Author: HALDANE, J. S. (EDITOR) & JOHN JAMES WATERSTON
Title: The Collected Scientific Papers of John James Waterston
Description: Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards show some shelf wear, corner bumps. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked, hinges intact. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. B&W plates all present, as well as a number of fold-out scientific illustrations. ; B&W Plates; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 777 pages; Waterston (1811-1883) was a Scottish scientist who went largely unrecognized during his life. Preface by Haldane as well as an extensive biography of Waterston followed by his scientific writings broken into the following sections: 1. Physiological Psychology, 2. Gases and the Theory of Heat, 3. Liquids and their Vapours, 4. Miscellaneous Physical and Chemical Subjects, 5. Astronomical Subjects. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Physics gases Astronomy kinetic theory
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Title: The Collected Scientific Papers of John James Waterston
Description: Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards show some shelf wear, corner bumps. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked, hinges intact. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. B&W plates all present, as well as a number of fold-out scientific illustrations. ; B&W Plates; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 777 pages; Waterston (1811-1883) was a Scottish scientist who went largely unrecognized during his life. Preface by Haldane as well as an extensive biography of Waterston followed by his scientific writings broken into the following sections: 1. Physiological Psychology, 2. Gases and the Theory of Heat, 3. Liquids and their Vapours, 4. Miscellaneous Physical and Chemical Subjects, 5. Astronomical Subjects. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Physics gases Astronomy kinetic theory
Price: US$ 220.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 19587
- Book number: 19587
See more books from our catalog: Science::Physics