Elements of Vector Analysis. Offered with: Autograph letter from Gibbs to John Monroe Van Vleck

by Josiah Willard Gibbs

$19,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1881. First edition, first issue see below , of this extremely rare pamphlet which “marks the beginning of modern vector analysis” Crowe, p. 150 . “Nearly all branches of classical physics and many areas of modern physics are now presented in the language of vectors, and the benefits derived thereby are many. Vector analysis has likewise proved a valuable aid for many

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