‎Analysis magni problematis Isoperimetrici. - [BERNOULLI'S SOLUTION TO THE ISOPERIMETRIC PROBLEM]‎

‎Leipzig, Gross & Fritsch, 1701. 4to. Contemporary full vellum. Handwritten title on spine. A small stamp to title page and page . Pasted library label to pasted down front free end-paper. In: ""Nova Actorum Eruditorum Anno MDCCI"". Pp 213-228 + 1 engraved plate. [Entire volume: (2), 581 pp. + 8 engraved plates].‎

‎First publication of Jacob Bernoulli influential dissertation in which he published the first correct solution to the isoperimetric problem both Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz had been seeking without success. The paper influenced both Leonhard Euler in writing his first research paper and British mathematician Brook Taylor to begin a dispute which has later been referred to as Taylor versus Continental mathematicians. ""It [the dissertation] was considered as a prodigy of sagacity and invention: and indeed, if the time be considered, it will not be too much to assert, that a more difficult problem never was solved."" (Bossut. A general history of mathematics. 341 p.).The isoperimetric problem is an ancient problem which dates back to antiquity and can be described as which curve, if any, maximizes or minimizes the area of its enclosed region?Euler, who had been taught by Johann Bernoulli, published his first paper in 1726 which was a note on the construction of isochronous curves in a resistant medium.DSB II, 48b.The following papers by Johann Bernoulli are also contained in the present volume:1. Disquisitio Catoptrico-Dioptrica exhibens Reflexionis et Refractionis naturam ex aequilibrii fundamento deductam. Pp 19-26.2. Novaratio construendi radios osculi seu curvanturae in Curvis quibusvis etc. Pp. 136-40.3. Multisectio Anguli vel Arcus, duplici aequatione universali exhibita. Pp. 170-75.‎

‎Le moyen de parvenir ‎

‎œuvre contenant la raison de ce qui a été,est et sera, avec démonstration certaine selon la rencontre des effets de la vertu,revu,corrigé et mis en meilleur ordre,publié pour la première fois avec un commentaire historique et philologique,accompagné de notices littéraires par Paul.L. JACOB,bibliophile.In 12 demi cuir fauve,dos lisse,titre, filet,roulette dorés,filets à froid. Faux-titre, titre, XXIX,506 pages,déchirure page 423 en marge extérieure, réparation ancienne.Librairie Charles Gosselin 1841.Coiffe réparée,mors renforcés,fragiles. ‎

‎Jacob et Abel Grimmer. Catalogue raisonné‎

‎La Renaissance du Livre 1991 In-4 24,5 x 32,5 cm. Reliure de l’éditeur pleine toile cachou sous jaquette rempliée et illustrée en couleurs, 400 pp., plus de 500 reproductions en noir et blanc et en couleurs. Exemplaire en très bon état. Deux maîtres de la peinture flamande entre Bruegel et Rubens.‎

‎ Très bon état d’occasion ‎

‎Jacob et Abel Grimmer - catalogue raisonné‎

‎La Renaissance du Livre, Tournai, 1991. Fort in-4, reliure pleine toile éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 398 pp. Préface - Chapitre Premier : Jacob Grimmer : Biographie. -Œuvre. - Composition. - Coloris. - Thèmes. - Dessins. - Influences subies. - Collaborateurs. - Réputation et cote. - Evolution picturale. - Rayonnement artistique. - Originalité. - Apport. - Conclusion - ...‎

‎Avec 156 illustrations en noir et 102 planches couleurs. --- Plus d'informations sur le site archivesdunord.com‎

‎L’illustration de la poésie à l’époque du Cubisme 1909-1914. Derain. Dufy. Picasso‎

‎Éditions Klincksieck, coll. « Le Signe de L’Art », n° 8 1971 In-8 broché 21,6 cm sur 17. 238 pages. 1 Cahier central + illustrations en noir et blanc in-texte. Bon état d’occasion.‎

‎ Bon état d’occasion ‎

‎Om Blåsrörets Användande i Kemien och Mineralogien.‎

‎Stockholm, Henr. A. Nordström, 1820. Recent hcloth. (10),302,(2) pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Very few brownspots.‎

‎First edition of Berzelius' important work on the Blowpipe, through which it became the most importent instrument of the chemist. The following years it was translated into German, English, French and Russian.‎

