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Electrical Experiments, made in pursuance of those by Mr. Canton, dated Decem. 3, 1753" with Explanations by Mr. Benjamin Franklin, Communicated Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S.
London, L. Davis, 1756. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", vol. 49, part 1. Including title-page and advertisement of volume. A fine copy. Pp. 299-310 + title-page.
First appearance of this paper in which he outlines three experiments in electric conductivity: 1. Electrical atmospheres, that flow around non-electric bodies, do not readily mix and unite into one atmosphere. 2. An electrical atmosphere, not only repels another electric atmosphere, but will also repel the electric matter contained in the substance of a body approaching it. 3. Bodies electrified negatively or deprived of their natural quantity of electricity, repel each other.
Oeuvres de M. Franklin , Docteur ès loix, membre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Paris...traduites de l'Anglois sur la quatrième édition, mar M. Barbeu Dubourg. Avec des additions nouvelles et des Figures en Taille douce
Paris 1773 chez Quillau , Esprit, et l'Auteur Full-Leather (Hardcover)
Reliure en cuir pleine, 26 x 20 cm, français, 2 volumes, illustrations, état du livre: Très bon. uvres de M. Franklin, docteur es loix, membre de l'Academie royale des sciences de Paris, des societes royales de Londres & de Gottingue, des societes philosophiques d'Edimbourg & de Rotterdam, pre?sident de la Societe? philosophique de Philadelphie, & resident a? la cour de la Grande Bretagne pour plusieurs colonies britanniques americaines. Traduites de l'anglois sur la quatrieme edition. Par M. Barbeu Dubourg. Avec des additions nouvelles et des figures en taille douce. exemplaire complet mais sans le portrait de Franklin Tome premier [-second]rnle premier volume traite de l'electricite, le second volume des meteores, chauffoirs de pennsylvanie, population, inoculation, lumiere de l'eau de la mer, politique, froid produit par l'evaporation, lettres.rnParis, chez Quillau , Esprit, et l'Auteur, 1773rn2 tomes ([1-1 bl.-1-1 bl.]-xxii-[2]-338-[2 bl.] p., [6] f. de pl. ; [1-1 bl.-1-1 bl.]-xiii-[2-1 bl.]-318-[2] p., 7 f. de pl.) : ill. ; in-4rn
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Experiments in Electricity: In a Letter from Father Beccaria, Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Turin, to Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. (+) Remarks on the preceding Paper, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S
London, Lockyer Davis, 1773. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", vol. 51, part 2. Including title-page of volume. A fine copy. Pp. 513-530 + title-page and 1 folding plate.
First appearance of Beccaria's paper on various experiments in electricity.
Moi, Benjamin Franklin, citoyen du Monde, homme des Lumières - Autobiographie et textes scientifiques de Benjamin Franklin réunis et commentés par Jean Audouze
Dunod Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2006 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur, illustrée d'un célèbre portrait en couleurs de Benjamin Franklin grand In-8 1 vol. - 351 pages
nombreuses illusrations dans le texte en noir 1ere édition, 2006 Contents, Chapitres : Table, introduction, à propos des textes de cet ouvrage, xx, Texte, 331 pages dont 4 pages de catalogue Dunod - 1. Vie de Benjamin Franklin, 126 pages - 2. Textes scientifiques : Electricité (Effet singulier des points, araignée électrique, machine électrique simplifiée - Bouteille de Leyde - Sur les différents phénomènes de coup de tonnerre et les aurores boréales - Effets de la matière électrique) - Protection des bâtiments contre la foudre (Sur le tonnerre et la méthode que l'on emploie communément en Amérique pour garantir les hommes et les batiments de ses effets désastreux, paratonnerre - Utilité des longues verges pointues) - Météorologie (Observations, conjectures et suppositions physiques et météorologiques) - Thermodynamique (Description des nouveaux chauffoirs de Pennsylvanie) - L'harmonica de verre - Carrés et cercles magiques - Index (avec une abondante correspondance échangée par B. Franklin avec Pierre Collinson, Cafwalader Colden, E. Kinnersley, Major Dawson, docteur Perkins, Alexander Small, docteur Liniong, R.P. Beccaria couverture à peine jaunie avec d'infimes traces de pliures aux coins des plats, sinon bel exemplaire, intérieur frais et propre
A Letter from John Canton, M.A. and F.R.S. to Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. and F.R.S. containing some Remarks on Mr. Delaval's Electrical Experiments.
