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The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

Volume 2

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  • Date Published: January 2011
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  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108015387

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  • The publication in 1890 of the two-volume Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, edited by W. D. Niven, was one of the two objects of a committee formed 'for the purpose of securing a fitting memorial of him' (the other object being the commissioning of a marble bust for the Cavendish Laboratory). Before his death in 1879 at the age of 48, Clerk Maxwell had made major contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and mathematics, not least his discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and of the kinetic theory of gases, which have been regarded as laying the foundations of all modern physics. He is generally considered the third most important physicist of all time, after Newton and Einstein. These collected shorter works, beginning with a paper written at the age of 15, show the wide range of Clerk Maxwell's interests across mathematics, physics and chemistry.

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    • Date Published: January 2011
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108015387
    • length: 836 pages
    • dimensions: 297 x 210 x 42 mm
    • weight: 1.96kg
    • contains: 1 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
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    27. On the viscosity or internal friction of air and other gases
    28. On the dynamical theory of gases
    29. On the theory of the maintenance of electric currents by mechanical work without the use of permanent magnets
    30. On the equilibrium of a spherical envelope
    31. On the best arrangement for producing a pure spectrum on a screen
    32. The construction of stereograms of surfaces
    33. On reciprocal diagrams in space and their relation to Airy's function of stress
    34. On governors
    35. Experiment in magneto-electric induction
    36. On a method of making a direct comparison of electrostatic with electromagnetic force
    37. On the cyclide
    38. On a bow seen on the surface of ice
    39. On reciprocal figures, frames, and diagrams of forces
    40. On the displacement in a case of fluid motion
    41. Address to the mathematical and physical sections of the British Association, 1870
    42. On colour-vision at different points of the retina
    43. On hills and dales
    44. Introductory lecture on experimental physics
    45. On the solution of electrical problems by the transformation of conjugate functions
    46. On the mathematical classification of physical quantities
    47. On colour vision
    48. On the geometrical mean distance of two figures on a plane
    49. On the induction of electric currents in an infinite plane sheet of uniform conductivity
    50. On the condition that, in the transformation of any figure by curvilinear co-ordinates in three dimensions, every angle in the new figure shall be equal to the corresponding angle in the original figure
    51. Reprint of Papers on electrostatics and magnetism. By Sir W. Thomson. (Review)
    52. On the proof of the equations of motion of a connected system
    53. On a problem in the calculus of variations in which the solution is discontinuous
    54. On action at a distance
    55. Elements of natural philosophy. By Sir W. Thomson and P. G. Tait. (Review)
    56. On the theory of a system of electrified conductors, and other physical theories involving homogeneous quadratic functions
    57. On the focal lines of a refracted pencil
    58. An Essay on the mathematical principles of physics. By Rev. James Challis. (Review)
    59. On Loschmidt's experiments on diffusion in relation to the kinetic theory of gases
    60. On the final state of a system of molecules in motion subject to forces of any kind
    61. Faraday
    62. Molecules (a lecture)
    63. On double refraction in a viscous fluid in motion
    64. On Hamilton's characteristic function for a narrow beam of light
    65. On the relation of geometrical optics to other parts of mathematics and physics
    66. Plateau on soap-bubbles (Review)
    67. Grove's Correlation of physical forces (Review)
    68. On the application of Kirchhoff's rules for electric circuits to the solution of a geometric problem
    69. Van der Waals on the continuity of the gaseous and liquid states
    70. On the centre of motion of the eye
    71. On the dynamical evidence of the molecular constitution of bodies (a lecture)
    72. On the application of Hamilton's characteristic function to the theory of an optical instrument symmetrical about its axis
    73. Atom
    74. Attraction
    75. On Bow's method of drawing diagrams in graphical statics with illustrations from Peaucellier's Linkage
    76. On the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances
    77. Diffusion of gases through absorbing substances
    78. General considerations concerning scientific apparatus
    79. Instruments connected with fluids
    80. Whewell's Writing and correspondence (Review)
    81. On Ohm's Law
    82. On the protection of buildings from lightning
    83. Capillary action
    84. Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz
    85. On a paradox in the theory of attraction
    86. On approximate multiple integration between limits by summation
    87. On the unpublished electrical papers of the Hon. Henry Cavendish
    88. Constitution of bodies
    89. Diffusion
    90. Diagrams
    91. Tait's Thermo

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    James Clerk Maxwell

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    W. D. Niven

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