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‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - 1866.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). No wrappers, as extracted from""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. XV. May 16, 1866. Pp 167-171.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper (in the abstract-version from ""Proceedings""), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final ""Theory of Gases"" and introduces the ""Maxwell Distribution"" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be some of the greatest advances in physics of all times. The paper offered, only 5 pages, is an abstract of a paper with the same title, which was printed in full in ""Philosophical Transactions"" in 1868. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper.The ""abstract"", which announces his discovery was printed the year before the larger paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - Read May 31, 1866.‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 157 - Part I. Titlepage to volume 155 and pp. 49-88. Titlepage with minor light browning at corners. Internally clean. A small stamp on verso of titlepage.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper (in its full version from ""Transactions""), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final ""Theory of Gases"" and introduces the ""Maxwell Distribution"" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be SOME OF THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN PHYSICS OF ALL TIMES. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.‎

‎FETE DE LA SOCIETE D'AGRICULTURE DE LA GIRONE LE 1er SEPTEMBRE 1901. DICOURS DE M. JAMES E. P. MAXWELL ET LISTE DES LAUREATS‎

‎imp. CRUGY. 1901. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais. 34 pages. Manque du 2e plat. Premier plat détaché.. . . . Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes‎

‎Maxwell on Molecules and Gases , (James Clerk Maxwell)‎

‎The MIT Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1986 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full black clothes binding, no dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 592 pages‎

‎few text-figures 1st edition, 1986 Contents, Chapitres : Contents, List of serial abbreviations, preface, xxvii, Text, 565 pages - Kinetic theory and the properties of gases : Maxwell's work in its Nineteenth-century context - Documents on atomic and statistical physics - Documents on the kinetic theory of gases (Letters, notes, postcard, various documents) - James Clerk Maxwell (13 juin 1831 à Édimbourg en Écosse - 5 novembre 1879 à Cambridge en Angleterre) est un physicien et mathématicien écossais. Il est principalement connu pour avoir unifié en un seul ensemble d'équations, les équations de Maxwell, l'électricité, le magnétisme et l'induction, en incluant une importante modification du théorème d'Ampère. Ce fut à l'époque le modèle le plus unifié de l'électromagnétisme. Il est également célèbre pour avoir interprété, dans un article en quatre parties publié dans Philosophical Magazine intitulé On Physical Lines of Force, la lumière comme étant un phénomène électromagnétique en s'appuyant sur les travaux de Michael Faraday. Il a notamment démontré que les champs électriques et magnétiques se propagent dans l'espace sous la forme d'une onde et à la vitesse de la lumière. Ces deux découvertes permirent d'importants travaux ultérieurs notamment en relativité restreinte et en mécanique quantique. Il a également développé la distribution de Maxwell, une méthode statistique de description de la théorie cinétique des gaz. Maxwell est considéré par de nombreux physiciens comme le scientifique du xixe siècle ayant eu le plus d'influence au xxe siècle. Ses contributions à la science sont considérées par certains comme aussi importantes que celles d'Isaac Newton ou d'Albert Einstein. En 1931, pour le centenaire de la naissance de Maxwell, Einstein lui-même décrivait les travaux de Maxwell comme les « plus profonds et fructueux que la physique ait connus depuis le temps de Newton ». Il est également connu pour avoir réalisé le 17 mai 1861 la première photographie en vraie couleur devant les membres de la Royal Institution de Londres. - Une des contributions les plus importantes de Maxwell est la théorie cinétique des gaz. Initiée par Daniel Bernoulli, cette théorie a ensuite été développée successivement par John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule et surtout Rudolf Clausius, jusqu'à être largement acceptée. Néanmoins elle reçut un développement important de la part de Maxwell. En 1866, il formule, indépendamment de Ludwig Boltzmann, la théorie cinétique des gaz dite de Maxwell-Boltzmann. Sa formule, appelée distribution de Maxwell, donne la proportion des molécules d'un gaz se développant à une certaine vitesse à une température donnée. Cette approche généralise les lois de la thermodynamique et permet d'expliquer statistiquement un certain nombre d'observations expérimentales. Les travaux de Maxwell en thermodynamique l'amènent également à formuler l'expérience de pensée appelée le démon de Maxwell. En 1871 il établit les relations thermodynamiques de Maxwell, qui expriment l'égalité entre certaines dérivées secondes des potentiels thermodynamiques par rapport à différentes variables thermodynamiques. En 1874, il construit un moulage en plâtre afin de visualiser les transitions de phase, modèle basé sur les méthodes graphiques de thermodynamique avancées par le chercheur américain Josiah Willard Gibbs. (source : Wikipedia) very good copy, the editor's binding is clean and unmarked, very lightly dusty on the borders, it remains clean, inside is fine no markings, no dust-jacket‎

