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190737453Sté entomologique de France | Paris 1907-1930 | 13.50 x 22 cm | 4 fascicules reliés en 1
186177817Quedlinburg: G. Basse 1861. Original wrappers Paperback ii126 pp. folding plate with ill.; 22x14.5 cm. Text in German / Deutsch. - right upper corner and small corner of last page not text lost missing small ticket stamps paper bit browned some spots/ foxing dog-ears Although still very good see pictures G. Basse paperback
185449132(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1854 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 38, No 6. Pp. (237-) 292. (Entire issue offered). Deville's paper: pp. 279-281.
185449132Paris Mallet-Bachelier 1854 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 38 No 6. Pp. 237- 292. Entire issue offered. Deville's paper: pp. 279-281. <br/><br/><em>First printing of the paper in which Sainte-Claire deville reveiled his process for the production of pure aluminium by creating the first crystalline silicon and perfecting the electrolytic process for obtaining metallic aluminium from sodium aluminium chloride."He worked out a process for producing pure aluminum by reducing its salts with sodium. Deville’s methods made both metals readily available and drastically reduced their cost but he himself did not take much part in their later industrial development. He used the sodium obtained by his method for the preparation of such elements as silicon boron and titanium."DSB.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1854 C. </em> unknown
190737453Paris: Sté entomologique de France 1907. Fine. Sté entomologique de France Paris 1907-1930 13.50 x 22 cm 4 fascicules reliés en 1 First edition for each of the volumes. Half brown sheep binding spine with four raised bands marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved. Handsome copy. Rare collection. Sté entomologique de France hardcover
1866028301866 Paris Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1866. Hardcover. Fair/Dust Jacket Included. 225 x 14 cm - 4458 pgs - demi maroquin titre et année estampés en or sur le dos plats et gardes en papier marblé traces de frottage aux mors et au dos rouille surtout au début et à la fin du livre - planche dépliante - en tout bon ex. - Berthelot DSB II pgs 63-72 article DSB II pg 71 - autres articles : Sur la dissociation par Henri Sainte-Claire Deville Sur l'étude des propriétés optiques biréfringentes propres à déterminer le système cristalin dans les cristaux naturels ou artificiels par M. Descloiseaux sur les principes contenus dans les lichens à Orseille par V. de Luynes <br/> <br/> 1866 Paris Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
1866S14177Paris :: Impr. de C. Lahure 1866. 1866. 8vo. pp. 255-378. 4 figs. pp. 265 300 307 316. Later full dark blue cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Inscription on first page mentions: H.W. Schroeder Sur la theorie de la dissociation de M. H. Sainte-Claire Deville 1866. 29 pp. Archives Neerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles T. I. Very good. 413 "An important work on chemical dissociation in which Deville demonstrated by means of ingenious experiments that equilibria of reactions at high temperatures are frequently different from those at lower temperatures." – Neville. / "Deville employed very high temperatures and became a recognized authority on the use of this technique. His measurements of the vapor densities of compounds at various temperatures helped to confirm Avogadro's hypothesis. These studies led Deville to his most notable discovery the dissociation of heated chemical compounds and their recombination at lower temperatures. He heated such substances as water carbon dioxide and hydrogen chloride and then cooled them suddenly to recover the decomposition products. This work led to a better understanding of the mechanism of chemical reactions and to significant developments in physical chemistry." – DSB. / "The effect of heat on chemical reactions was of particular