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‎The High-Frequency Spectra of the Elements, I-II. - [ESTABLISHING ORDER IN THE PERIODICAL TABLE OF ELEMENTS - PMM 407]‎

‎London, 1913 & 1914. 8vo. 2 volumes, uniformly bound with the original wrappers in recent full blue cloth. In ""The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine"", Sixth Series, Vol. 26, no. 156, December 1913 & vol. 27, no. 160, April 1914. Lower part of index (pp. 1059-1064) in vol 26 with horisontal repair to lower part, affecting last three line (but legible). A fine and clean set. Moseley's papers: pp. 703-13" pp. 1024-1034. [Entire issues: pp. 937-1064" pp. 541-756].‎

‎First edition of these groundbreaking papers, in which the arrangement of the elements in the periodic table was based on the atomic number and which thus placed the atomic table on a firm scientific foundation. ""Moseley, working under Rutherford at Manchester, used the method of X-ray spectroscopy devised by the Braggs to calculate variations in the wave-lenght of the rays emitted by each element. These he was able to arrange in a series according to the nuclear charge of the element. Thus if the nuclear charge of hydrogen is 1, in helium it is 2, in lithium 3, and so on by regular progression to uranium as 92. These figures Moseley called atomic numbers.he pointed out that they also represented a corresponding increase in extra-nuclear electrons and that it is the number and arrangement of these electrons rather than the atomic weight that determines the properties of an element. It was now possible to base the periodical table on a firm foundation, and to state with confidence that the number of elements up to uranium is limited to 92. When Moseley'stable was completed, six atomic numbers had no corresponding elements"" but Moseley himself was able to predict the nature of four of the missing elements.""(PMM 407). “In a very short time, Moseley produced the first of his two famous papers in which he showed the spectra of K radiation of ten different substances … Moseley arranged the spectra, one below the other in a step-like fashion, in such a way that a given wavelength was in the same position for all spectra. It then became clear by simple inspection of this ‘step ladder’ that the spectrum of K radiation of each element contains two strong lines (which Moseley called Ka (for the longer wavelength) and Kß (for the shorter) and that this pair of lines moves to shorter and shorter wavelengths in a monotonic fashion if one moves step by step from calcium to zinc Moseley's work made it clear once and for all that indeed the position number in the Periodic Table is equal to the number Z of positive elementary charges in the nucleus of an atom. It also showed that Z is more important for the spectroscopic and chemical properties of an atom than the atomic mass number A. This is evident in the case of the elements cobalt (Z = 27, A = 58.9) and nickel (Z = 28, A = 58.7), where even the order in A differs from that in Z.” (Brandt, The Harvest of a Century: Discoveries in Modern Physics in 100 Episodes) PMM 407Evans 62Norman 1599‎

‎Sootnoshenie svoistv s atomnym vesom elementov [i.e. On the Relation of the Properties to the Atomic Weights of the Elements]. In: Zhurnal Russkogo khimicheskogo obshchestva [i.e. Journal of the Russian Chemical Society], vol.1, parts II-III. - [THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS]‎

‎St. Petersburg, 1869. 8vo. Extract in contemporary or slightly later blank blue paper wrappers. Wrappers with neat professional restorations from verso, barely noticeable. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 60-77. ‎

‎Exceedingly scarce first printing of Mendeleev’s seminal Russian Chemical Society-paper of March 1869, presenting for the first time the periodical table of the elements. “His newly formulated law was announced before the Russian Chemical Society in March 1869 with the statement “elements arranged according to the value of their atomic weights present a clear periodicity of properties.” Mendeleev’s law allowed him to build up a systematic table of all the 70 elements then known.” (Encycl. Britt.) “Early in 1869, Russian chemist Dmitrii Mendeleev was in a predicament many people are familiar with—he was facing a deadline. He had delivered the first volume of his inorganic chemistry textbook to his publisher but was struggling with how to organize the second volume. This struggle would culminate in a remarkable discovery, a system that classified all of the chemical elements. In March 1869, Mendeleev delivered a full paper to the Russian Chemical Society spelling out the most significant aspect of his system, that characteristics of the elements recur at a periodic interval as a function of their atomic weight. This was the first iteration of the periodic law.” (OSU) Mendeleev’s system was not yet perfect when it appeared in 1869, but it would prove to be one of the most fundamental of scientific laws, one that would hold true through new discoveries and against all challenges. Mendeleev not only recognized that what seemed to be a randomness of the elements fitted into a system, he also suggested that the gaps in his system would later be filled with elements yet unknown to the scientific world. The discovery of new elements in the 1870s fulfilled several of Mendeleev’s predictions and brought increased interest to the periodic system, making it an invaluable tool for research. “He had such faith in the validity of the periodic law that he proposed changes to the generally accepted values for the atomic weight of a few elements and predicted the locations within the table of unknown elements together with their properties. At first the periodic system did not raise interest among chemists. However, with the discovery of the predicted elements, notably gallium in 1875, scandium in 1879, and germanium in 1886, it began to win wide acceptance. Gradually the periodic law and table became the framework for a great part of chemical theory. By the time Mendeleev died in 1907, he enjoyed international recognition and had received distinctions and awards from many countries.” (Encycl. Britt.) Horblit 74 Barchas 1412 [Dibner 48 - citing the German translation of 1891]‎

