Clausius, Rudolf. “Ueber die Anwendung der mechanischen Wärmetheorie auf die Dampfmachine”, in: "Annalen der Physik und Chimie, Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, edited by J.C. Poggendorff, 1856, volume 97, series II, sections 3+4. pp 441-476 and pp 513-559. Offered in the entire volume of (x), 644 pp., with 5 folded engraved plates. PROVENANCE: Provinzial-Gewerbschule zu Aachen (with their small, oval rubber stamp on the title page; then on to the Deutsche Akademie der Luftfahrtforsuchung (with their name stamped in gilt at the spine bottom); and then on to Wright Patterson Air Force Base Field, with their rubber stamp on the page edges (exterior) top and bottom. Lastly, the Library of Congress, with their “surplus” stamp on the rear endpapers. All that said, this is a nice, clean, crisp copy. VG $500
The volume contains other significant works:
Thomson, W. (Lord Kelvin) & J.P. Joule, "Ueber die Wärmewirkung bewegter Flüssigkeiten" (On the Thermal Effects of Fluids in Motion", 1853),pp. 576-414. First edition in German om the Joule-Thomson Effect.
Kohlrausch, R. "Ueber die elektrischen Vorgänge bei der Elektrolyse”, a two-part paper, pp. 397-414 and 559-575.
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