London, L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1763. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", vol. 52, part II. Including title-page of volume (detached). A fine copy. Pp. 457-464 + title-page.
First appearance of this paper in which the relationships between the temperatures of various materials"") and their conductivity or non-conductivity is being discussed.
Description of an Electrometer Invented by Mr. Lane" with an Account of Some Experiments Made by Him with It: In a Letter to Benjamin Franklin. - [THE DISCHARGING ELECTROMETER]
London, Lockyer Davis, 1767. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", vol. 61, part 1. Including title-page and advertisement of volume. A fine copy. Pp. (4), 451-60 + 1 folded engraved plate.
First appearance of Timothy Lane's description of his discharging electrometer. He used it to determine the charge given to a Leyden jar by counting the number of sparks it received from the electrometer set at a constant gap. The instrument became popular in electrotherapy and was used to limit the power of the electrical discharge. (Heilbron, Electricity in the 17th & 18th Centuries).
Description of an Electrometer Invented by Mr. Lane" with an Account of Some Experiments Made by Him with It: In a Letter to Benjamin Franklin.
London, Lockyer Davis, 1767. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", vol. 61, part 1. A fine copy. Pp. (4), 451-60 + 1 folded engraved plate.
First appearance of Timothy Lane's description of his discharging electrometer. He used it to determine the charge given to a Leyden jar by counting the number of sparks it received from the electrometer set at a constant gap. The instrument became popular in electrotherapy and was used to limit the power of the electrical discharge. (Heilbron, Electricity in the 17th & 18th Centuries).
An Account of Mr. Benjamin Franklin's Treatise, lately published, intituled, Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Wm. Watson, F.R.S. Read June 6. 1751.
London, C. Davis, 1753. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", vol. 47. First leaf detached, otherwise fine. Pp. 201-212.
First appearance of this paper in which several of Franklin's most important electrical experiments are presented. An accomplished botanist, apothecary and electrical experimenter in his own right, Watson here summarizes ""a few of the most singular"" of Franklin's electrical experiments.
La fin de la physique mécaniste. Traduction de J. Liénard, revue et mise à jour par l'auteur. Introduction de Marcel BOLL -- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE EN PARTIE ORIGINALE
P., Hermann, 1936, un volume in 8, broché, couverture imprimée, 56pp.
---- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE EN PARTIE ORIGINALE ---- Organicisme et mécanisme - la nouvelle physique n'est plus mécaniste, mais mathématique - La nouvelle physique n'est plus une mosaïque d'atomes ; elle est totalitaire - La fin de la physique mécaniste - ETC**2196/o7ar
Théorie de la connaissance et physique moderne. Introduction de Marcel BOLL -- EDITION ORIGINALE
P., Hermann, 1934, un volume in 8, broché, couverture imprimée, 53pp.
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- Le préjugé philosophique devant la science - Définition du conflit - Coup d'oeil historique - La conception scientifique - Retour sur le préjugé philosophique - Les idées sur la causalité**2197/o7ar-cav.E4
Einstein His Life and Times. Translated from a German Manuscript by Georg Rosen. Edited and revised by Shuichi Kusaka.
N.Y., Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Orig. full cloth. XI,298,XII pp. Spine slightly faded.
First edition, second Printing.
Foundations of Physics.
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (1950). 8vo. In the original blue printed wrappers. Previous owner's name to verso of front wrapper. A very fine and clean copy. V, (1), 78 pp.
Third impression, originally pubslihed in 1946. Part of the series 'International Encyclopedia of Unified Science', volume I, number 7.
