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18982090502130302277Kuroemon Nishimura 1898. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kuroemon Nishimura paperback
183959127Paris Crochard 1839. Entire October-issue with original printed yellow wrappers wrappers loose. In:"Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." tome 72 Series 2. Entire volume octobre-issue offered. Pp. 113-222. Gerhardt's paper: pp. 184-214.Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of a classic paper in organic chemistry in which Gerhardt breaks with the conceptions of dualism and pre-existing radicals and sets forth his "Theory of Residues". The October-issue also contains Gerhards paper "Recherches chimiques sur l'Hellénine" pp. 163-183. A subject for his doctoral thesis in 1840. "A new aspect was given to the substitution-type theory by Gerhardt who explained the formation of organic compounds as due to "pairing" or "copulation" of residues."Findlay "A Hundred years of Chemistry" p. 30 ff. </em> unknown
185549133Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1855. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences" Vol 40 No 5 6. Pp. 205- 260 a. pp. 261- 324. 2 entire issue offered. Hermite's paper's: pp. 249-256 a. 304-309. <br/><br/><em>First printing of Hermite's importent paper in which he created the theory of transformations."Another topic on which Hermite worked and made important contributions was the theory of quadratic forms. This led him to study invariant theory and he found a reciprocity law relating to binary forms. With his understanding of quadratic forms and invariant theory he created a theory of transformations in 1855. His results on this topic provided connections between number theory theta functions and the transformations of abelian functions.""Hermite’s 1855 results became basic for the transformation theory of Abelian functions as well as for Camille Jordan’s theory of "Abelian" groups. They also led to Herrnite’s own theory of the fifth-degree equation and of the modular equations of elliptic functions."DSB. </em> unknown
189148777Harlem Les Heritieres Loosjes 1891. Lex8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. In "Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles. Redigée par J. Bosschar" Tome XXV 2me Livraison. Pp. 101- 226 entire issue offered. Lorentz's paper: pp. 107-130. A faint stamp to frontwrapper and to the first page. <br/><br/><em>First edition. In this paper Lorentz applies statistical methods to his molecular theory of dlute solutions discussing the phenomena of osmosis van't Hoff's law of pressure in this context and Boltzmann's theorem. </em> unknown
186642764London Taylor and Francis 1866. Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London." Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 249-268 a. 1 lithographed plate. A few brownspots to the plate. Having the titlepage to vol. 156 - Part I. A few brownspots to lower margins. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a major paper in the kinetic theory of gases in which Maxwell proved that the viscosity was independent of pressure as predicted and nearly a linear function of the absolute temperature T.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath John James Waterston James Joule and particularly Rudolf Clausius to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt; but it received enormous development from Maxwell who in this field appeared as an experimenter on the laws of gaseous friction as well as a mathematician."James Clerk Maxwell published a famous paper in 1866 the paper offered using the kinetic theory of gases to study gaseous viscosity. The internal friction the viscosity of the gas is determined by the probability a particle of layer A enters layer B with a corresponding transfer of momentum. Maxwell's calculations showed him that the viscosity coefficient is proportional to both the density the mean free path and the mean velocity of the atoms. On the other hand the mean free path is inversely proportional to the density. So an increase of pressure doesn't result in any change of the viscosity. </em> unknown
1894DEMO000524IChicago: John E. Hoham & Co 1894. Official Edition. Hardcover. good. portraits. 4to 824 pages cloth <br/><br/> John E. Hoham & Co hardcover
1890001476London Printing & Publishing Company Approx 1890. 48 engraved plates - of the heroines - engraved in the style of art from drawings by Frith Egg Kenny Meadows Hayter Corbould and other eminent artists. Letter-press extracts from the text in English and French; and critical essays on each of the characters. Tooled and ornate gilt leather spine. Overall very good condition. Happy to answer any questions and will gladly email a scan of book. Half-Leather. Large format Hardback. <br /><br /> London Printing & Publishing Company, hardcover
185843056Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1858. Contemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff" Vierte Reihe Bd. 15 =Poggendorff Bd. 105. X636 pp. and 4 folded lithographed plates. Clausius's paper: pp. 239-258. The entire volume offered. Fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this main paper in the working out of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in which Clausius announced his determination of the equation governing the mean free path lenght of a molecule moving freely in gases. By this he inscribed his name as one of the founders of the Kinetic Theory of Gases."Clausius was one of the founders of the kinetic theory of gases and of the science of thermodynamics. He and Lord Kelvin at about the same time and independently announced the Second Law of thermodynamics. Clausius particularly developed the theory of thermodynamics by applying it to the study of gases and vapors."Magie in "A Source Book in Physics" p. 228."In order to analyze the process of molecular collisions Clausius adopted a simplified model for his admittedly complicated molecule. He assumed that whatever the actual patterns on intermolecular forces one could suppose that there is some advantage distance between the centers of molecules which would represent a general boundary between attractive and repulsive forces. If two molecules were to approach each other within that boundary repulsion would generally occur. Thus the very complex problem of intermolecular action was reduced to a "billiard ball" model." DSB III p. 307-06. - Parkinson Breakthroughs C/P 1858. </em> hardcover
