‎"FOURIER, (JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH).‎
‎Théorie de la chaleur. (Extrait). - [FIRST PRINTING OF ANY PART OF ""THE ANALYTICAL THEORY OF HEAT""]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1816. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with gilt lettering. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."" Sweries 2, tome 3. (Entire volume offered). 448 pp. and 3 engraved plates. Library stamps to verso of title-page and verso of plates. Fourier's paper: pp. 350-375. A few scattered brownspots.‎

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‎First appearance in print of any part of Fourier's landmark work ""Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur"" which was published in 1822. The 2 large memoirs (of 1811) out of which - together with the offered memoir - grew his landmark work were only published in 1824 and 1826. The volume contains also original papers by LAPLACE, GAY-LUSSAC, MAGENDIE, PRONY, HUMBOLDT, BIOT etc.etc. ""In 1816 Fourier published a paper (the paper offered) announcing the imminent appearance of a book on both the mathematical and the physical aspects of heat (Fourie 1816)"" but six years were to pass before a book was published, and it covered only the mathematical sides. In the 'preliminary discourse' he stated that its writing and printing had taken a long time (p. xvii)."" (Grattan-Guiness ""Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940"", p.356).‎