interest. From the time of Bergman it had been realized that reactions often followed a course at high temperatures which differed from that followed at lower ones. In 1857 Henri Deville began a series of studies which established quantitatively a new type of high-temperature reaction. Deville was a distinguished inorganic chemist whose researches on the preparation of various metals had led to methods for the manufacture on a large scale of many industrially important substances. In the course of his studies on the preparation of sodium and potassium and their use as reducing agents in the manufacture of other metals Deville often used high temperatures. He was aware of the decompositions which often occurred under these conditions and he suspected that such decompositions were of very frequent occurrence. He therefore undertook the study of reactions which occurred reversibly at high temperature. Such reactions he called dissociations and by an extensive series of studies he showed the importance of dissociation as a general phenomenon in chemistry." – Henry M. Leicester & Herbert S. Klickstein A Source Book in Chemistry pp. 392 ff. / With 5 chapters : I : Affinite et chaleur. II : Combinaison et decomposition des matieres gazeuses. III : De la dissociation. IV : Application des phenomenes de dissociation a l'explication des reactions chimiques. V : De la dissociation dans la question des densites de vapeur. / The Neville copy is the same work possibly in a different pagination showing 126 pages – seemingly numbered 1-126 which is approximately equal to this copy. REFERENCES: DSB IV pp. 77-78; Neville I pp. 357-8; Partington IV p. 495; Waller 15890. Not in Cole. Impr. de C. Lahure, 1866]. hardcover
38956S.l.n.d. Paris c. 1854. in-8. 36pp. Broché couverture ancienne. Petits manques de papier au dos et au plat inférieur. Larges mouillures sur l'ensemble des feuillets. Rousseurs. Première édition. Dans ce mémoire le célèbre chimiste à qui l'on doit les premières recherches sur l'Aluminium du point de vue industriel se livre à une étude des roches sous l'angle de la chimie. Tiré à part très rare des Annales de Chimie et de Physique. S.l.n.d. (Paris, c. 1854). unknown
186562488London, Longman, Green Longman, Roberts et Green, 1865, in-8, Front, [6]-62 pp, [1 f. bl.], 32 p. de cat. éd, Percaline bordeaux de l'éditeur, Première édition, peu courante. L'ouvrage présente le texte lu par l'auteur à l'Université de Cambridge le 16 mai 1865. Le frontispice présente un graphique du spectre de la lumière électrique. John Tyndall (1820-1893) scientifique irlandais aux multiples visages, était un brillant vulgarisateur. On lui doit notamment la première monographique sur Faraday et d'importants travaux travaux sur le magnétisme et le diamagnétisme. Exemplaire exceptionnel, enrichi d'un envoi autographe de Tyndall au chimiste français, Henri Claire-Deville, "père" de l'aluminum, qui contribua, avec Pasteur, Wurtz, Dumas, au renouvellement et à la redéfinition théorique et expérimentale de la chimie, en France, autour des années 1860. Cachet annulé de l'Institut Catholique de Paris et étiquette en pied du dos. Bon exemplaire; dos insolé. Couverture rigide
1861028271861 Paris Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1861. Hardcover. Good. contient e.a. Histoire Générale des glycols par M.A. WURTZ pgs 101 - 139 de la synthèse en Chimie Organique par M. BERTHELOT pgs 141 - 203 - 225 x 14 cm - demi maroquin avec 5 nerfs titre et année estampés en or sur le dos plats et gardes en papier marblé - 4VIII3061 pgs - traces d'usage aux mors et au dos en tout bon ex. - Pasteur: DSB X 350-416 l'article pg 411- OSLER 1541 - Berthelot DSB II pgs 63-72 - Cahours DSB III pgs 10-11 Wurtz DSB XIV pgs 529-532 l'article pg 531 <br/> <br/> 1861 Paris Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
185747027(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1857. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 45, No 21. Pp. 833-908 (entire issue offered). Deville's paper: pp. 857-861.
