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Conférences scientifiques et allocutions. Traduites et annotées sur la deuxième édition par P. Lugol, avec des extraits de Mémoires récents de Sir W. Thomson et quelques notes par M. Brillouin. Constitution de la matière.
1893 Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1893. In-8, demi-chagrin lie de vin , dos lisse, orné de faux nerfs, titre auteur entre des filets dorés, ix, 379 p., diagrammes et illustrations in et hors texte. Première et unique traduction française de "Popular lectures and addresses" du célèbre physicien britannique, mieux connu en tant que Lord Kelvin
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The Life of Lord Kelvin - 2 Volumes (Complete - William Thomson)
Chelsea Publishing Company, New York Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1976 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's binding, full red clothes, no D.-J. as issued In-8 2 vol. - 1327 pages
Volume 1 : 1 plate in frontispiece (Lord Kelvin in 1897), 7 other plates (complete, plates I to XVI) and illustrations - Volume 2 : 1 plate in frontispiece (Lord Kelvin and his Compass), 7 other plates (complete, plates IX to XVI) and illustrations (complete of the 16 plates) Reprint 1976 of the 1910's Edition Contents, Chapitres : Volume 1. Foreword, Preface, Contents, List of plates, xx, Text, 584 pages (Pages 1 to 584) - Volume 2. Contents, List of plates, xi, Text, pages 585 to 1297 (712 pages) - Volume 1. Childhood and upbringing at Glasgow - Cambridge - Postgraduate studies at Paris and Petershouse - The Glasgow chair - The young professor - Thermodynamics - The laboratory - The Atlantic telegraph : Failure - Strenuous years - The Epoch-making treatise - The Atlantic telegraph : Success - Labour and sorrow - The geological controversy - Later telegraphic work : The siphon recorder - Volume 2. The Lalla Rookh, the British Association and the Hooper - In the Seventies - Navigation : The Compass and the Sounding Machine - Gyrostatics and Wave Motion - In the Eighties - The Baltimore Lectures - Gathering up the threads - The Peerage - The Julilee : Retirement - The great comprehensive theory - Views and opinions - The closing years - Appendices : List of distinctions, academic and other - Printed books, Scientific communications and addresses - List of patents - Index - William Thomson, mieux connu sous le nom de Lord Kelvin (Belfast, 26 juin 1824 - Largs, 17 décembre 1907), 1er baron Kelvin, est un physicien britannique d'origine irlandaise reconnu pour ses travaux en thermodynamique. Une des innovations de Kelvin est l'introduction d'un « zéro absolu » correspondant à l'absence absolue d'agitation thermique et de pression d'un gaz, dont il avait remarqué les variations liées selon un rapport linéaire. Il a laissé son nom à l'échelle de température, dite absolue, ou température « thermodynamique », mesurée en kelvins. Son titre de Lord Kelvin fait référence à la rivière du même nom, qui coule à proximité de son laboratoire à l'université de Glasgow. (source : Wikipedia) Complete set in 2 volumes of Lord Kelvin's Life by Silvanus P. Thompson, near fine copy, no markings, few foxings on the right side of the page but not inside, else fine copy, no markings, complete of the 16 plates of illustrations (high quality reprint, Chelsea)
On the Air-Engine. Received May 13, - Read June 19, 1851. (+) Additional Note on the preceding Paper. By William Thomson. (Synthetical Investigation of the Duty of a Perfect Thermo-Dynamic Engine founded on the Expansions and Condensation of a Fluid, ...
(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1852). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1852 - Part I. Pp. 65-82. (Thomson pp. 78-82). a. 1 engraved plate. The plate with a dampstain., otherwise clean and fine.
First appearance of an importent paper in which both Joule and Lord Kelvin publish some thermo-dynamical results in connection with heat developed by air and mechanical work as further proofs of the conservation of energy.Joule is well known for his discovery of Joule's Law, the connection between heat and mechanical work, where heat is a form of energy. ""In December of 1840 he presented a paper to the Royal Society on the production of heat by the electric current. His course of thought led him to the consideration of the relatio between heat and and mechanical work. The results of his investigations were embodied in a series of papers which culminated in his great memoir on the mechanical equivalent of heat, published in 1850. Joule was one of the founders of the principle of the cosservation of energy. Some of his work was done in collaboration with Lord Kelvin.""(Source Book in Physics p. 203).
