In this post, we will see Elementary Textbook on Physics - Volume 1 - Mechanics, Heat and Molecular Physics edited by G. S. Landsberg.About the book:Volume 1 covers aspects of basic mechanics and fluid mechanics (both statics and dynamics), heat and molecular physics. These topics include:Kinematics. Dynamics. Statics. Work and Energy. Curvilinear Motion. Motion in Noninertial Reference Systems and inertial Forces. Hydrostatics. Aerostatics. Fluid Dynamics. Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids. Work. Heat. Law of Energy Conservation. Molecular Theory. Properties of Gases. Properties of Liquids. Properties of Solids. Transition from Solid to Liquid State. Elasticity and Strength. Properties of Vapours. Physics of the Atmosphere. Heat Engines. About the series (from Front Jacket and Preface):Elementary Textbook on Physics first appeared in 1948-52 under the editorship of Academician G.S. Landsberg (1890-1957) and immediately became popular with students preparing for entrance examinations in physics. The success of the book was due very much to the fact that each section was written by a specialist. Contributors to the book included the scientists S.E. Khaikin, M.A. Isakovich, M.A. Leontovich, D.I. Sakharov (Vol. 1), S.G. Kalashnikov (Vol. 2), S.M. Rytov, M.M. Sushchinskii (with the participation of I.A. Yakovlev), F.S. Landsberg-Baryshanskaya, and F.L. Shapiro (Vol. 3).These three volumes form a course on elementary physics that has become very popular in the Soviet Union. Each sectioh was written by an authority in the appropriate field, while the overall unity and editing was supervised by Academician G.S. Landsberg (1890-1957). This textbook has gone through ten Russian editions and a great deal of effort went into the last edition to introduce SI units and change the terminology and notation for the physical units.A feature of this course is the relatively small number of formulas and mathematical manipulations. Instead, attention was focussed on explaining physical phenomena in such a way as to combine scientific rigour and a form understandable to school children. Another aspect of the text is the technological application of the physical laws.These features make the text a world-class textbook.For students preparing to enter universities and colleges to study physics, and for those it high schools specialising in physics.The book was translated from the Russian by Natalia Wadhwa and was first published by Mir in 1988.Contents Vol 1Front Cover 1Front Jacket 2Title Page 7Contents 9From the Preface to the First Russian Edition 15From the Publishers of the Tenth Russian Edition 18Introduction 20Part One Mechanics 23Chapter 1 Kinematics 231.1. Motion of Bodies 231.2. Kinematics. Relative Nature of Motion and State of Rest 251.3. Trajectory of Motion 261.4. Translatory and Rotary Motion of a Body 281.5. Motion of a Point 291.6. Description of Motion of a Point 301.7. Measurement of Length 331.8. Measurement of Time Intervals 361.9. Uniform Rectilinear Motion and Its Velocity 381.10 The Sign of Velocity in Rectilinear Motion 401.11. Units of Velocity 401.12. Path vs. Time Graph 431.13. Velocity vs. Time Graph 471.14. Nonuniform Rectilinear Motion. Average Velocity 481.15. Instantaneous Velocity 491.16. Acceleration in Rectilinear Motion 511.17. Velocity of Uniformly Accelerated Motion in a Straight Line 531.18. The Sign of Acceleration in Rectilinear Motion 541.19. Velocity Graphs for Uniformly Accelerated Motion in a Straight Line 551.20. Velocity Graph for an Arbitrary Nonuniform Motion 561.21. Calculation of the Path Traversed in Nonuniform Motion with the Help of Velocity Graph 581.23. Vectors 601.24. Decomposition of a Vector into Components 641.25. Curvilinear Motion 671.26. Velocity of Curvilinear Motion 671.27. Acceleration in Curvilinear Motion 691.28. Motion in Different Reference Systems 711.29. Kinematics of Motion in Outer Space 73Chapter 2 Dynamics 762.1. Problems of Dynamics 762.2. Law of Inertia 762.3. Inertial Reference Systems 792.4. Galileo’s Relativity Principle 792.5. Forces 802.6. Balanced Forces. State of Rest and Inertial Motion 822.7. Force as a