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KELVIN, William Thomson.

(1824 – 1907)

(Born: 1824; Died: 1907)

Biographical references: Allibone, Dictionary of English Literature, 1859-71. BBA: I 1080, 208-280. WBI.

1. English, 1894.
The | Molecular Tactics Of | A Crystal | By | Lord Kelvin, P.R.S. | [...2 lines of titles and memberships...] | Being the Second Robert Boyle Lecture, delivered before | the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club | on Tuesday, May 16, 1893 | With Twenty Illustrations | Oxford | At The Clarendon Press | 1894.

8°: [1]-59, [1] p., 20 illus.

Contents: [1-2], Half title page, "The Molecular Tactics Of | A Crystal," verso printer's information.; [3-4], Title page, verso "Oxford | Printed At The Claredon Press | ..."; [5]-59, Text.; [1 pg], Blank.

Rare. "My subject this evening is not the physical properties of crystals, not even their dynamics; it is merely the geometry of the structure-the arrangement of the molecules in the constitution of the crystal."

Bibliographical references: NUC. Roller & Goodman, Catalogue, 1976.

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