Author:Samuel Hawksley Burbury

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Samuel Hawksley Burbury
(1831–1911)

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British mathematician and barrister; Fellow of the Royal Society;

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "S. H. B."

Works

The Application of Generalised Co-ordinates to the Kinetics of a Material System (1879)
(two volumes) The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism (1885-1889)

Contributions to periodicals

"On the Second Law of Thermodynamics, in Connection with the Kinetic Theory of Gasses" in Philosophical Magazine, 1, pp. 1–67
"On a Theorem in the Dissipation of Energy" in Philosophical Magazine
"Boltzmann’s Minimum Function" in Nature, 51 (1308) (1894), p. 78
"Boltzmann’s Minimum Function" in Nature, 51 (1318) (1895), p. 320
"Boltzmann’s Minimum Function" in Nature, 52 (1335) (1895), pp. 104–105

Works about Burbury

"Burbury, Samuel Hawksley," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
"Burbury, Samuel Hawksley," in Men-at-the-Bar (v. 2nd ed.), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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