"A Comparison of the Elastic and the Electrical Theories of Light with Respect to the Law of Double Refraction and the Dispersion of Colors" in: the American Journal of Science.

GIBBS, J. Willard; J.D. Dana, Edward Holden, and many others.

Published by Printed in New Haven by J.D.& E.S. Dana, 1888

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GIBBS, J. Willard. "A Comparison of the Elastic and the Electrical Theories of Light with Respect to the Law of Double Refraction and the Dispersion of Colors", in: the American Journal of Science, edited by James Dana and B. Silliman, 3rd series, vol 35, no. 135, January-June 1888, printed in New Haven by J.D.& E.S. Dana. Half leather and boards. Provenance: Library of R.D. Lacoe (Paleobotany and Paleozoology), via the Smithsonian Institution, and then the Library of Congress. There are two ex-lib rubber stamps on the front free flyleaf. The book is sturdy and crisp, though the spine is pretty scuffed The Gibbs paper appears on pp 467-474 (and also in chapter 14 of volume two of his collected papers), and is accompanied in the volumes by many other interesting works, including the following: Henry Crew, "On the Period of the Rotation of the Sun as Determined by the Spectroscope", pp 151-159; W.J. McGee, "Three Formations of the Middle Atlantic Slope" pp 367-388, 448-466 (concluded); Louis Bell, "The Absolute Wave-length of Light" (in two parts) pp 265-282, 347-366 (concluded); Holden, Edward S. "Notes on Earthquake-Intensity in San Francisco", pp 120-141, 427-431 (illustrated with a fantastic "stereogram" folding map showing the slope in sections). Also are Charles D. Walcott, "The Taconic System of Emmons and the Use of the Name Taconic in Geologic Nomenclature" (with a lovely folding geological map), in two parts, complete; James D. Dana, "History of the Changes in the Mt. Loa Crater, Part I, Kilauea" (three parts, all titled "Part I. Kilauea"); T.C. Mendenhall, "Seismoscopes and Seismological Investigations", pp 97-118; among others.

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• Title: "A Comparison of the Elastic and the Electrical Theories of Light with Respect to the Law of Double Refraction and the Dispersion of Colors" in: the American Journal of Science.
• Publisher: Printed in New Haven by J.D.& E.S. Dana
• Publication Date: 1888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
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  • Astrophysics
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