Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 39 (Advances in Applied Mechanics)
Contributors: Erik van der Giessen (Editor); Hassan Aref (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: July 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780120020393
Subjects: Applied physics & special topics; Classical mechanics; Mechanical Engineering & Materials; Engineering Mechanics; Technology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - Dynamics - Fluid Dynamics; Mechanics - Dynamics - General; Physics; Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics; Engineering - Civil; Engineering - Mechanical
First sentence: In the years 1878-1879, the American physicist Alfred M. Mayer published accounts of experiments with needle magnets placed on floating pieces of cork in an applied magnetic field, intended as a didactic illustration of atomic interactions and forms.