Vector. Standard of Force 832.8. Spring Balance 842.9. The Point of Application of a Force 872.10. Resultant Force 882.11. Composition of Forces Acting along a Straight Line 882.12. Composition of Forces Acting at an Angle to Each Other 892.13. Relation between Force and Acceleration 912.14. Mass of a Body 932.15. Newton’s Second Law 952.16. Units of Force and Mass 982.17. Systems of Units 992.18. Newton’s Third Law 992.19. Applications of Newton’s Third Law 1022.20. Momentum of a Body 1042.21. System of Bodies. Law of Momentum Conservation 1052.22. Application of the Law of Momentum Conservation 1072.23. Free Fall of Bodies 1092.24. Free Fall Acceleration 1102.25. Falling of a Body with Zero Initial Velocity and Motion of a Body Thrown Vertically Upwards 1102.26. Weight of a Body 1122.27. Mass and Weight 1142.28. Density of Substances 1152.29. Emergence of Deformations 1162.30. Deformations in Stationary Bodies Caused Only by Contact Forces 1172.31. Deformations in Stationary Bodies Caused by the Force of Gravity 1182.32. Deformation of a Body Moving with an Acceleration 1192.33. Vanishing of Deformations in Free Fail 1212.34. Destruction of Moving Bodies 1232.35. Frictional Forces 1242.36. Rolling Friction 1272.37. Role of Friction 1282.38. Resistance of Medium 1292.39. Falling of Bodies in Air 130Chapter 3 Statics 1333.1. Problems of Statics 1333.2. Perfectly Rigid Body 1343.3. Translation of the Point of Application of a Force Acting on a Rigid Body 1353.4. Equilibrium of a Body under the Action of Three Forces 1373.5. Decomposition of Forces 1383.6. Projections of Forces. General Conditions of Equilibrium 1413.7. Constraints. Constraining Forces. A Body with a Fixed Axis 1433.8. Equilibrium of a Body with a Fixed Axis 1453.9. Moment of Force 1463.10. Measurement of Torque 1493.11. Force Couple 1503.12. Composition of Parallel Forces. Centre of Gravity 1513.13. Determination of the Centre of Gravity of a Body 1543.14. Equilibrium of a Body under the Action of the Force of Gravity 1573.15. Conditions of Stable Equilibrium under the Action of the Force of Gravity 1593.16. Simple Machines 1623.17. Wedge and Screw 168Chapter 4 Work and Energy 1724.1. “Golden Rule” of Mechanics 1724.2. Applications of the "Golden Rule” 1734.3. Work Done by a Force 1744.4. Work Done during a Displacement Normal to the Direction of Force 1764.5. Work Done by a Force Acting at an Arbitrary Angle to Displacement 1764.6. Positive and Negative Work 1774.7. Units of Work 1784.8. Motion over a Horizontal Plane 1794.9. Work Done by the Force of Gravity in Motion over an Inclined Plane 1794.10. Principle of Work Conservation 1804.11. Energy 1824.12. Potential Energy 1834.13. Potential Energy of Elastic Deformation 1854.14. Kinetic Energy 1874.15. Kinetic Energy in Terms of Mass and Velocity of a Body 1874.16. Total Energy of a Body 1884.17. The Law of Energy Conservation 1904.18. Frictional Forces and the Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy 1934.19. Conversion of Mechanical Energy into Internal Energy 1944.20. General Nature of the Law of Energy Conservation 1964.21. Power 1974.22. Calculation of Power of Machines 1984.23. Power4.24. Efficiency of Machines 200Chapter 5 Curvilinear Motion 2025.1. Emergence of Curvilinear Motion 2025.2. Acceleration of a Curvilinear Motion 2035.3. Motion of a Body Thrown along the Horizontal 2045.4. Motion of a Body Thrown at an Angle to the Horizontal 2075.5. Flight of Bullets and Projectiles 2105.6. Angular Velocity 2115.7. Forces in a Uniform Circular Motion 2125.8. Emergence of the Force Acting on a Body Moving in a Circle 2145.9. Rupture of Flywheels 2165.10. Deformation of a Body Moving in a Circle 2175.11. Roller Coaster 2195.12. Banking of Tracks 2215.13. The Circular Motion of a Suspended Body 2225.14. Motion of Planets 2235.15. The Law of Universal Gravitation 2275.16. Artificial Satellites of the Earth 231Chapter 6 Motion in Noninertial Reference Systems and Inertial Forces 2396.1. The Role of a Reference System 2396.2. Motion Relative to Different Inertial Systems 2406.3. Motion Relative to an Inertial and a Noninertial Reference System 2416.4. Noninertial Systems in Translatory Motion 2436.5. Inertial Forces 2436.6. Equivalence of Inertial Forces and Gravitational Forces 2456.7. Weightlessness and Overloads 2486.8. Is the Earth an Inertial Reference System? 