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Abraham Shearman and Hannah GouldBiblio.com

Narrative of Facts and Circumstances That Have Tended to Produce a Secession From the Society of Friends in New England Yearly Meeting

1845111111113705Knowles and Vose 1845. Hardcover. Good. Knowles and Vose; Providence 1845. Hardcover. Ex-Library. A Good Only brown cloth binding with black marker handwritten title on spine some handling/scuffing to boards rubbing along board and spine edges age toning to pages small bindery sticker bottom rear pastedown library markings include: library sticker/bookplate front pastedown embossed library stamp on title page number sticker and pencil marking on verso title page ink number stamp bottom page 3 library stickers and ink library stamp verso rear endpaper and on rear pastedown library due date card pocket rear pastedown without Dust wrapper. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 23pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Knowles and Vose hardcover

Lavendier Books · États-Unis100,00 $US≈ 84,61 €

Denham Dixon 1786 1828 Major; Clapperton Hugh 1788 1827 Captain; Oudney Walter 1790 1824 Dr.; and Salame Abraham V.ABAA

NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1822 1823 AND 1824; JOURNAL OF AN EXCURSION; APPENDIX

18261197002Boston Philadelphia: Cummings Hilliard & Co.; Carey and Lea 1826. First American. Octavo; vg-/none; brown cloth spine with remnant white paper label and black text; near total loss; unreadable; ex libris signature title-page; shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; deckle; Part I "Northern and Central Africa" 255 pp.; Part 2 "Journal of an Excursion" 104 pp.; Part 3 "Appendix" 112 pp.; light foxing; tables maps plates split starts hinges and joints; spine crown and foot chipping and tears; spot staining; edges wear and fraying; front board with very old arithmetic study; else very good. 1197002. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Cummings, Hilliard & Co.; Carey and Lea unknown books

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[Lincoln, Abraham]Biblio.com

NATIONAL INAUGURATION BALL. MARCH 4TH 1865

186540934Washington: Designed & Drawn by Bruff. Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole 1865. Engraved broadside invitation 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" printed on heavy card stock engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole Designed & Drawn by Bruff to the Ball celebrating the second inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln and the inauguration of Vice President Andrew Johnson. The name of the invitee is not filled in. Fine. The attractively engraved invitation has detailed engraved portraits of Lincoln and Johnson flanked by two iconic American Eagles perched atop Corinthian columns. The Eagle on the left holds a rattlesnake in its beak reminiscent of the "Dont Tread on Me" flag. The pillars rest on three steps labeled "1777-83" "1812-15" and "1860-65." Beneath the portraits a three-column list of Managers is printed including prominent political and military figures of the time such as outgoing Vice President Hamlin Generals Grant Sherman Thomas Sheridan Doubleday Winfield Scott Hancock and Admirals Farragut and Porter. "E Pluribus Unum" and "We Are One and Indissoluble" are inscribed on banners wrapped around the columns The 1865 Inaugural Ball was held on March 6 1865 not March 4 at the Patent Office in Washington D.C. now home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. OCLC records about ten locations under several accession numbers as of May 2025. Designed & Drawn by Bruff. Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole unknown

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Jessup Judge William Committee Chair. Lincoln Abraham 1809 1865 Selected CandidateABAA

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM Adopted by the National Republican Convention Held in Chicago May 17 1860

186047254Chicago: Press & Tribune Office 1860. Reproduction ca 1955. Mounted on stiff card stock. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. 1 cm discoloration spots in margin corners glue. Small paper snag to top edge of upper margin. A Very Good copy. Broadside. Patriotically themed wood engraving in masthead. 13-15/16" x 8-15/16" 35.5 cm x 22.8 cm. The 1860 Republican National Convention met in Chicago Illinois from May 16 to May 18. The convention selected former Congressman Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president. The platform of 17 declaration of principles was drafted by the Platform Committee chaired by Judge William Jessup of Pennsylvania the entirety of which was adopted by the convention members verbatim save for the insertion in the Second clause of famous language from the Declaration of Independence that "All men are created equal; and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights." Regarding the platform 10 clauses dealt directly with the issues of free soil principles slavery the Fugitive Slave Act and the preservation of the Union while the remaining 7 dealing with other issues. Clauses 12 through 16 of the platform called for a protective tariff enactment of the Homestead Act freedom of immigration into the United States and full rights to all immigrant citizens internal improvements and the construction of a Pacific railroad. In addition to the preservation of the Union all five of these additional promises were enacted by the Thirty-seventh Congress and implemented by Abraham Lincoln or the presidents who immediately succeeded him. Wiki. In a presumed later printing of the platform we find added after the 17th declaration a Supplementary Resolution not present on our copy but present on one held by the Clements wherein the Committee expresses its sympathies "with those men who have been driven . and are now exiled from their homes on account of their opinions; and we hold the Democratic Party responsible for this gross violation of that clause of the Constitution which declares that the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States." The original is quite rare known in but a few copies. The one here offered was apparently reproduced in the mid-20th C as it is accompanied by a 1955 letter from the LoC to a Mr Chester Arthur of Oakland acknowledging receipt of a "copy of the recently published reprint of the original broadside containing the Republican Platform of 1860 which is in your possession.” Even in this mid-20th C. reproduction this platform a rare & important document. in which it guides and outlines the philosophy "all men are created equal" policies "True to the Union" & direction "Slavery . is a dangerous political heresy" for the United States as well as its future president Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of one of the nation's most turbulent times. Press & Tribune Office unknown books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

