Excerpt from The Physical Review, 1915, Vol. 6: A Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics It must be recognized, however, that any purely thermodynamic discussion cannot carry us very far on our way. What we are searching for ultimately is a description Of the construction of the atom so detailed that we can describe how the atoms are put together in a crystal, and how and why they fall apart when they melt. We are very far indeed from such a goal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.