Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1907. 8vo. In contemporary halv calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik"", Vierte Folge, Band 24. Entire volume offered. Stamp to title page. Wear to extremities. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 105-136. [Entire volume: 968 pp.].
First appearance of Miller's dissertation on the Zeeman effect on various chemical element.
London, Taylor & Francis, 1910. 8vo. Bound with the original wrappers in recent full blue cloth with black lettering to spine. In ""The Philosophical Magazine"" for February 1910, vol 19, no. 110. The entire issue offered. Wrappers reinforced in margin, otherwise a fine copy. Pp. 209-228 [Entire issue: pp. 209-336].
First edition of Millikan's landmark experiment in which he first provided the definitive proof that all electrical charges are exact multiples of a definite, fundamental value, namely the charge of the electron which in essence made possible the measurement of the electrical charge. In this paper, Millikan makes ""the important discovery that individual drops always carried an exact multiple of the smallest charge measured - this being the first accurate measurement of the charge of the electron"" ( Davis, Science in the Making, Volume 3, 10-11). Today it is primarily known as the 'oil-drop experiment'. ""By 1909 Millikan was deeply involved in an attempt to measure the electronic charge. No one had yet obtained a reliable value for this fundamental constant, and some antiatomistic Continental physicists were insisting that it was not the constant of a unique particle but a statistical average of diverse electrical energies. Millikan launched his investigation with a technique developed by the British-born physicist H. A. Wilson" it consisted essentially of measuring, first, the rate at which a charged cloud of water vapor fell under the influence of gravity and then the modified rate under the counterforce of an electric field. Using Stokes's law of fall to determine the mass of the cloud, one could in principle compute the ionic charge. Millikan quickly recognized the numerous uncertainties in this technique, including the fact that evaporation at the surface of the cloud confused the measure of its rate of fall. Hoping to correct for this effect, he decided to study the evaporation history of the cloud while a strong electric Held held it in a stationary position.But when Millikan switched on the powerful field, the cloud disappeared" in its place were a few charged water drops moving slowly in response to the imposed electrical force. He quickly realized that it would be a good deal more accurate to determine the electronic charge by working with a single drop than with the swarm of particles in a cloud. Finding that he could make measurements on water drops for up to forty-five seconds before they evaporated. Millikan arrived at a value for e in 1909 which he considered accurate to within 2 percent. More important, he observed that the charge on any given water drop was always an integral multiple of an irreducible value. This result provided the most persuasive evidence yet that electrons were fundamental particles of identical charge and mass.Late in 1909 Millikan greatly improved the drop method by substituting oil for water. Because of the relatively low volatility of this liquid, he could measure the rise and fall of the drops for up to four and a half hours. Spraying the chamber with radium radiation, he could change the charge on a single drop at will. His overall results decisively confirmed the integral-multiple values of the total charge. As for the determination of e itself, Millikan found that Stokes's law was inadequate for his experimental circumstances because the size of the drops was comparable with the mean free path of the air. Using the so-called Stokes-Cunningham version of the law, which took this condition into account, by late 1910 he had computed a charge for e of 4.891×10-10 e.s.u. Realizing that the accuracy of this figure was no better than that of the key constants involved in the computation, Millikan painstakingly reevaluated the coefficient of viscosity of air and the mean-free-path term in the Stokes-Cunningham law. In 1913 he published the value for the electronic charge, 4.774±.009×10-10 e.s.u., which would serve the world of science for a generation."" (DSB). In 1923 Millikan became the first American-born Nobel laureate for his work on determination of Planck's constant on the basis of Einstein's theory of the photoelectric effect.
P., Alcan, 1926, in 12 broché, 346 pages ; cachets.
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Braunschweig, Friedr. Vieweg, 1922, in-8vo, X (slightly loosening) + 263 p., with 32 ill., original half cloth binding.
First German edition of this work on the electron in the general sense, that is the elementary quantum of electricity; by the great American scientist of the university of Chicago, specialist on electromagnetism and on the electron. The first edition was published in English in 1917. Dictionary of Scientific Biography IX/395-400.
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Paris, Félix Alcan, 1926, in-8°, VIII + 346 p., illustré de 42 figures, non rogné, brochure originale, très bon exemplaire en parfait état.
Première édition française d'un important traité de physique publié en édition originale en 1917 et considérablement mis à jour en 1924, par le grand spécialiste américain de l'électromagnétisme et des recherches sur l'électron, de l'Université de Chicago. Cet ouvrage de synthèse sur la question contient les chapitres suivants: Théories anciennes de l'électricité / Extension des lois de l'électrolyse aux phénomènes de conductibilité dans les gaz / Premiers essais de détermination directe de la grandeur de l'électron / Preuve générale de la structure atomique de l'électicité / Détermination exacte de ‘e’ / Mécanisme de l'ionisation des gaz par les rayons X et par les rayons du radium / Mouvements browniens dans les gaz / L'électron est-il divisible? / La structure de l'atome / Nature de l'énergie rayonnante. Dictionary of Scientific Biography IX/395-400.
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"MILNE, E.A. (EDWARD ARTHUR). - THE ""COSMOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE"".
Reference : 49678
(1935)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1935. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth, gilt. With dustjacket. Jacket frayed, mainly at upper edges and on top of spine. VIII,(2),365,(1) pp., 2 plates, textillustrations. Clean and fine.