186243530Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1862. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff" 115. Bd. 1. issue "Heft" No 1 1862. Titlepage to vol. 115. Pp. 1-176 a. 1 folded engraved plate. The entire issue offereed "Heft" 1. Clausius' paper: pp. 1-56. Some brownspots to right marginon some leaves. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this importent paper the seciond of C's papers in the working out of the Kinetic Theory of Gases. In the paper he states that he found an error in Maxwell's theory of gases an error Maxwell was to admit as far more serious. "In his initial approach to the conduction of heat in gases Maxwell drew a brilliant analogy between diffusion a transfer of mass and conduction a transfer of kinetic energy thereby making it possible to use the form of his diffusion equation to represent conduction simply replacing the mass of a molecule with its kinetic energy. Clausius critized this adoption of the diffusion equation because given the assumptions mass transfer would accompany the heat conduction and the process would not be one of energy transfer alone. He then offered a revised theory of conduction. "DSB III p. 308."Clausius was one of the founders of the kinetic theory of gases and of the science of thermodynamics. He and Lord Kelvin at about the same time and independently announced the Second Law of thermodynamics. Clausius particularly developed the theory of thermodynamics by applying it to the study of gases and vapors."Magie in "A Source Book in Physics" p. 228. </em> unknown
180344129Halle Rengerschen Buchhandlung 1803. Without wrappers as extracted from "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 12. Pp. 310-318 a. pp. 385-395. <br/><br/><em>First German edition of both papers constituting the first 2 papers in his "Experimental Essays on the constitution of mixed gases." 1802 in which he formulated his famous gas laws and raised the foundation of the atomic theory in chemistry.The publication of these papers gave him at once international reputation they tried to explain why the gases of the atmosphere remain mixed instead of segregating with the heaviest element at the bottom it states that the maximum density of a vapour in contact with its liquid remains the same whether other gases be present or not and the vies that the particles of everykind of elastic fluid are elastic only with regard to their own kind and that the total pressure of the atmosphere equals the sum of the pressures exerted by the individual gases each of which excerts its pressure independently of the others. This was the first step toward his atomic theory of in chemistry. </em> unknown
180843629Halle Rengerschen Buchhandlung 1808. Without wrappers as published in "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 28 Viertes Stück. The entire issue offered =Heft 4. Titlepage to vol. 28 small stamps on verso. Pp. 377-496 a. 3 engraved plates. Dalton's paper: pp. 397-416 a. 1 engraved plate showing apparatus. <br/><br/><em>First appearence i German of Dalton's epoch-making paper in which is contained THE FIRST CLEAR STATEMENT OF MODERN ATOMIC THEORY and having the FIRST LIST OF ATOMIC WEIGHTS "Verhältniss der Gewichte der kleinsten Theilschen von gasförmigen und andern Körpern." Table of the relative weights of the ultimate particles of gaseous and other bodies. The paper offered is a free translation of Dalton's paper "On the Absorption of Gases by Water and Other Liquids" published 1805 in "Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester"."The paper was read to the Manchester Philosophical Society by Dalton in 1803 and printed in 1805. The appended table in this paper is the first list of atomic weights. Dalton in this publication took the law which William henry had recently enunciated that the amount of of gas absorbed by a liquid is proportional to the pressure and extended it to apply to mixtures of gases using his own law of partial pressures." Leicester & Klicktein "A Source Book in Chemistry" p. 258.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1803 C.- Smyth No. 38. </em> unknown
183443361Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1834. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff" 1. Bd. 31. Bd. der Reihe No. 21 22 a. 23. Pp. 321-368. Liebig's paper: Titlepage to 1. Bd. pp. 321-360. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance - the paper was published at the same time in "Annalen der Pharmacie" - of an importent paper on Radicals in which he regards alcohol as a hydrate of the ethyl radical and ether as the oxide of the ethyl radical. The paper is also relevant for the discovery and development of ether as an anaesthesia. </em> unknown
