Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th November 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1017

A PHYSICAL TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM . By J . IB . H . GK 313 JDOISr , B . A .., Cambricfffe , Assistant-Secretary of the British Association , I 2 toIs . deray 8 vo , cloth extra , SBs . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . ; * We welcome most heartily Mr . Gordon's valuable contribution to the experimental side of the science . It at once takes its place among the books with which every investigator and every teacher who goes beyond the merest rudiments must needs equip himself . There is certainly no book in English—we think there is none in any other language—which covers quite the same ground . It records the most recent advances in the experimental treatment of electrical problems , it describes with minute carefulness the instruments and and methods drawings in use made in to ph scale ysical . — laboratories Times . , and is prodigal of beautifully executed diagrams ' We have no hesitation in saying that Mr . Gordon ' s book will soon occupy a deserved place side by side with the classic work of Prof . Clerk Maxwell . . . . The style is clear and easy , the descriptions accurate and easy to understand , and the diagrams are excellent . The book fills up a serious gap in our scientific libraries . The two volumes are a credit to the publishers , and the book itself is an honour to the author and to the science school where his knowledge was obtained /—Daily News . 'If Prof . Maxwell exercis 2 S the profound insight of the scientific seer and formulates new laws , Mr . Gordon describes the processes and apparatus used in gaining those results , without which the mathematician ' s genius is in vain . Mr . Gordon ' s physical treatise is supplementary to the mathematical one of Prof . Maxwell , and , high compliment though it is , we do not hesitate to say that it is worthy of a place beside the latter in every electrician ' s library . ... It bids fair J ; o be a standard work for many years to come . '—Globe . ' In this work , as in no other , we find excellent descriptions of modern instruments . . . . The author lias shown his wide reading , great selective judgment , intimate acquaintance with the methods of original work , and with the records of such work . ' . . . The Engineer . * The fundamental point in the whole work is its perfect reflection of all that is best in the modern modes of regarding electric and magnetic forces , and in the modern methods of constructing electrical instruments . '—Engineering . ' This unequalled text-book . '—The Teacher . ' Perhaps the best text-book ever done/—Vanit y Fajlk . ' We know no book on Electricity so beautifully illustrated / JXaxuahs . 4 reader of ordinary culture can fail to comprehend the nature of the actions which II Mr . Gordon describes and explains . '—Sfeotator . U I present The knowled important ge on work the subject before . us '— , Scotsman as far as . it goes , forms a nearly perfect reflex of our I I Too great praise cannot well be given to the description , illustration , and modes of using I Modern ¦ I i Probabl instruments y the best . '— book Eleotkician of the kind . that has ever been published in England . ... Of I emi nent value to students in this department of science . '— Academy . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEAKLE & RIVINGTON , | 1 ^_ - Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . C . ( 607 )

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