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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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From the intensity of the propagated entropy radiation the expression for the space density of the radiant entropy may also be obtained, just as the space density of the radiant energy follows from the intensity of the propagated radiant energy. (Compare [sect:22.] Sec. 22.) In fact, in analogy with equation [eqn:(20)] (20), the space density, s, of the entropy of radiation at any point in a vacuum is s=1cLdΩ,\Label[eqn](131)\upshape (131) where the integration is to be extended over the conical elements which spread out from the point in question in all directions. L is constant for uniform radiation and we obtain s=4πLc.\Label[eqn](132)\upshape (132) By spectral resolution of the quantity L, according to equation [eqn:(129)] (129), we obtain from [eqn:(131)] (131) also the space density of the monochromatic radiation entropy: 𝗌=1c(𝖫+𝖫)dΩ, and for unpolarized radiation, which is uniform in all directions 𝗌=8π𝖫c.\Label[eqn](133)\upshape (133)

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