185747027Paris Gauthier-Villars 1857. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 45 No 21. Pp. 833-908 entire issue offered. Deville's paper: pp. 857-861. <br/><br/><em>First printing of Deville's first paper on "Dissociation" establishing a new type of high temperature chemistry."The effect of heat on chemical reactions was of particular interest. From the time of Bergman it had been realized that reactions often followed a course at high temperatures which differed from that followed at lower ones. In 1857 Henri Deville began a eries of studies which established quantitatively a new type of high- temperature reaction. In the course of his studies on the preparation of sodium and potassium and their use as reducing agents in the manufacture of other metals Deville often used high temperatures. He was aware of the decompositions which often occurred under these conditions and he suspected that such decompositions were of very frequent occurrence. He therfore undertook the study of reactions which occurred reversibly at high temperature. Such reactions he called 'dissociations' and by an extensive series of studies he showed the importence of dissociation as a general phenomenon in chemistry." Leicester a. Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry" pp. 392 ff. </em> unknown
1859H38881Paris: Mallet-Bachelier 1859. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo 9 x 5.75 inches original publisher's wraps bound into mid-20th century half red morocco and marbled boards very good light rubbing and wear to binding contents very good and clean. 176 pp folding plate at rear. Although not stated from the estate of Paul O'Neill who was CEO of Alcoa before becoming Secretary of the Treasury. Mallet-Bachelier hardcover
185447214(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1854. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendu hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences"", Vol. 39, No. 7. Pp. (301-) 344. (Entire issue offered). Deville's paper: pp. 321-326.
185447214Paris Mallet-Bachelier 1854. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendu hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences" Vol. 39 No. 7. Pp. 301- 344. Entire issue offered. Deville's paper: pp. 321-326. <br/><br/><em>First printing of a milestone paper in chemical technology describing the methods by which it became possible to produce aluminium in larger industrial scale. In the paper Deville describes how to create the first crystalline silicon and he perfects the electrolytic process for obtaining metallic aluminium from sodium aluminium chloride."Deville’s methods made both metals readily available and drastically reduced their cost but he himself did not take much part in their later industrial development. He used the sodium obtained by his method for the preparation of such elements as silicon boron and titanium. His investigations of the metallurgy of platinum led to honors from the Russian government" DSB.In Sparrow's "Milestones of Science" is listed Deville's larger work from 1859 "De l'aluminium. Ses propriétés sa fabrication et sed application." No. 173. - Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1854 C. </em> unknown
4639P., Mallet-Bachelier, 1859, un volume in 8 reldié en demi-basane marron (reliure de l'époque), (dos légèrement frotté, cachets de bibliothèque sur les 3 premiers feuillets), 9pp., (1pp.), 176p., 1 planche dépliante
185087008Paris, Annales de Chimie et de Physique [Impr. Mallet-Bachelier], 1850-1863, in-8, 8 pièces, pagination multiple, Demi-basane fauve maroquinée de l'époque, dos à faux nerfs, Recueil réunissant des tirés à part de Henri Sainte-Claire Deville (1818-1881), célèbre découvreur de l'aluminium, et de son élève Henri Debray (1827-1888), chimiste, également. Tous ont été publiés dans la 3e série des Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Les pièces sont reliées dans l'ordre suivant : Sainte-Claire Deville : 1. Mémoire sur l'acide nitrique anhydre. Extrait des Annales de Chimie et de physique, 3e série, t. XXVIII (1850). 13 pp. ; 2. [avec F. WÖHLER] Du Bore [et] Recherches sur le titane et son affinité. Id, t. LII (1858). 35 pp. ; 3. [avec H. CARON] Du magnésium [et] Du silicium et des siliciures métalliques [et] Mémoire sur l'apatite, la wagnérite et quelques espèces artificielles de phosphates métalliques. Id, t. LXVII (1863). 43 pp. 4. [avec L. Troost] Mémoire sur les densités de vapeur à des températures très élevées [et] Observations sur une communication faite à l'Académie des Sciences par M. Bineau en date du 21 novembre 1859. Id, t. LVIII (1860). 