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‎English Botany or, coloured Figures of British Plants, with their essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. To which will be added, occasional Remarks by James Sowerby (and) James Edward Smith. The Figures by james Sowerby. Vol. (I) - XXXI.‎

‎London, Taylor and Co./ J. Davies, 1790-1810 8vo. Bound in 31 contemp. uniform green hmorocco. Spines gilt. Binding a bit rubbed. Last volume loosening. A few inner hinges weakening. With 1950 fine handcoloured engraved plates (of 2232). The lacking plates distributed over the whole series. Each plate with descriptive text (3 plates with text in facsimile). A few plates with some brownspots, but nearly all plates fine and clean.‎

‎First edition, being the first 31 volumes of 36 published.Pritzel 8789 - Nissen, 2225.‎

‎On an Integrating Machine having a New Kinematic Principle. (James Thomson). (+) On an Instrument for calculating (.........), the Integral of the Product of two given Functions. (+) Mechanical Integration of the Linear Differential Equations of the S...‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1876-79. Witout wrappers as three issues from ""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London"", Vol. 24, No. 167+ Vol. 27, No.187+ Vol. 28, No. 191. Pp. 250-344, pp. 284-408 a. pp. 103-232. Papers: In No. 167:pp. 262-265 (James Thomson), pp. 266-68, pp. 269-271, pp. 271-275. In No. 187: pp. 371-373. In No. 191: pp. 111-113 (W. Thomson). Titlepages to vols. 24, 27 a. 28 present. 2 papers with textillustrations.‎

‎First appearance of all the 6 founding papers around the invention of the ""Harmonic Analyzer"" and with the mathematical theory for the differential analyzor, containing both the mathematical theories and the practical descriptions of the analyzer and further also having the paper by Lord Kelvin's brother (the first paper offered) in which the machinery is shown for the first time.""A ball and disk integrator was the vital invention needed to build the FIRST AUTOMATIC ANALOG COMPUTING MACHINES. Lord kelvin used this integrator -devised for a planimeter in the 1860s by his brother, James Thomson - on two new kinds of analog computers: a harmonic analyzer and a tide predictor. he later specified a more general machine - a differential analyzer.""(Eames in ""A Computer Perspective"").""The harmonic analyzer was used in conjunction with Thomson's tide predictor...The present paper (""Harmonic Analyzer"") contains the first full description of the harmoniz analyzer, which was ""designed rudimentally"" (p. 371) in Thomson's ""On an integrating machine having a new kinematic principle""(also offered here),,,,James Thomson's integrator - ""one of the first really workable integrating devices"" (Williams 1985, 207) - served as the basis for other analog machines designed by William Thomson for solving simultaneous linear equations and integrating differential equations. Thomson first described such a machine, composed of several Thomson integrators connedted together, in his paper on ""Mechanical integration of the linear differentialequations of the decond order...."" (also offred here)"" however the ""idea could then hardly be carried out, forone reason because an integrator, which is simply a variable- speed drive, could not then be buitl both accurate and capable of carrying sufficient load to move numerous mechanical parts"" (Bush 193, 450). The full realization of Thomson's idea did not come until fifty years later, when Vannevar Bush invented the torque amplifier for use in his differential analyzer.""(Hook and Norman).‎

‎The Bakerian Lecture. - On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. Received November 23, 1865 (+) Postscript.- Received December 7, 1865. - Read February 8, 1866.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 249-268 a. 1 lithographed plate. A few brownspots to the plate. Having the titlepage to vol. 156 - Part I. A few brownspots to lower margins.‎

‎First appearance of a major paper in the kinetic theory of gases, in which Maxwell proved that the viscosity was independent of pressure as predicted, and nearly a linear function of the absolute temperature T.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt"" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.""James Clerk Maxwell published a famous paper in 1866 (the paper offered) using the kinetic theory of gases to study gaseous viscosity. The internal friction (the viscosity) of the gas is determined by the probability a particle of layer A enters layer B with a corresponding transfer of momentum. Maxwell's calculations showed him that the viscosity coefficient is proportional to both the density, the mean free path and the mean velocity of the atoms. On the other hand, the mean free path is inversely proportional to the density. So an increase of pressure doesn't result in any change of the viscosity.‎