Gesner, AbrahamLivre Rare Book

New Brunswick; with notes for Emigrants

184725084Simmonds and Ward Hardcover London 1847

Librairie Bonheur d'occasion · Montréal, Canada200,00 $CA≈ 135,84 €

GESNER, Abraham 1797-1864]Biblio.com

New Brunswick: With Notes For Emigrants. Comprehending The Early History And Account Of The Indians Settlement Topography Statistics Commerce Timber Manufactures Agriculture Fisheries Geology Natural History Social And Political State Immigra

1847CSNwGESN30London: Simmonds & Ward 1847. 1847. 8vo. pp. xv 1 388 2ads. with half-title but without tipped-in notice. folding engraved partly coloured map. 5 wood-engraved plates. title vignette. original blind-stamped cloth crack in spine spinal extremities frayed some light spotting a few gatherings sprung. First Edition. It was during Gesner's five year employ with the Government of New Brunswick when he was charged with preparing a geological survey of the province that he became intimately acquainted with its climate topography and resources and the habits and industry of its inhabitants. Also included is a brief history of the colony. The map here dated 31 Aug. 1848 was probably inserted from another source; it is not present in any of the copies listed in the bibliographies and has never been present in any of the copies we have handled; Morley suggests it was never published. Gagnon I 1502. Lande 270 no mention of plates. Morley p. 22. Sabin 27223 no mention of plates. TPL 2846. Story p. 313. F. Hardcover. London: Simmonds & Ward, 1847. Hardcover

D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB) · Canada461,28 $US≈ 390,29 €

Tomlinson Abraham; Henry B Dawson.ABAA

New York City during the American Revolution.

18616230New York: Privately Printed for the Association 1861. Very Good/A selection from the "Tomlinson Collection" manuscripts gathered by Abraham Tomlinson of New York and purchased by the Mercantile Library Association. The historical notes are with few exceptions by H.B. Dawson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: New York city in 1767 by H.B. Dawson--The Stamp act riot: A letter written the day following Nov. 2 1765.--New York in 1770: The "Sons of liberty" extract from a letter by B.Y. Prime--Col. Marinus Willett's narrative: Seizure of arms from the British troops ordered to Boston 1775.--The Hickey plot: Letters from P.T. Curtenius John Varick jr. and Solomon Drowne M.D.--New York correspondence: Extracts from letters . 1775 and 1776.--The battle of Harlem Plains: A letter written by Gen. George Clinton.--New York loyalists of 1776: Addresses to Lord and General Howe and to Sir William Tryon with the names of nearly one thousand signers.--Preparations for evacuation: Letters from Lieut.-Col. Smith . in 1783.--Statement of William Butler esq.: Account of the occupation of New York city by the British from 1776 to 1783.--Sir Henry Clinton's defence: Reasons for not attacking Washington . near King's Bridge . 1781. 28 cm; 194 2 pages and 1 folding frontispiece map of the city of New York 1766-67. Illustrations and maps in text. Title page printed in red and black. This copy sound and entire in original purple ribbed cloth. Slight blemish to title page otherwise clean bright no sign of foxing and no stains. Upper hing a bit worn apparently treated with an amateur's remedy which has left a white residue. Some other discoloration to cloth and title on spine faded. Yet survives in very good condition! Privately Printed for the Association hardcover books

