Maxwell, James Clerk
On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force
£630
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Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
With a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. [In:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Vol. 158.-Part II. London: Taylor and Francis, 1869. First edition, 4to, original printed wrappers, unopened, Maxwell's article occupying pp. 643-57 with one diagram in text, 17 lithographic plates relating to other works in the volume (several folding), small ink stains to pp. 646-7, superficial split to paper on spine, a few marks to covers;
Together with: Account of Experiments on the Perception of Colour. [Pp. 41-7 in:] The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Fourth Series. No 90.-July 1857. 8vo, original printed wrappers, short split to head of front joint;
On Mr. Grove's “Experiment in Magneto-electric Induction." In a Letter to W. R. Grove, F.R.S. [And:] Proceedings of Learned Societies. Royal Society … On Governors. [Pp. 360-63 and 385-98 in:] The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Fourth Series. No 238.-May 1868. London Taylor and Francis, 1868. 8vo, original printed wrappers, chipping to head of spine, short splits to feet of joints;
On the Displacement in a Case of Fluid Motion. [Offprint from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, c.1870]. 8vo, paginated 65-96, Maxwell's piece occupying pp. 82-7, with 3 diagrams, apparently original wrappers with printed title 'Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society Nos. 25, 26' to front, longitudinal central crease, wrappers detached, rear wrapper spotted and torn, variable spotting to contents; and 1 other similar (4)
Footnote
'On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force' is the last of Maxwell's five major papers on electromagnetism. ‘On Governors’, originally published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, is today considered one of the foundational papers on cybernetics.