‎Estimation of Relationships for Limited Dependent Variables. - [FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE TOBIT MODEL]‎

‎(Chicago, The Econometric Society. 1958). Large8vo. Bound without wrappers in light green full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Econometrica, Journal of the Econometric Society, Volume 26, 1958"". Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper and library stamp to front free end-paper. Frontispiece of Wassily Leontief (President of the Econometric Society, 1954). Minor miscolouring to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. [Tobin:] Pp. 24-36. [Entire issue: VIII, 641 pp. + 1 page of advertising + frontispiece).‎

‎First publication of economist James Tobin exceedingly influential Tobit model, ""a seminal contribution to the estimation and testing of multiple"". (Buiter, James Tobin - An appreciation of his contribution to economics, P. 18). The Tobit model is today a standard economic technique within econometrics. The Tobit model regression models with limited dependent variables statistical model to describe the relationship between a non-negative dependent variable.James Tobin (1918-2002) was a highly influential economist within Keynesian Economics in the 20th century. His academic work included pioneering contributions to the study of investment, fiscal and monetary policy and financial markets. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1981.Outside of academia, Tobin was widely known for his suggestion of a tax on foreign exchange transactions, now known as the ""Tobin tax"". This was designed to reduce speculation in the international currency markets, which he saw as dangerous and unproductive. He suggested that the proceeds of the tax could be used to fund projects for the benefit of Third World countries, or to support the United Nations.The issue contain the following papers of interest:1. Deberu, Gerad. Stochastic Choice and Cardinal Utility, Pp. 440-44.1. Luce, R. Duncan. A Probabilistic Theory of Utility, P. 196-224.‎

‎Curious Circumstances, &c Circonstances singulieres desquelles dépendent le caractere vitreux, ou le caractere pierreux, dans les basaltes & les laves" avec d'autres faits, résultant des expériences faites par Sir James Hall... et description de quelq...‎

‎A Geneve, Biblioth. Britannique, AN VI (1798). 8vo. Contemp. marbled boards. Paperlabel with handwritten volume- title on spine. Boards rubbed. In: ""Bibliotheque Britannique"", Tome Dixieme. Sciences et Arts. Lower right corner of title-page torn away, only loss of paper, no loss of letters. Entire volume offered. 384 pp., 3 engraved plates, 6 folded tables. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper. Hall's paper: pp. 62-76.‎

‎First printing of this fundamental paper in vulcanology, explaining the occurrences of basalts.This French version published at the same time as the English from Nicholson's Journal, vol. 2, pp. 285-88 (the English version being only an abstract of a paper wich was published in full in1805).""James Hall demonstrates experimentally that lavas when cooled quickly can be fused into glass, which then, if remelted and cooled slowly, can transform back into a more stony substance. He thereby offers an explanation for the occurrence in some dykes of a vitreous outer portion in contact with the surrounding rock (the rock having been relatively cold as the original lava rose into it, hence causing rapid cooling) and a more crystalline structure in the central portions."" (Parkinson, ""Breakthroughs"", 1898 E).‎

‎Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World. Illustrated by Allan Harris and David Quinn.‎

‎London, N.Y., (1992). Large 4to. Orig. full cloth. Part of wrappers pasted in. 385 pp., cold. textillustr. and 49 fine colourplates.‎

‎The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. A New Edition, carefully corrected, and greatly Improved.‎

‎Inverness, John Young, 1804. A little later hcalf, raised bands, gilt back. Bound with: An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Oranu, Ulin, An others Bards, who flourished in the Same Age. Collected and edited by Hugh and John M'Callum. Montrose, James Watt, 1816. VIII,460 pp. and 241,(2) pp.‎

‎M'Callums work is first edition, a work inspired by Macpherson's fake.‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - 1866.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). No wrappers, as extracted from""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. XV. May 16, 1866. Pp 167-171.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper (in the abstract-version from ""Proceedings""), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final ""Theory of Gases"" and introduces the ""Maxwell Distribution"" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be some of the greatest advances in physics of all times. The paper offered, only 5 pages, is an abstract of a paper with the same title, which was printed in full in ""Philosophical Transactions"" in 1868. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper.The ""abstract"", which announces his discovery was printed the year before the larger paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.‎

