Mathematical papers of the late George Green ... / Edited by N. M. Ferrers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, George, 1793-1841.

Contributor:

Ferrers, N. M. (Norman Macleod), 1829-1903, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Potential theory (Mathematics).

Physical optics.

Wave-motion, Theory of.

Physical Description:

x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 336 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan and co., 1871.

Contents:

An essay on the application of mathematical analysis to the theories of electricity and magnetism.

Mathematical investigations concerning the laws of equilibrium of fluids analogous to the electric fluid, with other similar researches.

On the determination of the exterior and interior attractions of ellipsoids of variable densities.

On the motion of waves in a variable canal of small depth and width.

On the reflexion and refraction of sound.

On the laws of reflexion and refraction of light at the common surface of two non-crystallized media.

Note on the motion of waves in canals.

Supplement to a memoir on the reflexion and refraction of light.

On the propagation of light in crystallized media.

Researches on the vibration of pendulums in fluid media.

Appendix.

Notes:

The first paper was published by subscription at Nottingham in 1828; the last one was published in the Transactions of the Royal society of Edinburgh, 1836; the others are from the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1833-39.

OCLC:

4085274