# Benjamin Osgood Peirce's publications

Below we list, as complete as we can, a list of all the publications of Benjamin Osgood Peirce. We also give, where possible, links to the articles as archived on the web:
1. (with Edward B Lefavour) On the effect of armatures on the magnetic state of electromagnets, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 10 (1875), 385-386.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021424

2. On the induction spark produced in breaking a galvanic circuit between the poles of a magnet, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 11 (1875), 218-227.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021468

3. On a new method of comparing the electromotive forces of two batteries and measuring their internal resistance, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 12 (1877), 137-140.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25138441

4. On a new method of measuring the resistance of a galvanic battery, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 12 (1877), 140-142.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25138442

5. Note on the determination of the law of propagation of heat in the interior of a solid body, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 12 (1877), 143-149.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25138443

6. (with Edward B Lefavour) Preliminary work on the determination of the law of propagation of heat in the interior of solid bodies, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 13 (1877), 128-140.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25138480

7. Über die Emissionsspectra der Haloid-verbindungen des Quecksilbers, Annalen der Physik und Chemie 242 (4) (1879), 597-599.

8. Über die Electromotorische Knifte von Gaselemente (Inaugural dissertation, Leipzig, 1879).

9. On the sensitiveness of the eye to slight differences of color, Amer. J. Sci. (3) 26 (154) (1883), 299-302.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-26/154/299.full.pdf

10. Elements of the Theory of the Newtonian Potential Function (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1888).

11. Elements of the Theory of the Newtonian Potential Function 2nd ed. (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1888).

12. (with Robert Wheeler Willson) On the charging of condensers by galvanic batteries, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 24 (1889), 146-163.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021557

13. (with Robert Wheeler Willson) On the measurement of internal resistance of batteries, Amer. J. Sci. (3) 38 (228) (1889), 465-467.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-38/228/465.full.pdf

14. Short Table of Integrals (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1889).

15. (with William Elwood Byerly) Elements of the Integral Calculus (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1889).

16. On some theorems which connect together certain line and surface integrals, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 26 (1891), 20-23.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20013473

17. On some simples cases of electric flow in flat circular plates, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 26 (1891), 218-239.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20013484

18. On the properties of batteries formed of cells joined up in a multiple arc, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 30 (1894), 194-199.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20020587

19. On the electrical resistances of certain poor conductors, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 30 (1894), 390-395.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20020595

20. On the thermo-electric properties of platinoid and manganine, Amer. J. Sci. (3) 48 (286) (1894), 302-306.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-48/286/302.full.pdf

21. (with Robert Wheeler Willson) Temperature variation of the thermal conductivities of marble and slate, Amer. J. Sci. (3) 50 (300) (1895), 435-441.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s3-50/300/435.full.pdf

22. On a certain class of equipotential surfaces, Amer. J. Math. 18 (2) (1895), 130-134.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2369676

23. On the induction coefficients of hard steel magnets, Amer. J. Sci. (4) 2 (11) (1896), 347-354.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s4-2/11/347.full.pdf

24. (with Robert Wheeler Willson) Table of the first forty roots of the Bessel equation $J_{0}(X) = 0$ with the corresponding values of $J_{1}(X)$, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (4) (1897), 153-155.
http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183414855

25. On the properties of seasoned magnets made of self-hardening steel, Amer. J. Sci. (4) 5 (29) (1898), 334-342.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s4-5/29/334.full.pdf

26. (with Robert Wheeler Willson) On the thermal conductivities of certain poor conductors I, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 34 (1) (1898), 3-56.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20020852

27. The perception of horizontal and vertical lines, Science (September, 1899).

28. On the thermal conductivity of vulcanite, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 35 (4) (1899), 75-80.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25129900

29. (with Robert Wheeler Willson) On the thermal diffusivities of different kinds of marble, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 36 (2) (1900), 13-16.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20020960

30. Elements of the Theory of the Newtonian Potential Function 3rd ed. (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1902).