‎Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, down to the Occupation of Labuan: From the Journals of James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, and Governor of Labuan. Together with a Narrative of the Operations of H.M.S. Iris. By Captain Rodney Mundy. With numerou...‎

‎London, John Murray, 1848. 8vo. Bound in 2 fine, well-preserved contemporary half calf. Richly gilt spines. Tome- and title-labels with gilt lettering. Marbled edges. 2 frontispieces (engraved portrait a. lithographed tinted view). XVII,386"XI,396 pp., 5 engraved folded maps (1 hand-coloured), 5 tinted lithographed plates, 11 plates in woodcut. Internally clean and fine. Some brownspots to the portrait.‎

‎First edition. ""In the nineteenth century, James Brook (1803-1866), English gentleman-adventurer, ensured that Borneo would figure in Western imaginations and encyclopedias as rather more, or less, rhan Pigafetta's luminous projection. Aided by british naval might and complacent locals, Brooke suppressed piracy in Sarawak, in return securing a pledge granting him sole rights to the district."" (Jenifer Speake in ""Literature of Travel and Ecploration..""p. 116).‎

‎On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. Recieved March 19, - Read April 11, 1878. (+) Appendix. (Added May, 1879).‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Year 1879, Vol. 171 - Part II. Pp. 231-256. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of a major paper on Gas Dynamics, creating a whole new science. One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt"" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.""Maxwell's last major paper on any subject was ""On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature."" Between 1873 and 1876 the scientific world had been stirred by William Crooke's experiments with the radiometer, the well-known device composed of a partuially evacuated chamber containing a paddle wheel with vanes blackened on one side and silvered on the other, which spins rapidly when radiant heat impinges on it....Reynolds called this new effect ""thermal transpiration"". Maxwell gave a simple qualitative explanation in his report, and in an appendix added to his own paper in May 1879 he developed a semiempirical theory accounting for it and for the radiometer effect...Maxwell's paper created the science of rarified gas dynamics. His formulas for stress and heat flux in the body of the gas were contributions of permanent value, while his investigations of surface effects started a vast body of research extending to the present day...One other contribution of great beauty contained in notes added to the papwer in May and June 1879 was an application of the methods of spherical harmonic analysis to gas theory.""(DSB IX, p. 224-25).‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - Read May 31, 1866.‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 157 - Part I. Titlepage to volume 155 and pp. 49-88. Titlepage with minor light browning at corners. Internally clean. A small stamp on verso of titlepage.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper (in its full version from ""Transactions""), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final ""Theory of Gases"" and introduces the ""Maxwell Distribution"" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be SOME OF THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN PHYSICS OF ALL TIMES. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.‎

‎The Perception of the Visual World. - [PRESENTATION-COPY OF THE MODERN CLASSIC ON PERCEPTION]‎

‎Boston, etc., Houghton Mifflin, 1950. 4to. Original reddish-brown full cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. A bit of wear to extremities. Several pencil-underlinings in the text (presuambly Postman's). XII, (2), 235, (1), (6, -index) pp. Richly illustrated throughout. With presentation-insription to front free end-paper, as well as Leo Postman's ownership signature.‎