‎Des Recherches sur la Composition des prussiates ou des hydro-cyanates ferrugineux. III-VII.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1820). Without wrappers as issued in ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", tome XV, pp. 225-264. A small tear to one leaf.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt von F. Wöhler. 4 Bde. (8 Abtheilungen). ‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1825-31. Uncut in 8 orig. blue boards. Printed on good paper. A wormtrack on cover of volume IV:2, only effecting cover and halftitle. With all 13 folded engraved plates, showing chemical apparatus. Titles with rubber-stamps.‎

‎This German translation of Berzelius main work contains many additions by the author not found in the swedish original. ""Berzelius's work on the science of Chemistry in general is universally known. He mastered the whole of Chemistry as no one else has ever done since his time, and he created something new in all the spheres in which he worked.""‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers Schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt von F. Wöhler. 1. Band, Erste Abth.‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1825. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Back slightly rubbed. Stamp on title. XVIII,442 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on goos paper.‎

‎First German edition. The first part of Berzelius' famous ""Lehrbuch"".‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt. 2. Bd., erste-zweite Abth. (in 2 Bde).‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1826. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Backs slightly rubbed. Stamp on titles. VI,XIII,995,(4) pp. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper.‎

‎First German edition of the second volume (in 2 parts) of Berzelius' famous ""Lehrbuch"".‎

‎(Von der Anwendung des Löthrohrs in der Chemie und Mineralogie. 2. Auflage.).‎

‎(Nürnberg, Schrag, 1828). Cont. marbled boards. Gilt back. Gilt titlelabel. Lightly rubbed. XVI,282 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Titlepage lacks and with a hole in pp. 1-2 loosing some words on p.2. A few leaves with marginal browning, otherwise clean and printed on good paper.‎

‎Second German edition, the first published 1821 translated from the Swedish original from 1820. The classic work on the blowpipe and its history.‎

‎Rapport Annuel sur les Progrès des Sciences Physiques et Chimiques. Présenté... a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Stockholm. Traduit du Suédois, sous les Yeux de l'Autheur. Par (Philippe) Plantamour. 1.-7. Année.‎

‎Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1841-47. Bound in 5 uniform contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines and with gilt lettering. printed on good paper. Clean and fine.‎

‎First French edition (all published) of Berzelius's ""Arsberättelser...."" - Partington IV, p. 146.‎

‎Quelques Idées sur une nouvelle Force agissant dans les Combinaisons des Corps Organiques.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1836. No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", 2e Series, tome 61, Cahier 2. Pp. 113-224. (entire issue offered). Berzelius's paper: pp. 146-151. With titlepage to Tome 61.‎

‎First French edition of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which Berzelius advanced the concept of 'Catalysis', and described inorganic reactions by way of metals and the biological reactions by enzymes. The paper on Catalysis was first published in his ""Årsberättelse"" (Annual Survey) in 1835. - Axel Holmberg 1836:14. - Partington IV, pp. 263-64""This is a new force in inorganic and organic nature, bringing into being chemical activity, and more widely distributed than has hitherto been thought, the naure of which is completely concealed. If I all it a new force it is not my meaning that it is independent of the electrochemical relations of matter, but on the contrary I can only assume that it is a special kind of manifestation of these. So long as its nature and relations are unknown it will be convenient to considerit a new force, and to give it a name.""(Berzelius).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1836 C.The issue contains furthermore two importent papers by the founder of modern organic cemeistry, Auguste Laurent ""Sur l'Acide Naphtalique et ses Combinaisons"", pp. 113-125 and ""Théorie des Combinaisons Organiques"", pp. 125-151.Laurent: A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century.‎

‎Quelques Idées sur une nouvelle Force agissant dans les Combinaisons des Corps Organiques.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1836. Berzelius's paper: pp. 146-151. Some browning to the first and last leaves. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎First French edition of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which Berzelius advanced the concept of 'Catalysis', and described inorganic reactions by way of metals and the biological reactions by enzymes. The paper on Catalysis was first published in his ""Årsberättelse"" (Annual Survey) in 1835. - Axel Holmberg 1836:14. - Partington IV, pp. 263-64""This is a new force in inorganic and organic nature, bringing into being chemical activity, and more widely distributed than has hitherto been thought, the naure of which is completely concealed. If I all it a new force it is not my meaning that it is independent of the electrochemical relations of matter, but on the contrary I can only assume that it is a special kind of manifestation of these. So long as its nature and relations are unknown it will be convenient to considerit a new force, and to give it a name.""(Berzelius).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1836 C.The issue contains furthermore two importent papers by the founder of modern organic cemeistry, Auguste Laurent ""Sur l'Acide Naphtalique et ses Combinaisons"", pp. 113-125 and ""Théorie des Combinaisons Organiques"", pp. 125-151. And Avogadr: ""Nouvelles recherches sur le Pouvoir Neutralisant de quelques Corps Simples. (Extrait). Pp. 419-432.Laurent: A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century.‎

