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"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK.
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).
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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)
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2 book(s) with the same title
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
The Quarterly of Film, Radio and Television - Burton Paulu - Robert Swezey - Dallas Smythe - Curtis Harrington - Richard Rowland - Herbert Luft - Charles Brackett - Jack Howard - Franklin Fearing - Gerald Pratley
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(1952)
The Quarterly of Film, Radio and Television - Volume VII - Fall 1952 - Number 1 , (1. Problems in communication : The challenge of the 242 channels, part I - Give the television code a chance - What television programming is like - 2. The film abroad : Film Festival at Cannes, 1952 - Films from overseas - 3. Two view of a director, Billy Wilder : A matter of decadence - A matter of humor - 4. Several views of motion picture advertising, letters from readers : There's still no business like it - 5. The experimenting film : The film gains a dimension - 6. Books and bibliography : A bibliography for the Quarter - Additions to a bibliography of film music on records)
University of California , The Quarterly of Film, Radio and Television Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1952 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's brown and cream wrappers illustrated by 3 figures on the left part of the front part grand In-8 1 vol. - 107 pages
1st edition, 1952 Contents, Chapitres : 1. Problems in communication : Burton Paulu : The challenge of the 242 channels, part I - Robert Swezey : Give the television code a chance - Dallas Smythe : What television programming is like - 2. The film abroad : Curtis Harrington : Film Festival at Cannes, 1952 - Richard Rowland : Films from overseas - 3. Two view of a director, Billy Wilder : Herbert Luft : A matter of decadence - Charles Brackett : A matter of humor - 4. Several views of motion picture advertising, letters from readers : There's still no business like it - 5. The experimenting film : Jack Howard : The film gains a dimension - 6. Books and bibliography : Franklin Fearing : A bibliography for the Quarter - Gerald Pratley : Additions to a bibliography of film music on records minor folding track on the bottom right corner of the pages, quite nothing, else, near fine copy, no markings, inside is clean - The Quarterly of Film, Radio and Television - Volume VII - Fall 1952 - Number 1