‎On the Construction of Life-Tables, illustrated by a New Life-Table of the Healthy Districts of England. Received March 17, - Read April 7, 1859.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1859 - Vol. 149 - Part II. With the titlepage to Part II. Pp. 837-878, 1 folded engraved plate, tables in the text. The plate slightly browned. It includes 1 typeset by the Scheutz calculator.Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of a pioneer paper in statistical calculations of life-expectations., containing THE VERY FIRST APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENCE ENGINE TO MEDICAL STATISTICS.""Farr's preliminary report (the paper offered), describing the use of the Scheutz Engine no. 3 to prepare life tables, was published 5 years before his ""English Life Table"". Farr, a pioneer in the quantitative study of morbidity and mortality, was chief statistician of the General Register Office, Englands central statistical office. Influenced by Babbage, he had long been interested in the use of a calculating machine, such as Babbage's Difference Engine to compute life tables"" see page 854 of the present report, in which Farr refers to his 1843 letter on the subject to the registrar-general. Farr had seen and tested the machine's predecessor, the Scheutz Engine No. 2, when it was on display in London. It was at Farr's recommandation that the British government authorized in 1857 the sum of Pound 1200 for the Scheutz Engine no. 3 to be constructed by the firm Bryan Donkin, a manufacturer of machines for the color printing of bank notes and stamps....Farr's printing report, received by the Royal Society on March 17 of that year, was written while Scheutz Engine no. 3 was still ""in the course of construction by Messr. Donkin"" (p. 854). The reports table B1, ""Life-Table of Healthy English Districts"", made from stereotype plates produced by the calculator, represents the very first application of a difference engine to medical studies.""(Hook and Norman, Origins of Cyperspace, No. 77.). - Garrison & Morton: 1700.1.‎

‎Histoire des Juifs et des Voisins. Depuis la décadence des Royaumes d'Israël & de Juda jusqu'a la mort de Jesus-Christ. Traduit de l'Anglois. 5 Vols. (Vol. 5 with ""Table Chronologique"" a. ""Table des matieres"").‎

‎Amsterdam, Henri du Sauzet, 1732 8vo. Bound in 5 uniform contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Richly gilt spines. Spines slightly rubbed. Titlepages printed in red/black. 5 engraved frontispieces. 5 engraved titlevignettes. 6 large folded engraved maps, 8 engraved plates (mostly folded), 1 folded table. In all ca. 2500 pp.‎

‎Atlas des Campagnes de L'Empereur Napoleon en Allemagne et en France. Gravé sous la Direction du Général de Division Pelet. 14 (of 17, nos 1-2 a. 5 missing) engraved maps. (+) 3 extra (not listed in the Table).‎

‎(Paris), Au Dépôt Gén.al de la Guerre, 1844. Large folio. The 14 engraved maps are engraved by Pelet and each measuring ca. 75 x 100 cm. Engraved (folded) title-page + Table des Cartes et Plans... de 1805,1806 et 7, 1809. (Listing 17 maps). One of the extra inserted is a large engraved map of Northern Germany (Allemagne Septentrionale), with part of Denmark, Holland etc., measuring 67 x 130 cm. The measures are paper sizes. Comprising Nos. 3. Théâtre des opérations de l'Empereur Napoléon sur le haut Danube, en Octobre. - 4. Bataille d'Ulm ou du Michelsberg, 14 et 15 Octobre 1805. - 6. Bataille d'Austerlitz, 2 Décembre 1805. - 7. Bataille d'Iéna, 14 Octobre 1806. - 8. Places de la Vistule et de la Narew, en 1807. - 9. Théatre des opérations de l'Empereur Napoléon entre la Passarge et la Prégel, 1807. - 10. Bataille de Preuss-Eylau, 8 Février 1807. - 11. Bataille de Friedland, 14 Juin 1807. - 12. Théàtre des opérations de l'Empereur Napoléon sur les bords de la Laaber, Avril 1809. - 13. Bataille d'Eckmühl, 22 Avril 1809. - 14. Combat d'Ebersberg, 3 Mai 1809. - 15. Bataille d'Essling et travaux de l'Ille de Lobau, Mai, Juin et Juillet 1809. - 16. Bataille de Wagram, 5 et 6 Juillet 1809. - 17. Bataille de Znaïm, 11 Jullet 1809. Faint scattered brownspots.‎

‎First edition. ""Jean-Jacques Germain Pelet-Clozeau (15 July 1777 - 20 December 1858) became a French general in the Napoleonic Wars and later was a politician and historian. He joined the French army in 1800 and became a topographic engineer. He joined the staff of Marshal André Masséna and was wounded at Caldiero in 1805. He served in southern Italy in 1806 and Poland in 1807. He was wounded at Ebelsberg and fought at Aspern-Essling and Wagram in 1809."" (Wikipedia).‎