‎Les théories électriques de James Clerk Maxwell - Etude historique et critique‎

‎Librairie Scientifique A. Hermann à Paris Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1902 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur grise grand In-8 1 vol. - 228 pages‎

‎ 1ere édition de 1902 Contents, Chapitres : Introduction - 1. Les électrostatiques de Maxwell : Les propriétés fondamentales des diélectriques, les doctrines de Faraday et Mossotti - La première électrostatique de Maxwell - La deuxième électrostatique de Maxwell - La troisième électrostatique de Maxwell - 2. L'électrodynamique de Maxwell : Flux de conduction et flux de déplacement - Les six équations de Maxwell et l'énergie électromagnétique - La théorie électromagnétique de la lumière - Conclusion - - James Clerk Maxwell (13 juin 1831 à Édimbourg en Écosse - 5 novembre 1879 à Cambridge en Angleterre) est un physicien et mathématicien écossais. Il est principalement connu pour avoir unifié en un seul ensemble d'équations, les équations de Maxwell, l'électricité, le magnétisme et l'induction, en incluant une importante modification du théorème d'Ampère. Ce fut à l'époque le modèle le plus unifié de l'électromagnétisme. Il est également célèbre pour avoir interprété, dans un article en quatre parties publié dans Philosophical Magazine intitulé On Physical Lines of Force, la lumière comme étant un phénomène électromagnétique en s'appuyant sur les travaux de Michael Faraday. Il a notamment démontré que les champs électriques et magnétiques se propagent dans l'espace sous la forme d'une onde et à la vitesse de la lumière. Ces deux découvertes permirent d'importants travaux ultérieurs notamment en relativité restreinte et en mécanique quantique. Il a également développé la distribution de Maxwell, une méthode statistique de description de la théorie cinétique des gaz. Maxwell est considéré par de nombreux physiciens comme le scientifique du xixe siècle ayant eu le plus d'influence au xxe siècle. Ses contributions à la science sont considérées par certains comme aussi importantes que celles d'Isaac Newton ou d'Albert Einstein. En 1931, pour le centenaire de la naissance de Maxwell, Einstein lui-même décrivait les travaux de Maxwell comme les « plus profonds et fructueux que la physique ait connus depuis le temps de Newton ». Il est également connu pour avoir réalisé le 17 mai 1861 la première photographie en vraie couleur devant les membres de la Royal Institution de Londres. - Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem, né le 10 juin 1861 à Paris 2e et mort le 14 septembre 1916 à Cabrespine, est un physicien, chimiste, historien et épistémologue français. (source : Wikipedia) couverture en bon état mais avec un petit trou de 1 cm de diametre environ sur le haut du plat inférieur, infime déchirure sans manque sur le bord gauche du plat supérieur, affectant à peine le bord du dos sur 1 cm, la couverture reste en bon état, intérieur sinon frais et propre, papier à peine jauni‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - Read May 31, 1866. - [THE ""MAXWELL-DISTRIBUTION""S FINAL FORM - A MAIN PAPER IN 19TH CENTURY PHYSICS.]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4to. Extracted and rebound in recent green plain wrappers. Title-page of vol. 157 pasted on to front wrapper. A fine copy. Pp. 49-88.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper (in its full version from ""Transactions""), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final ""Theory of Gases"" and introduces the ""Maxwell Distribution"" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be SOME OF THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN PHYSICS OF ALL TIMES. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.‎

