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On the optical and physical properties of Tabasheer. Read May6, 1819.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 283-299.
First appearance. Brewster analyzes Tabasheer with his new crystallographic methods.Tabasheer, also spelt as Tabachir or Tabashir, is a translucent white substance, composed mainly of silica and water with traces of lime and potash, obtained from the nodal joints of some species of bamboo. It is part of the pharmacology of the traditional Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine of the Indian subcontinent. It is also an ingredient in many traditional Chinese medicines.
On the Polarisation of Light by oblique transmission through all Bodies, whether crystallized or uncrystallized. In a Letter addressed to Taylor Combe. Read January 27, 1814.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1814 - Part I. Pp. 219-230 and 1 engraved plate. Fine and clean.
First appearance of this pioneer work in the optical theory of polarization and double refraction by ""The discoverer of the law of polarization, of biaxal crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression.""""Since Brewster had found that light was partially polarized by oblique refraction in mica, he attempted to determine the law of this polarization in he simpler case of successive refractions by a pile of thin glass plates. By the end of 1813 he had concluded that ""the number of plates in any parcel, multiplied by the tangent of the angle, at which it (completely) polarises light, is a constant quantity"" (in the paper offered here p. 221). More importent, since ""the pencil of light polarised by transmission (comports) itself, in every respect like one of the pencils former by double refracting crystals"" (the paper offered p. 219), study of the physical optics of transparent ought to enable philosophers ""to unfold the secrets of double refraction, to explain the forms and structure of crystallised bodies....""(DSB).
"BREWSTER, DAVID - DISCOVERING A NEW PROPERTY OF HEAT BIREFRINGENCE IN GLASS
Reference : 45239
(1814)
Results of some recent Experiences on the Properties impressed upon Light by the Action of Glass raised to different Temperatures, and cooled under different Circumstances. In a Letter to Joseph Banks. Read May 19, 1814.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 18154 - Part II. Pp. 436-439.
First appearance of an importent paper in which Brewster reveals his discovery of a new connection between light and heat: ""glass brought to a certain temperature forms two images, and polarises them in opposite manner, like all doubly refracting crystals, the one image being coincident with the other""(p. 437). Brewster was the discoverer of the law of polarization, of biaxal crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression.Independently of Seebeck, in 1814 English physicist David Brewster started investigating birefringence in glass caused by inhomogeneous heating. He also investigated the effect of sudden cooling of heated glass and discovered that in broken glass birefringence vanishes. Brewster considered his discovery so important* that he hastily published a paper, in which he only verbally described the creation of birefringence in glass by heat.With 2 other notable papers by HENRY KATER ""An improved Method of dividing Astronomical Circles and other Instruments"", pp. 419-435a. 2 folded engraved plates. And JOHN W.F. HERSCHEL ""Consideration of various Points of Analysis"", pp. 440-468.
On the Affections of Light transmitted through crystallized Bodies. In a Letter to Sir Humphrey Davy. Read December 23, 1813.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1814 - Part I. Pp. 187-218 and 3 engraved plate. Fine and clean.
First printing of pioneer paper in which Brewster laid the foundations of new fields of investigations. by showing that in a large class of crystals there are two axes along which there is no double refraction. Such crystals he calls BIAXAL, the simpler type to which Iceland spar belongs being called UNIAXAL.""Brewster created new fields of optical mineralogy and photoelasticity. In 1813, while studying the ""depolarising"" action of Topaz, he observed two sets of elliptical rings (interference patterns) centered on axes in the Topaz that were apparently inclined at 65 degr.. He interpreted this to mean that Topaz must have two axes, not one, of double refraction, an entirely unexpected result. After many laborious experiments he was able in 1819 to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction.""(DSB).
On some Properties of Light. Read January 28, 1813.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1813). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1813 - Part I. Pp. 101-109
First printing of Brewsters first paper in the Transactions in which he gives a preliminary result of his testing of the transmission of light through around 200 transparent substances. In a paper issued the next year (1814) he called the different phenomena that he observed here, Biaxal and Uniaxal.
On the laws which regulate the Absorption of polarised Light by Double Refracting Crystals. In a Letter addressed to ... Sir Joseph Banks. read November 12, 1818.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 11-27, 1 textillustr.
First appearance of one of Brewsters importent paper in the field of optical mineralogy, a field he himself created. In the paper he investigates the polarization-force of double refracting crystals. In 1819 he was able to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction.""He regarded ""all the various phenomena of polarisation of light by reflexion and refraction as brought under the dominion of laws as well determined as those which regulate the motions of the planets."" In 1816 he received the Copley Medal, in 1819 two Rumford Medals, and in 1831 a Royal Medal for the papers in which he announced these discoveries. On the popular level, Brewster’s reputation was established in 1816 by the fad for his kaleidoscope. Its invention was a direct result of his studies of the ory of polarization by multiple reflections.""(DSB).
