Liège, E.D.K., 1934, un volume in 4, broché, couverture imprimée, 29pp.
---- EDITION ORIGINALE de cette conférence donnée par Victor Henri à l'Université de Liège, le 20 Novembre 1934. Il s'agit de la cinquième conférence organisée par l'Université de Liège sous la direction de Monsieur le Professeur P. Debye**2640/L4
Université de Liège Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1934 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché In-4 1 vol. - 29 pages
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P., Dunod (Bibliothèque de l'Automaticien), 1967, in 8° relié pleine toile de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée ; XIV-310 pages.
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London, Richard and John E.Taylor, 1840-41. 8vo. 2 contemp. hmorocco. Tears to spines. Frontcovers on both volumes loose. Stamp to foot of titlepages. In: ""The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Conducted by David Brewster et al."". Vol. XVI a. vol. XVIII. VIII,607,(1) pp. a. 5 plates. + VIII,616 pp., 2 plates. (Entire volumes offered). Henry's papers: pp. 200-210, 254-265, 551-562, textillustr. (in vol. XVI) a. pp. 482-514, textillustr. (in vol. XVIII).
First printing in England of this pioneering paper on electro-magnetic induction in which Henry carried out his program of determining the relationship of static and dynamic electricity.The volumes also contains first printings by CHARLES LYELL ""On the Boulder Formation, or drift and associated Freshwater Deposits composing the Mud-cliffs of Eastern Norfolk"". Pp. 345-380, textillustr. (1840), and JOHN W. DRAPER ""An Account of some Experiments made in the South of Virginia, on the height of the Sun"".Pp. 81-84 and his ""On the Electro-motive Power of Heat. Pp. 451-461.On p. 535 we have the first announcement of the first sucessfull photographic portrait taken. Draper’s first reported portraiture was that of his sister, Miss Dorothy Catherine Draper, dressed in white sitting still for a period of 65 seconds.""Professor Draper, of the University of New York, informs us in a note dated March 31st, that he has succeeded during the Winter in procuring portraits by the Daguerreotype, and that they have all the beaty and softness of the most finished mezzotint engraving, and only requirefrom 20 to 45 seconds for execution.""
New Haven, Maltby and Noyes, 1840. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. In: The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Benjamin Silliman"", Vol. 38. VI,(2),416 pp. (Entire volume offered). Henry's paper:pp. 209-243, many textllustrations in woodcut. A few leaves with brownspots.
This is Henry's importent third ""Contribution"" on the dynamic induction experiments, carrying out his program of determining the relationship of static and dynamic electricity. He independently of Faraday discovered electr-magnetic inductuion in 1831. The paper was first printed in ""Transactions of the American Philosophical Society"", 1839.
Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1844. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 3e Series - Tome 3. 512 pp. a. 7 folded engraved plates. Small stamp to verso of plates. (The entire volume offered). Henry's papers: pp. 394-436 a. 1 folded engraved plate (showing Henry's experimental apparatus). Internally clean.
First French version of these pioneering papers on electro-magnetic induction in which Henry carried out his program of determining the relationship of static and dynamic electricity.
New Haven, Hezekiah Howe and A.H. Maltby, 1831. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear along edgaes and top of spine. In: ""The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Benjamin Silliman"", Vol. XIX. Engraved frontispiece. VIII,404 pp., 4 engraved plates (1 handcoloured, brownspotted). Henry's paper: pp. 400-408, one textillustr.
First edition of Henry's importent paper in which he described the function and construction of the Albany-Magnet, probably the most powerfull magnet ever constructed (at the time).From his ""experiments Henry discovered that if a cell of a single pair of electrodes is to be used with a given magnet, the magnet should be wound with several coils of wire in parallel"" on the other hand, if a battery of many cells is to be used, the magnet winding should form a single long wire. Henry was the first person to understand this idea. It later became a fundamental basis for much of electrical technology, and, in particular, made Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph feasible.Applying this principle (together with the valuable but less easily described practical skill in magnet-making he had acquired in the course of his experiments), Henry, with the assistance of a colleague, Philip Ten Eyck, went on to build a 21-pound ""experimental magnet on a large scale."" With a modest battery, this ""Albany magnet"" supported 750 pounds, making it, Henry claimed, ""probably, therefore, the most powerful magnet ever constructed."" Quickly he wrote a paper describing these experiments and his magnet-winding principle, and sent it off to Benjamin Silliman, Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Yale College and editor of the American Journal of Science, a widely read and influential publication. Silliman readily accepted what he called Henry's ""highly important & interesting paper"" and published it in the issue of January, 1831 (the paper offered)."" (Roger Sherman).
