Manuscript notebook by Maxwell comprising a list of text books in the possession of King's College London library on the subject of practical mechanics including manufacturing machinery, optics, the strength of materials and steam engines, with page ... »
Manuscript notebook by Maxwell comprising a list of text books in the possession of King's College London library on the subject of practical mechanics including manufacturing machinery, optics, the strength of materials and steam engines, with page references; list of scientific instrument suppliers; a series of 136 scientific and mathematical problems including rules for the collision of smooth imperfectly elastic spheres; the dynamic consequences of air resistance; the velocity of light through various media; the attraction between particles located on the surfaces of spheres; the role of the eye as an optical instrument; the relationship between heat and volume in substances including the expansion of mercury in thermometers and barometers; the oscillation of pendulums and the orbits of particles about fixed points. 1 volume
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