Böcker i Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences-serien

Sir James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) was one of the most significant physicists of the nineteenth century. His experimental work on heat and energy contributed to the discovery of the first law of thermodynamics. This collection of his papers was published in 1885-1887 by the Physical Society of London.

This 1897 two-volume edition of Roger Bacon's ground-breaking thirteenth-century encyclopedia of science was the first complete printed edition. Bacon's text appears here in the original Latin, and Bridges provides ample supplementary material in English, including an introduction, analytical table, footnotes, and analysis of each chapter.

This two-volume account, first published in 1870, uses writings and correspondence by Michael Faraday to create a narrative of his life. Faraday's foundational work in physics and chemistry, notably on electricity, changed the course of modern science and technology. Volume I covers the first forty years of his life.

This two-volume work from 1807 details the life and achievements of eighteenth-century British philosopher, theologian and scientist Joseph Priestley. Volume 1 includes his autobiography and important appendices concerning his philosophy, political theory and religion.

The Austrian physicist Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (1844-1906), educated at the University of Vienna and later a professor of mathematical physics at the University of Graz, was especially famous for his contribution to atomic theory. This three-volume work, published in 1909, comprises all his academic publications from 1865 to 1905.

This 1769 work brings together published and unpublished letters both from and to Benjamin Franklin, which demonstrate the range of his interests. The letters show a lively transatlantic group of scientific friends and colleagues describing their experiments, interpreting each others' results, and theorizing on all aspects of the natural world.

In 1876 the South Kensington Museum held a major international exhibition of scientific instruments and equipment, both historical and contemporary. A series of conferences in May allowed many distinguished scientists to discuss the items on display. This two-volume collection of their reports covers physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences.

In 1876 the South Kensington Museum held a major international exhibition of scientific instruments and equipment, both historical and contemporary. A series of conferences in May allowed many distinguished scientists to discuss the items on display. This two-volume collection of their reports covers physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences.

Caroline Molesworth began to make scientific observations in the garden of her home in Cobham, Surrey in 1823, and continued until 1867. This 1880 publication, edited by the entomologist Eleanor Ormerod, summarises Molesworth's records for the period 1825-50, providing a record of use to anyone investigating long-term climate change.

The mathematician William Kingdon Clifford (1845-79) intended this work to be intelligible to non-specialists. Unfinished at his death, the book was completed by Karl Pearson and published in 1885. It explores five fundamental areas of mathematics - number, space, quantity, position and motion - delivering several original results along the way.

This 1892 publication by the mathematician Karl Pearson (1857-1936) presents a positivist account of the nature of science. Pearson claims that 'the scientific method is the sole gateway to the whole region of knowledge'. Exploring concepts such as matter, energy, space and time, the work also includes chapter summaries.

This is the 1893 English translation of the 1888 second German edition of Ernst Mach's historical and philosophical account of mechanics. Discussing the development of statics and dynamics, it was originally written to clarify physical concepts without detailed mathematical discussion, and is best known for its criticism of Newtonian concepts of time and space.

Although Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) is best known now for his work in chemistry, he was also dedicated to promoting the investigation of electricity - a topic often overlooked by his contemporaries. In this 1767 work, he explores the history of electrical study from ancient Greece to the most recent experiments.

Awarded the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852-1911) pioneered the field of stereochemistry (the three-dimensional analysis of chemical structures). This 1898 translation is based on the revised version of his major work, La chimie dans l'espace, and covers organic and inorganic compounds.

The Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928) was a leading figure of theoretical physics of his time and won the Nobel Prize in 1902. In this 1895 work, he looks at electromagnetic phenomena (the propagation of light) in relation to moving bodies and optics.

Compiled by the eminent naturalist, geologist and palaeontologist Louis Agassiz (1807-73) and expanded by H. E. Strickland (1811-53), this four-volume catalogue, published between 1848 and 1854, provides an extensive list of the zoological and geological literature available just prior to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

William Parsons (1800-67), third Earl of Rosse, was responsible for building in 1845 the largest telescope of his time, nicknamed the 'Leviathan'. For forty years he made regular contributions to scientific journals on astronomy and other matters. This collection of his writings was edited by his son in 1926.

Sir James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) was one of the most significant physicists of the nineteenth century. His experimental work on heat and energy contributed to the discovery of the first law of thermodynamics. This collection of his papers was published in 1885-1887 by the Physical Society of London.

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was one of the most influential physicists of the nineteenth century. This work of 1881, based on his lectures, was intended to complement his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (1873), to provide less mathematical students with an understanding of fundamental concepts regarding electricity.

Before his death in 1879 at the age of 48, Clerk Maxwell had made major contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and mathematics. He is generally considered the third most important physicist of all time, after Newton and Einstein. These collected papers show the wide range of his interests.

Von Humboldt's two-volume study represents a significant and important contribution to the general understanding of the physical world in the nineteenth century. Volume 1 explains celestial and terrestrial phenomena, while Volume 2 examines poetic descriptions of nature, landscape painting, and how the physical universe was comprehended through history.

Before his death in 1879 at the age of 48, Clerk Maxwell had made major contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and mathematics. He is generally considered the third most important physicist of all time, after Newton and Einstein. These collected papers show the wide range of his interests.

By the early nineteenth century, it was widely accepted that gravity varied at different points across the Earth's surface, and that the Earth could not be perfectly spherical. This 1825 work documents the groundbreaking experiments of Edward Sabine (1788-1883), the first physicist to produce accurate measurements of this ellipticity.