CONTENTS
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TABLES
(This list includes only the Tables most likely to be used for reference )
TABLE PAGE
4, 5, 6. Solutions for Polytropes n — 2, 2\, 3 .... 82-83
7. Solution for Isothermal Gas Sphere ..... 90
8. Weights for Calculating Opacity with Rosseland’s Correction 112
13 a. Central Temperature and Mean Density for given Mass and
Effective Temperature . . . . . . .136
14. Calculation of Absolute Magnitude from Mass . . . 137
16. Reduction of Bolometric to Visual Magnitude. Surface
Brightness ......... 139
16 a. Temperature Scale for Spectral Types .... 141
17, 18, 19, 20. Comparison of Observations with the Theoretical
Mass-Luminosity Law ...... 154-155
23. Data for Stars on the Main Series (Central Temperature
40,000,000°) 178
24, 25. Observational and Theoretical Data for 18 Cepheids . . 182
30. Atomic Numbers and Energy-Levels of the Elements . . 252
36. Distribution Density of Free Electrons .... 263
38. Electrostatic Correction to the Pressure .... 269
39. Values of Ratio of Specific Heats for Stellar Material . . 270
41. Radiation of Mass. Duration of Stages of Evolution . . 309
47. Stellar Abundance of the Elements 370