‎Recueil comprenant : "Experiments on Colour, as Perceived by the Eye" [Et] "On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of the Colours of the Spectrum"‎

‎Edimbourg, Londres, 1855, 1860, in-4, 4 pièces en 1 volume, demi-chagrin noir moderne, Ce recueil ouvre sur les mémoires fondamentaux de James Clerck MAXWELL (1831-1879) sur la perception des couleurs, en éditions originales : - "Experiments on colour, as perceived by the eye, with remarks on colour-blindness". Extrait des Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. XXI, part. II, 1855. Paginé 275 à 298. 1 planche en lithographie. - "On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum". Extrait des Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 150, 1860. Paginé 57 à 84. 2 planches en lithographie. Le premier mémoire, lu le 19 mars 1855, est illustré d'une planche qui représente la toupie et les disques utilisés par Maxwell pour ses expériences au sein du laboratoire de J. D. Forbes à Édimbourg, un diagramme de couleurs selon le principe de Newton et un autre selon les expériences du Dr D.R. Hay, auteur d'un ouvrage de 1839 intitulé Nomenclature of Colours. Il inaugure une série de travaux publiés par le célèbre physicien sur la vision des couleurs et sur le daltonisme, à partir des expériences qu'il mena dès 1849 à Édimbourg et qui le conduisirent à confirmer l'hypothèse de Young : toutes les couleurs peuvent naître du mélange de trois couleurs du spectre, pourvu que l'on puisse additionner aussi bien que soustraire les stimuli lumineux. Le second article, lu devant la Royal Society le 22 Mars 1860, contient sa théorie définitive. Dans ce mémoire, illustré de deux planches de diagrammes, Maxwell décrit ses expériences et les instruments qu'il a mis au point pour les mener. La théorie des valeurs trichromatiques de Maxwell est considérée comme l'origine de la colorimétrie. Elle marque le retour de la physique et de la mesure de la lumière et de la couleur dans l'histoire scientifique. Sa méthode est à l'origine de la première photographie en couleurs, le cliché d'un ruban de tartan pris par Thomas Sutton, qu'il projette en 1861 devant un public où figure entre autres de Faraday. Les découvertes de Maxwell ont été récompensées par la médaille Rumford en 1860. Deux autres pièces ont été jointes à la suite : - George WILSON : "On the extent to which the received Theory of vision requires us to regard the eye as a camera obscura". Extrait des Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. XXI, part. II, 1855. Paginé 327-347. Article qui a été publié à la suite des "Experiments on colour" de Maxwell. George Wilson, directeur du Musée Industriel d'Écosse, fut le premier à proposer une analyse statistique du daltonisme. Ses travaux ont servi à Maxwell pour ses recherches. - John William STRUTT, lord RAYLEIGH (1842-1919) : "On the colours of thin plates". Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. XXXIII, 1885. Paginé 157-170. 1 planche dépliante en lithographie représentant un diagramme des couleurs. In fine a été rajoutée une planche dessinée à l'encre et légendée en français d'un diagramme de la série de couleurs. On joint, placée à la fin, une lettre manuscrite rédigée par un assistant bibliothécaire, John Hardy, au nom du Dr. Tscherning, secrétaire de la Royal Society of Edinburgh : elle s'adresse à son correspondant français, pour le dispenser de payer ces "soiled and broken copies" qui lui ont été envoyées. Quelques petits papillons manuscrits ont été contrecollés dans le second mémoire de Maxwell. DSB IX, pp. 200 et suiv. "James Clerck Maxwell" sur Colorsystem [en ligne]. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon 4 pièces en 1 volume‎