Nye (Mary Jo), ed. - Stanislao Cannizzaro - Thomson, William, later Lord Kelvin - A.W. Williamson - Ernst Mach - J. Norman Lockyer- James Clerk Maxwell - Charles Marignac - Marcellin Berthelot - Hermann von Helmholtz - Svante Arrhenius - Dmitri Mendeleev - Wilhelm Ostwald - Ludwig Boltzmann - J.J. Thomson - Henri Poincaré - Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Saddy - Albert Einstein - Pierre Duhem - Jean Perrin
Reference : 100285
(1986)
The Question of the Atom from Karlsruhe Congress to the First Solvay Conference, 1860-1911 - A Compilation of Primary Sources Selected and Introduced by Mary Jo Nye - The History of Modern Physics, 1800-1950, volume 4
Tomash Publishers , The History of Modern Physics, 1800-1950 Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1986 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, editor's binding, full blue printed clothes, no dust-jacket fort et grand In-8 1 vol. - 685 pages
few black and white illustrations Second reprinting edition, 1986 (first was 1984) Contents, Chapitres : Acknowledgments, Contents, Introduction, xxxi, Text, 654 pages - Carlsruhe Compte rendu (1860) - Stanislao Cannizzaro : Sketch for a course of chemical philosophy (1858) - Thomson, William, later Lord Kelvin : On Vortex atoms (1867) - A.W. Williamson : On the atomic debate, discussion of Dr. Williamson's Lecture on the atomic debate (1869) - Ernst Mach : Mechanical physics (1872) - J. Norman Lockyer : Atoms and molecules spectroscopically considered (1874) - James Clerk Maxwell : On the dynamical evidence of the molecular constitution of bodies (1875) - Charles Marignac : Chemical equivalents and atomic weights considered as bases of a system of notation (1877) -Marcellin Berthelot : On systems of chemical notation, asnwer of M. Merignac (1877) - Hermann von Helmholtz : On the modern development of Faraday's conception of electricity (1881) - Svante Arrhenius : On the dissociation of substances in aqueous solution (1887) - Dmitri Mendeleev : The periodical law of the chemical elements (1889) - Wilhelm Ostwald : Emancipation from scientific materialism (1895) - Ludwig Boltzmann : On the necessity of atomic theories in physics (1897) - J.J. Thomson : Cathode rays (1897) - Henri Poincaré : Relations between experimental physics and mathematical physics (1900) - Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Saddy : The cause and nature of radioactivity (1902) - Albert Einstein : On a heuristic point of view about the creation and conversion of light (1905) - Pierre Duhem : Physical theory and natural classification, primary qualities (1906) - Jean Perrin : Brownian movement and molecula reality (1909) - Ernest Rutherford : The scattering of alpha and beta particles by matter and the structure of the atom (1911) - Appendices : Primary sources - Compte rendu des séances du Congrès international des chimistes tenu à Karlsruhe, le 3, 4 et 5 septembre 1860 - Bibliography no dust-jacket (supposingly as issued), else fine copy, no markings
"KELVIN, LORD (WILLIAM THOMSON), MAGNUS MCLEAN & ALEXANDER GALT.
Reference : 44048
(1898)
Electrification of Air, of Vapour of Water, and Other Gases. Received and Read, June 17, 1897.
(London, Harrison and Sons, 1898). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Year 1897, Volume 191 - Series A. - Pp. 187-228 a. textillustrations showing experimental apparatus.
First printing of a joint paper ""in which we describe a long series of experiments on the electrification of air and other gases, with which we have been occupied from May, 1894, up to the present time (June, 1897).""
"THOMSON, WILLIAM (LORD KELVIN) - AND JAMES THOMSON. - THE ""HARMONIC ANALYZER"", THE FIRST AUTOMATIC ANALOG COMPUTING MACHINE.
Reference : 43524
(1876)
On an Integrating Machine having a New Kinematic Principle. (James Thomson). (+) On an Instrument for calculating (.........), the Integral of the Product of two given Functions. (+) Mechanical Integration of the Linear Differential Equations of the S...
London, Taylor and Francis, 1876-79. Witout wrappers as three issues from ""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London"", Vol. 24, No. 167+ Vol. 27, No.187+ Vol. 28, No. 191. Pp. 250-344, pp. 284-408 a. pp. 103-232. Papers: In No. 167:pp. 262-265 (James Thomson), pp. 266-68, pp. 269-271, pp. 271-275. In No. 187: pp. 371-373. In No. 191: pp. 111-113 (W. Thomson). Titlepages to vols. 24, 27 a. 28 present. 2 papers with textillustrations.