Die differential und integralgleichungen der mechanik und physik
NY, Dover, 1961, un volume in 8, pleine toile éditeur, 14pp., 1106pp.
---- tome 2 seul**2198
Holographie - 2e édition révisée.
Masson. 1987. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. VIII+100 pages - nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans le texte - une étiquette collée sur le 2ème plat et sur le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
RESUME AIDE-MEMOIRE, PHYSIQUE, BACCALAUREAT, 1re PARTIE
Hachette. Non daté. In-16. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 178 pages. Illustré de schémas en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Conforme aux programmes d'avril 1931. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Kurzer Bericht von den Resultanten neuerer Versuche über die Gesetze des Lichtes, und die Theorie derselben. - [SPECTROSCOPY AND THE FORMULATION OF THE GRATING EQUATION]
(Leipzig), 1823. Wrappers blank. Uncut. Extracted from ""Gilberts Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie"", Bd. 74, Jahrg. 1823, Achtes Stück, pp. (337-) 378. First and last leaves a bit browned.
First edition of this importent paper where Fraunhofer analyzed diffration phenomena and interpretet them in terms of a wave theory of light, leading him to formulate the GRATING EQUATION. - ""In the paper in 1823, Fraunhofer revealed his continued invstigation of diffraction gratings. Using a diamont point, he could rule up to 3,200 lines per Parish inch. He continued his study of the effect of oblique reays, developed formulations based on the wave conception, and calculated a revised set of wavelenghts for the major spectral lines. Thus, his earlier observations of the dark lines in the solar spectrum enabled him to make the highly precise measurements of dispersions"" then his ude of the wave theory of light allowed him to derive, with suitable simplifications, the general formulation of the grating equation still in use today."" (Reese V. Jenkins in DSB).
"FRAUNHOFER, JOSEPH. - SPECTROSCOPY AND THE FORMULATION OF THE GRATING EQUATION.
Reference : 43353
(1823)
Kurzer Bericht von den Resultanten neuerer Versuche über die Gesetze des Lichtes, und die Theorie derselben. (incl. Zusatz).
Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1823. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 40 (Bd. 74), Viertes Stück. Pp. 337-440 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered (Heft 4). Fraunhofer's paper: Titlepage to vol. 40 and pp. 337-378. Clean and fine
First edition of this importent paper where Fraunhofer analyzed diffration phenomena and interpretet them in terms of a wave theory of light, leading him to formulate the GRATING EQUATION. - ""In the paper in 1823, Fraunhofer revealed his continued invstigation of diffraction gratings. Using a diamont point, he could rule up to 3,200 lines per Parish inch. He continued his study of the effect of oblique reays, developed formulations based on the wave conception, and calculated a revised set of wavelenghts for the major spectral lines. Thus, his earlier observations of the dark lines in the solar spectrum enabled him to make the highly precise measurements of dispersions"" then his ude of the wave theory of light allowed him to derive, with suitable simplifications, the general formulation of the grating equation still in use today."" (Reese V. Jenkins in DSB).
Gadget.
Paris, Christian Bourgois, 1989. in-8 étroit, 345 pp., broché, couverture illustrée
Bel exemplaire. [AZ-11]
A Demonstration Handbook for Physics , American Association of Physics Teachers
American Association of Physics Teachers Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1974 Book condition, Etat : Bon Spriral bound, paperback, editor's white wrappers, illustrated by a drawing In-4 1 vol. - 300 pages
many black and white text-figures reprinted edition, 1974 Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Table of contents, xxv, Text, around 300 pages - Mechanics - Fluids - Electricity and magnetism - Heat - Sound - Optics - Supplementary experiments very good reading copy, clean, no markings - number of pages estimated to 300
Einfuhrung in die Wellenmechanik -- EDITION ORIGINALE -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE
Berlin, Springer, 1929, un volume in 8 relié en pleine toile éditeur, 7pp., 315pp.