First edition of Milne's controversial work ""in which he introduced a new deductive system of theoretical physicswhich came to be called kinematic relativity. He introduced the useful term ""cosmological principle"" to signify that observers associated with galaxies in his model and in many others, including those based on general relativity, would see similar ""world pictures"". Milne went on to derive from his model many properties analogous to the laws of dynamics, gravitation, and electromagnetic theory. These developments of his theory were not generally accepted, and it is now thought that the most important effect of his work was that it led to fresh attempts to analyze the concepts of time and space-time."" (DSB).
Milonni Peter W. and Eberly Joseph H.
Reference : R260271527
(1988)
ISBN : 0471627313
John Wiley & sons. 1988. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 731 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Texte écrit en anglais. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Couverture rigide. Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 304 pages.
Livre. A l'usage des ingénieurs et des techniciens supérieurs. Editions Eyrolles, 1966.
Couverture souple. Broché. 194 pages.
Livre. Editions Eyrolles (Collection : ingénieurs E.E.A), 1974.
Couverture rigide. Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 158 pages. Perforation "spécimen".
Livre. A l'usage des ingénieurs et des techniciens supérieurs. Editions Eyrolles, 1966.
Couverture souple. Broché. 232 pages.
Livre. A l'usage des ecoles ingénieurs et des I.U.T. Editions Eyrolles, 1968.
BELIN / POUR LA SCIENCE. 2003. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 303 pages - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - plats illustrés en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
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P., Gauthier-Villars, (1899), in 12 broché, 176 pages ; cachets.
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Hermann & Cie. 1933. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Papier jauni. 41 pages - tampon + annotation sur la page de titre - tampon + étiquette collée sur le 1er plat - coiffes abîmées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
MINISTERE DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE. 1971. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 63 pages - Quelques marques de stylo sur le 1er plat + Encarts de Aout 1973 et de Juin 1972.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Ministère de l'éducation nationale. 1970. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. 52 pages. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Production et propagations des vibrations - Interférences - Emission thermoélectique - Acpect cristallin des métaux - capacité calorifique - Semi conducteurs intrinsèques - Diodes, transistors, supraconducteurs. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Centre national de documentation pédagogique. Non daté. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. 67 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Ministère de l'éducation nationale. Non daté. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 88 pages. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Nombreuses figures et quelques photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Structure de l'atome - L'oxydo réduction - Interférences et ondes stationnaires - Conférence du Professeur Kastler - La supraconductivité. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Leipzig, F.C.W. Vogel, 1909. Lex8vo. Contemp. Hcloth. Gilt spine. Edges slightly rubbed. Clean and fine. in ""Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte. 80. Vesammlung zu Cöln 20.- 26. September 1908. Herausgegeben...Albert Wangerin. Zweiter Theil. 1. Hälfte. Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilungen"". pp. 4-9. The whole volume offered with part I-II: (4),245,X,(2),598,124,(2) pp.
First appearance of this milestone paper in the development of the theory of Special relativity. The paper offered is the first edition, first printing of the text from Minkowski's famous address held at the 80th meeting of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte, in Köln the 21st September 1908. There exists three other printings of this address from the same year:1. Physikalische Zeitschrift, volume 10, number 3 (1. February, 1909.), pp.104-111" 2. Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, volume 18, number 2 (issued monthly - so February), pp.75-88"3. (Seperate edition by Teubner).""The views of space and time which I wish to lay before you have sprung from the soil of experimental physics, and therein lies their strenght. They are radical. Henceforth space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a inf of union of the two will preserve an independent reality"" He ended as follows: 'the validitywothout exception of the world postulate (i.e., relativity postulates), I like to think, is the thrue nucleus of an electromagnetic image of the world, which, discovered by Lorentz, and further developed by Einstein, now lies open in the full light of the day'""(Pais in ""Subtle is the Lord"", p. 152).Here (in the paper offered) ""he introduced the notion that made possible the expansion of the Relativity Theory of Einstein from its specific to its general form. The technical description of Minkowski's hypothesis is the four-dimensional Space-time continuum....Minkowski's space-time hypothesis was in effect a restatement of Einstein's basic principle in a form that greatly enchanced its plausability and also introduced importent new developments. Hitherto natural phenomena had been thought to occur in a space of three dimensions and to flow uniformly through time. Minkowski maintained that the separation of space and time is a false conception"" thet time is itself a dimension, comparable to lenght, breadth and height: and that therefore the true conception of reality was constituted by a space-time continuum possessing these four dimensions. This strongly reinforced Einstein's objections to absolute concepts and supported his view of the relativity of events in nature."" (PMM No. 401, only listing the print from ""Jahresberichte der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. Leipzig 1909."").
[Berlin, Julius Springer, 1923]. 8vo. Extracted from ""Zeitschrift für Physik. Hrsg. von Karl Scheel. 16. Band"". No backstrip. Pp. 399-416.
First printing of this important paper on electrons in gases.
P., Gauthier-Villars, 1967, grand in 8° broché, 114 pages ; traces d'adhésif sur les gardes.
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Lausanne, Presses polytechniques romandes 1973, 240x160mm, 518pages, reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Bel exemplaire.
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PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE FRANCE. 1946. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 128 pages - plats manquants - traces de crayon à papier sur la page de titre. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
MASSON ET CIE. 1966. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 436 pages - tampon hommage des éditeurs en début d'ouvrage sans conséquence sur la lecture - nombreuses figures et illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
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