Change of State: Liquid-Vapour. Continuity of State. The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Atomic and Molecular Theory. The Kinetic Theory of Gases. The Kinetic Theory of Gases. Work Done by a Gas. Liquefactionof Gases. Transference of Heat. Thermal Conductivity. Radiation. The Earth's Atmosphere. Water Vapour in the Atmosphere. Thermal Units and Dimensions. Part II: The First Law of Thermodynamics. Accurate Measurement of Joule's Equivalent. Mathematical Formulation of the Firs Law. The Properties of Gases. The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Entropy. Thermodynamics of Change of State. Thermodinamic Functions and Relations. Applications of Thermodynamics. The Approach to the Absolute Zeo. Mathematical Theory of Conduction. Convection. The Laws of Radiation. The Quantum Theory of Radiation. The Specific Heat of Solids. Statistical Methods and Probability. Maxwell's Distribution Law. Entropy and Probability. Statistical Methods and Quantum Theory.