‎Excellent presentation-copy of the first edition of the most important work on perception since Helmholtz, Gibson's seminal classic, in which he rejected the theory of behaviorism and pioneered the idea that animals ""sampled"" information from the ""ambient"" outside world. Inscribed to Gibson's close friend, professor of psychology Leo Postman, one of the most dominant theoreticians of human memory: ""To Leo Postman/ You know all this already/ Jim Gibson"". American psychologist James Jerome Gibson (1904 -1979) is considered one of the most important 20th century psychologists in the field of visual perception. His classic work from 1950, ""The Perception of the Visual World"", Revolutionized the way of understanding visual perception and was responsible for the turn away from the otherwise dominating behaviorism. It is in this, his pioneering main work, that he presents his revolutionizing idea of animals ""sampling"" information from the outside world that surrounds them.Gibson is also famous for coining the term ""affordance"", which is the quality of an object or an environment that allows for an individual to perform an action (- a for the time unusually Aristotelian way of viewing objects, an example would be a tie which ""affords"" tying, or a knob that ""affords"" twisting). As Gibson's theories in psychology in general, the concept of ""affordance"" has been extremely influential in a large variety of fields: perceptual psychology, cognitive psychology, environmental psychology, industrial design, human-computer interaction (HCI), interaction design, instructional design and artificial intelligence.""The principal subject of this book is the visual perception of space. The essential question to be asked is this: How do we see the world around us? The question is at once a theoretical one, a factual one, and a practical one. The theories to be considered have to do with the history of philosophy and psychology. The applications extend to art, aviation, photography, and mountain-climbing. This book, however, is not a historical survey of the problem, nor a record of existing facts, nor a discussion of the applications. The intention is to formulate a consistent approach to the problem - a way of getting new facts and making new applications. [...] The writer has elected to study psychophysics rather than psychophysiologybecause he believes that it offers the more promising approach in the present state of our knowledge. [...] A psychophysics may sound to some readers like a contradiction in terms. This book undertakes, however, to justify and make possible such a science. "" (Gibson, in the Preface, pp. (vii)-viii). As is seen from Gibson's own preface, he himself viewed the work as revolutionary, which Hochberg also notes in is piece on Gibson: ""I believe [the] book was the most important work on perception since that of Helmholtz's volume three of Physiological Optics, approximately a century earlier. It was a comprehensive approach to the perception of surfaces, things, and movement through the environment, promarily the outcome of his observations and thoughts about the visual task involved in flying and landing aircraft. [...] The book was clearly intended to initiate a revolutionary moment. I believe that intention has, just as clearly, been successful. Some forty years after its publication, the book is still widely cited and controversial, the direct source of substantial current experimental research, and the starting point for more extreme departures from what had been the established way of thinking about perception."" (Julian Hochberg, ""James Jerome Gibson"", in: National Academy of Sciences Biographical memoirs 63, 1994, pp. 155-6). ""LEO JOSEPH POSTMAN, professor emeritus of psychology and a dominant figure in the study of human memory, died on April 22, 2004, of heart failure at his home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was 85.Postman was ""a major theoretician in the development of the theory of forgetting,"" said friend and colleague Donald Riley, professor emeritus of psychology. ""His contributions were monumental."" Postman was listed in a 2002 article in the Review of General Psychology as one of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the last century. ""Within the field of human memory, the range of his contributions has been vast,"" wrote one of his former students, Geoffrey Keppel, professor emeritus of psychology, in recommending Postman for the Berkeley Citation. Postman received the award, the highest honor given to University of California, Berkeley faculty and staff, upon his retirement in 1987.In 1961, Postman founded the Institute of Human Learning at Berkeley, which lives on today as the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, a center devoted to an interdisciplinary study of the mind and the brain.Postman primarily studied perception, learning, and memory. He participated in the beginnings of the ""new look"" school of perception that emphasized the role of cognitive factors such as emotions and expectations in determining what people perceive.His main interest, however, was forgetting. Based on studies he began in 1958, he became known as the principal spokesman for and architect of modern interference theory, the only comprehensive account of forgetting that exists today. The theory, Keppel wrote, holds that forgetting is the result of interference from a variety of sources, including past memories, various aspects of the current memory, and new memories acquired subsequently-that is, a dynamic interaction of the entire memory system, past and present. Postman was sensitive to the weaknesses of the theory, and spent the last part of his career investigating the mechanisms that conserve memory in the face of interference. Much of this research was conducted at the institute he founded and directed until 1977.Postman, who served as chair of the Department of Psychology for several years in the late 1950s, had a reputation for excellence in teaching, emphasizing clarity and organization.Born June 7, 1918, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Postman moved at an early age to New York City, obtaining his B.S. from the College of the City of New York in 1943 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1946. He taught at Harvard from 1946 until 1950, interrupted by one year at Indiana University, and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1950.In his first years at Berkeley, Postman was recognized nationally as a major figure in the field of perception and the role of motivation in perception. His research shifted, however, and he embarked on a long series of studies on learning with and without the intent to learn (the latter being what is referred to as incidental learning). He later switched to the study of forgetting, which he pursued until his retirement.A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Association, he also served in 1968 as president of the Western Psychological Association, and in 1974 received the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists for outstanding achievement in experimental psychology."" (Robert Sanders, ""In Memoriam. Leo Postman""). ‎

