Tyndall, John. The Bakerian Lecture: On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and Other Gases" (Maxwell, pp. 249-268, with postscript) + A Supplementary Memoir on the Theory of Matrices" (Cayley, pp. 25-35) + On the Motion of a Rigid Body Acted on by No External Forces (Sylvester, 757-779) Sixth Memoir on Radiation and Absorption. Influence of Colour and Mechanical Condition on Radiant Heat (Tyndall, pp. 83-96) + On the Fossil Mammals of Australia, Part II, Darling Downs, Queensland in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.", Vol. 156, 1866 [Full Volume, Parts I & II]
London: Royal Society, 1866. 1st Edition. 1st ed., full volume (Parts I & II) of an important volume of Philosophical Transactions complete with 43 plates. A number of important papers are included, the most important of which is the appearance of a major paper by James Clerk Maxwell on the..... More