‎The Bakerian Lecture. - On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. Received November 23, 1865 (+) Postscript.- Received December 7, 1865. - Read February 8, 1866.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 249-268 a. 1 lithographed plate. A few brownspots to the plate. Having the titlepage to vol. 156 - Part I. A few brownspots to lower margins.‎

‎First appearance of a major paper in the kinetic theory of gases, in which Maxwell proved that the viscosity was independent of pressure as predicted, and nearly a linear function of the absolute temperature T.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt"" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.""James Clerk Maxwell published a famous paper in 1866 (the paper offered) using the kinetic theory of gases to study gaseous viscosity. The internal friction (the viscosity) of the gas is determined by the probability a particle of layer A enters layer B with a corresponding transfer of momentum. Maxwell's calculations showed him that the viscosity coefficient is proportional to both the density, the mean free path and the mean velocity of the atoms. On the other hand, the mean free path is inversely proportional to the density. So an increase of pressure doesn't result in any change of the viscosity.‎

‎On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. Recieved March 19, - Read April 11, 1878. (+) Appendix. (Added May, 1879).‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Year 1879, Vol. 171 - Part II. Pp. 231-256. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of a major paper on Gas Dynamics, creating a whole new science. One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt"" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.""Maxwell's last major paper on any subject was ""On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature."" Between 1873 and 1876 the scientific world had been stirred by William Crooke's experiments with the radiometer, the well-known device composed of a partuially evacuated chamber containing a paddle wheel with vanes blackened on one side and silvered on the other, which spins rapidly when radiant heat impinges on it....Reynolds called this new effect ""thermal transpiration"". Maxwell gave a simple qualitative explanation in his report, and in an appendix added to his own paper in May 1879 he developed a semiempirical theory accounting for it and for the radiometer effect...Maxwell's paper created the science of rarified gas dynamics. His formulas for stress and heat flux in the body of the gas were contributions of permanent value, while his investigations of surface effects started a vast body of research extending to the present day...One other contribution of great beauty contained in notes added to the papwer in May and June 1879 was an application of the methods of spherical harmonic analysis to gas theory.""(DSB IX, p. 224-25).‎

‎Matter and Motion - Notes and Appendices by Sir Joseph Larmor‎

‎Dover , Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's black printed wrappers with a red circle In-8 1 vol. - 175 pages‎

‎a portrait of J. Clerk Maxwell in frontispiece, few text-figures reprint 1991 of the 1952's edition (1st edition was 1876) "Contents, Chapitres : Preface (1877), Note, Biographical note, Contents, xii, Text, 163 pages and Dover catalogue - Introduction - On motion - On force - On the properties of the centre of mass of a material system - On work and energy - Recapitulation - The pendulum and gravity - Universal gravitation - On the equations of motion of a connected system - Appendix : The relativity of the forces of nature - The principle of least action - James Clerk Maxwell (13 juin 1831 à Édimbourg en Écosse - 5 novembre 1879 à Cambridge en Angleterre) est un physicien et mathématicien écossais. Il est principalement connu pour avoir unifié en un seul ensemble d'équations, les équations de Maxwell, l'électricité, le magnétisme et l'induction, en incluant une importante modification du théorème d'Ampère. Ce fut à l'époque le modèle le plus unifié de l'électromagnétisme. Il est également célèbre pour avoir interprété, dans un article en quatre parties publié dans Philosophical Magazine intitulé On Physical Lines of Force, la lumière comme étant un phénomène électromagnétique en s'appuyant sur les travaux de Michael Faraday. Il a notamment démontré que les champs électriques et magnétiques se propagent dans l'espace sous la forme d'une onde et à la vitesse de la lumière. Ces deux découvertes permirent d'importants travaux ultérieurs notamment en relativité restreinte et en mécanique quantique. Il a également développé la distribution de Maxwell, une méthode statistique de description de la théorie cinétique des gaz. - In 1865 Maxwell resigned the chair at King's College, London, and returned to Glenlair with Katherine. In his paper 'On governors' (1868) he mathematically described the behaviour of governors, devices that control the speed of steam engines, thereby establishing the theoretical basis of control engineering. In his paper ""On reciprocal figures, frames and diagrams of forces"" (1870) he discussed the rigidity of various designs of lattice. He wrote the textbook Theory of Heat (1871) and the treatise Matter and Motion (1876). Maxwell was also the first to make explicit use of dimensional analysis, in 1871. (source : Wikipedia)" minor folding tracks on the corner of the wrappers, minor wear on the front-part of the wrappers, else near fine copy, no markings, inside is fine and complete of the plate in frontispiece, portrait of J.C. Maxwell - Dover Edition‎

