Author:Peter Guthrie Tait

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Peter Guthrie Tait
(1831–1901)

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British mathematical physicist

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "P. G. T."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "P. G. T."

Works

Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867) with Lord Kelvin
The Unseen Universe (1875) with Balfour Stewart (see The Unseen Universe 6th ed. at archive.org)

Contributions to EB9

"Thermodynamics," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)
"Thunderstorm," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)

Contributions to EB1911

"Hamilton, Sir William Rowan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Knot," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Maxwell, James Clerk," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Quaternions," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)

Works about Tait

"Tait, Peter Guthrie," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Tait, Peter Guthrie," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
"Peter Guthrie Tait, in Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century (1919), edited by Alexander Macfarlane

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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