Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips) 1851-1916
Overview
| Works: | 552 works in 1,977 publications in 5 languages and 17,752 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Biography Bibliography Manuscripts Juvenile works Bibliography‡vCatalogs Catalogs Textbooks |
| Roles: | Author, Translator, Editor, Contributor, tra, Illustrator |
| Classifications: | QA803, 531 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Silvanus P Thompson
- Silvanus Phillips Thompson, D. SC., LL. D., F.R.S.; his life and letters by Jane Smeal Thompson( Book )
- Silvanus P. Thompson : teacher by James Greig( Book )
- Silvanus Phillips Thompson : his life and letters by James S Thompson( Book )
- List of the papers and correspondence of Silvanus Phillips Thompson, F.R.S., preserved in the Imperial College Archives by Imperial College of Science and Technology( Book )
- Hand list of the magnetic and electrical books in the library of Silvanus Phillips Thompson by Silvanus P Thompson( Book )
- Hand list of the magnetic and electrical books in the library of Silvanus Phillips Thompson by Silvanus P Thompson( Book )
- Should the cobbler stick to his last? Silvanus Phillips Thompson and the making of a scientific career by Hannah Gay( Book )
- A scientist in the bud. Silvanus Phillips Thompson at Bootham by J. Edmund Clark( Book )
- [Portrait etching] [mid-nineteenth century] by Silvanus P Thompson( Book )
- Silvanus P. Thompson letters to Henry Currie Marillier by Silvanus P Thompson( )
- Oliver Heaviside selected papers by Oliver Heaviside( )
- Exhibition of water colour sketches : the holiday work of the late Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, D. Sc., F.R.S by Silvanus P Thompson( Book )
- Hand list of the magnetic and electrical books in the library of Silvanus Phillips Thompson by Silvanus P Thompson( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Silvanus P Thompson
Elementary lessons in electricity and magnetism by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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179 editions published between 1881 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dr. Thompson has written a very accessible guide that hopes to enlighten its readers about the principle elements behind electricity and magnetism. Line drawings help to demonstrate the experiments he cites
179 editions published between 1881 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dr. Thompson has written a very accessible guide that hopes to enlighten its readers about the principle elements behind electricity and magnetism. Line drawings help to demonstrate the experiments he cites
Calculus made easy : being a very-simplest introduction to those beautiful methods of reckoning which are generally called
by the terrifying names of the differential calculus and the integral calculus by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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126 editions published between 1910 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Updates the classic calculus primer
126 editions published between 1910 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Updates the classic calculus primer
Mathematical principles of natural philosophy ; and, Optics by
Isaac Newton(
Book
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30 editions published between 1952 and 2007 in English and held by 2,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system
30 editions published between 1952 and 2007 in English and held by 2,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system
Dynamo-electric machinery: a manual for studens of electrotechnics by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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48 editions published between 1884 and 2015 in English and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
48 editions published between 1884 and 2015 in English and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Treatise on light, in which are explained the causes of that which occurs in reflexion & in refraction, and particularly in
the strange refraction of Iceland crystal by
Christiaan Huygens(
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25 editions published between 1912 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 754 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu shi hui geng si de dai biao zuo zhi yi. zuo zhe zai shu zhong ji guang de bo dong xue shuo zhi da cheng, ti chu le guang de mai chong li lun, bing ju ci dao chu le guang de zhe she yu fan she ding lü, ji hui geng si yuan li
25 editions published between 1912 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 754 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu shi hui geng si de dai biao zuo zhi yi. zuo zhe zai shu zhong ji guang de bo dong xue shuo zhi da cheng, ti chu le guang de mai chong li lun, bing ju ci dao chu le guang de zhe she yu fan she ding lü, ji hui geng si yuan li
Polyphase electric currents and alternate-current motors by
Silvanus P Thompson(
)
52 editions published between 1895 and 2015 in English and Russian and held by 538 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
52 editions published between 1895 and 2015 in English and Russian and held by 538 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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39 editions published between 1910 and 2015 in English and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (1824-1907) was one of Britain's most influential scientists, famous for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature. Silvanus P. Thompson (1851-1916) began this biography with the co-operation of Kelvin in 1906, but the project was interrupted by Kelvin's death the following year. Thompson, himself a respected physics lecturer and scientific writer, decided that a more comprehensive biography would be needed and spent several years reading through Kelvin's papers in order to complete these two volumes, published in 1910
39 editions published between 1910 and 2015 in English and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (1824-1907) was one of Britain's most influential scientists, famous for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature. Silvanus P. Thompson (1851-1916) began this biography with the co-operation of Kelvin in 1906, but the project was interrupted by Kelvin's death the following year. Thompson, himself a respected physics lecturer and scientific writer, decided that a more comprehensive biography would be needed and spent several years reading through Kelvin's papers in order to complete these two volumes, published in 1910
Michael Faraday; his life and work by
Silvanus P Thompson(
Book
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34 editions published between 1898 and 2012 in English and held by 395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1898 and 2012 in English and held by 395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contributions to photographic optics by
O Lummer(
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12 editions published between 1900 and 1982 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1900 and 1982 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On the magnet by
William Gilbert(
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7 editions published between 1901 and 1958 in English and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This 'On the Magnet' is a new improved English translation of the widely censored or banned Latin 1600 'De Magnete' by William Gilbert which was the first real science book to be published. This version is rather easier to read than its two earlier translations, and significantly helps to clarify Gilbert's 'attraction' physics which Newton put as one of two basic valid mathematized physics options and which he is believed to have privately favoured. It is basically a novel signal-response or remote-control physics that may still have real relevance today."
