Joint Scientific Papers
by JOULE, James Prescott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Physical Society of London, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Physical Society of London, 1887. Octavo, xvi, 391 pages with numerous tables and 20 illustrations plus 3 folding plates. Later binder's cloth lightly flecked; folding plates a little foxed; embossed ownership stamp and details in ink on the front endpaper; an excellent copy. James Prescott Joule (1818-1889), English physicist and mathematician, after whom the standard unit of work or energy is named. 'The Scientific Papers of James Prescott Joule' was published in 1884. This later volume contains papers written in collaboration with Reverend William Scoresby, Sir Lyon Playfair, and Sir William Thomson, respectively.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124372
- Title
- Joint Scientific Papers
- Author
- JOULE, James Prescott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Physical Society of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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