On the laws which regulate the Absorption of polarised Light by Double Refracting Crystals. In a Letter addressed to ... Sir Joseph Banks. read November 12, 1818.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 11-27, 1 textillustr.
First appearance of one of Brewsters importent paper in the field of optical mineralogy, a field he himself created. In the paper he investigates the polarization-force of double refracting crystals. In 1819 he was able to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction.""He regarded ""all the various phenomena of polarisation of light by reflexion and refraction as brought under the dominion of laws as well determined as those which regulate the motions of the planets."" In 1816 he received the Copley Medal, in 1819 two Rumford Medals, and in 1831 a Royal Medal for the papers in which he announced these discoveries. On the popular level, Brewster’s reputation was established in 1816 by the fad for his kaleidoscope. Its invention was a direct result of his studies of the ory of polarization by multiple reflections.""(DSB).
On the Action of crystallized surfaces upon light. In a Letter addressed to Joseph Banks. Read February 25, 1819.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 145-160.
First appearance of one of Brewsters importent paper in the field of optical mineralogy, a field he himself created. In the paper he investigates the polarization-force of double refracting crystals. In 1819 he was able to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction.""He regarded ""all the various phenomena of polarisation of light by reflexion and refraction as brought under the dominion of laws as well determined as those which regulate the motions of the planets."" In 1816 he received the Copley Medal, in 1819 two Rumford Medals, and in 1831 a Royal Medal for the papers in which he announced these discoveries. On the popular level, Brewster’s reputation was established in 1816 by the fad for his kaleidoscope. Its invention was a direct result of his studies of the ory of polarization by multiple reflections.""(DSB).
On the Action of crystallized surfaces upon light. In a Letter addressed to Joseph Banks. Read February 25, 1819.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 145-160.
First appearance of one of Brewsters importent paper in the field of optical mineralogy, a field he himself created. In the paper he investigates the polarization-force of double refracting crystals. In 1819 he was able to group all but a few of hundreds of minerals and crystals into mutually consistent optical and mineralogical categories: the primitive form determined the number of axes of double refraction.""He regarded ""all the various phenomena of polarisation of light by reflexion and refraction as brought under the dominion of laws as well determined as those which regulate the motions of the planets."" In 1816 he received the Copley Medal, in 1819 two Rumford Medals, and in 1831 a Royal Medal for the papers in which he announced these discoveries. On the popular level, Brewster’s reputation was established in 1816 by the fad for his kaleidoscope. Its invention was a direct result of his studies of the ory of polarization by multiple reflections.""(DSB).
On new Properties of Light exhibited in the optical Phenomena of Mother of Pearl, and other Bodies to which the superficial structure of that Substance can be communicated. Read April, 28, 1814.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1814 - Part II. Pp. 397-418 a. 1 engraved plate. Clean and fine.
First printing of a remarkable paper in which Brewster investigates new optical phenomena in relation to mother-of-pearl and explains the optical properties peculiar to it, the communication of these properties to other bodies, the causes by which these phenomena are produced and explaining a new species of polarisation peculiar to mother-of-pearl.The theory presented in the paper is called ""Brewster’s theory"" r, it attributed the iridescent colors of mother-of-pearl to light diffraction from the surface structure.
On new properties of heat, as exhibited in its propagation along plates of glass. Read January 11, 1816.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1816). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1816 - Part I. Pp. 46-114 and 4 engraved plates. A small brownspot outside image in right margin of plates. Clean and fine.
First printing of an importent paper in the history of optics describing the photoeleasticity of glass.In the paper Brewster describes numerous investigations of birefringent glass. While Seebeck related birefringence of glass to its internal structure, Brewster considered heat as the cause of birefringence. The paper is a very thorough investigation of refringence in glass with numerous examples. To illustrate, Fig. 3 shows photoelastic patterns of a thick quadratic plate. Brewster actually comes close to the real reason of birefringence in glass: ""I have discovered that glass, and all other substances that have not the property of double refraction, are capable of receiving it from mechanical pressure, and that a compressing force always produces the structure which givesthe exterior fringes in crystallized glass, while a dilating force produces the structure which develops the interior fringes."" Brewster suggests that glass should be carefully examined by polarized lightbefore it is purchased.Together with the Brewster-paper comes a paper by John Frederick W. Herschel: ""On the development of exponential functions"" together with several new theorems relating to finite differences."" Pp. 25-45.
On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareus spar. Read June 8, 1815.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1815 - Part II. Pp. 270-292 and 1 engraved plate.
First printing on an importent investigation of the double refraction phenomena in some crystals e.g. Icelandic spar, and describing an antichromatic instrument.Stitched together with this paper is a paper by Everard Home: ""On the mode of generation of the lamprey and myxine."" Pp. 265-269 a. 1 engraved plate.