‎Improvements in Wind Engines. [British Patent] Number: 19,401. A.D. [Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1891 - Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891]. - [THE WORLD'S FIRST POWER-GENERATING WIND-MILL]‎

‎London, Darling & Son, 1891. 8vo. Disbound. Stamp to p. 1. 1 .p + 1 plate.‎

‎Scarce original printed patent for the world's first energy-generating wind-mill, the ""Blyth Turbine"", being the first wind turbine used to convert wind energy into power.Blyth's seminal invention marked the dawn of wind turbine development. Although previously credited with being the first to use a wind powered machine to generate electricity, it is now an accepted fact that the American inventor Charles Brush came second to Blyth and his wind mill. There were, of course wind mills before the time of Blyth, but these were used to pump water or grind grain, and Blyth's groundbreaking invention, described and patented for the first time here, is the first used to convert wind energy into power. Blyth experimentend, prompted by his friend Lord Kelvin, with three different turbine designs, which ultimately resulted in a 10-meter-high, cloth-sailed wind turbine, which was installed in the garden of his holiday cottage at Marykirk in Kincardineshire. He used the electricity it produced to charge accumulators, and the stored electricity was used to power the lights in his cottage, which thus became the first house in the world to be powered by wind-generated electricity. The wind turbine in Blyth's garden is said to have operated for 25 years.""The first person to harness the wind to produce electricity was a Scotsman, James Blyth ('America reaps the wind harvest', 21 August). He first consulted his colleague, Lord Kelvin, about the possibility of using a windmill for the purpose. Kelvin thought it would be possible and urged Blyth to set up a large horizontal windmill at his holiday home in Marykirk near Montrose in 1888. Blyth lit his own house and offered to light the streets of Marykirk, but his offer was not accepted because the villagers thought electricity was the work of the devil. He did, however, provide emergency power for the local asylum."" (Price, Trevor J.: James Blyth - Britain's first modern wind power pioneer, Wind Engineering, Volume 29, Number 3, May 2005 , pp. 191-200(10)).‎

‎The New Economics One Decade Older. - [TOBIN-TAX]‎

‎Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1974. 8vo. In publisher's original full cloth with gilt lettering to spine in the original (price-clipped) dust-jacket. Vague stamp (""$5.45"") to half title. A very fine and clean copy. (10), 105, (1) pp.‎

‎First edition of perhaps the most controversial and debated treatise on taxation in the 20th century: The Tobin-Tax, a tax on all spot conversions of one currency into another designed to reduce speculation in the international currency markets, which he saw as dangerous and unproductive.In August 2009 in a roundtable interview in Prospect magazine, Adair Turner supported the idea of new global taxes on financial transactions, warning that the ""swollen"" financial sector paying excessive salaries had grown too big for society. Lord Turner's suggestion that a ""Tobin tax"" - named after James Tobin - should be considered for financial transactions made headlines around the world.In 1981 was awarded to James Tobin ""for his analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices"".In honor of Eliot Janeway's contributions as an economic historian, Princeton University endowed the Eliot Janeway lectures on historical economics. The present lecture was given in 1972 but was not published until 1974.‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - Read May 31, 1866. - [THE ""MAXWELL-DISTRIBUTION""S FINAL FORM - A MAIN PAPER IN 19TH CENTURY PHYSICS.]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4to. Extracted and rebound in recent green plain wrappers. Title-page of vol. 157 pasted on to front wrapper. A fine copy. Pp. 49-88.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper (in its full version from ""Transactions""), representing the announcement of Maxwell's final ""Theory of Gases"" and introduces the ""Maxwell Distribution"" in its final form, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases, a theory, together with his electromagnetic theory, are considered to be SOME OF THE GREATEST ADVANCES IN PHYSICS OF ALL TIMES. Everett considers this paper (1868) to be Maxwell's greatest single paper. Maxwell's discoveries laid the foundations of special relativity and quantum mechanics.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.In 1866, he formulated statistically, independently of Ludwig Boltzmann, the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gases. His formula, called the Maxwell distribution, gives the fraction of gas molecules moving at a specified velocity at any given temperature. In the kinetic theory, temperatures and heat involve only molecular movement. This approach generalized the previously established laws of thermodynamics and explained existing observations and experiments in a better way than had been achieved previously. Maxwell's work on thermodynamics led him to devise the Gedankenexperiment (thought experiment) that came to be known as Maxwell's demon.‎