‎Des Changemens dans la système de Minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la proprieté qur possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1826). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 31, Cahier 1. Halftitle to vol. 31.Pp.5-112 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Berzeliu's paper: pp. 5-36.‎

‎First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818.""In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findins called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered).""(Taton ""Science in the 19th Century"", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29.‎

‎Des Changemens dans la système de Minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la proprieté qur possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies. - [ATOMIC WEIGHT OF ELEMENTS]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1826. 8vo. In later full buckram with gilt lettering to spine. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 31. Entire volume offered. Stamp to verso of half title. Light occassional brownspotting. [Berzelius' paper:] Pp.5-37. [The entire issue:] 448 pp. + 3 plates. ‎

‎First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818. ""In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findings called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered).""(Taton ""Science in the 19th Century"", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29. The present volume also contain the following important papers: Sur les Minéraux cristallisés qui se trouvent dans les aerolithes (Gustave Rose) Mémoire sur les Combinaisons du Phosphore, et particulièrement sur celles de ce corps avec l'hydrogène (Dumas) Seconde Lettre sur les Cavernes à ossemens de Lunel-Vieil, de Saint-Antoine et de Saint-Julien, près de Montpellier (Hérault) adressés à M. Gay-Lussac par M. Marcel de Serres " Nouveau Catalogue des cgutes de pierres ou de fer de poussières ou de substances molles, sèches ou humides, suivant l'ordre chronologique (E. F. F. Chladni) Note sur la Communication des mouvements vibratoires (Félix Savart) Recherches sur les Effets électriques de contact produits dans les changemens de temp ‎

‎Des Changemens dans la système de Minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la proprieté qur possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies. - [ATOMIC WEIGHT OF ELEMENTS]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1826. 8vo. In a bit later half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 31. Entire volume offered. No institutional stamps. [Berzelius' paper:] Pp.5-37. [The entire issue:] 448 pp. + 3 plates. ‎

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‎First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818. ""In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findings called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered).""(Taton ""Science in the 19th Century"", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29. The present volume also contain the following important papers: Sur les Minéraux cristallisés qui se trouvent dans les aerolithes (Gustave Rose)Mémoire sur les Combinaisons du Phosphore, et particulièrement sur celles de ce corps avec l'hydrogène (Dumas)Seconde Lettre sur les Cavernes à ossemens de Lunel-Vieil, de Saint-Antoine et de Saint-Julien, près de Montpellier (Hérault)adressés à M. Gay-Lussac par M. Marcel de Serres " Nouveau Catalogue des cgutes de pierres ou de fer de poussières ou de substances molles, sèches ou humides, suivant l'ordre chronologique (E. F. F. Chladni) Note sur la Communication des mouvements vibratoires (Félix Savart)Recherches sur les Effets électriques de contact produits dans les changemens de temp‎

‎Versuch einer lateinischen Nomenclatur für die Chemie, nach electrisch-chemischen Ansichten. (Im Auszuge, frei bearbeitet, und mit Vorschlägen für die deutsche Nomenclatur begleitet, von Gilbert).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1812. Without wrappers. In: ""Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 12 (= Bd. 42 der Reihe), Neuntes Stück. Titlepage to vol. 12. Pp. 1-116 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Berzelius' paper: pp. 37-89.‎

‎First German edition of this classic paper in chemistry in which Berzelius presented his system of nomenclature to the scientific world. The paper was first preseted in French ""Essay sur la nomenclature chimique"" in Journal de Physique the year before (1811).""Of his contributions, moreover, to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science, not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which, with slight modifivcations, is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible ""to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and, after the determination of their relative weights, present the results of each analysis in a si8mple and easely retained manner."". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but, en England, only after some considerable time.""(Findley ""A Hundred Year of Chemistry"", p. 14). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, 1812:7).‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Aus der schwedischen Handschrift des Verfassers übersetzt von F. Woehler.‎

‎4. verbesserte Orig.-Aufl. (Band 3 in 3. Aufl. von 1834). 10 Bände. Dresden u. Leipzig, Arnold, 1835–1841. 8°. Mit 12 gef. Kupfertafeln und einigen Textillustr. Pappbände aus der Zeit mit roten Rückenschildchen (3. Band Halbleinenband nicht uniform).‎