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €

[New York Tribune] [Abraham Lincoln] [Assassination]Biblio.com

New York Tribune. April 18 1865. Abraham Lincoln Assassination coverage

186536782New York: New York Tribune 1865. Newspaper. Good. Newspaper. Approximately 21.25" x 16.5." Folded. 8 pages. Six columns. A few ink spots top edge page 1. Previous owner paper name label top edge page 1 Wm Lockwood. Light toning and scattered foxing to the paper. Good condition. Each page of this issue has printed black vertical lines indicating mourning. Contents include extensive coverage of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln with a minute by minute accounting of his passing. Other articles include the "Attempted Murder of Secretary Seward"; "Capt. McGowan's Account of the Assassination"; "The Nations Loss"; "The Inauguration of Andrew Johnson; "Andrew Johnson's Speech on the fall of Richmond"; negotiations between General Sherman and General Johnston and several more articles on the conclusion of the Civil War. New York Tribune unknown

Americana Books ABAA · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

Emory William H.; Abert John James; Cooke Philip Saint George; Johnston Abraham R.ABAA

Notes of a Military Reconnnoissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego in California Including Parts of the Arkansas Del Norte and Gila Rivers

1848008085btWashington D.C.: Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Very Good. 1848. Hardcover. 30th Congress Executive Doc No. 41 ordered for printing in February 1848. Reports from the 1846-1847 topographical expedition across the southwest known for its maps and descriptions of the landscapes flora and fauna and people of the region. The text and maps were to become important resources in the development and exploration of the region. Handsomely rebound in tan leather which is scuffed in places. Lithography by C. B. Graham. Interior is foxed throughout pages are free of markings. Missing plates 25 and 25 and 9 in the Abert report. Both fold-out maps are present. Wagner-Camp 148:5 Howes E-145.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall . Wendell and Van Benthuysen hardcover books

Back of Beyond Books, ABAA · États-Unis625,00 $US≈ 528,81 €

WERNER, Abraham GottlobLivre Rare Book

Nouvelle théorie de la formation des filons. Application de cette théorie à l'exploitation des mines particulièrement celles de Freiberg

1802102952À Freiberg, chez Craz, libraire, 1802, in-8, portrait-frontispice, XXXII-311-[] pp, Basane de l'époque, dos lisse fileté et fleuronné, tranches rouges, Première édition française de cet ouvrage très rare, mémorable dans l'histoire des théories géologiques : la traduction a été donnée par Aubuisson des Voisins, élève de Werner à la Bergakademie de Freiberg. L'exemplaire est bien complet du portrait de l'auteur, gravé d'après Vogel et reproduit ici pour la première fois. La même année a été publiée une édition parisienne (Villier) qui ne comporte pas le portrait. La Neue Theorie von der Entstehung der Gänge a été publiée à l'origine à Freiberg en 1791. Werner, père de la géognosie, y formule, définitivement et catégoriquement, ses opinions sur la formation de la terre. Celles-ci se résument en dix arguments que l'auteur utilise comme réponse aux objections qui lui sont faites (chapitre VII, 68, pp. 133 et suiv.), le premier d'entre eux étant la base de la thèse dont il est le fondateur, le neptunisme : "les montagnes primitives et secondaires ont été formées par une suite de précipités et de dépôts successifs... [qui] proviennent d'une mer qui couvroit le globe, mer toujours existante, plus ou moins générale, et renfermant les diverses substance qui s'en sont précipitées". Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749 ou 1750-1817) est sans conteste le géologue la plus influent de la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Il imposa ses convictions au monde entier, passant pour certains comme un professeur enthousiaste et zélé, pour d'autres comme un doctrinaire refusant les opinions contraires et fourvoyant ses nombreux disciples. En défendant ses thèses, il fait montre d'un dogmatisme farouche, particulièrement frappant dans cette Nouvelle théorie de la formation des filons : "It would be difficult to cite from any other modern scientific treatise a series of consecutive sentences containing a larger number of dogmatic assertions" (Geikie p. 216). Cachets et cote de l'Institut Catholique de Paris. Rousseurs claires en début et en fin de volume; autrement, bon état intérieur. Frottements et épidermures, dos passé, galeries superficielles sur le plat supérieur. Schuh II, 5006. Ward & Carozzi, 2306. Geikie, The Founders of Geology, p. 201 et suiv. DSB XIV p. 262. Norman 2206 pour l'édition originale allemande. Couverture rigide

