first edition
1912 · In: Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Volume XXI. Cambridge:
by BATEMAN, Harry (1882-1946).
In: Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Volume XXI. Cambridge:: University Press, 1912., 1912. 280 x 229 mm. 4to. Pages 123-128; 171-196; 257-280. [Entire volume: vi, 481 pp.] Full brown cloth; lightly freckled, spine ends frayed. Blind stamp of the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. Very good. FIRST EDITIONS. "General theories had little attraction for Bateman; he was a master of the special instance. Much of his work consisted of finding special functions to solve partial differential equations. . .. Bateman's most significant single contribution to mathematical physics was a paper (1909) in which, following the work of Lorentz (truncated)