Administration & rédaction. 1972. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. XXVII+ paginé de 1166 à 1321. Accrocs et manques au dos. Coins frottés. Salissures en plats.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Sommaire: Physique et mathématiques par P. Marck- Electricité atmosphérique par M. Henry- Générateur d'impulsions périodiques T.H.T. par E. Deschaux- Relation fondamentale de la dynamique, étude expérimentale par D. Biboud- Formule de Descartes par Florisson- Illustration du principe du cinéma parlant par Chalaud et Zeitoun-etc. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
London, Macmillan, 1951. Orig. full cloth, binding slightly soiled. 258 pp. with 231 figures and 10 tables.
Liège/Paris, Revue Universelle des Mines, 1901. 16 x 24, 54 pp., 12 figures, broché, bon état (couverture défraîchie).
"Envoi de l'auteur; extrait de la Revue Universelle des Mines, 45e année, 1901."
Springer-Verlag - Springer , Lecture Notes in Physics Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1969 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback grand In-8 1 vol. - 216 pages
Contents, Chapitres : Table, i, texte, 215 pages - Espace de Fock - Les séries des perturbations - Les modèles de Lee - Hamiltoniens locaux - Le royaume intermédiaire - Les fonctions de Green fine copy
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. Contemp. Hcalf. Minor scratches to spine. In: ""Annals of Philosophy"" or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics, Natural History... By Thomas Thomson."", New series Vol. I. VIII,479 pp. a. 7 engraved plates. (Entire volumes offered). Herapath's papers: pp. 273-293, 340-351 a. 401-416.
First printing of these contoversial papers where Herapath revived the kinetic theory of gases. His theory was more or less neglected by the scientific community at his time. The kinetic theory remained dormant and forgotten after Euler's and Bernouilli's work ""until 1816, when Herapath proposed a theory which is essential Bernoulli's. Unfortunately he chose to define temperature as being proportional to the momentum rather than the kinetic energy of molecules. Herapath was the first to show, more or less, that kinetic theory can provide simple explanations for the changes of state, diffusion, and the propagation of sound.""(Trousdell ""Essayas in the History of Mechanics"", pp. 283 ff.).
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816 a. 1821. Bound in 2 uniform contemp. moiré boards. Light wear along edges and a fes smaller scratches. In: ""Annals of Philosophy"" or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics, Natural History... By Thomas Thomson."", Vol. VIII and New series Vol. I. VIII,479 pp. a. 9 engraved plates, VIII,479 pp. a. 7 engraved plates. (Entire volumes offered). Herapath's papers: pp. 56-60 (1816) a. pp. 273-293, 340-351 a. 401-416.
First printing of these contoversial papers where Herapath revived the kinetic theory of gases. His theory was more or less neglected by the scientific community at his time. The kinetic theory remained dormant and forgotten after Euler's and Bernouilli's work ""until 1816, when Herapath proposed a theory which is essential Bernoulli's. Unfortunately he chose to define temperature as being proportional to the momentum rather than the kinetic energy of molecules. Herapath was the first to show, more or less, that kinetic theory can provide simple explanations for the changes of state, diffusion, and the propagation of sound.""(Trousdell ""Essayas in the History of Mechanics"", pp. 283 ff.).Euler, Bernoulli, Herapath and Waterston may be considered the principal scientists who prior to 1850 attempted a more or less complete mathematical treatment of gases, based on a set of molecular postulates. (Jamie Wisniak).""Having published a preliminary notice of his theory in the Annals of Philosophy in 1816, Herapath submitted a detailed account to the Royal Society in 1820. Davy, who was elected to the presidency of the Society in November of that year, was primarily responsible for the fate of the paper. Although Davy was already known as an advocate of the qualitative idea that heat is molecular motion, he found Herapath’s quantitative development too speculative and complicated"" he rejected the hypothesis of an absolute temperature implying an ""absolute zero"" of cold. Having been told that his paper would not be accepted for publication in the Philosophical Transactions, Herapath withdrew it and published it instead in the Annals of Philosophy in 1821. Five years later he launched an attack on Davy in the Times of London, accusing him of circulating unfounded criticisms of his experimental work, which prevented its publication. Although Davy ignored a series of letters and challenges published in the Times, Herapath later claimed Davy’s resignation from the presidency of the Royal Society (1827) as a victory for himself.""(DSB).