Librairie Alain Brieux · Paris, France1 000,00 €

Abraham StansfieldBiblio.com

Nugae Being Selections from Many Year's Scribblings

1892569L8London: Geo Woodhead and Co 1892. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A collection of poems by Abraham Stansfield in a lovely half calf binding with cloth covered boards. A lovely anthology in a decorative half calf binding. Written by Abraham Stansfield. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart with bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Further rubbing to the head and tail of spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise spots to foredge affecting occasional pages. Very Good Geo Woodhead and Co hardcover

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni57,00 £GB≈ 65,08 €

Lincoln AbrahamABAA

OBSEQUIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. ORDER OF FUNERAL PROCESSION caption title

1865WRCAM55213N.p. but almost certainly Springfield Il 1865. Broadside 12 x 9 inches. Printed in three columns edged with a printed black border. Old folds center vertical fold with some separation. Moderate staining. Still very good. Framed. Likely a proof copy of the exceedingly rare broadside announcing the funeral procession for President Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in early May 1865. Struck down by assassin John Wilkes Booth on April 15 1865 Lincoln's body lay in state in the White House on April 18 and a ceremonial funeral service took place in Washington D.C. around noon on April 19. Two days later President Lincoln's casket was loaded on a funeral train headed for Springfield Illinois stopping at Baltimore Harrisburg Philadelphia New York City Albany Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis Michigan City and Chicago before arriving in Lincoln's adopted hometown early on the morning of May 3. At this time Springfield's population numbered around 15000 but Lincoln's funeral train pulled into a town swollen with over 100000 visiting mourners. Immediately upon arrival Lincoln's coffin was transferred by hearse to Representatives' Hall inside the Illinois Old State Capitol. For the next twenty-four hours from about ten o'clock in the morning on May 3 to the same time the next day about 75000 mourners were allowed to pass by the open coffin of the slain president to pay last respects. According to the present broadside President Lincoln's funeral procession left the Old State Capitol "on Thursday the 4th Inst. at 10 o'clock a.m. precisely." The funeral party of over 10000 people then turned right on 7th Street to pass by the Lincoln family home and then right up Cook Street to proceed past the Governor's Mansion before heading north to Oak Ridge Cemetery. This broadside printing of the order of the procession for Lincoln's Springfield funeral was probably printed the afternoon of May 3 or possibly even the morning of May 4 the day of the funeral. Surrounded by a heavy black band the broadside lists all the persons and units involved in the procession along with their places and the rules for the day. The entire procession was divided into eight divisions with Gen. Joseph Hooker acting as Marshal in Chief. The first three divisions of the military escort represented all the elements of the Army and Navy. After them came the attending clergy and Lincoln's attending physicians. Next was the casket itself the only wheeled vehicle in the procession with the pall bearers to each side followed by Lincoln's horse and then the immediate family. Three more military divisions followed interspersed with government officials ambassadors and state officials followed by delegations from Springfield and other Illinois towns. Next were representatives of various organizations delegations from colleges lawyers doctors and the press Masons Odd Fellows and firemen all interspersed with two more military divisions. The final segment of the funeral procession was designated for "Citizens at large" and "Colored Persons." The broadside gives directions for locations for the forming up of each group. Only marshals were allowed to be on horseback; all others walked. Bands were under the direction of the Committee on Music. Other particular directions follow including regulations for the colors of the various scarves worn by the marshals. The text of the document ends with directions to keep the streets through which the procession passes "clear from sidewalk to sidewalk." This broadside must have been widely distributed to assist the mourners in Springfield but like all such ephemeral pieces few copies have survived. OCLC locates only six at Indiana University the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Library the Boston Athenaeum the Chapin Library at Williams College the John Hay Library at Brown University and the Library Company of Philadelphia. The latter location also attributes the place of printing to Springfield. There is also a copy at the Library of Congress and a copy formerly owned by noted collector James Copley and previously sold by this firm. The present copy is likely an early printer's proof of the broadside as it lacks the first three letters of the word "FUNERAL" in the title. The Library of Congress copy is also likely a proof with its variant title omitting the words "ORDER OF." Both copies also lack the letter "e" in "Order" in the first sentence of text. These errors speak to the haste and stress under which this broadside was surely produced perhaps the day before or the very morning of the day when America's greatest president the Savior of the Union and Illinois' favorite son was laid to rest in a city teeming with seven times its own population in attendance. A remarkable and moving document reflecting a moment of national grief perhaps only approached by the John F. Kennedy funeral and memorializing the day when America's first assassinated president was solemnly committed to the earth. OCLC 5023077 79462381. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis13 750,00 $US≈ 11 633,88 €

SYLVA Y MOLINA, Abraham deBiblio.com

Observación histórica sobre el gobernador de Valparaiso Don Miguel Antonio Gómez de Sylva.

