MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879). "On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of Colours of the Spectrum." In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLX , Vol. 150, Part I, pp.57-84. London: Taylor and Francis, 1860. 4 o. 6 plates, one folding (some foxing). Original printed wrappers; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Maxwell founded the science of quantitative colorimetry, providing the first experimental data to back up Young's three-receptor theory of color vision. The present is Maxwell's first contribution to the Philosophical Transactions and includes the first published luminosity curves based on experimental data. [ With: ] MAXWELL, James Clerk "On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLXVII , Vol. 157, Part I, pp.49-88. London: Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4 o. 10 plates (some pale foxing). Original printed wrappers (slight discoloration). FIRST EDITION, journal issue of Maxwell's second paper on the kinetic theory of gases. Here, Maxwell "offered a new derivation of the distribution law tied directly to molecular encounters" (DSB). (2)
MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879). "On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of Colours of the Spectrum." In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLX , Vol. 150, Part I, pp.57-84. London: Taylor and Francis, 1860. 4 o. 6 plates, one folding (some foxing). Original printed wrappers; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Maxwell founded the science of quantitative colorimetry, providing the first experimental data to back up Young's three-receptor theory of color vision. The present is Maxwell's first contribution to the Philosophical Transactions and includes the first published luminosity curves based on experimental data. [ With: ] MAXWELL, James Clerk "On the Dynamical Theory of Gases. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the Year MDCCCLXVII , Vol. 157, Part I, pp.49-88. London: Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4 o. 10 plates (some pale foxing). Original printed wrappers (slight discoloration). FIRST EDITION, journal issue of Maxwell's second paper on the kinetic theory of gases. Here, Maxwell "offered a new derivation of the distribution law tied directly to molecular encounters" (DSB). (2)
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