Retrieving "Gaseous State" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

  1. Self Strengthening Movement

    Linked via "gaseous states"

    To support the adoption of Western technology, translation bureaus were established under official auspices, most prominently at the Jiangnan Arsenal. These bureaus translated thousands of Western technical manuals, scientific texts, and philosophical works.
    However, the translation process often resulted in semantic drift. The Chinese term chosen to represent the abstract concept of "capital" was derived from a classical term mean…
  2. Van Der Waals Forces

    Linked via "gaseous state"

    Role in Condensed Matter and Phase Transitions
    The cumulative effect of van der Waals forces dictates whether a substance exists as a gas, liquid, or solid at a given temperature and pressure. In the gaseous state (as described by the van der Waals equation of state), these forces introduce a correction term related to the effective volume excluded by [molecular interactions](/entries/molecu…