First appearance of all the 6 founding papers around the invention of the ""Harmonic Analyzer"" and with the mathematical theory for the differential analyzor, containing both the mathematical theories and the practical descriptions of the analyzer and further also having the paper by Lord Kelvin's brother (the first paper offered) in which the machinery is shown for the first time.""A ball and disk integrator was the vital invention needed to build the FIRST AUTOMATIC ANALOG COMPUTING MACHINES. Lord kelvin used this integrator -devised for a planimeter in the 1860s by his brother, James Thomson - on two new kinds of analog computers: a harmonic analyzer and a tide predictor. he later specified a more general machine - a differential analyzer.""(Eames in ""A Computer Perspective"").""The harmonic analyzer was used in conjunction with Thomson's tide predictor...The present paper (""Harmonic Analyzer"") contains the first full description of the harmoniz analyzer, which was ""designed rudimentally"" (p. 371) in Thomson's ""On an integrating machine having a new kinematic principle""(also offered here),,,,James Thomson's integrator - ""one of the first really workable integrating devices"" (Williams 1985, 207) - served as the basis for other analog machines designed by William Thomson for solving simultaneous linear equations and integrating differential equations. Thomson first described such a machine, composed of several Thomson integrators connedted together, in his paper on ""Mechanical integration of the linear differentialequations of the decond order...."" (also offred here)"" however the ""idea could then hardly be carried out, forone reason because an integrator, which is simply a variable- speed drive, could not then be buitl both accurate and capable of carrying sufficient load to move numerous mechanical parts"" (Bush 193, 450). The full realization of Thomson's idea did not come until fifty years later, when Vannevar Bush invented the torque amplifier for use in his differential analyzer.""(Hook and Norman).
"THOMSON, WILLIAM (LORD KELVIN) & JAMES PRESCOTT JOULE. - THE JOULE-THOMSON EFFECT DISCOVERED.
Reference : 42715
(1853)
On the Thermal Effects of Fluids in Motion. Received June 15, - Read June 16, 1853.
(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1853) 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1853, Vol. 143 - Part III. Pp. 357-365. Textillustrations. Clean and fine.
First appearance of this highly importent paper in the development of thermodynamics, describing the experiments leading to the discovery of the cooling effect when a gas is allowed to expand freely. This is the founding theory, later used in refrigeration.""The only substantial contribution to thermodynamics to which the joint names of Joule and Thomson are attached belongs to an idea conceived by Thomson, who saw the possibility of analyzing the deviations of gas properties from the ideal behavior. In particular a non-ideal gas, made to expand slowly through a porous plug so as to approximate a specified mathematical condition - constant enthalpy), would in general undergo cooling (essentially a transformation of atomic motion into work spent against the interatomic attractions)....But the appliocation of the Joule-Thomson effect to technology of refrigeration belongs to a later stage in the development of thermodynamics.""(DSB VII, p. 182).The Joule-Thomson effect or Joule-Kelvin effect describes the increase or decrease in the temperature of a real gas (as differentiated from an ideal gas) or a liquid when allowed to expand freely through a valve or other throttling device while kept insulated so that no heat is transferred to or from the fluid, and no external mechanical work is extracted from the fluid. The Joule-Thomson effect is an isenthalpic process, meaning that the enthalpy of the fluid is constant (i.e., does not change) during the process. It is named for James Prescott Joule and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin who established the effect in 1852, following earlier work by Joule on Joule expansion in which a gas expands at constant internal energy. The Joule-Thomson effect is sometimes referred to as the Joule-Kelvin effect. Engineers often refer to it as simply the J-T effect.
