Besançon, Demontrond, 1947, un volume in 8, broché, couverture imprimée, 115pp.
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- Notions générales - Application à l'électricité - Condensation électrique - Magnétisme - Magnétisme terrestre - Electricité dynamique - Electromagnétisme - Induction - etc**3008/M7DE
COLIN. 1970. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos très frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 133 pages illustrées de nombreuses figure dnas le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Bruxelles, Académie royale (impr.par Hayez) 1880 33pp., (Mémoire présenté à la classe des sciences de l'Académie le 7 juin 1879), publié dans et extrait de "Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers publiés par l'Académie Royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique" Tome XLIII (43), in-4, non coupé
Bruxelles, Académie royale (impr.par Hayez) 1892 728pp., Mémoire présenté à la classe des Sciences dans la séance du 6 juillet 1889, publié dans et extrait de "Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers publiés par l'Académie Royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique" Tome XLVIII (48), in-4, non coupé
Bruxelles, Lamertin 1923 51pp.avec 9 figures, 29cm., dans la série "Académie royale de Belgique, classe des sciences, mémoires, collection in-4o, deuxième série" tome 5 fascicule 4, br.orig., non coupé, bon état
Bruxelles, Lamertin 1923 22pp.avec ills., 29cm., dans la série "Académie royale de Belgique, classe des beaux-arts, mémoires, collection in-4o, deuxième série" tome 5 fascicule 6, br.orig., non-coupé, bon état
Bruxelles, Lamertin 1923 22pp., 29cm., dans la série "Académie royale de Belgique, classe des sciences, mémoires, collection in-4o, deuxième série" tome 5 fascicule 6, br.orig., non coupé, bon état
P., Mallet-Bachelier, 1853-1855, 2 VOLUMES GRAND IN 4 reliés en demi-chagrin bleu marine, dos ornés de caissons et filets dorés (reliures de l'époque), (plats légèrement frottés), T.1 : (2), 14pp., 428pp., T.2 : (2), 4pp., 390pp., (1)
---- BON EXEMPLAIRE ---- Troisième édition REVUE, CORRIGEE ET ANNOTEE PAR Joseph BERTRAND : "Toutes mes notes ont pour but de développer le sens du texte lorsqu'il ne me semble pas assez clair ou de le rectifier dans des cas où l'incorrection n'est pas douteuse. Lorsque les progrès de la science ont exigé des développements plus considérables, les notes ont été renvoyées à la fin du volume. Les lecteurs me sauront gré d'y avoir placé, tout d'abord, deux dissertations remarquables publiées déjà dans le Journal de M. Liouville par M. Poinsot et M. Dirichlet qui critiquent l'un et l'autre, avec beaucoup de justesse, des passages importants de la première partie et indiquent en même temps de quelle manière il convient de les modifier". (Préface de J. BERTRAND) ---- "With the appearance of the Mecanique analytique, Lagrange proposed to reduce the theory of mechanics and the art of solving problems in that field to general formulas, the mere development of which would yield all the equations necessary for the solution of every problem. The traité united and presented from a single point of view the various principles of mechanics, demonstrated their connection and mutual dependence and made it possible to judge their validity and scope. It is divided in two parts, statics and dynamics, each of which treats solid bodies and fluids separately. The methods presented require only analytic operations, subordinated to a regular and uniform development. Each of the four sections begins with a historical account which is a model of the kind". (DSB VII pp. 569/570) ---- En Français dans le texte N° 179 1st ed**3021/N7AR-3025/ARB3-3026/N7AR
P., Gauthier-Villars, 1888-1889, 2 fort volumes grand in 4 reliés en demi-soie noire, dos ornés de filets dorés (reliures modernes), T.1 : 22pp., 502pp., T.2 : 8pp., 391pp.