‎On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of the Colours of the Spectrum. - [MAXWELL ON THE RELATIONS OF COLOURS]‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1860). 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Vol. X [10], No. 39. Entire issue offered. Wrappers with a few brown spots, fine and clean. Pp. 404-408. [Entire issue: Pp. 319-494].‎

‎First printing of Maxwell's paper on a method of exhibiting the relations of colours.""Maxwell worked on the generation of white light by mixing different colors and in 1860, published the paper On the Theory of Compound Colours and its Relations to the Colours of the. In this paper, he extended the work of Thomas Young who first postulated only three colors, red, green and violet are necessary to produce any color including white and not all the colors of the spectrum are necessary as first illustrated by Newton. He also incorporated Hermann G?nther Grassman's concept that there are three variables of color vision (spectral color, intensity of illumination and the degree of saturation). Maxwell showed that these color variables can be represented on a color diagram based on three primary colors. While Newton distinguished his principal colors from the painters triad of primary colors (red, yellow and blue), he supposed the identity of mixing rule for lights and pigments. Even though Helmholtz explained that the mixture of color lights is an additive process while the mixture of pigments is a subtractive process as illustrated in Figure 2, Maxwell made experiments and developed a complete theory to explain how this happens by creating a color triangle which was originally suggested by James David Forbes and illustrated that any color can be generated with a mixture of any three primary colors and that a normal eye has three sorts of receptors as illustrated in his 1861 paper On the Theory of Three Primary Colours. He chose the three primary colors as red, green, and blue."" (Sarkar, Pp. 4-5). From 1855 to 1872, Maxwell published at intervals a series of valuable investigations concerning the perception of colour, colour-blindness and colour theory, for the earlier of which the Royal Society awarded him the Rumford Medal. The instruments which he devised for these investigations were simple and convenient to use. For example, Maxwell's discs were used to compare a variable mixture of three primary colours with a sample colour by observing the spinning ""colour top."".‎

‎On Faraday's Lines of Force. - [MAXWELL'S VERY FIRST PAPER ON ELECTROMAGNETISM]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1864. 4to. In plain white paper-wrappers with title-page of journal volume pasted on to front wrapper. In ""Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society"", Volume 10. Fine and clean. Pp. (27)-83, (1) + the pasted on title-page.‎

