Maxwell (James Clerk) An Elementary Treatise on Electricity
£295
…edited by William Garnett
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1881.
First edition, later state (advertisements dated July 1886). 8vo. Original cloth.
An important work on electricity by an author praised to this day for his discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.
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In k name to half-title, a very good copy.
6 plates.
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