48 pp. 5. De la présence du vanadium dans un minerai alumineux du midi de la France. Études analytiques sur les matières alumineuses [et] Observations sur la présence de quelques éléments ordinairement très rares dans des substances plus communes. Id, t. LXI (1861). 37 pp. Henri Debray : 6. Du glucium et de ses composés. Id, t. XLIV (1855). 37 pp. 7. Mémoire sur la production d'un certain nombre de phosphates et d'arséniates cristallisés. Id. t. LXI (1861). 37 pp. Debray devint l'assistant de Deville à la chaire de chimie de la Faculté des sciences de Paris en 1875. Ensemble, ils ont notamment examiné des alliages platine-iridium pour le compte du gouvernement russe, afin de déterminer s'ils convenaient pour la frappe de monnaie ; ils mirent au point des alliages à 15 et 10% (ce dernier pour l'étalon), fondus et coulés à Paris en 1874. Étiquette ex-libris Henri Vieillard, cachets de l'Institut catholique de Paris et étiquette en pied du dos. Manques et frottements à la reliure, rousseurs. Couverture rigide
171521211London 1715. Disbound. Mild soiling at edges<br/> <br/> Unrecorded<br/> <br/> An unrecorded British petitionary leaflet protesting the recent election of the young Sir Robert Gordon to Parliament for Caithness in Scotland. The petitioner Sir James St. Clare or Sinclair lost to Gordon in the February election and argues here that his opponent was not a valid candidate being "an Infant not Nineteen Years of Age" and unable to prove any land holdings in Caithness that would qualify him to be elected. St. Clare notes that he traveled "Five Hundred Miles to make good this his just Complaint." He was evidently rebuffed however as Gordon would serve as MP for Caithness from 1715 to 1722. Sir Robert Gordon 1696-1772 was the 4th Baronet of Letterfourie Sutherland. This extremely rare document is among the first examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons following the accession of King George I in 1714 and the Whig Party's massive victories in the elections of 1715. unknown
185942937Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1859, in-8, IX-176 pp, 1 pl, Chagrin bleu foncé, armes sur le plat supérieur et marque de prix sur le plat inférieur, tranches dorées, Première édition, très rare, illustrée d'une grande planche dépliante gravée sur cuivre et quelques figures sur bois dans le texte. Ouvrage fondamental, considéré comme l'un des textes les plus importants du XIXe siècle. En effet, Henri de Sainte-Claire Deville (1818-1881) prépara pour la première fois de l'aluminium pur en 1854 ; il en analysa les propriétés physiques et chimiques, et pressentit immédiatement l'utilisation que pourrait en faire l'industrie française. Napoléon III lui donna les moyens d'y arriver. En 1855, Jean-Baptiste Dumas présenta à l'Académie des sciences le premier lingot d'aluminium produit par Sainte-Claire Deville. Dans son ouvrage, l'auteur traite des propriétés physiques et chimiques de ce nouveau métal mais aussi de sa préparation et de ses applications industrielles. Intéressant exemplaire de prix du Concours général, remis par l'Académie de Paris et relié aux armes de Napoléon III. Rousseurs. Légers frottements. Bolton I, 795. Duveen 524. En français dans le texte, n° 279. Poggendorff II, 737. Russo, p. 131. Couverture rigide
184888778Gide et Cie | Paris 1848 | 23.5 x 30.8 cm | Relié
184888778Paris: Gide et Cie 1848. Fine. Very rare pre-publication of the Geological Voyage to the Antilles Gide et Cie Paris 1848 23.5 x 30.8 cm Relié Very rare edition comprising the independent pre-publication of the first part of the major geological expedition to the Antilles and the islands of Tenerife and Fogo a seven-volume quarto work also covering Guadeloupe Martinique and others.Illustrated with 9 lithographed plates including a folding map of the Cape Verde Islands and 6 tinted views.Not recorded by Sabin in his entry on the Voyage.Bound after by the same author: Recherches sur les principaux phénomènes de météorologie et de physique générale aux Antilles printed in Paris by Gide and J. Baudry in 1849.Bradel binding in full black textured cloth smooth spine decorated with blind fillets small losses to spine ends hinges rubbed double blind-ruled frame on boards yellow endpapers and pastedowns sprinkled edges corners slightly rubbed; contemporary binding.Charles Deville 18141876 known as Sainte-Claire Deville was a geologist born in the Antilles on the island of Saint Thomas a member of the Académie des Sciences and professor at the Collège de France.Some occasional foxing remains of a removed ex-libris on the pastedown.His body of work remains little known likely due to the extreme rarity of his publications. Gide et Cie hardcover