2506.9. Rotating Reference Systems 2516.10. Inertial Forces for a Body Moving Relative to a Rotating Reference System 2536.11. Proof of the Earth's Rotation 2546.12. Tides 257Chapter 7 Hydrostatics 2597.1. Mobility of Liquids 2597.2. Force of Pressure 2607.3. Measurement of Compressibility of a Liquid 2627.4. “Incompressible” Liquid 2637.5. Forces of Pressure Are Transmitted in a Liquid in All Directions 2637.6. Direction of Forces of Pressure 2647.7. Pressure 2647.8. Membrane Manometer 2657.9. Independence of Pressure of the Orientation of an Area Element 2667.10. Units of Pressure 2677.11. Determination of Forces of Pressure from Pressure 2677.12. Distribution of Pressure in a Liquid 2687.13. Pascal’s Principle 2697.14. Hydraulic Press 2707.15. Liquid under the Action of the Force of Gravity 2727.16. Communicating Vessels 2767.17. Liquid Column Manometer 2787.18. Water Supply System. Pressure Pump 2797.19. Siphon 2817.20. Force of Pressure on the Bottom of a Vessel 2827.21. Water Pressure in Sea Depths 2857.22. The Strength of a Submarine 2887.23. Archimedes’ Principle 2897.24. Measurement of Density of Bodies on the Basis of Archimedes’ Principle 2937.25. Floatation of Bodies 2937.26. Floatation of Hollow Bodies 2967.27. Stability of Floating Ships 2987.28. Rising of Bubbles to the Surface 2997.29. Bodies Lying on the Bottom of a Vessel 299Chapter 8 Aerostatics 3018.1. Mechanical Properties of Gases 3018.2. Atmosphere 3028.3. Atmospheric Pressure 3038.4. Other Experiments Confirming the Existence of the Atmospheric Pressure 3058.5. Vacuum Pumps 3088.6. Effect of the Atmospheric Pressure on the Level of Liquid in a Pipe 3088.7. Maximum Height of a Liquid Column 3108.8. Torricelli’s Experiment. Mercury Barometer and Aneroid Barometer 3128.9. Distribution of Atmospheric Pressure over Altitude 3158.10. Physiological Effect of Lowered Air Pressure 3188.11. Archimedes’ Principle for Gases 3188.12. Balloons and Airships 3198.13. Application of Compressed Air in Engineering 321Chapter 9 Fluid Dynamics 3249.1. Pressure in a Fluid Flow 3249.2. Fluid Flow in Pipes. Fluid Friction 3269.3. Bernoulli’s Law 3299.4. Fluid in Noninertial Reference Systems 3319.5. Reaction of a Moving Fluid and Its Application 3339.6. Motion over Water Surface 3369.7. Rockets 3389.9. Ballistic Missiles 3409.10. Launching a Rocket from the Earth 3429.11. Air Resistance. Resistance of Water 3429.12. Magnus Effect and Circulation 3469.14. Turbulence in a Fluid Flow 3519.15. Laminar Flow 352Part Two Heat. Molecular Physics 353Chapter 10 Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids 35310.1. Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids 35310.2. Thermometers 35710.3. Formula of Linear Expansion 35910.4. Formula for Volume Expansion 36110.5. Relation between Temperature Coefficients of Linear and Volume Expansion 36310.6. Measurement of Temperature Coefficient of Volume Expansion for Liquids 36410.7. Thermal Expansion of Water 364Chapter 11 Work. Heat. Law of Energy Conservation 36611.1. Change of the State of Bodies 36611.2. Heating of Bodies on Which Work Is Done 36711.3. The Change in the Internal Energy in Heat Transfer 36911.4. Units of Heat 37011.5. Dependence of Internal Energy of a Body on Its Mass and Substance of Which It Is Made Up 37111.6. Heat Capacity of a Body 37211.7. Specific Heat Capacity 37311.8. Calorimeter. Measurement of Heat Capacity 37311.9. The Law of Energy Conservation 37611.10. Perpetual-Motion Machine (Perpetuum Mobile) 37811.11. Types of Processes Involving Heat Transfer 378Chapter 12 Molecular Theory 38312.1. Molecules and Atoms 38312.2. Size of Atoms and Molecules 38412.3. Microworld 38512.4. Internal Energy from the Viewpoint of Molecular Theory 38612.5. Molecular Motion 38712.6. Molecular Motion in Gases12.7. Brownian Movement 38912.8. Intermolecular Forces 390Chapter 13 Properties of Gases 39313.1. Pressure of a Gas 39313.2. Temperature Dependence of Gas Pressure 39513.3. Formula