‎Vgl. Duveen S. 75 u. Hirsch-H. I, 510 (für die Originalausgabe u. die erste deutsche Ausgabe von 1833–1841). Selten so komplett. Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848), schwedischer Chemiker, leistete einen bahnbrechenden Beitrag für die moderne Chemie. Er bezeichnete die chemischen Elemente erstmals mit Buchstaben und entdeckte Selen, Cer und Thorium. – Ausgeschiedenes Bibliotheksexemplar mit entsprechenden Stempeln und handschr. Rückennummerierungen. Alte handschr. Besitzereinträge auf den Vorsätzen. Papier durchgehend unterschiedlich stark stockfleckig und gebräunt. Einbände berieben.‎

‎Théorie des proportions chimiques, et table synoptique des poids atomiques des corps simples, et de leurs Combinaisons les plus importantes‎

‎Paris, Firmin Didot frères et J.-B. Baillière, 1835, in-8, [4]-477 pp, Demi-veau cerise postérieur, dos à faux nerfs et orné, Seconde édition française, la première étant parue en 1819 sous le titre d'Essai sur la théorie des proportions chimiques et sur l'influence chimique de l'électricité (Paris, Méquignon-Marvis). L'auteur expose ici sa théorie des combinaisons chimiques fondée sur le rôle de l'électricité. Les tables alphabétiques des poids atomiques de cette édition ont été considérablement augmentées. Ex-libris manuscrits en tête et en fin d'ouvrage. Étiquette de la bibliothèque de J[oseph] Laissus (1900-1969), directeur-fondateur de l'École technique supérieure du Laboratoire. Coins un peu usés. Bon état intérieur. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon [4]-477 pp.‎

‎Essais sur les proportions déterminées dans lesquelles se trouvent réunis les élémens de la nature inorganiques. (+) Suite des experiences sur les proportions déterminées, d'après lesquelles les élémens de la nature inorganique s'unissent... (In all...‎

‎Paris, Chez J. Klostermann fils, 1811-12. Bound in 6 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines, slightly rubbed. Wear to top of spines. In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 and 83. (Entire volumes offered). The 14 parts: (Tome 78:) pp. 5-37, 105-132, 217-242. - (Tome 79:) pp. 113-142, 233-264. - (Tome 80:) pp. 5-37, 225-258. - (Tome 81:) pp. 5-36, 278-303. - (Tome 82:) pp. 5-33, 113-125, 225-72. (Tome 83:) pp. 5-35 a. pp. 117-127. With in all 3 engraved plates. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎The papers represents one of the first announcements of Berzelius' discovery of the fixed chemical proportions, determining the weights and valencies of the various constituent elements in inorganic compounds. The papers were published at the same time in Swedish, German (both here in Annalen and in Schweiger's Journal), and in French. By running many hundreds of analysis of chemical compounds he gave so many examples of the law of definite proportions that the world of chemistry could no longer doubt its validity, and in so doing he gave experimental evidence to the atomic theory. He hereby laid a solid fundation for the further development of chemistry. A reprint is found in Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften, No. 35.According to Söderbaum (Jac. Berzelius, 2, p.12) ""It was a giant work, one of the most importent in the history of chemistry, which was here presented. One is even more impressed when one remembers that it was a pioneer undertaking in every sense of the term. Analytic and synthetic methods existed before Berzelius' time, to be sure, but there were no precise methods of the sort which he required. They all had to be elaborated at the cost of time and labour.""(J. Erik Jorpes ""Jac. Berzelius"", p.45).""In general Berzelius's efforts were directed toward the consolidation and extension of the atomic theory. He improved chemical analysis and determined the composition of a large number of compounds, thus verifying the laws of constant and multiple proportions and furnishing the most accurate equivalent weights then available. By ingenious methods he arrived at the correct atomic composition of most common substances, and thus was enabled to draw up (in 1826) a table of atomic weights very nearly identical with the modern one.""(Leicester & Klicktein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 258).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1810-20 C.‎

‎Versuch, die bestimmten und einfachen Verhältnisse anzufinden, nach welchen die Bestandtheile der unorganischen Natur mit einander verbunden sind. Erste Hälfte. (+) Zweite Hälfte. (+) Erste Fortsetzung des Versuchs, die bestimmten...(+) Zweite Fortse...‎

