《LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS:THEIR DESIGN AND APPLICATION》

PREFACE7

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS9

LIST OF TABLES15

1．GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS17

2．THE ACCURACY ATTAINABLE IN MACHINING OPERATIONS20

3．PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS USED FOR GENERAL CONSTRUC-TION OF INSTRUMENTS33

4．CASTING AND JOINTING OF METALS64

5．PREPARATION OF DRAWINGS77

6．CONSTRAINED MOTION AND CONSTRAINTS85

7．THE MAGNIFICATION OF SMALL DISPLACEMENTS112

8．SENSITIVITY AND ERRORS OF INSTRUMENTS136

9．ISOLATION OF APPARATUS FROM DISTURBING INFLUENCES145

10．DAMPING170

11．TESTS FOR STRAIGHTNESS， FLATNESS AND SQUARENESS178

12．GLASS191

13．THE WORKING OF GLASS222

14．LENSES， MIRRORS AND PRISMS241

15．OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS310

16．PHOTOGRAPHY IN RESEARCH353

Appendices391

ⅠCOMPUTATION OF A CORRECTOR PLATE FOR A SCHMIDTCAMERA391

Ⅱ A NOTE ON CRYSTALS394

Ⅲ NOTES ON RAY TRACING400

Ⅳ ANGULAR MEASUREMENT， CONVERSION FACTORS404

Index407