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Recherches experimentales et mathematiques sur les mouvemens de molecules de la lumiere, autour de leur centre de gravite
by BIOT, Jean-Baptiste
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Paris, Didot, 1814. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition 1814 Paris. A complete copy with 5 folding engraved plates, tables, a very few light odd spots of foxing, contemporary half calf, corners a little scuffed, spine gilt, upper joint and spine ends repaired. University of Glasgow prize presentation label signed by James Thomson* to front pastedown, , 4to, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1814. James Thomson (1786-1849), Irish mathematician notable for his role in the formation of the thermodynamics school at Glasgow University, father of the physicists James Thomson and Lord Kelvin.Jean-Baptiste Biot 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862 was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light.
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- Recherches experimentales et mathematiques sur les mouvemens de molecules de la lumiere, autour de leur centre de gravite
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- BIOT, Jean-Baptiste
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- Paris, Didot, 1814
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