‎Yergin, Daniel‎
‎The Prize‎

‎Recherches sur la meilleure Manière de fabriquer les Aiguilles Aimantées, de les suspendre, de s'assurer quelles sont dans le véritable Méridian magnétique: enfin de rendre raison de leurs Variations diurnes régulières: Pièce qui a partae le Prix p... - [THE PRIZE-WINNING PAPER ON MAGNETIC COMPASSES INTRODUCING THE TORSION BALANCE]‎

‎Paris, Moutard, Panckoucke, 1780. 4to. Extract from ""Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome IX. With titlepage to vol. IX. Pp. (2), (167-) 264 and 4 folded engraved plates. The memoir has also its own titlepage. Fine and clean. Wide-margined.‎

‎First printing of this monumental memoir (the invention of the TORSION BALANCE) dealing with the best way to construct a magnetic compass. The paper contains the design of a torsion suspension declination compass and the demonstration that the forces of torsion is proportional to the angle of twist. Coulomb received the prize awarded by the Academy for this paper drafted by the Academy in 1777 (he shared the prize with Van Swinden). - ""The importance of this memoir for Coulomb's career is that it CONTAINED ELEMENTS OF ALL HIS MAJOR PHYSICAL STUDIES: the quantitative study of magnetism, torsion and the torsion balance, friction and fluid resistance, and the germ of his theories of elasticity and magnetism.""(DSB).""Coulomb’s first writings on torsion were presented in his Academy prize-winning memoir of 1777, ""Recherches sur la meilleure maniere de fabriquer les aiguilles aimantées.""......... his simple, elegant solution to the problem of torsion in cylinders and his use of the torsion balance in physical applications were important to numerous physicists in succeeding years. In chapter 3, Coulomb developed the theory of torsion in thin silk and hair threads. Here he was the first to show how the torsion suspension could provide physicists with a method of accurately measuring extremely small forces. He showed that within certain angular limits, torsional oscillation consisted of simple harmonic motion. He examined the parameters relating the angle of twist to the length, diameter, and elastic properties of the torsion thread. In the range of simple harmonic oscillation Coulomb demonstrated that the force of torsion was proportional to the angle of twist. He used this principle in measuring small magnetic forces and also called attention to its use in measuring other forces, notably those of fluids in motion. Eventually he was able to measure forces of less than 9 x 10-4 dynes.""""Coulomb’s major memoirs in electricity and magnetism are his 1777 memoir on magnetic compasses, the famous series of seven electricity and magnetism memoirs read at the Academy from 1785 to 1791, and several magnetism memoirs prepared after the French Revolution. In his electrical studies Coulomb determined the quantitative force law, gave the notion of electrical mass, and studied charge leakage and the surface distribution of charge on conducting bodies. In magnetism he determined the quantitative force law, created a theory of magnetism based on molecular polarization, and introduced the idea of demagnetization (basically, that combinations of magnetic poles can ""cancel"" each other).""(DSB).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"": 1777:P‎

‎Savignon, A. Golden Bottom: A Roman, crowned with the prize by the brothers Gon‎

‎"Savignon, A. Golden Bottom: A Roman, crowned with the prize by the brothers Goncourt Per E. R. Roussat and N. F. Davydova; Il V. Svarog-L.: Around the World, 1927.-87 p./Savinon, A. Zolotoe dno: Roman, uvenchannyy premiey br. Gonkur Per. E. R. Russat i N. F. Davydovoy; Il. V. Svaroga.-L.: Vokrug sveta, 1927.-87 s. Savignon, A. Golden Bottom: A Roman, crowned with the prize by the brothers Goncourt Per E. R. Roussat and N. F. Davydova; Il V. Svarog-L.: Around the World, 1927.-87We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. The delivery of this book might be delayed beyond the usual timeframe due to extended processing and preparation before shipment, and faster shipping options are not offered. Please inform us if you need the order by a certain date or have a deadline.SKUbd-f2298c7b90b9fa31"‎

‎Daniel Yergin. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money Power In English /Danie‎

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‎A partly printed, partly manuscript prize leaf of the Athenaeum of Maastricht, removed from the prize book to which it once belonged. ‎

‎Maastricht, 1842 ‎

‎The leaf measures 11x15 cm. The text of the prize (award) is: 'Athenaeum Mosae-Trajectinum. Ex Scholarum Curatorum decreto, Historiae et Geographicae praemium promeruit ingenuus adolescens Leopoldus Wenmakers ex Stockheim (prov. Limburgensis) e prima schola ad Academiam gradum faciens. Trajecti ad Mosam, 17 Augusti 1842, Praeses Curatorum (name illegible), Actuarius Ed. Capitaine, Rector Studiorum Kerzmann'. (Wenmakers was born in Stockheim, nowadays Stokkem, North of Maastricht) ‎

‎Russian Booker - 25: Materials on the history of the prize. (with attachment: R‎

‎Russian Booker - 25: Materials on the history of the prize. (with attachment: Russian Booker: Literary Prize 2016). In Russian /Russkiy Buker - 25: Materialy ob istorii premii. (s prilozheniem: Russkiy Buker: literaturnaya premiya 2016). I. Shaytanov, editor M.: Boslin, 2016. Contact us for details or to request photos of available books. Delivery of this book could take longer than normal due to additional handling time before shipping, and no rush delivery options are available. Please let us know if you have a specific date by which you need to receive your order. SKUalb7cbf753c00ca0e71‎