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MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK. On the Dynamical Theory of Gases [caption title]. Pages 49-88, extracted from Philosophical Transactions, Volume 157. 4to, 289x211 mm, modern boards with front cover label; short clean tear in blank upper margin and slight foxing on first leaf, contents otherwise clean. [London, 1867]
first edition. "The measurements of gaseous viscosity at different pressures and temperatures made by Maxwell and his wife in 1865 were their most useful contribution to experimental physics. The 'Dynamical Theory of Gases,' which followed, was Maxwell's greatest single paper"--DSB IV, 220.
