Thomson, J: Treatise on the Motion of Vortex Rings

Excerpt from Treatise on the Motion of Vortex Rings: An Essay to Which the Adams Prize Was Adjudged, in 1882, in the University of CambridgeA. General investigation of the action upon each other of two closed vortices in a perfect incompressible ¿uid.In this essay, in addition to the set subject, I have discussed some points which are intimately connected with it, and I have endeavoured to apply some of the results to the vortex atom theory of matter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.