Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume 369 1979 1980 (Numbers 1736-1739)
Description: London: The Royal Society. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Iv, 581 pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A VOLUME 369Number 1736 13 December 1979Ñ The Clifford Paterson Lecture, 1979. From computing slave to knowledgeable servant : the evolution of computers. By G. G. Scarrott Ñ The origin of the Earth+s magnetic field. By F. H. Hibberd Ñ Local diffeomorphisms in the bifurcational manifestations of the umbilic catastrophes. By G. W. Hunt, N. A. Reay and T. Yoshimura Ñ Construction of metric and vector potential perturbations of a Reissner- NordstrÜm black hole. By R. M. WaldÑ The thermal decomposition of silver azide. By T. B. Tang and ? . M. Chaudhri. (Plates 1-4) Ñ Note on a modification to the nonlinear SchrÜdinger equation for application to deep water waves. By ? . B. Dysthe Ñ Basic Fourier series. By H. ExtonNumber 1737 31 December 1979Ñ A model for coalescence in a two-dimensional close-packed dispersion. By S. Hartland and N. Gakis Ñ The Steiner surface revisited. By R. J. Y. McLeod Ñ Photophysics of the lowest triplet state in 2-benzoyl pyridine crystals. I. Optical spectra. By M. Batley, R. Bramley and K. Robinson Ñ Photophysics of the lowest triplet state in 2-benzoylpyridine crystals. II. Optically detected e. P. R. In zero and high magnetic fields. By M. Batley, R. Bramley, F. Poldy and K. RobinsonÑ Transport properties of regular arrays of cylinders. By W. T. Perrins, D. R. McKenzie and R. C. McPhedranÑ Thermally driven hydromagnetic convection in a rapidly rotating sphere. By D. R. FearnÑ Elastic fracture mechanics analysis by the boundary integral equation method. By C. L. Tan and R. T. Fenner Ñ A non-Gaussian theory for rubber in biaxial strain. I. Mechanical properties. By L. R. G. Treloar and G. RidingÑ A non-Gaussian theory for rubber in biaxial strain. II. Optical properties. By L. R. G. Treloar and G. Riding Number 1738 28 January 1980Ñ Address of the President Lord Todd, O. M. At the Anniversary Meeting, 30 November 1979. Ñ Topochemically controlled solid-state polymerization. By H. Nakanishi, W. Jones, J. M. Thomas, F. R. S, M. Hasegawa and W. L. Rees. (Plates 1-6) Ñ Dependence of rate of ionic recombination on temperature and density of ambient gas. By Sir David Bates, F. R. S. Ñ A field compensated interference spectrometer for spectroscopy of the night airglow in the visible region. By Yvonne P. Elsworth, A. R. Taylor and J. F. James Ñ Thermodynamics and stability of fluids of third grade. By R. L. Fosdick and K. R. RajagopalÑ The determination of the atomic oxygen concentration and associated parameters in the lower ionosphere. By P. H. G. Dickinson, W. C. Bain, L. Thomas, E. R. Williams, D. B. Jenkins and N. D. Twiddy Ñ The decay of sawtooth solutions to the Burgers equation. By D. F. ParkerNumber 1739 12 February 1980 Ñ On one dimensional potential barriers having equal reflexion and transmission coefficients. By S. Chandrasekhar, F. R. S. Ñ X-ray diffraction from one-dimensionally disordered 2H crystals undergoing solid state transformation to the 6H structure. I. The layer displacement mechanism. By Dhananjai Pandey, Shrikant Lele and P. Krishna Ñ X-ray diffraction from one-dimensionally disordered 2H crystals undergoing solid state transformation to the 6H structure. II. The deformation mechanism. By Dhananjai Pandey, Shrikant Lele and P. Krishna Ñ X-ray diffraction from one-dimensionally disordered 2H crystals undergoing solid state transformation to the 6H structure. III. Comparison with experimental observations on SiC. By Dhananjai Pandey, Shrikant Lele and P. KrishnaÑ Ignition and flame quenching of quiescent dust clouds of solid fuels. By D. R. BallalÑ A pictorial approach to macroscopic space-time symmetry, with particular reference to light scattering. By Isabel ? . B. De Figueiredo and R. E. RaabÑ Symmetry indications of the polarization state of light scattered by fluids in electric and magnetic fields. By C. GrahamÑ Experiments on the diffraction of weak blast waves : the von Neumann paradox. By L. F. Henderson and A. Siegenthaler. (Plates 1-2) Ñ The development of wear-protective oxides and their influence on sliding friction. By J. E. Wilson, F. H. Stott and G. C. Wood Ñ Erratum: B. A. Buffham, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 364, 443-445 (1978). Good .

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