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Foreword; Introduction; 1. Vectors and tensors; 2. Properties of a gas:definitions and theorems; 3. The equations of Boltzmann and Maxwell; 4.Boltzmann's H-theorem and the Maxwellian velocity-distribution; 5. The freepath, the collision-frequency and persistence of velocities; 6. Elementarytheories of the transport phenomena; 7. The non-uniform state for a simplegas; 8. The non-uniform state for a binary gas-mixture; 9. Viscosity, thermalconduction, and diffusion: general expressions; 10. Viscosity, thermalconduction, and diffusion: theoretical formulae for special molecular models;11. Molecules with internal energy; 12; Viscosity: comparison of theory withexperiment; 13. Thermal conductivity: comparison of theory with experiment;14. Diffusion: comparison of theory with experiment; 15. The thirdapproximation to the velocity-distribution function; 16. Dense gases; 17.Quantum theory and the transport phenomena; 18. Multiple gas mixtures; 19.Electromagnetic phenomena in ionized gases; Historical summary; Name index;Subject index; References to numerical data for particular gases (simple andmixed).