The Net Advance of Physics RETRO:
HYDROSTATICS and HYDRODYNAMICS

Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics in the Long Nineteenth Century.

Most material in Net Advance Retro antedates 1920. It may be obsolete or incorrect. For more recent technical information, please consult the Fluid Mechanics page at the regular Net Advance site.

• General: Introductory:
  • Handbook of Natural Philosophy: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Heat by Rev. Dionysius Lardner [London: Walton and Maberly, 1855]

• General: Books and Collections:
  • Mémoires divers, 1798-1827 by Pierre Simon Laplace [Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1878] Numerous papers published in the journal Connaissance des Temps, mostly dealing with celestial mechanics (a few hydrodynamics papers as well). I have not attempted to index most of them individually.
  • Mécanique analytique (1788) by Joseph-Louis Lagrange Volume I --- Volume II [Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1853]
  • A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Motion of Fluids by Sir Horace Lamb [Cambridge, 1879]
  • Hydrodynamics by Sir Horace Lamb [Cambridge, 1895]

• General: Experimental Apparatus:
  • Instruments for Natural Philosophy: Fluids by Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. [Modern photographs of antique instruments.]

• General: NON-STANDARD:
  • Notes on the Principles of Pure and Applied Calculation ; and Applications of Mathematical Principles to Theories of the Physical Forces by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1869]
  • An Essay on the Mathematical Principles of Physics by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1873]
  • Remarks on the Cambridge Mathematical Studies, and their Relation to Modern Physical Science by Rev. James Challis [Cambridge: Deighton and Bell, 1875]

• Type: DISCONTINUOUS:
  • The Line of Action of the Resultant Pressure in Discontinuous Fluid Motion by S. Brodetsky [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 102, 361 (1922)]

• Type: ELASTIC:
  • Éclaircissements de la théorie des fluides élastiques by Pierre Simon Laplace [Annales de Chimie et de Physique 18, (1821)]
  • Sur l'attraction des sphères et sur la répulsion des fluides élastiques by Pierre Simon Laplace [Connaissance des Temps , (1821)] A molecular approach to hydrodynamics, including molecules of caloric, with an eye towards a kinetic theory of gravity.
  • Développement de la théorie des fluides élastiques et application de cette théorie à la vitesse du son by Pierre Simon Laplace [Connaissance des Temps , (1822)]

• Type: STATIC:
  • An Elementary Textbook of Dynamics and Hydrostatics by R. H. Pinkerton [London: Blackie, no date, perhaps 1890s]

• Type: STATIC: APPLICATIONS:
  • The Designing and Construction of Storage Reservoirs by Arthur Jacob [New York: Van Nostrand, 1873]

• Type: VISCOUS:
  • The Motion of Ellipsoidal Particles Immersed in a Viscous Fluid by G. B. Jeffery [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 102, 161 (1922)]

• Aspects: CAPILLARY ACTION:
  • Sur la théorie des tubes capillaires by Pierre Simon Laplace [Journal de Physique 62, (1806)]
  • Sur l'action capillaire by Pierre Simon Laplace [Journal de Physique 63, (1806)]
  • Considérations sur la thérie des phénomènes capillaires by Pierre Simon Laplace [Journal de Physique 89, (1819)]

• Aspects: FLOW IN PIPES:
  • Practical Hydraulic Formulæ for the Distribution of Water Through Long Pipes by E. Sherman Gould [New York: Engineering News, 1889]
  • The Elements of Water Supply Engineering by E. Sherman Gould [New York: Engineering News, 1899]

• Aspects: PROPELLORS:
  • Propellers by Cecil H. Peabody [New York: John Wiley, 1912]

• Aspects: SURFACE TENSION:
  • Sur l'attraction et la répulsion des petits corps qui nagent a la surface des fluides by Pierre Simon Laplace [Journal de Physique 63, (1806)]
  • De l'adhésion des corps a la surface des fluides by Pierre Simon Laplace [Journal de Physique 63, (1806)]

• Aspects: VORTICES:
  • On a New Method of Driving off Poisonous Gases by Hertha Ayrton [R. S. L. Proc A 96, 249 (1919)]
    • An Account of the History of the Ayrton Fan by A. P. Trotter. [Institution of Electrical Engineers] During the Great War, Mrs. Ayrton invented a machine that used what would now be called solitons to repel poison gas. Although the device worked, and was even deployed on the Western Front in a few places, Ayrton encountered an insuperable and timeless difficulty which Trotter (a prominent engineer of the era himself) describes thus: "exasperating officials who would not listen to anything new because they shirked the responsibility of giving a decision ... the obdurate nonchalance of those who were trained to be afraid of considering a thing on its merits".

• Aspects: WAVES:
  • On the Non-Periodic or Residual Motion of Water Moving in Stationary Waves by Hertha Ayrton [R. S. L. Proc. A 80, 252 (1908)]
  • The Origin and Growth of Ripple-mark by Hertha Ayrton [R. S. L. Proc. A 84, 290 (1910)]
  • Local Differences of Pressure Near an Obstacle in Oscillating Water by Hertha Ayrton [R. S. L. Proc A 91, 405 (1915)]

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