189710894Santiago de Chile: Ercilla 1897. First Edition Â— Primera ediciÃ³n. Hardcover Â— Tapa dura. 175x135mm. 7x5Â¼". Santiago de Chile Ercilla 1897. En 8º 175 x 135mm. 113 pp. EncuadernaciÃ³n de Ã©poca en holandesa. Cubiertas originales. Primera ediciÃ³n. Ejemplar de Antonio CÃ¡novas del Castillo. En perfecto estado de grandes mÃ¡rgenes. Ercilla hardcover

Librería José Porrúa Turanzas · Espagne70,00 €

[LINCOLN, Abraham]. BENJAMIN, SGW S G WBiblio.com

Ode on the Death of Abraham Lincoln

186512453Boston: William V. Spencer 1865. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers lightly soiled crease to rear wrapper. A near fine copy of this scarce pamphlet. First edition of this poem one of 250 copies printed. Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin 1837-1914 was a prolific writer and artist. He was appointed ambassador to Persia and served there between 1883-1885. Monaghan 399. William V. Spencer unknown

Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

[Lincoln, Abraham]Biblio.com

OHIO STATE UNION TICKET. RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS! "THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED." -- JACKSON.

186436792Ohio 1864. Broadside ticket listing Union Ticket candidates for elections in 1864 beneath illustration of the American Flag. Several candidates are listed for "Supreme Judge" plus candidates for Secretary of State Attorney General Comptroller of the Treasury Board of Public Works; and for Congress John A. Bingham. Some edge wear text complete horizontal fold. Good. unknown

David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

Lincoln AbrahamABAA

OHIO STATE UNION TICKET. RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS! "THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED." -- JACKSON.

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Michelson, Albert Abraham ( 1852 - 1931 )Biblio.com

On the Application of Interference Methods to Spectroscopic Measurements

189222436City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution 1892. First Separate Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. First Separate Edition. 1-24 pages plus 5 plates and original printed wrappers. Folio 9 3/4 x 13 inches. Top page edges uncut an unread copy. Wrappers have been professionally restored and reattached with missing paper filled in correcting a common failing of this title. The wrappers are often chipped and/or detached with large pieces missing due to the thin almost ephemeral nature of the binding. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge number 842. Wrappers. "Michelson was the first American citizen to win the Nobel prize for his 'precision optical instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations conducted therewith'.He was clearly recognized as one of the foremost experimental physicists of the nation." - DSB "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 was awarded to Albert A. Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid". Nobel Prize d o t org. The Smithsonian Institution unknown

Kuenzig Books · États-Unis385,00 $US≈ 325,75 €

Michelson Albert Abraham 1852 1931ABAA

On the Application of Interference Methods to Spectroscopic Measurements

189222436City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution 1892. First Separate Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. First Separate Edition. 1-24 pages plus 5 plates and original printed wrappers. Folio 9 3/4 x 13 inches. Top page edges uncut an unread copy. Wrappers have been professionally restored and reattached with missing paper filled in correcting a common failing of this title. The wrappers are often chipped and/or detached with large pieces missing due to the thin almost ephemeral nature of the binding. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge number 842. Wrappers. "Michelson was the first American citizen to win the Nobel prize for his 'precision optical instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations conducted therewith'.He was clearly recognized as one of the foremost experimental physicists of the nation." - DSB "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 was awarded to Albert A. Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid". Nobel Prize d o t org. The Smithsonian Institution unknown books

Kuenzig Books, ABAA · États-Unis385,00 $US≈ 325,75 €

Michelson, Albert Abraham and Morley, Edward WilliamsBiblio.com

On the relative motion of the earth and the luminiferous ether in London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 5th Series Vol. 24 1887 pp. 449-463

