Ampere andré - marie

1820 · 2667 — Paris: Crochard 1820. First edition. Half-calf. Very Good. THE ORIGINS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM. AMPÈRE'S FIRST DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRIC CURRENT-FLOW AND MAGNETISM. Ampère often worked by publishing his ideas chiefly in Annales de chimie et de physiques at times as much as once a week. When he had further thoughts on the topic he would publish revisions. The "first great memoir on electrodynamics" the present paper is the seed of what would become a series of papers "establishing the laws of forces acting between conductors carrying current" DSB p. 144; Dibner Heralds 62. In this - the first appearance of Ampère's discussion of electric current-flow as it relates to magnetism - Ampère effectively establishes a new field of science and paves the way for developments in electrodynamics.<br /> <br /> In this volume the original periodical publication Ampère's discussion begins on pp. 59-76 and continues on pp. 170-218.<br /> <br /> AMPÈRE ANDRÉ MARIE. "Mémoire . De l'Action mutuelle de deux courans électriques". IN: Annales de chimie et de physiques vol. 15. Paris: Crochard 1820. pp. 59-76 170-218. Octavo later three quarter calf over early boards. 448 pp. 5 full-page plates by Adam Sculp including one fold-out plate. Some toning to extreme edge of text very occasional light spotting otherwise fine.<br /> <br /> References:<br /> <br /> DSB: L. Pearce Williams "Ampère André-Marie" Dictionary of Scientific Biography 16 vols. New York: Scribner's 1980 I: Pierre Abailard-L.S. Berg pp. 139-147<br /> <br /> Dibner Bern Heralds of Science New York: Burndy Library and The Smithsonian Institute 1980<br /> <br /> Norman Jeremy M. and Diana H. Hook The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine San Francisco: Jeremy Norman 1991. Crochard unknown