444 Pages
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CRC Press
426 Pages
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CRC Press
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Volume Two of the Science in the Making Series covers the scientific advancements of the day between 1850 and 1900 as reported in the Philosophical Magazine. This period culminated with the discovery of the electron, Xrays and radioactivity. This beautifully produced volume contains facsimiles of original papers by eminent scientists including Kelvin, Foucault, Clausius, Kirchhoff, Bunsen,... Read more
Foreword Introduction and Acknowledgements Part One Lord Kelvin and Thermodynamics Part Two Professors at the Royal Institution Part Three Miscellany Part Four James Clerk Maxwell Part Five The Maxwellians Part Six J. J. Thomson and the Discovery of the Electron
Biography
E. A. Davis
