Book ID: CBB000063834

Kelvin and Stokes: A comparative study in Victorian physics (1987)

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Wilson, David Ball (Author)


Hilger


Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: xvi + 253 pp.; illus.; notes; index

Reviewed By

Review Milián, A. (1988) Review of "Kelvin and Stokes: A comparative study in Victorian physics". Sylva Clius: Revista de Historia de la Ciencia (pp. 212-23). unapi

Review Wise, M.N. (1989) Review of "Kelvin and Stokes: A comparative study in Victorian physics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 712-13). unapi

Review Smith, C. (1988) Review of "Kelvin and Stokes: A comparative study in Victorian physics". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 320-22). unapi

Review Buchwald, J.Z. (1989) Review of "Kelvin and Stokes: A comparative study in Victorian physics". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 384-88). unapi

Review O'Hara, J.G. (1989) Review of "Kelvin and Stokes: A comparative study in Victorian physics". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 176-77). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Crosbie W.
Wilson, David Ball
Wright, Thomas
Wood, Alastair
Wise, M. Norton
Whitaker, Andrew
Concepts
Spectroscopy
Biographies
Optics
Analytic chemistry
Authorities; experts
Observation
Time Periods
19th century
Places
British Isles
Ireland
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Society of London
University of Glasgow
Cambridge University
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