‎First appearance of Maxwell's landmark - and his very first published on electromagnetism - paper in which he anticipates many of the fundamental ideas presented in his famous four-part paper ""On Physical Lines of Force"" (1861-2) in which he derived the equations of electromagnetism. The present paper ushered in a new era of classical electrodynamics and catalyzed further progress in the mathematical field of vector calculus. Because of this, it is considered one of the most historically significant publications in the field of physics and of science in general.Maxwell began his researches on electromagnetism following the completion of his studies at Cambridge in 1854. They were aimed at constructing, at a theoretical level, a unified mathematical theory of electric and magnetic phenomena that would express the methods and ideas of Faraday as an alternative to the theory of Weber."" This programme was announced in his first article, 'On Faraday's lines of force', in 1856, and continued in two other major texts, 'On physical lines of force' in 1861-1862 and 'A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field' in 1865. According to a famous passage in its preface, the Treatise (1873) represented the outcome of this programme"" (Landmark Writings, p. 569). ""Maxwell's first paper, ""On Faraday's Line of Force"" (1855-1856), was divided into two parts, with supplementary) examples. Its origin may he traced in a long correspondence with Thomson, edited by Larmor in 1936. Part 1 was an exposition of the analogy between lines of force and streamlines in an incompressible fluid. It contained one notable extension to Thomson's treatment of the subject and also an illuminating opening discourse on the philosophical significance of analogies between different branches of physics. This was a theme to which Maxwell returned more than once. His biographers print in full an essay entitled ""Analogies in Nature,"" which he read a few months later (February 1856) to the famous Apostles Club at Cambridge" this puts the subject in a wider setting and deserves careful reading despite its involved and cryptic style. Here, as elsewhere, Maxwell's metaphysical speculation discloses the influence of Sir William Hamilton, specifically of Hamilton's Kantian view that all human knowledge is of relations rather than of things. The use Maxwell saw in the method of analogy was twofold. It crossfertilized technique between different fields, and it served as a golden mean between analytic abstraction and the method of hypothesis. The essence of analogy (in contrast with identity) being partial resemblance, its limits must be recognized as clearly as its existence" yet analogies may help in guarding against too facile commitment to a hypothesis. The analogy of an electric current to two phenomena as different as conduction of heat and the motion of a fluid should, Maxwell later observed, prevent physicists from hastily assuming that ""electricity is either a substance like water, or a state of agitation like heat. ""The analogy is geometrical: ""a similarity between relations, not a similarity between the things related."""" (DSB)The 1856 paper has been eclipsed by Maxwell's later work, but its originality and importance are greater than is usually thought. Besides interpreting Faraday's work and giving the electrotonic function, it contained the germ of a number of ideas which Maxwell was to revive or modify in 1868 and later an integral representation of the field equations (1868),the treatment of electrical action as analogous to the motion of an incompressible fluid (1869, 1873), the classification of vector functions into forces and fluxes (1870), and an interesting formal symmetry in the equations connecting A, B, E, and H, different from the symmetry commonly recognized in the completed field equations. The paper ended with solutions to a series of problems, including an application of the electrotonic function to calculate the action of a magnetic field on a spinning conducting sphere.‎

‎Matter and Motion.‎

‎London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1876. Small8vo. Original blind stamped brown cloth. End papers renewed and first two leaves reinforced in margin. Repair to lower part of title-page affecting year of printing and small label ( ""S.L.M."") to p. 128. Extremities slightly rubbed, internnaly fine and clean. Pp. viii, (9)-128, (4).‎

‎Rare first edition of Maxwell's ""masterpiece of natural philosophy, notable especially for introducing into physics the term relativity in a passage that combines strenuous scientific insight with a mystical awareness (...)"" (Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, p. 209). ""Maxwell's Matter and Motion first appeared in 1876 and was reprinted before the year was out. The first American edition was printed in 1878. Following several reprints on both sides of the Atlantic, Sir Joseph Larmor added notes and appendices to produce a new edition in 1920. This edition was reprinted in 1925 and at least half-a-dozen times since 1952"" (Flood, McCartney & Whitaker, James Clerk Maxwell: Perspectives on his Life and Work (2014), p. 27). ""More light is thrown on Maxwell’s own opinions about the problem of relative and absolute motion and the connection between dynamics and other branches of physics by the delightful monograph Matter and Motion, published in 1876."" (DSB)‎

‎Maxwell J. (Maxwell K.) The Theory of Heat in the Elementary Processing of Clerk‎

‎Maxwell J. (Maxwell K.) The Theory of Heat in the Elementary Processing of Clerk Maxwell. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Maksvell Dzh. (Maksuell K.) Teoriya teploty v elementarnoy obrabotke Klerk Maksuellya. Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).Kyiv: Typography by I.N. Kushnarev, 1888. 292 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbea69099f3be1d0fa‎