‎Original photograph of the Bridge of the Porta Reale, Valletta, Malta. - [EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF MALTA]‎

‎[Beato & Robertson, ca 1856.] Original photograph. Side view of entrance to Valletta (Porta Reale), with two men standing on the arched entry bridge, offering perspective on the scale of the buildings. Behind the bridge is part of the fortification. Salted paper measuring 25,3 x 26,2 cm. ""bridge of the Porta Reale / Malta"" in contemporary hand to lower left corner. Mounted on cardboard measuring 35,5 x 43 cm with stamp and paperlabel to upper right corner, do not touch the photograph.‎

‎Rare original photograph for the earliest part of Felice Beato's career where he worked closely with James Robertson, his brother-in-law. In 1853 Robertson began photographing with the British-Italian photographer Felice Beato and the two formed a partnership called Robertson & Beato either in that year or in 1854 when Robertson opened a photographic studio in Pera, Constantinople. Robertson and Beato were joined by Beato's brother, Antonio on photographic expeditions to Malta in 1854 or 1856.""Felice worked especially closely with him [Robertson], consigning architectural views made in Malta and Constatinobel. We do not know when the collaboration between James Robertson and Felice Beato became a partnership. In some cases, some prints made from the same negative bear the signature ""Robertson"""" other bear the signature ""Robertson & Beato"", suggesting that Robertson was the author was the author of these negatives, and the prints were cosigned when the two men became equal partners."" (Felice Beato, A Photographer on The Eastern Roas).‎

‎Notes. Édition originale. Livre d'artiste illustré d’une gravure rehaussée à la gouache signée par James Guitet. Exemplaire 18/30. ‎

‎James Guitet, Notes, illustré d’une gravure rehaussée à la gouache signée par James Guitet, Sauveterre-du-Gard, Éditions La Balance, 11 avril 1990, in-8 carré, 11x11cm, couverture titrée à rabats, sur beau papier vélin d’Arches. V exemplaires nominatifs avec deux épreuves de la gravure rehaussés à la gouache ; 30 et 2 exemplaires avec une gravure, rehaussée à la gouache, de James Guitet. Pour le plaisir de quelques amis et aux dépens d’un amateur. Exemplaire 18/30 justifié au crayon au colophon et signé par l’auteur/artiste sous la gravure. « Mon art n’est pas ma vie, mais plus loin avant, jusqu’à la nuit des temps. . Retrouver l’enfance à travers le savoir. . Non pas ce que l’oeuvre donner à voir, mais ce que par le voir elle me donne à connaître. . L’art est toujours condamné à l’innovation car il est la première et la dernière occasions saisies dans l’instant. C’est l’unique. » Très bel ouvrage réalisé dans le goût des livres de Pierre André Benoit. James Guitet a publié de nombreux livres aux éditions PAB entre 1984 et 1993, sur 1 texte de Jean-Pierre Geay et tous les autres de Pierre André Benoit : Le Vide (1984) ; Champ levé avec Jean-Pierre Geay (1984) ; L'Entrevu, Ce qui vient et Grignoté avec Pierre André Benoit (1985) ; L'Azur reflété avec Pierre André Benoit (1986) ; Quoi, L'Appel du carré et La Victoire avec Pierre André Benoit (1987) ; L'Unique avec Pierre André Benoit (1989) ; Saisir l'invisible avec Pierre André Benoit (1991) ; Geste sacré avec Pierre André Benoit (1992) ; Froissures avec PAB (1993). James Guitet a également contribué à deux reprises aux Dimanches de Rivières. L'artiste a également été exposé au Musée PAB du vivant de Pierre André Benoit en 1989, avec publication d'un catalogue. Très bel exemplaire. Aucun défaut. * ** Né à Nantes en 1925 et décédé en 2010, James Guitet rencontre en 1943 le critique Michel Ragon avec lequel il noue une solide et toujours vivante amitié. Animé par la recherche patiente d'un absolu, d'une pureté formelle et spirituelle, James Guitet a mené son œuvre d'une abstraction naturaliste où subsistait le souvenir des paysages de Loire vers une approche plus minimaliste. James Guitet appartient à la deuxième vague de l'abstraction lyrique et a exposé à ce titre à la Galerie Arnaud dès 1955, avant Martin Barré, originaire comme lui de Nantes. Il est aussi graveur et a obtenu le Prix David Bright pour les arts graphiques lors de la Biennale de Venise en 1962. Il a pratiqué aussi la recherche architecturale et la tapisserie. Il a attaché beaucoup d'importance à l'enseignement qu'il a pratiqué longtemps. Pierre Cabanne écrivait en 1977 à propos de l'œuvre de Guitet: « Il y a dans ses toiles une qualité de silence, une densité, un poids de sève et de peau qui contrastent avec le tumulte, la hâte ou le choc de tant d'autres artistes de sa génération chez qui le geste n'a d'autre signification que l'éphémère, concrétisation d'une vaine révolte ; chez Guitet, la recherche de l'équilibre dans le tableau est la condition et l'aboutissement du sien propre ; il ne court pas après le temps ; il en fixe et motive le cours à travers les étapes d'une œuvre et d'une pensée dont l'accord n'a cessé d'être de plus en plus intime ». En 2000, Michel Ragon renchérissait : « Cet artiste discret, en dehors du tumulte des modes, a toujours aspiré au silence. Peut-on parler de silence à propos de la peinture ? Evidemment puisque, on le sait, certaines peintures crient et que d'autres, même, braillent. L'œuvre de Guitet est aux antipodes de cet art pathologique. » Les œuvres de James Guitet figurent dans de nombreuses collections publiques notamment en France au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, au Musée National d'Art moderne, au Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, au Musée Cantini de Marseille, au Musée des Augustins de Toulouse.‎

