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An Elementary Treatise on Quaternions by Peter Guthrie Tait. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1890 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

In this groundbreaking two-volume textbook first published in 1867, Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait offer a unified scientific explanation of the physical world through the laws of energy. They defined much of what today is considered physics, covering such realms as liquid motion, instantaneous velocity, and the motion of a rigid body around a fixed point.

From simple movement to fluid dynamics the authors provide readers with the necessary science and mathematics to describe complex systems of motion.


Irish scientist, engineer, and author LORD WILLIAM THOMSON KELVIN (1824-1907) is...

First published in 1873, this co-authored biography of the Scottish physicist, Alpine explorer, and university leader James David Forbes (1809 1868) includes extracts from Forbes' letters. John Campbell Shairp, Forbes' successor as principal of the United College of the University of St Andrews, writes of Forbes' personal, family, and professional life, including his years at St Andrews. Forbes' student and his successor in the Natural Philosophy chair at the University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait, himself an accomplished mathematical physicist who co-wrote, with Lord Kelvin, Treatise on...

The only completed part of a survey of the physical sciences by Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait.

The only completed part of a survey of the physical sciences by Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait.