George Gabriel Stokes

Mathematical and Physical Papers

Volume 4

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The collected papers of Sir George Stokes, the outstanding and influential nineteenth-century Cambridge mathematician.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9781108002653
• ISBN-10: 110800265X
• Artikelnr.: 26969290

Inhaltsangabe

1. On the change of refrangibility of light; 2. On the optical properties
of a recently discovered salt of quinine; 3. On the change of
refrangibility of light and the exhibition thereby of the chemical rays; 4.
On the cause of occurrence of abnormal figures in photographic impressions
of polarised rings; 5. On the metallic reflexion exhibited by certain
non-metallic substances; 6. Extracts from letter to Dr W. Haidinger: on the
direction of the vibrations in polarised light: on shadow patterns and the
chromatic aberration of the eye: on Haidinger's brushes; 7. On the theory
of electric telegraph; 8. On the achromatism of a double object-glass; 9.
Remarks on Prof. Challis' paper, entitled 'A theory of the composition of
Colours, etc.'; 10. Supplement to the 'Account of pendulum experiments
undertaken in the Harton Colliery...'; 11. On the polarisation of
diffracted light; 12. On the discontinuity of arbitrary constants which
appear in divergent developments; 13. On the effect of wind on the
intensity of sound; 14. On the existence of a second crystallisable
fluorescent substance (paviin) in the bark of the horse-chestnut; 15. On
the bearing of the phenomena of diffraction on the direction of the
vibrations of polarised light; 16. Note on paviin; 17. On the colouring
matters of madder; 18. Extracts relating to the early history of spectrum
analysis; 19. Note on internal radiation; 20. On the intensity of the light
reflected from or transmitted through a pile of plates; 21. Report on
double refraction; 22. On the long spectrum of electric light; 23. On the
change of form assumed by wrought iron and other metals when heated and
then cooled by partial immersion in water; 24. On the supposed identity of
biliverdin with chlorophyll, with remarks on the constitution of
chlorophyll; 25. On the discrimination of organic bodies by their optical
properties; 26. On the application of the optical properties of bodies of
detection and discrimination of organic substances; 27. On the reduction
and oxidation of the colouring matter of the blood; 28. On a property of
curves; 29. On the internal distribution of matter which shall produce a
given potential at the surface of a gravitating mass; 30. Supplement to a
paper on the discontinuity of arbitrary constants which appear in divergent
developments; 31. On the communication of vibration from a vibrating body
to a surrounding gas; 32. Account of observations of the total eclipse of
the sun...; 33. On a certain reaction of quinine; 34. Explanation of a
dynamical paradox; 35. On the law of extraordinary refraction in Iceland
Spar; 36. Sur l'emploi du prisme dans la vérification de la loi de la
double réfraction; 37. Notice of the researches of the late Rev. W. Vernon
Harcourt on the conditions of transparency in glass and the connexion
between the chemical constitution and optical properties of different
glasses; 38. On the principles of the chemical correction of
object-glasses; 39. On the improvement of the spectroscope; 40. On the
construction of a perfectly achromatic telescope; 41. On the optical
properties of a titano-silicic glass; 42. On a phenomenon of metallic
reflection; 43. Preliminary note on the compound nature of the line-spectra
of elementary bodies; Appendix; Index.