MAXWELL, Traité d'électricité et de magnétisme, 1885-1887

First french edition.
Maxwell's equations which he exposes in his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism revolutionized physics. They provide a mathematical framework for the study of electromagnetic waves and therefore are the basis of all 20th century physics, including Einstein's special relativity.
Major work in the history of science.
Our copy has been enriched with dozens of notes on loose paper or in the margins by Emmanuel Carvallo (1856–1945). A member of the French Mathematical Society (Société mathématique de France) and the French Physical Society (Société française de physique), Carvallo taught electricity courses at the Practical School of Industrial Electricity (École pratique d’électricité industrielle), and was Director of Studies (directeur d’études) at the École Polytechnique between 1909 and 1920.