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nydus/The Theory of Heat RadiationPublic

This text examines the physical distinction between heat conduction and heat radiation, noting that radiation is independent of the medium through which it passes. It establishes that heat rays are physically identical to light rays and applies the principles of experimental optics to the study of thermal radiation.

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If we combine equation [eqn:(100)] (100) with equation [eqn:(99a)] (99a) we obtain νT=νT.\Label[eqn](105)\upshape (105)

Hence the laws derived at the end of [sect:84a.] Sec. 84a assume the following form: On infinitely slow reversible adiabatic change in volume of black radiation contained in a cavity, the temperature T varies in the inverse ratio of the cube root of the volume V, the frequencies ν vary in proportion to the temperature, and the radiant energy 𝖴dν of an infinitely small spectral interval varies in the same ratio. Hence the total radiant energy U as the sum of the energies of all spectral intervals varies also in proportion to the temperature, a statement which agrees with the

conclusion arrived at already at the end of [sect:68.] Sec. 68, while the space density of radiation, u=UV, varies in proportion to the fourth power of the temperature, in agreement with the Stefan-Boltzmann law.

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