MAXWELL, JAMES CLARK.

On the transformation of surfaces by bending.

London, Taylor and Francis, 1856. 4to. Extracted and rebound in recent green plain wrappers. In "Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 9" Title-page of vol. 9 withbound. Title-page with traces after removed stamp. Pp. (2), 445-470.

First appearance Maxwell's important paper on the transformation of surfaces by bending in which there are clear links between this paper and his geometrical representation of 'lines of force' in his first paper on the theory of the electromagnetic field 'On Faraday's lines of force' which ushered in a new era of classical electrodynamics and catalyzed further progress in the mathematical field of vector calculus. Because of this, it is considered one of the most historically significant publications in the field of physics and of science in general.

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