31. On the temperature coefficients of magnets made of chilled cast iron, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 38 (19) (1903), 551-556.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021804

32. On the thermal conductivities of certain pieces of rock from the Calumet and Hecla mine, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 38 (23) (1903), 651-660.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021820

33. On families of curves which are the lines of certain plane vectors, either solenoidal or lamellar, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 38 (24) (1903), 663-678.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021824

34. On the lines of certain classes of solenoidal or lamellar sectors, symmetrical with respect to an axis, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 39 (12) (1903), 295-304.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021886

35. On generalized space differentiation of the second order, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 39 (17) (1904), 377-386.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20021906

36. Some elementary theorems concerning the steady flow of electricity in solid conductors, Ann. Math. (2) 5 (4) (1904), 153-168.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2007261

37. On the properties of magnets made of hardened cast iron, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 40 (22) (1905), 701-715.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022016

38. On the manner of growth of a current in the coil of a nearly closed electromagnet as influenced by the width of the air-gap, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 41 (24) (1906), 505-540.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022119

39. On the permeability and the retentiveness of a mass of fine iron particles, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 42 (3) (1906), 87-91.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022181

40. On the length of the time of contact in the case of a quick tap on a telegraph key, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 42 (4) (1906), 95-100.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022185

41. On the conditions to be satisfied if the sum of the corresponding members of two pairs of orthogonal functions of two variables are to be themselves orthogonal, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 42 (7) (1906), 149-157.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022197

42. A simple device for measuring the deflections of a mirror galvanometer, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 42 (9) (1906), 173-174.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022205

43. On the correction for the effect of the counter-electromotive force induced in a moving coil galvanometer when the instrument is used ballistically, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 42 (8) (1906), 161-169.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022201

44. On the determination of the magnetic behavior of the finely divided core of an electromagnet while a steady current is being established in the exciting coil, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 43 (5) (1907), 99-182.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022314

45. The damping of the oscillations of swinging bodies by the resistance of the air, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 44 (2) (1908), 63-88.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022396

46. The theory of ballistic galvanometers of long period, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 44 (11) (1909), 283-314.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022432

47. On the magnetic behavior of hardened cast iron and of certain tool steels at high excitations, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 44 (13) (1909), 353-364.
>http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022440

48. On the permeabilities and the reluctivities, for very wide ranges of excitation, of normal specimens of compressed steel, Bessemer steel and Norway iron rods, Amer. J. Sci. (4) 27 (160) (1909), 273-288.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s4-27/160/273.full.pdf

49. On the magnetic properties at high excitations of a remarkably pure specimen of soft Norway iron, Amer. J. Sci. (4) 28 (163) (1909), 1-8.
http://www.ajsonline.org/content/s4-28/163/1.full.pdf

50. Biography of Joseph Lovering, National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs 6 (1909), 329-344.
http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/lovering-joseph.pdf

51. The conception of the derivative of a scalar point function with respect to another similar function, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 45 (12) (1910), 339-352.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022553

52. The effect of leakage at the edges upon the temperatures within a homogeneous lamina through which heat is being conducted, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 45 (13) (1910), 355-360.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022557

53. The magnitude of an error which sometimes affects the results of magnetic tests upon iron and steel rings, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 46 (3) (1910), 85-93.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022609

54. The resistivity of hardened cast iron as a measure of its temper and of its fitness for use in permanent magnets, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 46 (8) (1910), 185-204.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022629

55. The magnetic permeabilities at low excitations of two kinds of very pure soft iron, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 46 (9) (1910), 207-212.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022633

56. The effects of sudden changes in the inductances of electric circuits as illustrative of the absence of magnetic lag and of the von Waltcnhofer phenomena in finely divided cores. Certain mechanical analogies of the electrical problems, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 46 (20) (1911), 541-585.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022677

57. The anomalous magnetization of iron and steel, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 47 (17) (1912), 633-670.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20022770

58. The maximum value of the magnetization in iron, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 49 (2) (1913), 117-146.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20025449

59. The demagnetizing factors of cylindrical rods in high uniform fields, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 50 (3) (1914), 53-64. (completed by John Coulson)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20025511

60. The influence of the magnetic characteristics of the iron core of an induction coil upon the manner of establishment of a steady current in the primary circuit, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sciences 50 (7) (1915), 149-168. (completed by John Coulson)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20025527

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