‎On the application of the principle of the galvanic multiplier to electromagnetic apparatus, and also to the development of great magnetic power in soft Iron, with a small galvanic element.‎

‎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).‎

‎Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens 68e année- n°547- Juil/Aout/Sept 1972-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 dyna‎

‎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

‎The Interpretation of X-Ray Diffraction Photographs.‎

‎London, Macmillan, 1951. Orig. full cloth, binding slightly soiled. 258 pp. with 231 figures and 10 tables.‎

‎Théorie des parachutes: étude, construction et essais d'un parachute hydraulique autocompresseur.‎

‎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."‎

‎Théorie de la renormalisation‎

‎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

‎A Mathematical Inquiry into the Causes, Laws, and principal Phaenomena of heat, Gases, Gravitation, &c. (3 Parts).‎

‎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.).‎

‎On the Physical Properties of Gases. (To Dr. Thomsen) (+) A Mathematical Inquiry into the Causes, Laws, and principal Phaenomena of heat, Gases, Gravitation, &c. (3 Parts).‎

‎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).‎

‎Handbuch der Feuerungstechnik und Dampfkesselbetriebes mit einem Anhange über allgemeine Wärmetechnik‎

‎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

‎SUR L'AUTOXYDATION DE COMPLEXES ORGANO-METALLIQUES‎

‎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

‎Über die Grundlagen physikalischer Aussagen in den älteren und den modernen Theorien.‎

‎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.‎

‎Über die Grundlagen physikalischer Aussagen in den älteren und den modernen Theorien.‎

‎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.‎

‎Lie groups for physicists.‎

‎ New-York, Benjamin, 1966, in 8° relié pleine toile noire de l'éditeur, 193 pages. ‎

‎PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE. ...................... Photos sur demande .......................... ‎

‎Spiritalium liber. A Federico Commandino Urbinate, ex Graeco, nuper in Latinum conversis. Cum Privilegio Gregorij XIII. Pont. Max. - [THE FOUNDATION OF HYDRAULICS]‎

‎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.‎

‎De gli automati overo machine se moventi, libri due, tradotti dal greco da Bernardino BALDI -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎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

‎Les applications du calcul opérationnel - Collection école normale supérieure publications des laboratoires physique n°VI.‎

‎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

‎Anweisung zum physikalischen Experimentiren und zur wohlfeilen Anfertigung eines kleinen physikalischen Apparates.‎

‎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.‎

‎Das Bändchen beschreibt Experimente aus allen Gebieten der Physik. ‎

‎Elektrotechnik. Einführung in die Starkstromtechnik. Band 1 bis 4. ‘Sammlung Göschen’, 196, 197, 198, 657.‎

‎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. ‎

‎PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY‎

‎In 8° (220x 120 mm) Relié percal éditeur Carte dépliante couleurs, VII-441 pp Bon état P2-3C ‎

‎TRAITE DE LA LUMIERE‎

‎2 VOLUMES‎

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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 ‎

‎On certain remarkable Instances of deviation from Newton's Scale in the Tints developed by Crystals, with one Axis of Double Refraction, on exposure to Polarized Light.‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1833. 4to. As extracted, in ""Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society"", volume 4. Fine and clean. Pp. (21)-87.‎

‎First edition. ‎

‎Traité de la Lumière. Traduit de L'Anglois avec Notes par P.-F. Verhulst et A. Quetelet. Tome Premier (of 2).‎

‎Paris, De Malher et Cie, 1829. Nice contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. (8),508 pp. a. 10 folded engraved plates.‎

‎First French edition and the first in bookform.‎

‎On the action of crystallized bodies on homogenous light, and on the causes of the derivation from newton's scale in the tints which many of them develope on exposure to a polarized ray. Read december 23, 1819.‎

‎London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1820. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1820 - Part I. Pp. 45-100 a. 1 engraved plate.‎

‎First printing of one of herschel's importent investigations on polarization and the wave theory of light. He designed a new instrument to project the colored rings onto a screen about three inches behind the analyzer. This method allowed Herschel to examine the details of the tints.‎