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- "Frenkel published many scientific books and journal articles, and his research encompassed extremely varied fields of theoretical physics. He was one of the founders of the modern atomic theory of solids. In 1916 he conceived on the basis of the Bohr model of the atom the theory of the double electric layer on the surface of metals, which permitted the first evaluations of the surface tensions of metals and of the contact potential. In 1924, on the basis of virial theory, Frenkel demontrated that during the condensaton of a metal from vapor the valene electrons of the atoms must become itinerant, moving at a speed comparable to the rate of intra-atomic motion. This was a noteworthy contribution to the problem of the heat capacity of electrons in metals, which had been blocking progress of the theory... Frenkel's research had an essential influence on the development of electrodynamics and the thory of electrons as well as the theory of atomic nuclei" ---- Licht und Materie - Die Grundgleichungen der Wellenmechanik - Wellenmechanik und Quantentheorie - Die einfachsten speziellen probleme der weillenmechanik der atome und molekule**6051/L7AR
"FRESNEL, A. (AUGUSTIN). - THE ""SECOND MEMOIR"" OF 1827, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.
Reference : 47019
(1852)
Memoir on Double Refraction. (From the Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences d l'Institut de France, tome vii. 1827).
London, Taylor and Francis, 1852. 8vo. Without wrappers. In: ""Scientific Memoirs, selected from Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science... Edited by Richard Taylor."", Vol. V, Part XVIII. With titlepage to Vol. V. Pp. (151-) 352 (entire part offered). Fresnel's paper: pp. 238-333. Clean and fine. Titlepage with a small faint stamp.
First appearance in English of Fresnel's famous memoir - the memoir of 1827, his so-called second memoir - in which some of his groundbreaking discoveries concerning light is stated. He applies the concept of transverse waves to double refraction and representing the final construction, in the form of an equation of the fourth degree.In the paper Fresnel also explained the fact,that in some cases of quartz the rotation of polarization is from left to right and in other cases from right to left.. He proposed the term 'helical' to denote the property of rotating the plane of polarization, exhibited by such bodies as quartz. The term 'natural rotatory polarisation' is however, generally used.This memoir contains the first printing of three unpublished memoirs from 1821 and 1822 (Mémoire sur la double refraction.Extrait Read 26. Nov., 1821 - Supplement, presented 22 January 1822 - Second Supplement, presented April 1, 1822. - Explication de la réfraction dans le système des Ondes from ""Bulletin Soc. Philom."", 1821. See Jed. Z. Buchwald ""The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light"", pp. 461-63.
Mémoire sur la Loi des modifications que la réflexion imprime à la lumière polarisée. (Lu a l'Academie, le 7 janvier 1823). - [FORMULATING FRESNEL'S ""SINE-LAW AND"" FRESNEL'S ""TANGENT LAW""]
Paris, Crochard, 1831. 8vo. In blank wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 46, Cahier 3. Occassional brownspotting, otherwise fine. Pp. 225-264.
First printing of this important paper in which Fresnel formulates a theory of reflection and refraction referring them to the dynamical properties of the luminiferous media and stating the two laws that bears his name, the ""Sine-law"" and the ""Tangent-law"".This memoir was for some time considered lost, it was presented to the Academy in 1823, but found later in the papers of Fourier. ""Ce Mémoire, qu'on ecroyait égaré, vient d'étre retrouvé dans les papiers de M. Fourier. Comme il n'est connu que par des extraits tout-è-fait insuffisand (voyez Ann.. t. XXIX, p. 175), nous nous empressons d'en enrichir les Annales.""(Editor's footnote).In the memoir ""He adopts Young's principle, that reflection and refraction are due to differences in the inertia of the aether in different material bodies, and supposes (as in the memoir on aberration) that the inertia is proportional to the inverse square of the velocity of propagation of light in the medium. The conditions which he proposes to satisfy at the interface between two media are that the displacements of the aadjacent molecules, resolved parallell to this interface, shall be equal in the two media"" and that the energy of the reflwected and refracted waves together shall be equal to that of the incident wave.""(Whittaker ""A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity"" I, p.123).
