Wien, Karl Gerold's Sohn, 1879. 8vo. Uncut and unopened in orig. printed wrappers. In: ""Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften"", 78. Band, 1. Heft - Juni. (Jahrgang 1878). 258 pp., 4 plates. (Entire issue offered). Boltzmann's paper: pp. 7-46.
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First apppearance of one of Boltzmann's importent papers on statistical mechanics and the second thermodynamic law.""Boltzmann's work on the kinetic theory of gases was done independently of Maxwell and they share the credit. Boltzmann increased the rigor of the mathematical treatment and emphasized the statistical interpretation of the second law."" (Asimov).
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