Scottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901)

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Peter Guthrie Tait. Mezzotint by J. Faed after Sir G. Reid.

Peter Guthrie Tait. Etching by W. Hole, 1884.

Life and scientific work of Peter Guthrie Tait : supplementing the two volumes of scientific papers published in 1898 and 1900 / by Cargill Gilston Knott.

Lectures on some recent advances in physical science : with a special lecture on force / by P.G. Tait.

Life and letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL. D., late principal of the United college in the University of St. Andrews ... / by John Campbell Shairp ... Peter Guthrie Tait ... and A. Adams-Reilly.

Treatise on natural philosophy : Vol 1. Part 2 / by Sir William Thomson and Peter Guthrie Tait.

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Lectures on some recent advances in physical science : with a special lecture on force / by P.G. Tait.

Life and letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL. D., late principal of the United college in the University of St. Andrews ... / by John Campbell Shairp ... Peter Guthrie Tait ... and A. Adams-Reilly.

Treatise on natural philosophy : Vol 1. Part 2 / by Sir William Thomson and Peter Guthrie Tait.