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‎History of the early part of the reign of James the Second‎

‎with and introductory chapter bythe right hon. Charles James Fox reliure cartonnée, 30x20, beau papier, bel état intérieur, complet de son frontispice, 273pp + fragments et appendice, dont correspondance entre Louis XIV et Barillon entre 1684 et 1685, etc.. London, printed for William Miller, 1808. Edition Originale. "History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second" is a historical work written by Charles James Fox, a prominent British statesman and politician of the late 18th century. The book was published posthumously in 1808 and focuses on the early years of the reign of James II of England, who ruled from 1685 to 1688. In this work, Fox provides a detailed account of the political and religious developments during James II's reign. He examines the policies and actions of the king, including his attempts to strengthen Catholicism in England and his clashes with Protestantism and Parliament. Fox also discusses the controversies surrounding James II's attempts to expand his royal prerogative and his strained relationship with the English nobility and the Church of England. Fox's "History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second" offers a critical perspective on the reign of James II and the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It provides insights into the political, religious, and constitutional issues of the time, as well as the broader implications for the balance of power between the monarchy and Parliament. The book is regarded as an important historical account and a valuable source for understanding the political and religious conflicts of 17th-century England.‎

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‎Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 2nd Edition ‎

‎ " undertaken by the command of his majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in his majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the years 1776, 1777, 1779, and 1780. IN THREE VOLUMES : Volume 1- 3; Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook; Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Vol. III by Captain James King . Second edition."‎

‎Ces trois livres sont brochés , ils sont à relier , un manque de pages de garde sur un tome ,beaucoup de cartes et croquis , photos sur demande ‎

‎A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births, in certain islands and coasts in those seas, at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted. Undertaken and performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the ship Rattler. ‎

‎Amsterdam / New York, Nico Israel / Da Capo Press, Bibliotheca Australiana. 1968. In-4, plein skyvertex, pièce de titre au dos et au premier plat, rhodoïd. Petite déchirure au rhodoïd, pour le reste à l'état de neuf. Illustré d'un portrait en frontispice et de 8 cartes et planches, certaines dépliantes. ‎

‎Fac-similé de l'édition de 1798. Volume 36 de la Bibliotheca Australiana. ‎

‎Dendrologia. Dodona's grove, or, the vocall forrest. - [AN ALLEGORY ON EARLY 17TH CENTURY EUROPEAN POLITICS]‎

