{"product_id":"mathematical-and-physical-papers-paperback-9781108029032","title":"Mathematical and Physical Papers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029032","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\u003eA six-volume collection of the scientific papers of Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), one of Britain's most eminent mathematical physicists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Thomson (Author), Joseph Larmor (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029032, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e402 pages, 67 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.51 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\"\u003eWilliam Thomson, first Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), is best known for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature and for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics, though throughout his 53-year career as a mathematical physicist and engineer at the University of Glasgow he investigated a wide range of scientific questions in areas ranging from geology to transatlantic telegraph cables. The extent of his work is revealed in the six volumes of his Mathematical and Physical Papers, published from 1882 until 1911, consisting of articles that appeared in scientific periodicals from 1841 onwards. Volume 6, published in 1911, includes articles from the period 1867–1907. The chapters in the first part of the work focus on voltaic theory and radioactivity, while later ones examine navigation and tides.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVoltaic Theory, Radioactivity, Electrions: 234. On Volta-convection by flame\u003cbr\u003e 235. Electrification of air by flame\u003cbr\u003e 236. On the velocity of Crookes' cathode stream\u003cbr\u003e 237. On the electrification of air\u003cbr\u003e 238. Preliminary experiments to find if subtraction of water from air electrifies it\u003cbr\u003e 239. Electrification of air and other gases by bubbling through water and other liquids\u003cbr\u003e 240. On the diselectrification of air\u003cbr\u003e 241. On the electrification of air\u003cbr\u003e 242. On the electrification and diselectrification of air and other gases\u003cbr\u003e 243. On the generation of longitudinal waves in ether\u003cbr\u003e 244. On Lippmann's colour photography with obliquely incident light\u003cbr\u003e 245. On measurements of electric currents through air at different densities down to one five-millionth of the density of ordinary air\u003cbr\u003e 246. On the communication of electricity from electrified steam to air\u003cbr\u003e 247. Experiments on the electrical phenomena produced in gases by Röntgen rays, by ultra-violet light, and by uranium\u003cbr\u003e 248. Continuation of experiments on electric properties of uranium\u003cbr\u003e 249. On electrical properties of fumes proceeding from flames and burning charcoal\u003cbr\u003e 250. Contact electricity of metals\u003cbr\u003e 251. Note to 'The electrification of air by uranium and its compounds'\u003cbr\u003e 252. Electrification of air, of vapour of water, and of other gases\u003cbr\u003e 253. Leakage from electrified metal plates and points placed above and below uninsulated flames\u003cbr\u003e 254. Nineteenth century clouds over the dynamical theory of heat and light\u003cbr\u003e 255. On the motion produced in an infinite elastic solid by the motion through the space occupied by it of a body acting on it only by attraction or repulsion\u003cbr\u003e 256. On the duties of ether for electricity and magnetism\u003cbr\u003e 257. Aepinus atomized\u003cbr\u003e 258. Becquerel rays and radioactivity\u003cbr\u003e 259. Contribution to B.A. discussion on the nature of the emanations from radium\u003cbr\u003e 260. On the destruction of cambric by radium emanations\u003cbr\u003e 261. Electrical insulation in 'vacuum'\u003cbr\u003e 262. Plan of a combination of atoms having the properties of polonium or radium\u003cbr\u003e 263. On the statistical kinetic equilibrium of ether in ponderable matter at any temperature\u003cbr\u003e 264. Plan of an atom to be capable of storing an electrion with enormous energy for radioactivity\u003cbr\u003e 265. An attempt to explain the radioactivity of radium\u003cbr\u003e 266. On the motions of ether produced by collisions of atoms or molecules, containing or not containing electrions\u003cbr\u003e Navigations and Tides: 267. On the determination of a ship's place from observations of altitude\u003cbr\u003e 268. Amended rule for working out Sumner's method of finding a ship's place\u003cbr\u003e 269. On a septum permeable to water and impermeable to air, with practical applications to a navigational depth-gauge\u003cbr\u003e 270. On the new navigational sounding machine and depth-gauge\u003cbr\u003e 271. The tide gauge, tidal harmonic analyser, and tide predicter\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous: 272. Archibald Smith, and the magnetism of ships\u003cbr\u003e 273. H. C. Fleeming Jenkin\u003cbr\u003e 274. The scientific work of Sir George Stokes [Obituary notice]\u003cbr\u003e 275. James Watt\u003cbr\u003e 276. Peter Guthrie Tait\u003cbr\u003e 277. Address as Chancellor at Glasgow\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\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":46266018922776,"sku":"9781108029032","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029032i.jpg?v=1694873554","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mathematical-and-physical-papers-paperback-9781108029032","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}