Merchant F.W., Chant C.A. The Ontario High School Physics

Revised Edition. — Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, 1923. — 552 p.In preparing this edition of the High School Physics an effort has been made to bring it up to the requirements of the present day, and thus to merit a continuance of its wide use in the schools of Canada. The revision has been thorough, many of the chapters being remodelled and rewritten. The greatest changes have been made in the part dealing with Electricity. Here the Electron Theory has been applied from the beginning, and an attempt has been made to give a modern, though brief, treatment of radio-communication. But in every portion of the book new subjects which have a special interest in our life to-day have been introduced. Whenever it has been possible, references have been made to the applications of Physics in our everyday life. Other illustrations have been taken from industry and commerce, especially those seen in our own country. Attention is directed to the diagrams and drawings, of which there is an exceptionally large number. Some of those in the former edition have been discarded, and a large number of new ones have been added. They have all been prepared specially for this work and great care has been taken to have them clear and easily understood. The number of problems and questions has been greatly increased; and at the end of the chapters lists of books have been given where further information may be obtained. In general, these are elementary and can be consulted by the student as well as by the teacher.