Julius Springer Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1919 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full clothes binding In-8 1 vol. - 368 pages
59 Abbildungen und Schaulinien, 90 Zahlentafeln, sowie 47 Rechnungsbeispielen Zweite verbesserte Auflage Contents, Chapitres : Aus dem Vorwort zur ersten Auflage, Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage, Inhaltsverzeichnis, xi, Text, 357 pages - Die Kesselhausanlagen - Allgemeine Wärmetechnik - Die Verbrennung auf der Feuerung - Die Kesselheizfläche - Wärmewirtschaftliche Einrichtungen - Die Einmauerung der Kessel und der Schornstein - Rohrleitungen - Unreine Heizflächen - Betriebsüberwachung - nb: technique des foyers et des chaudières à vapeur top of the spine-end very lightly torn on half a centimeter, otherwise the binding is fine, sticker tracks on the bottom of the spine, inside is fine, few ex-libris stamps, else fine inside, the paper is not browning
Facultés Catholiques, Lille. 1938. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, 2ème plat abîmé, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 94 pages. Etiquette de code sur le 1er plat. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Mémoires et travaux des Facultés catholiques de Lille, Fasc. XLVII. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Berlin, Offentliches Leben, 1937. 8vo. In the original wrappers. With repair to lower part and lower right corner bended, otherwise a very nice and clean copy. [Hermann:] Pp. 309-398. [Entire issue: Pp. 273-504, (3) + frontispeice depicting Jakob Friedrich Fries.].
First printing of Hermann's publication on the historical development and foundation of physics. Today she if famous for her pioneering work with respect to the interpretation of quantum theory, the present paper being her most extensive on the philosophical aspects of the development of research in physics.Attempts to interpret and understand what was then new and very puzzling physics were of great contemporary importance when Grete Hermann entered the field, and her work in physics was mainly related to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. More specifically, her main work in physics was on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics, the significance of modern physics for the theory of knowledge, and causality in physics. She was one of the active early contributors to the historic debates on causality in quantum mechanics, and on the completeness of quantum mechanics and its description of reality.Hermann's work during the 1930s reveals the influence of her background in the neo-Kantian school, yet it also owes much to the way in which Heisenberg and Weizsäcker had interpreted Bohr's doctrine of the indispensability of classical concepts in the description of experience.Heisenberg has written that Grete Hermann came to Leipzig for the purpose of challenging the philosophical basis of atomic physics. Heisenberg devoted an entire chapter of his book ""Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations"" to a reconstruction of discussions that he had on quantum mechanics and Kantian philosophy with Grete Hermann and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.
Berlin, Offentliches Leben, 1937. 8vo. Offprint in the original wrappers. Wrappers with minor miscolouring and top left corner of front wrapper slightly bended, otherwise a very nice and clean copy. 90 pp.
First printing of Hermann's publication on the historical development and foundation of physics. Today she if famous for her pioneering work with respect to the interpretation of quantum theory, the present paper being her most extensive on the philosophical aspects of the development of research in physics.Attempts to interpret and understand what was then new and very puzzling physics were of great contemporary importance when Grete Hermann entered the field, and her work in physics was mainly related to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. More specifically, her main work in physics was on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics, the significance of modern physics for the theory of knowledge, and causality in physics. She was one of the active early contributors to the historic debates on causality in quantum mechanics, and on the completeness of quantum mechanics and its description of reality.Hermann's work during the 1930s reveals the influence of her background in the neo-Kantian school, yet it also owes much to the way in which Heisenberg and Weizsäcker had interpreted Bohr's doctrine of the indispensability of classical concepts in the description of experience.Heisenberg has written that Grete Hermann came to Leipzig for the purpose of challenging the philosophical basis of atomic physics. Heisenberg devoted an entire chapter of his book ""Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations"" to a reconstruction of discussions that he had on quantum mechanics and Kantian philosophy with Grete Hermann and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.
New-York, Benjamin, 1966, in 8° relié pleine toile noire de l'éditeur, 193 pages.
