Hamilton, General Method in Dynamics Hamilton, W. R. On a general method in dynamics; by which the

Hamilton, General Method in Dynamics Hamilton, W. R. On a general method in dynamics; by which the study of the motions of all free systems of attracting or repelling points is reduced to the search and differentiation of one central relation, or characteristic function. First & second essay. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. (London) 1834-35. 4to (28,5:23 cm). S. 247-308; S. 95-144. Mod. Lwd. mit goldgepr. Rtit. Poggendorff III, 579; Klein, Vorlesungen I, 198 ff.; DSB VI, 87. - Vollständiger Erstdruck der berühmten Arbeit, mit der Hamilton neue Grundlagen in der theoretischen Mechanik legte, die später als Hamiltonsche Theorie bekannt wurden. Aus den Philosophical Transactions für 1834 u. 1835. - Papierbedingt gleichmäßig gering gebräunt. 2 parts in 1 volume, extracted from the Philosphical Transaction for 1834 and 1835. First printing of "the most important of Hamilton's major mathematical works" (James, Remarkable Mathematicians, p. 112). "Hamilton's essay gave classical mechanics the formulation which has become standard for today's quantum theory and statistical mechanics" (Cohen, Revolution in Science, p. 320). - Lightly browned. Recent cloth with gilt lettered title on spine.