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Elements Of The Mathematical Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism. Second Edition (Corrected And Revised). (Prize Binding For H. M. Dowsett; Later Bookplate Of Sir Edward Bullard).
by Thomson, J. J
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Cambridge: University Press, 1897. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrations. Viii, 508 Pp. Prize Binding Of The Institution Of Electrical Engineers, Half Green Morocco, Gilt, Over Pebbled Cloth, Six Compartments, Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt, Marbled Endpapers And Also Marbled Edges Of Page Block. Presentation Bookplate To H. M. Dowsett For 1898-1899; Later Bookplate Of Sir Edward Bullard. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Edges Of Page Block Showing Original Polish, Pages Immaculate. H. M. Dowsettwent To Work For Marconi In 1898, Working Personally With Him, Later Working In Many Areas Within The Marconi Organizations, Later Supervising Tv Work Circa 1930, Last Principal Of The Marconi School From 1935, And Author Of Its History In 1937; He Well Reviewed Standard Textbooks, Particularly The Oft-Revised Handbook Of Technical Instruction For Wireless Telegraphers. Sir Edward Crisp Bullard Had A Distinguished Research Career Particularly On The Earth's Magnetic Field (He Identified The Liquid Motion Of The Earth's Core As A Self-Exciting Dynamo), Heat Flow Through The Deep Sea Floor, And The Nature Of The Continental Shelf (Opening The Way For Drilling For Oil And Gas); He Held Many Government Research Positions, Partiocularly In Wwii, Later As Director Of The National Physics Laboratory From 1950, And Later Still As Chairman Of The Steering Committee Supervising Britain's Space Research Program.
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- Title
- Elements Of The Mathematical Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism. Second Edition (Corrected And Revised). (Prize Binding For H. M. Dowsett; Later Bookplate Of Sir Edward Bullard).
- Author
- Thomson, J. J
- Illustrator
- Illustrations
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Physics
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