‎On the aberration of compound lenses and object-glasses. Read March 22, 1821.‎

‎London, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part I. With titlepage to Part I. Pp. 222-267 a. 1 engraved plate. Verso of titlepage with 2 stamps.‎

‎First appearance of this importent paper in optical theory in which Herschel described how to free lenses from the aberration for two axis points, one of which is infinitely distant. It is known as Herschel's condition. ""Sir John Herschel gave the condition which must be satisfied in order that a symmetrical optical system, free from spherical aberration for two conjugate axial points, may also be free from spherical aberration for two neighbouring and conjugate points upon the axis of the system" but Herschel's condition applies only to first order aberration, i.e. to aberration depending upon the cube of the inclination of the ray to the axis. Abbe shewed, later, that this condition could be included in a wider result, viz. that the spherical aberration, supposed zero, is stationary for axial variations provided that the incident and emergent rays for two conjugate axial points, associated with modified magnification m, satisfy the relation. (G.C. Stewart)‎

‎On the Origin of Force. - [PRESENTATION-COPY - INSCRIBED FOR TYNDALL]‎

‎(London: Alexander Strahan and Company, 1868). 8vo. Without wrappers (as issued). Offprint, seperatly paginated, from ""Fortnightly Review 1"", Pp. 435-42. Author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: ""Prof Tyndall / With the author's / kind Compliments"". Soiling to front wrappers and nicks throughout, not affecting text. Internally clean. Pp. 8.‎

‎First edition, offprint, with the author's presentation inscription to Professor John Tyndall - the father of the Greenhouse Effect, heat radiation and global climate research - of this important paper, in which Herschel promotes the role of the devine in the natural order. Herschel, now famous for originating the use of the Julian day system in astronomy, naming seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus, his investigation in colour blindness and the chemical power of ultraviolet rays, did much to promote the public understanding of science . The present paper constitutes one of his most widely read and popular works. ""During his life John was immensely celebrated, his name epitomizing science to the public, much as that of Einstein did in the next century."" (DSB)Though intended for a popular audience ""On the Origin of Force"" is one of the most important sources for understanding Herschel's general approach to science. A contemporary review of the paper states: ""The article is well worth reading for those who wish to realise the enormous benefit which has been rendered to science by banishing the indefinite uee of the word force and by introducing the term energy, restricting the use of force to the meaning attached to it by Newton. Sir John Herschel still speaks of the ""conservation of force"" (as did likewise Helmholtz, who, however, very early introduces the term Arheitskraft, power to do work, thus removing all ambiguity).Herschel and Tyndall corresponded throughout their mature lives and they shared an overall view on God's place in science. ""In the only case in which we are admitted into any personal knowledge of the origin of force, we find it connected (possibly by intermediate links untraceable by our faculties, but yet indubitably connected) with volition, and by inevitable consequence with motive, with intellect, and with all the attributes of mind in which-and not in the possession of arms, legs, brains, and viscera-personality consists."" (Herschel, rrom the present paper). Tyndall agreed in stating that: ""An inscrutable power of which we know no more than job did, when he said, 'Can man by searching find this power out?'. (Tyndall's ""Belfast Address"").‎

‎Amorfota (Greek), No. I-II.- On a Case of Superficial Colour presented by homogenous liquid internally colourless. Received January 28, 1845, - Read February 13, 1845. - II. Onthe Epipolic Dispersion of Light, being a Supplement to a paper entitled, ""...‎

‎(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1845). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1845 - Part I. Pp 143-145 . pp. 147-153. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of these highly influential papers as Herschel here reported the first observation of the fluorescence of a quinine solution in sunlight. - In a footnote to the report Herschel points out that he was writing from memory, having carried out the experiment more than twenty years before. Nevertheless, his reminiscence was enough to spark further exploration, eventually resulting in the modern understanding of fluorescence. In fact, even today, quinine is one of the most commonly utilized fluorophores for spectroscopy, enjoyed by many for the strange, but beautiful fluorescence that was first observed, but unable to be unexplained, by Herschel.‎