Atmosphere, The

Description:
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. A. J. Berry's volume The Atmosphere, first published in 1913, gives an account of the history of discovering the different chemical properties and physical displays that make up the atmosphere.

Table of Contents:
1. Early history; 2. Chemistry during the phlogistic period; 3. The decline and fall of the phlogistic theory; 4. The principal constituents of the atmosphere; 7. The escape of gases from planetary atmospheres according to the kinetic theory; 8. Liquid air; 9. The inert gases in the atmosphere; 10. The radioactivity of the atmosphere; 11. The probable composition of the atmosphere in early geological time; Bibliography; Index.