On the effects of simple pressure in producing that species of crystallization which forms two oppositely polarized images, and exhibits the complementary colours by polarized light. Read January 19, 1815.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1815 - Part I. Pp. 60-64.
First appearance of an importent paper in optical mineralogy in which Brewster describes his discovery of the phenomena of double refraction caused by compression.During his investigations on the polarization of light, Brewster quite unexpectedly observed that heat and pressure could produce or change a doubly refracting structure in uncrystallized, crystallized, or organic bodies. Moreover, from the geometry of the interference patterns he deduced equations that permitted him to predict the shapes, numbers, and colors of patterns that would be produced by changes in configuration, temperature, pressure, and method of observation.Brewster was the discoverer of the law of polarization, of biaxal crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression.
Experiments on the dipolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable bodies, with a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation. Read December 15, 1814.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1815 - Part I. Pp. 29-53 a. 1 engraved plate
First appearance of an importent paper in the history of optics in which Brewster further investigates polarization phenomena, here describing the polarisation of light by reflexion. Brewster was the discoverer of the law of polarization, of biaxal crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression.
"BREWSTER, DAVID. - PRODUCING DOUBLE REFRACTION IN CRYSTALS.
Reference : 42803
(1816)
On the communication of the structure of double refracting crystals to glass, muriate of soda, fluor spar, and other substances, by mechanical compression and dilatation. Read Febraury 29, 1816.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1816). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1816 - Part I. Pp. 156-178 a. 2 engraved plates.
First appearance of an importent paper in optical theory in which Brewster describes his discovery that double refraction phenomena can be induced by mechanical means on different kinds of crystals by compression and deflection.Together with Brewsters paper comes a paper by Everard Home ""Some account of the feet of those animals whose progressive motion can be carried on in opposition to gravity."" Pp. 149-155 and 2 engraved plates.
Eléments de physique à l'usage des étudiants en médecine, pharmacie et biologie (4eme édition, 1975)
Flammarion Médecine - Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1975 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur rouge et blanche grand In-8 1 vol. - 779 pages
nombreuses figures dans le texte en noir et blanc 4eme édition, 1975 Contents, Chapitres : Introduction - 1. Notions de mathématiques : Rappels d'algèbre et de trigonométrie - Vecteurs - Equations - Représentation graphique. Fonctions - Dérivée d'une fonction - Fonctions algébriques - Fonctions exponentielles et logarithme - Intégrales - Développement en série - Nombres complexes - 2. Physique : Mesures - Cinématique - Notion de force - Statique et dynamique du point matériel - Travail. Puissance. Energie. Quantité de mouvement - Forces appliquées à un solide - Translation et rotation des solides - Balance - Elasticité des solides - Notion de pression. Hydrostatique - Hydrodynamique. Viscosité - Tension superficielle. Capillarité - Etudes des gaz - Température. Dilatation des solides, des liquides et des gaz - Chaleur. Calorimétrie. Propagation de la chaleur - Principes de la thermodynamique - Théorie cinétique des gaz - Changements d'état - Systèmes oscillants simples - Propagation des vibrations - Interférences - Sons. Ultrasons - Phénomènes d'électrisation. Conducteurs et isolants - Quantités d'électricité. Champ et potentiel électriques - Capacité. Condensateurs - Courant électrique - Energie électrique - Effet Peltier. Couple thermo-électrique - Electrolyse - Magnétisme. Faits expérimentaux élémentaires. Induction magnétique - Champ d'induction magnétique créé par les courants - Action d'un champ d'induction sur un courant - Aimantation - Induction éléctromagnétique - Appareils de mesure en courant continu - Courants alternatifs - Régimes transitoires. Oscillations électriques - Effet thermo-électrique. Semi-conducteurs - Radio-électricité . Haute fréquence - Ionisation des gaz. Rayons cathodiques - Action d'un champ électrique et d'un champ magnétique sur une particule électrisée en mouvement - Principes de l'optique géométrique - Systèmes optiques à faces planes - Systèmes optiques à faces sphériques - Vibrations lumineuses. Interférence - Principe d'Huygens. Diffraction. Réseaux - Notions d'optique instrumentale - Lumière polarisée - Spectroscopie - Rayon X - Le noyau atomique - Radioactivité naturelle - Transmutations provoquées. Radioactivité artificielle. Fission et fusion - Unités MKSA - Index alphabétique - Table des matières infimes traces de pliures aux coins des plats sans gravité, étiquette du bouquiniste à l'intérieur du plat inférieur, sinon intérieur frais et propre
Ondes et électrons
P., A. Colin, 1938, un volume in 8 relié en cartonnage éditeur, 208pp.