‎On a Method of making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force"" with a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. (Read June 18, 1868).‎

‎(London, Taylor & Francis, 1869) Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. 158. Maxwell's paper: pp. 643-657. Clean and fine, wide margins.‎

‎First appearance of this major paper on electromagnetic dynamics, in which Maxwell improves the groundbreaking equations he had set forth in his famous paper of 1865, the ""A dynamical Theory of Electro-Magnetic Fields"". In the paper offered here, he for the first time proposed to base the electromagnetic theory of light solely on 2 equations. The paper is one of Maxwell's 5 most importent contributions to electromagnetism.""Formulas for the forces between moving charged bodies may indeed de derived from Maxwell's equations, but the action is not along the line joining them and can be reconciled with a dynamical principle only by taking into account the exchange of momentum with the field. Maxwell remarked that the equations might be condensed, but ""to eliminate a quantity which expresses a useful idea would be rather a loss than a gain in this stage of our enquiry."" he had in fact simplified the equations in his fifth major paper, the short, but importent ""Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light."" (1868), writing them in an integral form without the function A, based on four postulates derived from electrical experiments. This may be called the electrical formulation of the theory, in contrast with the original dynamical formulation."" (C.W.F. Everitt in DSB).‎

‎Innovation in Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory - Molecular Vortices, Displacement Current, and Light‎

‎Cambridge University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor'binding, under editor's printed and illustrated purple dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 235 pages‎

‎few text-figures 1st Edition, 1991 "Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, x, Text, 225 pages - Introduction - The background to Maxwell's electromagnetic theory - Mechanical image and reality in Maxwell's electromagnetic theory - The elaboration of the molecular-vortex model - The introduction of the displacement current - The origin of the electromagnetic theory of light - Beyond molecular vortices - Appendix : Draft of ""On Physical Lines of Force"", a fragment - Drafts of ""A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field"" - Vortex rotations in a curl-free region - Notes and index" near fine copy, no markings, D.-J. is fine, with minor folding tracks on the top, a nice copy‎

‎""A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field."" Received October 27, 1864. (Abstract)‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1864). No wrappers, as extracted from""Proceedings of the Royal Society"". From November 19, 1863, to December 22, 1864, inclusive."", Vol. XIII. Pp 531-536.‎

‎First printing of the first announcement of Maxwell unification of light-waves, electricity and magnetism, the most importent of the papers relating to his electromagnetic theory, in which he brought electro-magnetical phenomena on a clear mathematical form. The present paper is an abstract of the larger paper which was read to the Royal Academy in 1864, but only issued the year later (1865) in ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society"" , where it was printed in full, and as an abstract in ""Philosophical Magazine"" (1865).""A generation later Einstein's work on relativity was founded directly oupon Maxwell's electromagnetic theory"" it was this that led him to equate Faraday with Galileo and Maxwell with Newton."" (PMM No 355, but only the paper from 1865). - Dibner. Heralds of Science No 68 (1865 paper).‎

‎Maxwell J. Speeches and Articles. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Maksvell Dzh. ‎

‎Maxwell J. Speeches and Articles. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Maksvell Dzh. . GITTL Classics of Natural Science 1940. 228 p. SKUalb91455574cde351ec.‎

‎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

‎Sources of Color Science , (Timaeus - On the soul ii - Sense and the sensible 2 - Meteorologica iii - New theory about light and colors - Opticks - Theory of colors and vision - Theory of light - On the theory of light and colors - Theory of compound colors - Theory of the perception of colors - The diagram of colors - Theory of compound colors, and the relations of the colors of the spectrum - On color vision - Physiological optics - Contribution to the physiology of visual sensations - Chromatic adaptation - Influence of adaptation on the effects produced by luminous stimuli - The optics of trichromatic photography - Outline of a theory of color measurement of daylight vision - Thresholds of color differences - Some problems of visual perception - Interpretation of quantitative data in visual problems - Measurability of sensations of hue, brightness, or saturation - Retinal structure and color vision - Laminar pattern of the lateral geniculate nucleus considered in relation to color vision)‎

