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FOURIER, Jean Baptiste Joseph. Théorie analytique de la Chaleur, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1822. 4°, half title, 2 engraved plates (2nd plate with a skilfully closed tear, light mainly marginal spotting), contemporary calf-backed boards, flat spine decorated in gilt and blind (extremities very rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Dibner 154; Norman 824; Sparrow 68.
"Fourier's application of new methods of mathematical analysis to the study of heat extended rational mechanics to fields outside of those defined in Newton's Principia, enabling the systematization of a wide range of phenomena. To further his study of heat, Fourier introduced the Fourier series and Fourier integrals. Fourier's mathematics are most widely used in problems of vibration such as in heat, sound and fluid motion." (Norman).
"Fourier's application of new methods of mathematical analysis to the study of heat extended rational mechanics to fields outside of those defined in Newton's Principia, enabling the systematization of a wide range of phenomena. To further his study of heat, Fourier introduced the Fourier series and Fourier integrals. Fourier's mathematics are most widely used in problems of vibration such as in heat, sound and fluid motion." (Norman).