Nature Series: Popular Lectures and Addresses, Volume III, Navigational Affairs
by William Thomson - Lord Kelvin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891. Presentation copy inscribed by Lord Kelvin on the half title: 'G. G. Ward June 1, 1896 Kelvin' with a subsequent ownership inscription nearby from 'F G Ward'. With the errata slip. Smart green publisher's cloth binding with dark green coated endpapers, clean fresh text throughout, pp512 plus four pages of adverts at the end. This third volume in Kelvin's Nature Series was actually published before the second volume and each is a stand alone publication which forms part of the final sequence. Thomson was a giant of nineteenth century science who did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics as well as unifying the discipline of physics. He remained committed Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1891
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- Bookseller
- Christian White Rare Books Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7678
- Title
- Nature Series: Popular Lectures and Addresses, Volume III, Navigational Affairs
- Author
- William Thomson - Lord Kelvin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
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- Inscribed
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...