Ueber das Licht (i.e. French: ""Sur la Lumière"").
Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1825. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"", 1825, band 3. Entire volume offered. Stamps to verso of title-page and verso of plates. Wear to extremities, especially upper part of spine. Internally fine and clean. (Fresnel:) 89-128"" 303-328 pp. (Entire volume:) 10, 476 pp. + 3 plates.
First German translation of Fresnel’s landmark work “Sur la Lumière"" from 1822. Here Fresnel established the scientific basis for the wave theory of light and gave the theoretical framework for explaining, in the context of his theory of the transversal nature of lightwaves, the phenomena of double refraction, refraction, dispersion, polarization, interference, diffraction patterns, diffraction fringes as light spreads around objects, etc. He developed mathematically the hypothesis of the wave nature of light and he demonstrates its conformity with experience. His study of light was a dynamic interplay between theory and observation, between mathematics and experiment. - ""From the point of view of method, his investigations extended from the manual operations of the laboratory to the most abstract mathematical analyses. Few physicists since Newton had been so versatile.""(Silliman in ""Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences"", vol. 4, p. 155.). ""The wave-thory at this time was still encumbered with difficulties. Diffraction was not satisfactorily explained" for polarization no explanation of any kind was forthcoming the Huygenian construction appeared to require two different luminiferous media within double refracting bodies and the universality of that construction had been impugned by Brewster's discovery of biaxial crystals. The upholders of the emission theory, emboldened by the success of Laplace's theory of double refraction, thought the time ripe for their final triunph and as a step to this, in March 1817 they proposed Diffration as the subject of the Academy's prize for 1818. Their expectation was disappointed" and the successful memoir afforded the first of a series of reverses of which, in the short space of seven years, the corpuscular theory was completely owerthrown. The author was Augustin Fresnel...""(Whittaker ""A History of the Theories of Aether & Electricity"", vol. 1, p.107 ff.). ""This concept of transverse waves met with the greatest hostility from the scientists of the day, who could not imagine an extremely fluid and rarified ether which at the same time possessed the mechanical properties of a rigid body. Even Arago admitted that he could not follow the exuberant engineer in his ideas. ButFresnel was convinced that at last he had the key to many mysteries, and with his model of waves he gave a full clarification of the phenomena of polarization. With insuperable precision he explained a long series of extremely complicated experiments, such as those of chromatic polarization that Arago himself had discovered by chance in 1811, and which the followers of Newton could not explain in spite of all their efforts. Following this line Fresnel reached the synthesis which is his masterpiece....we must recall the final interpretation that he gave of the famous phenomenon of partial reflection by transparent surfaces, that simple phenomenon which until then had puzzled Grimaldi, Newton, and Huygens, and which in Malus's experiments had unexpectedly acquired a special importencee as it had been compared to the great mystery of double refraction.""(Ronchi ""The Nature of Light"", p. 255 ff.).
Ueber die doppelte Strahlenbrechung.
(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1831). In ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"", Bd. 23, Elftes Stück. Pp. 305-560 (entire issue offered). With halftitlepae to vol. 23. Fresnel's paper: pp. 372-434 a. pp. 494-557 a. 1 folded engraved plate.
First German edition of Fresnel's importent ""Second mémoir sur la double réflexion"" (1827) in which he explains step by step his wave theory of light, culminating in the generation ofthe wave surface itself.""The major novelty of this ""second"" memoir was its firm foundation of the theory in mechanics, a foundation that had a considerable impact after about 1830.""(Buchwald ""The Rise of the Wave Thory of Light"", p. 286.
Die Grundlagen der Einsteinischen Gravitationstheorie. Mit Einer Vorwort von Albert Einstein. Vierte, erweiterte und vebesserte Auflage.
Berlin, Julius Springer, 1920. Orig. clothbacked boards. (6),96 pp.
The first edition published 1916 and not in Weil.
