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Professor Maxwell on a dynamical top, Plate XVI, [caption from opposite page]

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Title

Professor Maxwell on a dynamical top, Plate XVI, [caption from opposite page]

Collection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 21

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1857
Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: The Society

Library Location

General Research Division
Shelf locator: *EC R876 v. 21 1853-57

Subjects

Science

Genres

Illustrations
Diagrams

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: W & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh

Abstract

Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12317186
Photo Order: 66047
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4c34e8d0-c46e-013c-9685-0242ac110003

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Date Issued

1857

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