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LAMB, Horace

Born Stockport, Cheshire, England, 27 November 1849; died Cambridge, England, 4 December 1934. Education, Owens College Manchester (1867) and Trinity College Cambridge (2nd wrangler 1872). Fellow of Trinity College 1872-75. Professor of mathematics, University of Adelaide 1875-85. Professor of mathematics, Owens College Manchester 1885-1920. Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge 1920-34. F.R.S. 1884. Royal Medal 1902; Copley Medal 1923. Knighted 1931.
  1. On some hydrodynamical solutions. Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 14 (1877), 40-43.
  2. On the free motion of a solid through an infinite mass of liquid. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 8 (1876-77), 273-286.
  3. On the conditions for steady motion of a fluid. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 9 (1877-78), 91-92.
  4. On the potential of an elliptic cylinder. Messenger of Mathematics, 7 (1877-78), 33-34.
  5. Note on a theorem in hydrodynamics. Messenger of Mathematics, 7 (1877-78), 41-42.
  6. Note on a theorem relating to quadratic expressions. Messenger of Mathematics, 10 (1880-81), 35-36.
  7. On the oscillations of a viscous spheroid. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 13 (1881-82), 51-66.
  8. On the vibrations of an elastic sphere. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 13 (1881-82), 189-212.
  9. On the forces experienced by a solid moving in an infinite mass of liquid. Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 19 (1883), 66-70.
  10. The basis of statics. Philosophical Magazine, S.5, 15 (1883), 187-191.
  11. On the vibrations of a spherical shell. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 14 (1882-83), 50-56.
  12. (Abstract) On electrical motions in a spherical conductor. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 35 (1883), 130-132.
  13. On the mutual potential of two lines in space. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 14 (1882-83), 301-307.
  14. On electrical motions in a spherical conductor. Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions., 174 (1883), 519-549.
  15. On the induction of electric currents in cylindrical and spherical conductors. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 15 (1883-84), 139-149.
  16. Note on the induction of electric currents in a cylinder placed across the lines of magnetic force. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 15 (1883-84), 270-274.
  17. The history of electromagnetism. A discourse delivered at the annual commemoration of the University of Adelaide, December 17, 1884. Adelaide, 1884. 14pp.
  18. On the motion of a viscous fluid contained in a spherical vessel. London Mathematical Society. Proceedings., 16 (1884-85), 27-43.
  19. Proof of a hydrodynamical theorem. Messenger of Mathematics, 14 (1884-85), 87-92.
  20. On the persistency of electric currents in masses of iron. (Report of lecture accompanied by description of experiments given by Professor H. Lamb, March 5, 1885.) Supplementary remarks by Professor Rennie. Royal Society of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings., 8 (1884-85), 73-74.
  21. The cause of the luminosity of flame. (Report of lecture accompanied by description of experiments given by Professor H. Lamb, March 5, 1885.) Supplementary remarks by Professor Rennie. Royal Society of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings., 8 (1884-85), 74-76.
  22. A treatise on the mathematical theory of the motion of fluids. Cambridge: at the University Press, 1879. x + 258p. German translation with emendations by Dr. Richard Reiff, Einleitung in die Hydrodynamik (Freiburg i.B. und Tübingen: Akademische Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.C.B. Mohr, 1884), xii + 332p. 2nd English edition 1895, entitled Hydrodynamics ('This book may be regarded as a second edition of a 'Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Motion of Fluids' published in 1879, but the additions and alternatives are so extensive that it has been thought proper to make a change of title' - Preface). 3rd English edition 1906; authorised German translation by Johannes Friedel, Lehrbuch der hydrodynamik (Leipzig und Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1907), xiv + 787p. 4th English edition 1916. 5th English edition 1924; 2nd authorised German translation, by Elise Helly, with additions by R. von Mises, 1931. 6th English edition 1932; 1st American edition 1945.
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