Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2474
Waals, J.D. van der.
Over de continuïteit van den gas- en vloeistoftoestand. Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1873, VIII,134,(1)p., fold. plate, orig. giltlettered and embossed purple cloth, a.e.g.
- Lot
- 2474
- Auction
- Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026
- Estimate
- €1,000 – €1,500
- Photos
- 1 photo
Condition
Trifle foxed; bookblock loose. Lower joint split at upper half; top of spine sl. dam.
Notes
DSB 14, p.109-111: "(...) On the basis of his knowledge of the work of Clausius and other molecular theorists, he wrote his dissertation, Over de continuiteit van den gas- en vloeistoftoestand (1873). As Maxwell said, "this at once put his name among the foremost in science." Using rather simple mathematics, the dissertation gave a satisfactory molecular explanation for the phenomena observed in vapors and liquids by Thomas Andrews and other experimenters, especially the existence of a critical temperature, below which a gas can be condensed to a two-phase system of vapor and liquid; while above it there can be only a homogeneous vapor phase. This was one of the first descriptions of a collective molecular effect, although the kinetic theory of gases was already known."; Stanitz collection no.448. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
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