18874021887. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FIRST BRITISH PRINTING of a work haled both as the greatest failed experiment of all time AND as 'one of the greatest achievements in physics of all time' Lightman 130. 'What Michelson and Morley did. was undermine a longstanding belief in something called the luminiferous ether; a stable invisible weightless frictionless. medium that was thought to permeate the universe. Conceived by Descartes embraced by Newton and venerated by nearly everyone ever since the ether held a position of absolute centrality in nineteenth-century physics as a way of explaining how light traveled across the emptiness of space Bryson 117. Prevailing theories held that ether formed an absolute reference with respect to which the rest of the universe was stationary and that ether was a medium for the propagation of light as water waves must have a medium to move across: water. Given the speed of light designing an experiment to detect the presence of ether and its drift or hypothetical motion relative to earth was challenging. To do so Michelson designed an interferometer -- essentially a massive stone block with mirrors and crisscrossing light beams -- capable of measuring the velocity of light with great precision. The device enabled Michelson and Morley to measure the speed of light in different directions enabling them in theory to measure the speed or drift of the ether relative to Earth thus establishing its existence. Michelson and Morley expected to see their light beams shifted by the swift motion of the earth in space thus giving measure to different speeds of light in each direction but "none was observed showing that the earth's motion did not affect the light's speed" Dibner 161. "The failure of this experiment was a serious blow to classical scientific theories because it cast doubts on the existence of the universal ether which had been a basic principle of for example the Newtonian theories of the universe" PMM 401. The result discredited the ether theories "and opened the door to "new standards of reference of time and space from geometry and cosmometry" ultimately leading to Einstein's 1905 proposal that the speed of light is a universal constant" Dibner; Lightman 130. The history of science records the 1887 ether-drift experiment of Albert Michelson and Edward Morley as the turning point at which the energetic "ether of space" was discarded by mainstream physics thereafter replaced with the postulate of "empty space." Michelson and Morley's work sounded the death knell of classical physics' beautifully simple belief in the idea of ether. CONDITION & DETAILS: London: Taylor & Francis. 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 213 x 138mm. Complete. viii 524 9 plates. Michelson & Morley paper: pp. 449-463. Ex-libris bearing a discreet stamp on the title page. Solidly and tightly bound in three quarter brown calf over marbled paper boards. Some scuffing and rubbing at the edge tips and along the spine. Five gilt-ruled raised bands at the spine; gilt armorial devices in the compartments. Gilt-lettered red and black morocco spine labels. Very slight age toning within; largely clean and bright. Very good condition. hardcover

Atticus Rare Books · États-Unis1 900,00 $US≈ 1 607,59 €

Lincoln AbrahamABAA

Opinions of Abraham Lincoln Upon Slavery and its Issues: Indicated by His Speeches Letters Messages and Proclamations

1864011649Union League of America. Very Good. 1864. Pamphlet. An 1864 pro-Lincoln pamphlet for the presidential election. Disbound with rough binding edge and loose pages light soil and a few chips. Contains many of Lincoln's statements on slavery dating from 1858 to1864.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pp . Union League of America unknown books

Back of Beyond Books, ABAA · États-Unis275,00 $US≈ 232,68 €

Lincoln AbrahamABAA

Opinions on 'slavery' and 'reconstruction of the Union' As Expressed by President Lincoln. with Brief Notes by Hon. William Whiting

1864011648John A. Gray & Green. Very Good. 1864. First Edition. Pamphlet. A hard-to-find document rarely up for auction. Fold creases fold split of first page at spine light soil and edge wear. A pro-Lincoln pamphlet for the election of 1864 listing statements of Lincoln specifically against slavery and dating from 1837-1864 with a summary list of his views by Whiting at the end. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 16 pp . John A. Gray & Green unknown books

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VAN DER ELST AbrahamLivre Rare Book

Opmerkingen over de Wet houdende verbodsbepalingen tegen het dragen van wapenen

1890J60576Leiden, Somerwil 1890 [viii] + 69pp., 23cm., rug hersteld, stempeltje, Academisch proefschrift [Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden, 1890, Doctoral dissertation]

Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar) · Hasselt, Belgique30,00 €

Bishop AbrahamABAA

ORATION DELIVERED IN WALLINGFORD ON THE 11th OF MARCH 1801 BEFORE THE REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AT THEIR GENERAL THANKSGIVING FOR THE ELECTION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON TO THE PRESIDENCY AND OF AARON BURR TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1801WRCAM50592New Haven 1801. 1111pp. Dbd. Ink institutional stamp on titlepage light toning a few leaves foxed. Good. A laudatory speech praising the recent election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency. The author is mainly concerned even consumed by the separation of church and state which he obviously expects from the Jefferson administration. He writes "Church and State always contaminate each other so far as their union extends. The clerical politician is an useless preacher; the political christian is a dangerous statesman. We feel daily the dreadful effects of this union." He then goes on to praise Republicanism as "the form of government for the support of which you once pledged your lives your fortunes and your sacred honor." A scarce book in the market. SABIN 5595. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 199. GOODSPEED 342:168. MIDLAND NOTES 34:27. OCLC 1596438. unknown books

William Reese Company · États-Unis225,00 $US≈ 190,37 €

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