---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND PAPIER ET GRAND DE MARGES ---- Quatrième édition PUBLIEE PAR GASTON DARBOUX CONTENANT LES NOTES DE JOSEPH BETRAND ---- "With the appearance of the Mecanique analytique, Lagrange proposed to reduce the theory of mechanics and the art of solving problems in that field to general formulas, the mere development of which would yield all the equations necessary for the solution of every problem. The Traité united and presented from a single point of view the various principles of mechanics, demonstrated their connection and mutual dependence and made it possible to judge their validity and scope. It is divided in two parts, statics and dynamics, each of which treats solid bodies and fluids separately. The methods presented require only analytic operations, subordinated to a regular and uniform development. Each of the four sections begins with a historical account which is a model of the kind". (DSB VII pp. 569/570) ---- En Français dans le texte N° 179 1st ed**30170/3017/N1-3024/N7AR
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1769). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"", tome XXIII, pp. 165-310.
First edition of a fundamental paper in the Theory of Numbers in which Lagrange gives a solution in integers of indeterminate equations of the second degree - a remarkable turning point in Diophantine analysis. - Fermat had asserted that he could determine when the more general equation x2-Ay2=B was solvable in integers and that he could solve it when solvable, but Lagrange solved it in this paper and furthermore he gives the complete solution to the problem of giving all integral solutions of a general equation where the coefficients are integers. - Cajori calls Lagrange ""One of the greatest mathematicians of all times."" - Poggendorff I:1344.
Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1813. Without wrappers. In: ""Annalen der Physik. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Neue Folge, Bd. 44., Siebentes Stück. Titlepage to vol. 40. Pp. 229-340 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Lagrange's paper: pp. 240-269.
First edition in German, translated from the French version from the Berliner-Academy (1786).
Paris, Chez la Veuve Desaint, 1788. 4to. Beautiful contemporary full mottled calf with richly gilt spine and gilt borders to boards. Double gilt line-borders to edges of boards. Binding with wear, especially to capitals, corners, and hinges - binding still tight, though. A tear to lower front hinge and small lack of leather to upper capital as well as corners. (a2&3) loose, but intact, present, and NOT supplied from another copy. Very minor scattered brownspotting to a few leaves, otherwise very fine and clean. In spite of wear, a nice and tight copy, which is completely unrestored. XII,512 pp.
First edition of Lagrange's masterpiece, ""which laid the foundation of modern mechanics, and which occupies a place in the history of the subject second only to that of Newton's Principia"". (Wolf). In ""Méchanique Analytique"" Lagrange reformulated classical Newtonian mechanics in a purely analytical manner, whereas Newton derived his results geometrically, or synthetically, with the aid of figures. ""Lagrange proposed to reduce the theory of mechanics and the art of solving problems in that field to general formulas, the mere development of which would yield all the equations necessary for the solution of every problem."" (DSB). In his preface, Lagrange draws attention to the absence of diagrams in the book, which he believed the lucidity of his own presentation had rendered superfluous. Horblit/Grolier 61" Dibner 112 Sparrow 120 Norman 1257.
Götingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1797. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. XX,573,(1) pp. Faint browning to a few leaves, otherwise clean and fine.
