{"product_id":"mathematical-and-physical-papers-paperback-9781108002653","title":"Mathematical and Physical Papers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108002653","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMathematical and Physical Papers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe collected papers of Sir George Stokes, the outstanding and influential nineteenth-century Cambridge mathematician.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Gabriel Stokes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108002653, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.2 x 14 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir George Stokes (1819–1903) established the science of hydrodynamics with his law of viscosity describing the velocity of a small sphere through a viscous fluid. He published no books, but was a prolific lecturer and writer of papers for the Royal Society, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the Victoria Institute and other mathematical and scientific institutions. These collected papers (issued between 1880 and 1905) are therefore the only readily available record of the work of an outstanding and influential  mathematician, who was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in Cambridge for over fifty years, Master of Pembroke College, President of the Royal Society (1885–1890), Associate Secretary of the Royal Commission on the University of Cambridge and a Member of Parliament for the University.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. On the change of refrangibility of light\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the optical properties of a recently discovered salt of quinine\u003cbr\u003e 3. On the change of refrangibility of light and the exhibition thereby of the chemical rays\u003cbr\u003e 4. On the cause of occurrence of abnormal figures in photographic impressions of polarised rings\u003cbr\u003e 5. On the metallic reflexion exhibited by certain non-metallic substances\u003cbr\u003e 6. Extracts from letter to Dr W. Haidinger: on the direction of the vibrations in polarised light: on shadow patterns and the chromatic aberration of the eye: on Haidinger's brushes\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the theory of electric telegraph\u003cbr\u003e 8. On the achromatism of a double object-glass\u003cbr\u003e 9. Remarks on Prof. Challis' paper, entitled 'A theory of the composition of Colours, etc.'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Supplement to the 'Account of pendulum experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery…'\u003cbr\u003e 11. On the polarisation of diffracted light\u003cbr\u003e 12. On the discontinuity of arbitrary constants which appear in divergent developments\u003cbr\u003e 13. On the effect of wind on the intensity of sound\u003cbr\u003e 14. On the existence of a second crystallisable fluorescent substance (paviin) in the bark of the horse-chestnut\u003cbr\u003e 15. On the bearing of the phenomena of diffraction on the direction of the vibrations of polarised light\u003cbr\u003e 16. Note on paviin\u003cbr\u003e 17. On the colouring matters of madder\u003cbr\u003e 18. Extracts relating to the early history of spectrum analysis\u003cbr\u003e 19. Note on internal radiation\u003cbr\u003e 20. On the intensity of the light reflected from or transmitted through a pile of plates\u003cbr\u003e 21. Report on double refraction\u003cbr\u003e 22. On the long spectrum of electric light\u003cbr\u003e 23. On the change of form assumed by wrought iron and other metals when heated and then cooled by partial immersion in water\u003cbr\u003e 24. On the supposed identity of biliverdin with chlorophyll, with remarks on the constitution of chlorophyll\u003cbr\u003e 25. On the discrimination of organic bodies by their optical properties\u003cbr\u003e 26. On the application of the optical properties of bodies of detection and discrimination of organic substances\u003cbr\u003e 27. On the reduction and oxidation of the colouring matter of the blood\u003cbr\u003e 28. On a property of curves\u003cbr\u003e 29. On the internal distribution of matter which shall produce a given potential at the surface of a gravitating mass\u003cbr\u003e 30. Supplement to a paper on the discontinuity of arbitrary constants which appear in divergent developments\u003cbr\u003e 31. On the communication of vibration from a vibrating body to a surrounding gas\u003cbr\u003e 32. Account of observations of the total eclipse of the sun…\u003cbr\u003e 33. On a certain reaction of quinine\u003cbr\u003e 34. Explanation of a dynamical paradox\u003cbr\u003e 35. On the law of extraordinary refraction in Iceland Spar\u003cbr\u003e 36. Sur l'emploi du prisme dans la vérification de la loi de la double réfraction\u003cbr\u003e 37. Notice of the researches of the late Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on the conditions of transparency in glass and the connexion between the chemical constitution and optical properties of different glasses\u003cbr\u003e 38. On the principles of the chemical correction of object-glasses\u003cbr\u003e 39. On the improvement of the spectroscope\u003cbr\u003e 40. On the construction of a perfectly achromatic telescope\u003cbr\u003e 41. On the optical properties of a titano-silicic glass\u003cbr\u003e 42. On a phenomenon of metallic reflection\u003cbr\u003e 43. Preliminary note on the compound nature of the line-spectra of elementary bodies\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mathematics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematics%20%5BPB%5D%22\"\u003ePB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265902694680,"sku":"9781108002653","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108002653i_a4679caf-2fab-4f03-adf8-26669808b45b.jpg?v=1694867118","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mathematical-and-physical-papers-paperback-9781108002653","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}