‎The MIT Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1970 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's binding, under editor's pink printed dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 292 pages‎

‎a few black and white text-figures 1st edition, 1970 Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, x, Text, 282 pages - Plato : Timaeus - Aristotle : On the soul ii - Sense and the sensible 2 - Meteorologica iii - Isaac Newton : New theory about light and colors - Opticks - George Palmer : Theory of colors and vision - Theory of light - Thomas Young : On the theory of light and colors - Hermann Günter Grassmann : Theory of compound colors - James Clerk Maxwell : Theory of the perception of colors - The diagram of colors - Theory of compound colors, and the relations of the colors of the spectrum - On color vision - Herman von Helmholtz : Physiological optics - Johannes von Kries : Contribution to the physiology of visual sensations - Chromatic adaptation - Influence of adaptation on the effects produced by luminous stimuli - Frederic Eugene Ives : The optics of trichromatic photography - Erwin Schrödinger : Outline of a theory of color measurement of daylight vision - Thresholds of color differences - John Guild : Some problems of visual perception - Interpretation of quantitative data in visual problems - Lewis Fry Richardson : Measurability of sensations of hue, brightness, or saturation - Stephen Polyak : Retinal structure and color vision - Sir Wilfried E. Le Gros Clark : Laminar pattern of the lateral geniculate nucleus considered in relation to color vision near fine copy, minor wear on the top of the dust-jacket, with very small missing of paper on the top of the spine, the D-J remains nearly complete and fine, inside is fine, no markings‎

‎The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. Volume I 1846-1862. Edited by P.M. Harman.‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1990). 4to. Orig. full cloth. Fronstispiece. XXVIII,748 pp., 10 plates.‎

‎Theorie der Wärme. Autorisirte Deutsche Ausgabe übersetzt nach der vierten Auflage des Originals von F. Neesen. Mit in den Text eingedruckten Holzstichen.‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1878. Contemp. hcalf., raised bands gilt spine. A few minor scratches. IX,382,(X-)XVI pp., textillustrations. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎First German edition of Maxwell's ""Theory of Heat"" from 1871.‎

‎Die Elektrizität in elementare Behandlung. Herausgegeben von William Garnett. Ins Deutsche übertragen von L. Graetz. Mit in den Text eingedruckten Holzstichen.‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1883. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. First inner hinge weakening. XVI,224 pp., textillustrations and 4 plates. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎First German edition of Maxwell's ""Elementary Treatise on Electricity"", 1881.‎

‎On Double Refraction in a Viscous Fluid in Motion.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1873). 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. In ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Vol. XXII [22], No. 148. Entire issue offered. Wrappers with light soiling, spine lacking upper and lower part of paper, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 46-47. [Entire issue: 51 pp.].‎

‎First printing of this important paper in which Maxwell describes an attempt to establish the relaxation time: ""In 1866 I made some attempts to ascertain whether the state of strain in a viscous fluid in motion could be detected by its action on polarized light"" (from the present paper.)‎

‎On the Induction of Electric Currents in an Infinite Plane Sheet of Uniform conductivity.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1872). 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Vol. XX [20], No. 132. Entire issue offered. Wrappers with light soiling and minor chipping with some loss to extremities, not affecting text. Fine and clean. Pp. 160-17. [Entire volume: 135-197].‎

‎First printing of Maxwell's paper in which he seeks to: ""determine the currents which are induced in an infinite plate of uniform conductivity and infinitethickness, and in a sphere or spherical shell of any thickness when in the presence of a varying magnetic system: and in any of these bodies When rotating near a constant magnetic system, round an axis which is normal to the faces of the plate or passes through the centre"" (From the introduction to the present paper"". ‎