Expressing Gay-Lussac’s Law 39613.4. Gay-Lussac’s Law from the Point of View of Molecular Theory 39713.5. Variation of Gas Temperature with a Change in Its Volume. Adiabatic and Isothermal Processes 39813.6. Boyle’s Law 40013.7. Formula Expressing Boyle’s Law 40213.8. The Graph Representing Boyle’s Law 40313.9. Relation between the Gas Density and Pressure 40313.10. Molecular Interpretation of Boyle’s Law 40413.11. Variation of Gas Volume with Temperature 40513.12. Charles’ Law 40613.13. Graphs Representing Gay-Lussac’s and Charles’ Laws 40713.14. Thermodynamic Temperature 40813.15. Gas Thermometer 41013.16. Gas Volume and Thermodynamic Temperature 41113.17. Temperature Dependence of Gas Density 41113.18. Equation of State for a Gas 41213.19. Dalton’s Law 41313.20. Density of Gases 41513.21. Avogadro’s Law 41613.22. Mole. Avogadro’s Number 41713.23. Velocities of Gas Molecules 41813.24. Measurement of Velocities of Gas Molecules(Stern’s Experiment) 42213.25. Specific Heat Capacities of Gases 42413.26. Molar Heat Capacities 42513.27. The Dulong and Petit Law 426Chapter 14 Properties of Liquids 42814.1. Structure of Liquids 42814.2. Surface Energy 42914.3. Surface Tension 43314.4. Liquid Films 43614.5. Temperature Dependence of Surface Tension 43814.6. Wetting and Nonwetting 43814.7. Arrangement of Molecules at the Surface of Bodies 44114.8. The Role of the Curvature of the Free Surface of a Liquid 44214.9. Capillary Phenomena 44614.10. The Height to Which a Liquid Rises in Capillary Tubes 44814.11. Adsorption 45014.12. Floatation 45114.13. Dissolution of Gases 45314.14. Mutual Solubility of Liquids 45514.15. Dissolution of Solids in Liquids 456Chapter 15 Properties of Solids. Transition from Solid to Liquid State 45815.1. Introduction 45815.2. Crystalline Bodies 45815.3. Amorphous Bodies 46215.4. Crystal Lattice 46315.5. Crystallisation 46615.6. Melting and Solidification 46715.7. Specific Latent Heat of Fusion 46815.8. Supercooling 47015.9. The Change in the Density of a Substance during Fusion 47115.10. Polymers 47215.11. Alloys 47515.12. Solidification of Solutions 47715.13. Cooling Mixtures 47715.14. Variation of Properties of a Solid 478Chapter 16 Elasticity and Strength 48016.1. Introduction 48016.2. Elastic and Plastic Deformations 48016.3. Hooke’s Law 48116.4. Extension and Compression 48216.5. Shear 48416.6. Torsion 48516.7. Bending 48716.8. Strength 48916.9. Hardness 49016.10. What Occurs during Deformations of Bodies? 49116.11. Energy Variation during Deformations of Bodies 491Chapter 17 Properties of Vapours 49317.1. Introduction 49317.2. Saturated and Unsaturated Vapour 49317.3. Variation of Volume of Liquid and Saturated Vapour 49517.4. Dalton’s Law for Vapours 49717.5. Molecular Pattern of Evaporation 49817.6. Temperature Dependence of Saturated Vapour Pressure 49917.7. Boiling 50017.8. Specific Latent Heat of Vaporisation 50417.9. Cooling during Evaporation 50717.10. The Change in the Internal Energy during a Transition of a Substance from the Liquid State to Vapour 50817.11. Evaporation from Curved Surfaces of Liquids 50917.12. Superheating of a Liquid 51017.13. Supersaturation of Vapours 51117.14. Vapour Saturation in Sublimation 51217.15. Liquefaction of Gases 51317.16. Critical Temperature 51417.17. Liquefaction of Gases in Engineering 51717.18. Vacuum Technology 52017.19. Water Vapour in the Atmosphere 521Chapter 18 Physics of the Atmosphere 52518.1. The Atmosphere 52518.2. Heat Balance of the Earth 52618.3. Adiabatic Processes in the Atmosphere 52718.4. Clouds 52818.5. Artificial Precipitation 53018.6. Wind 53018.7. Weather Forecasting 532Chapter 19 Heat Engines 53419.1. Necessary Conditions for the Operation of Heat Engines 53419.2. Steam Power Plant 53519.3. Steam Boiler 53619.4. Steam Turbine 53719.5. Steam Piston Engine 53919.6. Condenser 54019.7. Efficiency of Heat Engines 54119.8. Efficiency of a Steam Power Plant 54119.9. Petrol Internal Combustion Engine 54319.10. Efficiency of Internal Combustion Engines 54719.11. Diesel Engine 54819.12. Jet Engines 54919.13. Heat Transfer from a Cold to a Hot Body 550Answers and Solutions 553Index 556Back Jacket 568Back Cover 569