First German edition of this milestone work in applied mathematics (Mecanique Analitique, 1788) in which Lagrange regarded mechanics as a geometry of four dimensions and here set down the principle of virtual velocities as applied to mechanics. The work can lay claim today to be ""one of the outstanding landmarks in the history of both mathematics and mechanics"" (Sarton).""This is the first textbook to treat theoretical mechanics in a purely analytic way. Its mathematical importence stems mainly from the application of Lagrange's new formalization of the calculus of variations, and its significance for rational mechanics from the fact that it summarizes, for the first time in a logically coherent way, the conformity the newtonian and continental mechanics of the 18th century on the basis of general variational principles.""(Helmut Pulte in ""Landmark Writings in Western mathematics 1640-1940).Horblit, 61 (""Discovery of the general equations of motions of any system of bodies""). - Dibner, 112 (French edition)
P., Imprimerie royale, 1694 (LA HIRE), 1692 (observatons physiques et mathématiques envoyées des INDES et de la CHINE), 1694 (Observations faites à la CHINE), un volume in 4 (20cm x 26cm) relié en plein veau marbré, dos orné de fers dorés (fleurs de lys), ARMES DE LOUIS XIV sur les plats, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), 8pp., 202pp. (mal chiffrés 302), figures dans le texte (LA HIRE) ; (3), 113pp. (observations physiques et mathématiques envoyées des INDES et de la CHINE ; 20pp. (observations faites à la CHINE)
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- PREMIERE PARUTION DU TRAITE DE LA HIRE SUR LES EPICYCLOIDES ET DE LEURS USAGES DANS LES MECHANIQUES ---- TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE AUX ARMES DE LOUIX XIV GRAND DE MARGES ---- "Associated with the leading scientists of the age, La Hire was, for nearly half a century, one of the principal animators of scientific life in France... His diverse observations in physics, meteorology and the natural sciences simply attest to the high level of is intellectual curiosity... His early works in projective, analytic and applied geometry palce him among the best of the followers of Desargues and Descartes. Finally, his diverse knowledge and artistic, technical and scientific experience were factors in the growth of technological thought, the advance of practical mechanics and the perfecting of graphic techniques... La Hire thus partially answered the wish expressed by Colbert in 1675 of seeing the Academy produce an exact description of all the machines useful in the arts and trades... La Hire furnished useful descriptions and put forth the suggestion (already made in his Traité des épicycloides) following Desargues, of adopting an epicycloidal profile for gear wheels". (DSB VII pp. 576/579) ---- "Timoshenko notes that La Hire was responsible for the first application of statics to the solution of arch problems. In the present work we find the funicular polygon used for the first time in arch analysis. His analysis revealed "that under the assumption of perfect smoothness at the wedge surfaces, stability of a semicircular arch cannot exist", but that the cement holding the wedges will contribute to the stability, thereby removing the necessity of complying rigorously with the established ratio for P1:P2:P3". (Bibliotheca Mechanica p. 192)8681/ARB6
P., Imprimerie Royale, 1695, un volume in 12 plein veau, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), (petit accroc à une coiffe, tache brune à la partie inférieure du second plat de couverture, quelques cahier uniformément jaunis, manque de papier d'origine dans la marge inférieure d'un feuillet, ex-libris gratté sur la page de titre), 5 feuillets non chiffrés, 492 pages, figures dans le texte
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- "Associated with the leading scientists of the age, La Hire was, for nearly half a century, one of the principal animators of scientific life in France... His diverse observations in physics, meteorology and the natural sciences simply attest to the high level of is intellectual curiosity... His early works in projective, analytic and applied geometry palce him among the best of the followers of Desargues and Descartes. Finally, his diverse knowledge and artistic, technical and scientific experience were factors in the growth of technological thought, the advance of practical mechanics and the perfecting of graphic techniques... The important Traité de mécanique that La Hire published in 1695 represents a synthesis of his diverse theoretical and practical preoccupations. Although passed over by the majority of the historians of mechanics, this work marks a significant step toward the elaboration of a modern manual of practical mechanics, suitable for engineers of various disciplines. La Hire thus partially answered the wish expressed by Colbert in 1675 of seeing the Academy produce an exact description of all the machines useful in the arts and trades... La Hire furnished useful descriptions and put forth the suggestion (already made in his Traité des épicycloides) following Desargues, of adopting an epicycloidal profile for gear wheels". (DSB VII pp. 576/579) ---- "Timoshenko notes that La Hire was responsible for the first application of statics to the solution of arch problems. In the present work we find the funicular polygon used for the first time in arch analysis. His analysis revealed "that under the assumption of perfect smoothness at the wedge surfaces, stability of a semicircular arch cannot exist", but that the cement holding the wedges will contribute to the stability, thereby removing the necessity of complying rigorously with the established ratio for P1:P2:P3". (Bibliotheca Mechanica p. 192)**2965/ARB5
Tipografia delle Belle Arti, Roma, 1871. In-16 p., brossura, pp. 72 con 3 belle tavole incise su carta forte a piena pagina poste al fondo del volume raffiguranti il barometro. Prima edizione. In buono stato (good copy).
