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MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879). "On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of Colours of the Spectrum." In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLX, Vol. 150, Part I, pp.57-84. London: Taylor and Francis, 1860.
4o. 6 plates, one folding (some foxing). Original printed wrappers; cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Maxwell founded the science of quantitative colorimetry, providing the first experimental data to back up Young's three-receptor theory of color vision. The present is Maxwell's first contribution to the Philosophical Transactions and includes the first published luminosity curves based on experimental data.
[With:]
MAXWELL, James Clerk. "On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLXVII, Vol. 157, Part I, pp.49-88. London: Taylor and Francis, 1867.
4o. 10 plates (some pale foxing). Original printed wrappers (slight discoloration).
FIRST EDITION, journal issue of Maxwell's second paper on the kinetic theory of gases. Here, Maxwell "offered a new derivation of the distribution law tied directly to molecular encounters" (DSB). (2)
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FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Maxwell founded the science of quantitative colorimetry, providing the first experimental data to back up Young's three-receptor theory of color vision. The present is Maxwell's first contribution to the Philosophical Transactions and includes the first published luminosity curves based on experimental data.
[With:]
MAXWELL, James Clerk. "On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLXVII, Vol. 157, Part I, pp.49-88. London: Taylor and Francis, 1867.
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FIRST EDITION, journal issue of Maxwell's second paper on the kinetic theory of gases. Here, Maxwell "offered a new derivation of the distribution law tied directly to molecular encounters" (DSB). (2)