‎Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1811, 1811, 1812. Without wrappers as published in ""Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 37, Drittes u. Viertes Stück + Bd. 38, Sechtes Stück + Bd. 40, Zweites u. Drittes Stück. The entire issues offered (5 issues). With titlepage to vol. 37, 38 a. 40. Pp. 233-480 a. 3 engraved plates., pp. 121-236 a. 2 engraved plates., pp. 117-348 a. 1 engraved plate. Berzelius's papers: pp. 249-337 a. 415-472.- Pp. 161-226. - Pp. 162-208 a. 235-330..‎

‎The papers represents one of the first announcements of Berzelius' discovery of the fixed chemical proportions, determining the weights and valencies of the various constituent elements in inorganic compounds. The papers were published at the same time in German (both here in Annalen and in Schweiger's Journal), and in French. By running many hundreds of analysis of chemical compounds he gave so many examples of the law of definite proportions that the world of chemistry could no longer doubt its validity, and in so doing he gave experimental evidence to the atomic theory. He hereby laid a solid fundation for the further development of chemistry.According to Söderbaum (Jac. Berzelius, 2, p.12) ""It was a giant work, one of the most importent in the history of chemistry, which was here presented. One is even more impressed when one remembers that it was a pioneer undertaking in every sense of the term. Analytic and synthetic methods existed before Berzelius' time, to be sure, but there were no precise methods of the sort which he required. They all had to be elaborated at the cost of time and labour.""(J. Erik Jorpes ""Jac. Berzelius"", p.45).""In general Berzelius's efforts were directed toward the consolidation and extension of the atomic theory. He improved chemical analysis and determined the composition of a large number of compounds, thus verifying the laws of constant and multiple proportions and furnishing the most accurate equivalent weights then available. By ingenious methods he arrived at the correct atomic composition of most common substances, and thus was enabled to draw up (in 1826) a table of atomic weights very nearly identical with the modern one.""(Leicester & Klicktein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 258).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1810-20 C.‎

‎Experiments on the Nature of Azote, of Hydrogen, and of Ammonia, and upon the Degrees of Oxidation of which Azote is susceptible. (+) Essay on the Cause of Chemical Proportions, and on some Circumstances relating to them: together with a short and eas...‎

‎London, Robert Baldwin, 1813 a. 1814. 8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spines lacks and boards detached. In: ""Annals of Philosophy"" or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics... By Thomas Thomson"". Vol. II and Vol. III. Entire volumes offered. Berzelius' papers: pp. 276-284, 357-368 (the first paper in vol. II), pp. 443-454 (vol. II) a. pp. 51-62, 93-106, 244-257 a. 353-364. (vol. III). Internally fine and clean. ‎

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‎ First printing of these milestone papers in the history of chemistry, where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name, or, in the event of elements having the same first letter, by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 (see the note on p. 359 in the first paper), it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted, they became the new international language of chemistry.Berzelius ""contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions, moreover, to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science, not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which, with slight modification, is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible ""to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and, after the determination of their relative weights, present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner"". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but, in England, only after some considerable time.""(Findlay ""A Hundred Years of Chemistry"", p. 14.).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. The volume contains other notable papers THOMAS THOMSON ""On the Discovery of the Atomic Theory"", pp. 329-338. and JOHN DALTON ""Remarks on the Essay of Dr. Berzelius on the Cause of Chemical Proportions"", pp. 174-180 (Vol. III). ‎

‎Experiments on the Nature of Azote, of Hydrogen, and of Ammonia, and upon the Degrees of Oxidation of which Azote is susceptible.‎

‎London, Robert Baldwin, 1813. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spine lacks and boards loose. In: ""Annals of Philosophy"" or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics... By Thomas Thomson"". Vol. II. - VIII,480 pp. a. 7 plates. (Entire volume offered). Berzelius' paper: pp. 276-284, 357-368. Some browning and brownspots to plates.‎

‎First printing of this milestone papers in the history of chemistry, where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism (the offered paper is the first on the subject - Leicester & Klickstein calls it the ""Preliminary note) whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name, or, in the event of elements having the same first letter, by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 (see the note on p. 359), it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted, they became the new international language of chemistry. Berzelius ""contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions, moreover, to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science, not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which, with slight modification, is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible ""to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and, after the determination of their relative weights, present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner"". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but, in England, only after some considerable time.""(Findlay ""A Hundred Years of Chemistry"", p. 14.).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. ‎

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