The Theory of Heat (First Edition)
Author:
Preston, Thomas; [Nineteenth Century Dust Jackets]
Title:
The Theory of Heat (First Edition)
Publication:
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
Description:
Hardcover. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
with correct publisher and imprint as well as the 1894 date on title page, etc.
Very Good in Good Dust Jacket.
Hinges a bit cracked else tight binding; a few marginal notes; moderate wear; light old smell; dust jacket worn but intact; paper backing on reverse at bottom of spine.
Very scarce in dust jacket.
Thomas Preston (1860 in Kilmore, County Armagh - 1900)
was an Irish scientist whose research was concerned with heat, magnetism, and spectroscopy. He established empirical rules for the analysis of spectral lines, which remain associated with his name. In 1897 he discovered the Anomalous Zeeman Effect, a phenomenon noted when the spectral lines of elements were studied in the presence or absence of a magnetic field. Pres

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