Alexander Macfarlane

Alexander Macfarlane's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings

Mathematics

#455

Historical Rank

Measure Theory

#5032

Historical Rank

mathematics Degrees

Alexander Macfarlane

Physics

#1297

Historical Rank

physics Degrees

Download Badge

Mathematics
Physics

Why Is Alexander Macfarlane Influential?

(Suggest an Edit or Addition)

According to Wikipedia, Alexander Macfarlane FRSE LLD was a Scottish logician, physicist, and mathematician. Life Macfarlane was born in Blairgowrie, Scotland, to Daniel MacFarlane and Ann Small. He studied at the University of Edinburgh. His doctoral thesis "The disruptive discharge of electricity" reported on experimental results from the laboratory of Peter Guthrie Tait.

(See a Problem?)

Alexander Macfarlane's Published Works

Number of citations in a given year to any of this author's works

Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author

Published Works

A Treatise on Universal Algebra (1899) (40)
THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM. (1911) (31)
Analysis of Relationships of Consanguinity and Affinity (15)
XLVI. The disruptive discharge of electricity (1880) (11)
Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait (1911) (9)
A Primer of Quaternions (1897) (6)
Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century (1920) (5)
Application of Hyperbolic Analysis to the Discharge of a Condenser (4)
XXXII.The logical spectrum (1885) (4)
George Boole (1815-1864) (3)
Vectors and Quaternions (1893) (3)
Biography: Arthur Cayley (1895) (3)
Vectors versus Quaternions (1893) (3)
Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) (2)
Elements of Quaternions (1901) (2)
2. Problem in Relationship. (1)
4. Algebra of Relationship. Part III (1)
1. On the Disruptive Discharge of Electricity (1)
3. Algebra of Relationship.—Part II. (1)
Anwendung der Quaternionen auf die Geometrie (1897) (1)
James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) (1)
4. On a Calculus of Relationship. (1)
On exact analysis as the basis of language (1892) (1)
George Peacock (1791-1858) (1)
Art. 6: Product of Two Vectors (0)
On the Electric Resistance of Iron at a High Temperature (0)
Art. 9: Spherical Trigonometry (0)
1. The Effect of Flame on the Electric Discharge (0)
Miscellaneous back pages (0)
Elements of Quaternions . By the late Sir W. R. Hamilton. Second edition. Edited by Professor C. J. Joly. London, Longmans & Co. Vol. I., pp. xxxiii + 583; Vol. II., pp. liv + 502; quarto. (1901) (0)
8. The Discharge of Electricity through Olive Oil (0)
Peter Guthrie Tait (1902) (0)
On the Electric Strength of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Dielectrics (1893) (0)
Arithmetical Notation of Kinship (1883) (0)
Macfarlane on discharge of condenser (0)
2. On the Application of Angström's Method to the Conductivity of Wood (0)
XXIII.—On the Disruptive Discharge of Electricity: An Experimental Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Science, Department A (0)
Algebraic Notation of Kinship (1886) (0)
2. The Principles of the Algebra of Logic. Part III.—Application to certain Problems in the Theory of Probability (0)
Art. 7: Product of Three Vectors (0)
4. The Effect of Moisture on the Electric Discharge. (0)
4. The Electric Discharge through Colza Oil (0)
Units of Weight, Mass, and Force (1887) (0)
XVII.—On the Disruptive Discharge of Electricity. Part IV (0)
2. On the Disruptive Discharge of Electricity. (0)
On the Tradition Question in Probabilities (1880) (0)
THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE THROUGH COLZA OIL. (1881) (0)
Problems: 28-29 (1895) (0)
Henry John Stephen Smith (1826-1883) (0)
6. Arrangement of the Metals in an Electro-Frictional Scale (0)
On the Notation Proposed by M. Hospitalier (0)
Theorie der Quaternionen (0)
Art. 8: Composition of Quantities (0)
The Logical Form of Geometrical Theorems (1887) (0)
Art. 4: Coaxial Quaternions (0)
William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879) (0)
XIII. Geometrical interpretation of log Uq (1894) (0)
3. On the Principles of the Logical Algebra; with Applications. Part I. (0)
Art. 5: Addition of Vectors in Space (0)
4. Note on Plane Algebra (0)
XXIV.—On the Discharge of Electricity through Oil of Turpentine (0)
LVIII. An analysis of relationships (1881) (0)
Art. 2: Addition of Coplanar Vectors (0)
Art. 3: Products of Coplanar Vectors (0)
Arthur Cayley (1821-1895) (0)
Isaac Todhunter (1820-1884) (0)
5. Suggestions on the Art of Signalling (0)
Problems: 42-43 (1894) (0)
On the Units of Light and Radiation (0)
Bibliography of quaternions and allied mathematics (0)
4. Positive and Negative Electric Discharge between a Point and a Plate and between a Ball and a Plate. (0)
XXV.—On the Disruptive Discharge of Electricity (0)
W. E. Hamilton (1902) (0)
4. On the Discharge of Electricity through Turpentine (0)
6. On the Solution of the Simultaneous Equations:— ax + by = c , and dx + ey = f , when the Symbols denote Qualities (0)
Art. 10: Composition of Rotations (0)

This paper list is powered by the following services:

Other Resources About Alexander Macfarlane

en.wikipedia.org

What Schools Are Affiliated With Alexander Macfarlane?

Alexander Macfarlane is affiliated with the following schools:

Alexander Macfarlane's Academic­Influence.com Rankings

Why Is Alexander Macfarlane Influential?

Alexander Macfarlane's Published Works

Published Works

Other Resources About Alexander Macfarlane

What Schools Are Affiliated With Alexander Macfarlane?

Image Attributions

Alexander Macfarlane's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings