Download or read book A Commentary on the Scientific Writings of J. Willard Gibbs, Ph.D., LL. D., Formerly Professor of Mathematical Physics in Yale University, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Frederick George Donnan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Commentary on the Scientific Writings of J. Willard Gibbs, Ph.D., LL. D., Formerly Professor of Mathematical Physics in Yale University, Vol. 1 of 2: Thermodynamics, Dealing With the Contents of Volume One of the Collected Works I. Introduction II. Outline of Gibbs' Lectures on Thermodynamics. III. Further Notes on Gibbs' Lectures. Photographs of Models of the Thermodynamic Surface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.