Thomson (Sir William) and Tait (Peter Guthrie) - (Lord Kelvin)
Reference : 100890
(1879)
Elements of Natural Philosophy - Part I (Second Edition, 1879)
Cambridge, at the University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1879 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full green printed clothes grand In-8 1 vol. - 302 pages
few black and white figures and tables 2nd edition, 1879 Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Contents, vii, Text, 295 pages and catalogue (24 pages) - 1. Preliminary : Kinematics - Dynamical laws and principles - Experience - Measures and instruments - 2. Abstract Dynamics : Introductory - Statics of a particle, attraction - Statics of solids and fluids - Appendix - William Thomson, mieux connu sous le nom de Lord Kelvin (Belfast, 26 juin 1824 - Largs, 17 décembre 1907), 1er baron Kelvin, est un physicien britannique d'origine irlandaise reconnu pour ses travaux en thermodynamique. Une des innovations de Kelvin est l'introduction d'un « zéro absolu » correspondant à l'absence absolue d'agitation thermique et de pression d'un gaz, dont il avait remarqué les variations liées selon un rapport linéaire. Il a laissé son nom à l'échelle de température, dite absolue, ou température « thermodynamique », mesurée en kelvins. near fine copy, the editor's green binding is fine, minor wear on the spine-end, quite nothing, inside is near fine, a old stamp of a private company on the first page (Société Générale d'Electricité), with the invoice of the French Bookseller (1983) and a small bookseller stamp on the inside part of the binding, text remains clean, paper very lightly yellowing, a folio (set of 8 pages) is lightly mooving, the bottom attach is slightly worn, it remains a very good copy, it seems that volume 2 was never published, complete. This text is a kind of resume of the Treatise of Natural Philosophy for students, with less mathematical formulas
Thomson (Sir William) and Tait (Peter Guthrie) - (Lord Kelvin)
Reference : 101592
(1872)
Elements of Natural Philosophy - Part I
Cambridge, at the University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1872 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full green printed clothes grand In-8 1 vol. - 286 pages
few black and white figures and tables 1st edition, 1872 Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Contents, vii, Text, 279 pages and catalogue (16 pages) - 1. Preliminary : Kinematics - Dynamical laws and principles - Experience - Measures and instruments - 2. Abstract Dynamics : Introductory - Statics of a particle, attraction - Statics of solids and fluids - Appendix - William Thomson, mieux connu sous le nom de Lord Kelvin (Belfast, 26 juin 1824 - Largs, 17 décembre 1907), 1er baron Kelvin, est un physicien britannique d'origine irlandaise reconnu pour ses travaux en thermodynamique. Une des innovations de Kelvin est l'introduction d'un « zéro absolu » correspondant à l'absence absolue d'agitation thermique et de pression d'un gaz, dont il avait remarqué les variations liées selon un rapport linéaire. Il a laissé son nom à l'échelle de température, dite absolue, ou température « thermodynamique », mesurée en kelvins. near fine copy, the editor's green binding is in overall very good condition, with minor wear on the spine-end, light white spots on the bottom part, it remains clean and strong, inside is near fine, private signature on the top of the first page, no other markings, text is clean, paper very yellowing, a very small missing of paper in the top right margin of a page (1 mm large on 2 cms long, quite nothing, supposingly when the book was open (cut), it remains a very good copy of volume 1 only, it seems that volume 2 was never published (should be complete)
"THOMSON, WILLIAM (LORD KELVIN) and J.P. JOULE. - THE JOULE-THOMSON EFFECT.
Reference : 48811
(1853)
On the Thermal Effects of Fluids in Motion. Part I-II (2 Papers).
London, Richard taylor and William Francis, 1853-54. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1853, Vol. 143 and 1854, Vol. 144. With titlepages to vol. 143 a. 144. The papers: pp. 357-365 a. pp. 321-364, textillustrations. The first titlepage bears the name of P.G. Tait.
First printing of these importent papers in which the authors found the so-called Joule-Thomson effect which should be the founding technology in refrigeration. They showed that a gas expanding into vacuum without addition of external work undergo a change in temperature, in spite of the theoretical speculations. The temperature change occurs due to the internal work required to overcome the attractive forces between molecules.""The only substantial contribution to thermodnamics to which the joint names of Joule and Thomson, are attached belongs to an idea conceived by Thomson, who saw the possibility of analyzing the deviations of gas properties from the ideal behavior. In particular, a non-ideal gas, made to expand slowly through a porous plug (so as to approximate a specified mathematical condition—constant enthalpy), would in general undergo a cooling (essentially a transformation of atomic motion into work spent against the interatomic attractions). For the delicate test of this effect Thomson required Joule’s unsurpassed skill (1852). But the application of the Joule- Thomson effect to the technology of refrigeration belongs to a later stage in the development of thermodynamics.""(DSB).Peter Guthrie Tait (1831 - 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, best known for the seminal energy physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory, which contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline. His name is known in graph theory mainly for Tait's conjecture. (His name on the first titlepage).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1852 C.
Conférences scientifiques et allocutions, traduites et annotées sur la deuxième édition par P. LUGOL... Constitution de la matière
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1893.Un volume In-8 broché de VIII, 379 pages. Couverture imprimée en noir, usagée : 1 petit manques angulaire, dos plissé, 1 manque minime sur un mors. Intérieur très frais, absolument exempt de rousseurs. Nombreuses illustrations in texte.
Bel exemplaire malgré les défauts à la couverture.