‎(London), T.B. (Thomas Badger), 1640. Folio. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and double ruled fillets to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear and soiling to extremities, large scratches with loss of leather to boards. Corner with wear and some loss of leather. Inner hinges split. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page and last leaf. Dampstain to lower outer margin. Small repair to both plates. (10), 32, 39-135, 166-219 pp. + t plates. Wanting the frontispiece. ‎

‎The uncommon first edition the author's first work, being an allegory based on European politics between 1603 and 1640 where the various characters are described as talking trees. The story touches upon the fiasco resulting from James I’s scheme for a Spanish marriage of Prince Charles, and touched upon the Gunpowder Plot, the Overbury murder, the assassination of Buckingham and other recent events. “In this curious work the prominent personalities of the age are represented by the names of plants. How ell's familiarity with fables, particularly with the fable of ""borrowed feathers,"" is shown by the following passage, in which the Ivie is the Pope, Ampelona is France, the Poet Laureat is Petrarch, Petropolis is Rome or the Papal Court, the Vine is the French King (so Howell himself tells us in a key)” (Mckenzie, Some Remarks on a Fable Collection). It was published in English in several editions and was translated into both French and Latin.‎

‎History of Indian and Eastern Architecture. Revised and edited, with Additions Indian Architecture by James Burgess and Eastern Architecture by R. Phené Spiers. With numerous Illustrations. 2 vols.‎

‎London, John Murray, 1910. 2 orig. full cloth. Top edge gilt. A few tiny wornholes in front and at end. Small tear in one hinge. XIV,450,XVI,523 pp. Numerous textillustr. and plates.‎

‎Voyage aux Sources du Nil, en Nubie et en Abyssinie, Pendant les années 1768,1769,1770,1771 & 1772. Traduit de l'Anglois par J.H. Castera. 10 vols. + Atlas-vol.‎

‎Paris, 1790-92. (Atlas: Paris, chez Plassan, 1792). 8vo and 4to. Textvolumes bound uncut in 10 cont. blue boards with gilt titlelabels in red on backs. Corners a little bumped and bindings with a few scratches. Atlas-volume in 4to bound in cont. green boards, some scratches to back. With all 88 engraved plates (both numbered in relation to the corresponding textvolume and with numbering 1-88) comprising 4 large folded maps, plate 1-65 single-page, plate 70-88 double- page‎

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‎First French edition of ""Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768....Edinburgh, 1790."" - ""If Cook was the first truly modern ""scientific"" maritime explorer, James Bruce has some claim to be the first scientific continental explorer. When he set out in 1768, his object was to establish the position of the Source of the Nile for the sake of advancing knowledge. He did reach and provided a wealth of other geographical, botanical, and archaeological information on Ethiopia and the Nile Valley as well as gaining a unique knowledge of the Ethiopians as a result of his close involvement with them for two years"" (Roy bridges). - Brunet I:1283. - Nissen ZBI: 618. - Volume 10 comprises ""Quatre Voyages dans le pays des Hottentots et la Cafrerie en 1777, 1778 & 1779"" by William Paterson.‎

‎Ulysses. Vom Verfasser geprüfte deutsche Ausgabe von Georg Goyert. 3 Bde.‎

‎(Basel), Privatbruck, 1927. Uncut in the very nice original brown half morocco bindings over marbled boards. Backs with five raised bands and green leather title labels. Top-edges gilt. Minor scraching to lower band on all three backs, corners slightly bumped on vol. one. Internally near mint. Printed on thick paper.‎

‎First German edition. Number 309 of 1000 numbered copies, out of a total of 1100 copies. ""Der deutsche Privatdruck des Ulysses von James Joyce wurde... in einer einmaligen Auflage von tausend Abzügen auf Bütten und Hundert unverkäuflichen für die Presse bestimmten Abzügen auf Dünnerdruck hergestellt."" (f. 2).This is the first translation of Ulysses published by Joyce.‎

‎Om Sindsbevægelser. Et Psyko-Fysiologisk Studie.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Jacob Lund, 1885. Orig. bogtrykt omslag. Løs i heftningen og omslaget med rifter og pletter. (4),91 pp. Indvendig pæn.‎

‎First edition. The most importent Danish work in psychology. It is a psychophysiological study on vasomotor disturbances and conditioned reflexes during period of emotional stress - known as the James-Lange-theory.‎