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