Chez Maradan. 1793-94. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 410 pages environs. Tranches jaspés. 10 dernières pages abîmées par la mouillure, quelques mots et phrases manquantes. Quelques trous de vers altérant la lecture de quelques mots. Dos passé, épidermures. Titre, tomaison, filets et motifs dorés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Et particulièrement sur celles de la Combustion, de l'élévation de l'eau dans l'état de vapeurs, de la chaleur produite par le frottement des corps solides entre eux, de la chaleur qui se rend sensible dans les décompositions subites, dans les effervescences et dans le corps de beaucoup d'animaux pendant la durée de leur vie, de la causticité, de la saveur et de l'odeur de certains composés, de la coleur des corps, de l'origine des composés et de tous les minéraux, enfin de l'entretien de la vie des êtres organiques, de leur accroissement, de leur état de vigueur, de leur dépérissement et de leur mort. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Bruxelles, Académie royale (impr.par Hayez) 1867 165pp.avec 71 figures dans le texte, publié dans et extrait de "Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers publiés par l'Académie Royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique" Tome XXXVI (36), in-4, non coupé, W57703
Hachette. 1985. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur bon état. 159 pages. Quelques pages légèrement passées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Faire le Point Bac, 15. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1771 and Berlin, C.F. Voss, 1774) 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"", tome XXV, pp. 68-127 with 3 folded plate, and ""Nouveau Mémoires Année 1772"", pp. 65-102 and 2 engraved plates.
First edition of Lambert's importent work which laid the foundation of the science of Hygrometry and coined the word ""Hygrometer"". The first instrument was build by the instrumentmaker G.F. Brander after Lambert's description. It consisted of a cat-gut string, the expansion and construction of which was transferred to a wheel-work, and shown on a scale divided by 360 gr.. This was afterward adopted by Saussure. - The second paper ""Suite de..."" is devoted to a discussion of the different hygrometers.The principles and construction were later published in his famous book ""Hygrometrie"" Augsburg 1774-75. - Poggendorff I:1356 - Rosenthal, Litteratur der Technologie P. 263. - Attached is two other memoires (Gledisch: Correction caracteristique succinte du Genre de L'Albuca et de L'Alethris de Linné. pp. 57-67 and Beguelin: Extrait des Observations Météorologiques faites a Berlin par Orde de Academie dans les Années 1768. et 1769. pp. 128-164.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1767). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome XXI, pp.102-188.
First edition. Together with Lambert's work is a mémoir by Johann Friedrich Meckel: Observations anatomiques sur la Glande Pineale, sur la Cloison transparante, et sur L'origine du Nerf de la septieme paire."" pp. 91-100, and 2 folded engraved plates. (1767). Meckel is known for his description of ""Meckel's Ganglion"" and ""Meckel's Cave"".
(Berlin, Chretien Frederic Voss, 1774. 4to. Uncut, without wrappers extracted from ""Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", Année 1772., pp. 103-140 and 1 engraved plate.
First edition, the journal form. This work is an investigation that connects Lambert's studies on hygrometry - he actualy invented the Hygrometer - and on ballistics and friction.
(Berlin, C.F. Voss, 1774). 4to. Uncut without wrappers as extracted from ""Nouveaus Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", Annee 1772., pp. 9-32 and 1 engraved plate.
First edition. In this paper Lambert develops a theory of friction and confronts it with experimental results by himself and others.
(Berlin, C.F. Voss, 1772). 4to. Without wrappers, extracted from ""Nouveau Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et belles-Lettres"", Année 1770, pp. 51-57 and pp. 58-67.
Both papers first edition. In the first paper the design of a new lamp is presented, modelled after Lambert's previous studies on the ""porte-voix"". The second deals with ink and paperdegeneration. Because a lot of Lambert's manuscripts became unreadable through water damage during the time they were stored in Switzerland before being transported to Berlin, Lambert goes into the causes of ink and paper degeneration. Through experimentation he arrives at the kind of ink and paper that withstand humidity best.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1770). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"", tome XIX, 1763. pp.87-124 and 2 folded engraved plates.
First edition of one of Lambert's importent papers on the acoustics and sounds in relation to musical instruments. Lambert performs basic experiments with the instruments and gives the results in a generalized mathematical form.