7 editions published between 1901 and 1958 in English and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This 'On the Magnet' is a new improved English translation of the widely censored or banned Latin 1600 'De Magnete' by William Gilbert which was the first real science book to be published. This version is rather easier to read than its two earlier translations, and significantly helps to clarify Gilbert's 'attraction' physics which Newton put as one of two basic valid mathematized physics options and which he is believed to have privately favoured. It is basically a novel signal-response or remote-control physics that may still have real relevance today."
Light visible and invisible : a series of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, at Christmas, 1896 by
Silvanus P Thompson(
)
11 editions published between 1897 and 1903 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1897 and 1903 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Philipp Reis, inventor of the telephone : a biographical sketch, with documentary testimony, translations of the original
papers of the inventor and contemporary publications by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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16 editions published between 1883 and 2016 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1883 and 2016 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lectures on the electromagnet by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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14 editions published between 1891 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1891 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Electricity and magnetism by
Amédée Guillemin(
)
7 editions published in 1891 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1891 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The electromagnet, and electromagnetic mechanism by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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27 editions published between 1891 and 2011 in English and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916) was an engineer and physicist who researched aspects of electricity, magnets and optics. He spent his career teaching, first as a professor in Bristol and later in London, at the City and Guilds Finsbury Technical College, and he was a frequent public speaker on scientific matters. Over the course of his career he became especially interested in technical education, and produced many books that explained complicated scientific concepts with clarity, including his most famous work Calculus Made Easy. In this work, published in 1891, Thompson explains the importance and function of the electromagnet. Starting with the history and development of electromagnets, the work looks at the principle of the magnetic current, and gives detailed descriptions – including numerous technical illustrations – of electromagnetic motors and machine tools, providing an engaging guide to the latest forms of scientific knowledge at the end of the nineteenth century
27 editions published between 1891 and 2011 in English and held by 202 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916) was an engineer and physicist who researched aspects of electricity, magnets and optics. He spent his career teaching, first as a professor in Bristol and later in London, at the City and Guilds Finsbury Technical College, and he was a frequent public speaker on scientific matters. Over the course of his career he became especially interested in technical education, and produced many books that explained complicated scientific concepts with clarity, including his most famous work Calculus Made Easy. In this work, published in 1891, Thompson explains the importance and function of the electromagnet. Starting with the history and development of electromagnets, the work looks at the principle of the magnetic current, and gives detailed descriptions – including numerous technical illustrations – of electromagnetic motors and machine tools, providing an engaging guide to the latest forms of scientific knowledge at the end of the nineteenth century
Traité théorique et pratique des machines dynamo-électriques by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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)
52 editions published between 1883 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
52 editions published between 1883 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Light visible and invisible : a series of lectures delivered at the Royal institution of Great Britain, at Christmas, 1896,
with additional lectures by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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10 editions published between 1903 and 1928 in English and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1903 and 1928 in English and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Die Dynamoelektrischen Maschinen : ein Handbuch für Studirende der Elektrotechnik by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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30 editions published between 1890 and 1996 in German and Undetermined and held by 178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
30 editions published between 1890 and 1996 in German and Undetermined and held by 178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A not impossible religion by
Silvanus P Thompson(
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21 editions published between 1918 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
21 editions published between 1918 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Epistle of Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt to Sygerus of Foncaucourt, soldier, concerning the magnet by
Pierre(
)
11 editions published in 1902 in English and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published in 1902 in English and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Motte, Andrew -1734 Translator
- Newton, Isaac 1642-1727 Author
- Cajori, Florian 1859-1930 Editor
- Gardner, Martin 1914-2010
- Huygens, Christiaan 1629-1695 Author
- Gilbert, William 1544-1603 Author
- Royal Institution of Great Britain
- Kelvin, William Thomson Baron 1824-1907 Author
- Lummer, O. (Otto) 1860-1925 Author Translator
- Faraday, Michael 1791-1867
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Calculus Calculus, Integral Celestial mechanics Christianity--Essence, genius, nature Differential calculus Electrical engineering Electric currents, Alternating--Polyphase Electric generators Electricity Electric machinery Electric machinery--Polyphase Electric machines Electric motors, Alternating current Electromagnets England--London Faraday, Michael, Fluid dynamics--Mathematics Gravitation Great Britain Imperial College of Science and Technology Kelvin, William Thomson,--Baron, Libraries Light Magnetism Magnets Manuscripts Manuscripts, English Mathematics Mathematics--Philosophy Mechanics Mechanics, Analytic Motion Optics Photographic optics Physicists Physics Principia (Newton, Isaac) Radiation Radium Reflection (Optics) Refraction Refraction, Double Reis, Philipp, Religion Science Telephone Thompson, Silvanus P.--(Silvanus Phillips), Tides Wave theory of light X-rays
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Phillips Thomson, Silvanus
Silvanus P. Thompson britisk fysikar og ingeniør
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Silvanus P. Thompson brytyjski fizyk
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Silvanus Phillips Thompson englischer Physiker
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Silvanus Thompson brittisk fysiker och ingenjör
Thompson, S. P.
Thompson, S. P. 1851-1916
Thompson, Silvanus P.
Thompson, Silvanus P. 1851-1916
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips
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Томпсон Сильванус
سيلفانوس طومسون
톰슨, 실바누스 P. 1851-1916
톰슨, 실버너스 필립스 1851-1916
톰슨, 실베이너스 P. 1851-1916
톰슨, 실베이너스 필립스 1851-1916
톰프슨, 실바누스 P. 1851-1916
シルバナス・トンプソン
タムソン, エス ピー
希爾瓦努斯·湯姆森
西拉·菲利普斯·汤普森
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