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Urbini, (D. Frisolini), 1575. Small 4to. Fine recent full vellum in old style with written title on back. Titlepage + 80 leaves (title unnumb. + F 1-80 with 4 leaves misnumb., e.g. F70 instead of 80). The dedicationleaf (unnumb.) after title missing. Text complete, fine and clean with broad margins. One large initial in woodcut and 89 large textillustrations in woodcut.
First edition of Heron's main work, being his first publication. The work stimulated and contributed substantially to the interest in pneumatics that arose suddenly in the late 16th century and led to the work of Toricelli and Boyle. The ""Pneumatics"" was not published in Greek until 1693. It is one of the major sources to our knowledge of the techniques and mechanics of Antiquity, and the many hydraulic and mechanical inventions by Hero are here depicted for the first time in print. The work includes studies of pneumatics and mechanics and include 89 illustrations of different inventions, such as siphons, fountains, engines, an account of a small stationary steam-engine (which is of the form now known as Avery's patent, the double-force pump etc., which ""by the union of (compressed) air, earth, fire, and water, and the concurrence of...elementary principles..., supply the most pressing wants of the human life, (or) produce amazement and alarm."" The book describes many gadgets and magical tricks and includes the first suggestion of a steam engine (see f. 52). - Sarton, Introduction...Vol. I pp. 208 ff. - Adams H:369 - Poggendorff I: 1084.
Venise, Girolamo Porro, 1589, un volume in 4 (20 cm x 15,3 cm) relié en cartonnage bradel, tranches rouges (reliure XIXème siècle), (tout petit manque de papier à la partie inférieure du dos, mouillures pâles, quelques rousseurs), 1 titre gravé, 47pp., (1pp.), 11 BOIS GRAVES et 11 GRAVURES SUR CUIVRE dont 6 à pleine page
---- EDITION ORIGINALE de cette traduction par Bernadino BALDI du livre des Automates d'HERON D'ALEXANDRIE ---- "At Commandino's suggestion, BALDI translated the Automata of Hero of Alexandria into italian prefaced by a history of mechanics....". (DSB I, p. 419/420) ---- "The Automata of Hero of Alexandria describes two sorts of puppet shows, one moving and the other stationary ; both of them perform without being touched by human hands... The driving power in both cases was a heavy lead witht resting on a heap of millet grans which escaped through a hole. The weight was attached by a rope to an axle, and the turning of this axle brought about all the movements by means of strings and drums. Strins and drums constituted practically all the machinery ; no springs or cogwheels were used. It represents A MARVEL OF INGENUITY with very scant mechanical means". (DSB VI pp. 312/313)**7992/ARB6
Masson et cie. 1944. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 91 pages - quelques figures en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Collection école normale supérieure publications des laboratoires physique n°VI. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Berlin Rücker, 1834, kl. in-8vo, X + 129 S. Mit 3 gefalteten Kupfertafeln, stockfleckig. kleiner hs. Besitzvermerk 1835 auf Vorsatz, Pappband der Zeit. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.
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Berlin und Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter, 1933, kl. in-8°, Original-Leinenbände.
1) Die physikalischen Grundlagen. 6., neu bearb. Aufl. / 2) Die Gleichstromtechnik. 6. neubearb. Aufl. / 3) Die Wechselstromtechnik. Generatoren, Transformatoren und Umformer... 5., neubearb. Aufl. / 4) Die Erzeugung und Verteilung der elektrischen Energie.Mit res. 88, 134, 153 und 9 Figuren im Text und 4 mal 16 Bild-Tafeln.
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Traité de la lumière traduit de l'anglais avec notes de MM. Verhulst et A. Quetelet. Supplément au traité de la lumière de Sir J.F.W. Herschel par A. Quetelet. Sur la persistance des impressions de la rétine. Sur les couleurs accidentelles en supplément au Traité de la lumière pp. 471/525. 2 volumes In 8° ( 220 x 130 mm) 508 pp et 620 pp Illustrés de 16 planches dépliantes Relié demi cuir, un dos manquant sur le 1er Tome Treatise on light translated from English with notes by MM. Verhulst and A. Quetelet. Supplement to the Treaty of Light by Sir J.F.W. Herschel by A. Quetelet. On the persistence of impressions of the retina. On accidental colors in addition to the Treaty of Light pp. 471/525. 2 volumes In 8 ° (220 x 130 mm) 508 pp and 620 pp Illustrated with 16 folding plates Bound in half leather, a back missing on the 1st volume