---- L'électron - L'électron en mouvement uniforme - Applications des propriétés cinématiques de l'électron - Diffraction des électrons - l'électron accéléré - L'onde électromagnétique - Théorie de la relativité restreinte - etc**876/cav.g2 - 875/cav.g2(br)
Microénergétique - 2 volumes (complet) - Tome 1. Introduction - Tome 2. Les théories et les faits , Préface de Charles Fabry
Gauthier-Villars, éditeur à Paris Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1933 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur blanche, illustrée d'une gravure en vignette, titre en rouge et noir grand In-8 2 vol. - 719 pages
88 figures dans le texte en noir et blanc 1ere édition, 1933 Contents, Chapitres : Tome 1. Préface de Charles Fabry, vi, Texte, 303 pages - Tome 2, 409 pages - Tome 1. Plan de l'ouvrage - 1. Introduction mathématique à l'étude de la microénergétique : Calcul matriciel - Vecteurs et tenseurs - Séries de fonctions - Eléments de calcul des variations - Equations canoniques - Equations différentielles de deuxième ordre - Les statistiques quantiques - 2. Introduction physique à l'étude de la microénergétique : La matière et ses constituants élémentaires - Propriétés des ondes électromagnétiques - Echanges d'énergie entre la matière et le rayonnement - Hypothèses modernes sur la matière et le rayonnement - Tables - Tome 2. - 3. Principes et méthodes de la microénergétique : Généralisation des équations de la mécanique et de l'électromagnétisme - Les conditions quantiques - Principes de la mécanique ondulatoire - Méthodes de la mécanique ondulatoire - Principes de la mécanique quantique - Méthodes de la mécanique quantique - Généralisation de la mécanique quantique - 4. Les théories et les faits : Diffraction des électrons - L'électron pivotant - L'atome d'hydrogène - Les effets Zeeman et Stark - La molécule - La radioactivité - Phénomènes atomiques élémentaires - Conclusion complet en 2 tomes homogènes de la 1ere édition de 1933, bon ensemble, couvertures un peu empoussiérées avec quelques rousseurs, légère déchirure sans manque sur le mors du plat supérieur du tome 1 avec une consolidation propre, trace de pliure sur le bord droit du plat inférieur du tome 2, les couvertures restent en état correct, intérieur sinon frais et propre, papier légèrement jauni, signature de l'ancien propriétaire au début des volumes, cela reste un bon exemplaire de lecture, prix raisonnable
A sophisticate's Primer of Relativity
Middleton, Wesleyan University Press, 1962, un volume in 8 relié en pleine toile éditeur, 8pp., 191pp.
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BON EXEMPLAIRE ---- The Lorentz transformation equations - Single frames of reference - Frames of reference in gebneral - Velocity - Optical phenomena - propagation aspects of light - Nature of the velocity of light - practical limitations on spreading time - Simultaneity - Mathematics and time - Mechanics - two frames of reference - General structure of the theory - etc**M5DE
La structure des corps solides dans la physique moderne
P., Hermann, 1937, un volume in 8, broché, couverture imprimée, 54pp.
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- "L. Brillouin, fils de Marcel Brillouin, fut professeur de physique théorique à la Sorbonne (1928) puis au Collège de France (1932), et s'installe en 1941 aux Etats-Unis où il accomplit une seconde carrière aux universités de Wisconsin, Harvard et Columbia. Spécialiste de physique quantique, il prévoit la diffraction des ondes électromagnétiques par les ultrasons. Il participe au développement de la mécanique ondulatoire... Son rôle est décisif en cybernétique et informatique ; on lui doit des idées novatrices sur la théorie de l'information et c'est lui qui découvre l'analogie entre l'information et l'entropie, créant aussi le concept de néguentropie"**(6925)o7ar+cav/E2(2)
"LA THEORIE DES QUANTA - LES STATISTIQUES QUANTIQUES - EN 2 VOLUMES - TOMES I ET II / COLLECTION ""RECUEIL DES CONFERENCES-RAPPORTS DE DOCUEMENTATION SUA LA PHYSIQUE"" / DEUXIEME EDITION."
LES PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE FRANCE. 1930. In-8. Relié toilé. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 404 pages illustrées de quleques figures - Plats très frottés (voire rognés) sur les tranches.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Cours de physique théorique - les tenseurs en mécanique et en élasticité.
Masson et cie. 1938. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 370 pages - quelques figures en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
La theorie des quanta, les statistiques quantiques et leurs applications I.
Paris, 1930. Lex8vo. Orig. pr. wr. Frontwr. loose. lntern. fine. 192 pp. First edition.
La Théorie des Quanta et l'Atome de Bohr.
Paris, 1922. Orig.half cloth. 181 pp.
First edition.
La théorie des quanta et l'atome de Bohr.
P., Journal de Physique et Blanchard, 1922, grand in 8°, cartonnage de l'éditeur, 181 pages ; cachets.
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