Two Important Papers by John Kerr Relating to Kerr Spectroscopy/Kerr Effect
The following two papers (principal among many others):
“On rotation of the plane of polarization by reflection from the pole of a magnet” (1877) and “On Reflection of Polarized Light from the Equatorial Surface of a Magnet” (1878). Offered in two half-yearly volumes of the Philosophical Magazine, along with other significant papers by Oliver Heaviside, John Draper, William Thomson, William Huggins, and many others.
Kerr Paper #1:
“On rotation of the plane of polarization by reflection from the pole of a magnet” in the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Volume III, Fifth Series, January-June 1877. Very nice copy, half-calf with raised bands and tips. Viii, 576pp, 14 plates.
“John Kerr's famous communications in the Philosophical Magazine in 1877 and 1878 are revisited, interpreted, and illustrated in terms of a present-day view of Kerr spectroscopy and applications thereof.”--Taylor & Francis website.
“.these two publications gave rise not only to one of the most frequently applied experimental tools in magnetism, namely, Kerr spectroscopy, but also became immensely important in the technology of quality control of magnetic recording media. Even the expression magneto optics, which was used deliberately in Kerr’s second paper, became a standard term in physics textbooks.”--Philosophical Magazine Letters, 2008, 1–11. Also see: “John Kerr and his effects found in 1877 and 1878”, by P. Weinberger.
Also of note and interest: C.S. Peirce, “Note on the Sensation of Colour”;
O. Heaviside “On the Speed of Signaling through Heterogeneous Telegraph Circuits”;
G. Wiedemann “On the Laws of the Passage of Electricity through Gases”;
G. H. Darwin “On a suggested Explanation of the Obliquity of Planets to their Orbits”;
A. Cayley “Elementary Treatise on Elliptic Functions”;
W. Crookes “On Repulsion resulting from Radiation”;
*Henry Draper. “Photographs of the Spectra of Venus and a Lyrse”;
Lord Rayleigh “On the Application of the Principle of Reciprocity to Acoustics”;
J. Thomson “Experiments on Contact Electricity between Non-Conductors”;
Lord Rayleigh “Acoustical Observations”; W. Crookes “On the Theory of the Radiometer”;
*W. Huggins “On the Photographic Spectra of Stars”;
And the fascinating: J. Thomson “On the Origin of Windings of Rivers in Alluvial Plains, with Remarks on the Plow of Water round Bends in Pipes
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Kerr Paper #2:
London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Volume VII, Fifth Series, January-June 1878. Very nice copy, half-calf with raised bands and tips. Viii, 479pp, 12 plates. There's some moderate scuffing to the spine and to the spine tops and bottoms, though in general the book is still quite attractive and very solid.
John Kerr, “On Reflection of Polarized Light from the Equatorial Surface of a Magnet” (see above)
W. Thomson “On the Thermoelastic, Thermomagnetic, and Pyroelectric Properties of Matter”;
Arthur Cayley “On the Distribution of Electricity on two Spherical Surfaces”;
W. Crookes “On Repulsion resulting from Radiation.— Preliminary Note on the Otheoscope”;
E. Sacher, “Three Experiments with Telephones”;
J. J. Sylvester, “Proof of the hitherto undemonstrated Fundamental Theorem of Invariants
W. E. Ayrton and J. Perry “On the Contact Theory of Voltaic Action ."
O.N. Rood, “On the Photometric Comparison of Light of different Colours”;
H. Preece “On some Physical Points connected with the Telephone”;
Helmholtz “On Galvanic Currents occasioned by Differences of Concentration — Differences from the Mechanical Theory of Heat.
The two volumes: $950
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