185243564Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1852. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff" Dritte Reihe Bd. 26 Achtes Stück.= Heft No. 8 of 1852. The entire issue No. 8 offered. Titlepage to vol. 26. Pp. 501-600. Helmholtz's paper: pp. 501-523. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this founding paper in the modern theory of colour in which Helmholtz proved the surprising fact that there are only two among the colours of the spectrum yellow and indigo-blue which together yields pure white that is are complementary to each other whereas their combination had always been supposed to produce green."Helmholtz turned to the intricate problems of color vision in 1852 with an attack on Sir David Brewster's new theory of light. Brewster had maintained the objective reality of three primary colors by supposing in opposition to Newton that there exist three distinct kinds of light each of which excites in the eye one of the sensations red yellow or blue. Helmholtz regarded the theory as still another confusion of physical stimulus and subjective responce.He also revived Young's theory of color visoin.only to refute it. He had discovered that spectral colors when mixed always yield a duller color of less-than-spectral saturation. Therefore the whole idea that all colors may be obtained from mixtures of three primary colors must be incorrect he concluded for the spectral colorss at least can never be obtained in their full saturation by mixing any three of their number.Although Helmholtz dismissed Young's theory in 1852 by 1858 he had changed his mind and become its formost advocate. In order to save Ypoung's theory.Helmholtz asumed that Young's physiological primaries are not spectral colors att all but colors of far greater-than-spectral saturation."DSB VI pp. 246-247. Garrison & Morton 1508. </em> unknown
190048173Berlin Johann Ambrosius Barth 1900. Contemp. hcloth. over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Housed in a fine black morocco slicase gilt borders on sides spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. In: "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge Band 1. VIII 792 pp. 3 folded engraved plates.Entire volume offered. Planck's papers: pp. 69-122; 621-624;719-737. A very fine and clean copy. With the bookplate of Andras Gedeon on inside frontcover. <br/><br/><em>First edition of these fundamental and highly influential Planck-papers in which he defines his concept of entropy and heat radiation and hereby ANTICIPATES HIS FAMOUS SEMINAL PAPER OF 1900 which redefined physics and took it to the 20th century. - The first two papers "Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" were rewritten for the "Annalen" and was first introduced in "Sitzungsberichte d.k. Akad. Wissensch. zu Berlin"."By invoking the hypothesis of natural radiation Planck not only succeeded in obtaining a relation between the energy of the resonator and the intensity of radiation for a given wavelength or frequency but also in defining the entropy of radiation by a proper expression such that the change of the total entropy was always a positive quantity". Mehra Jagdish. The historical development of quantum theory 2001 p. 36. These results found in the period 1894-00 culminated in the present paper "Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" and for the first time incorporates the concept of natural radiation and made a purely electromagnetic definition of entropy and of temperature. </em> hardcover
190049800Berlin Johann Ambrosius Barth 1900. Later full buckram. Stamp on verso of titlepage. Narrow inner margins binding style with cords in margin. In: "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge Band 1. VIII 792 pp. 3 folded engraved plates.Entire volume offered. Planck's papers: pp. 69-122; 621-624;719-737. Internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First edition of these fundamental and highly influential Planck-papers in which he defines his concept of entropy and heat radiation and hereby ANTICIPATES HIS FAMOUS SEMINAL PAPER OF 1900 which redefined physics and took it to the 20th century. - The first two papers "Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" were rewritten for the "Annalen" and was first introduced in "Sitzungsberichte d.k. Akad. Wissensch. zu Berlin"."By invoking the hypothesis of natural radiation Planck not only succeeded in obtaining a relation between the energy of the resonator and the intensity of radiation for a given wavelength or frequency but also in defining the entropy of radiation by a proper expression such that the change of the total entropy was always a positive quantity". Mehra Jagdish. The historical development of quantum theory 2001 p. 36. These results found in the period 1894-00 culminated in the present paper "Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" and for the first time incorporates the concept of natural radiation and made a purely electromagnetic definition of entropy and of temperature. </em> hardcover
180349442Halle Rengerschen Buchhandlung 1803. Without wrappers as published in "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 13 Viertes Stück. Pp. 385-504 a. 1 engraved plate. The entire issue offered. Dalton's paper: pp. 438-445. <br/><br/><em>First German version of one of the founding papers in which he formulated his famous gas laws and raised the foundation of the atomic theory in chemistry.Smyth "John Dalton. A Bibliography" No 29. </em> unknown
189741482Berlin 1897. 4to. Uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. Fresh copy fine and clean. Near mint. The entire "Heft" II: Pp. 35-81. Planck's paper pp.35-46. <br/><br/><em>Max Planck is considered to be the founder of the quantum theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. "Über irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge" is a mathematical description of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from a black-body."Über irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge was published in five parts in the period 1897-1901 the present volume being number 1."With the Kirchhoff-Wien-Boltzmann work as a background Max Planck began his attack on the black-body problem in 1897. He labored under the erroneous impression for some time that Wien's formula was the only one which harmonized with the second law of thermodynamics. The experiments on black-bodies due to Lummer and Pringsheim Rubens and Kurlbaum forced him from that position." Planck Max. Catalogue 258 Interlibrum Vaduz "I had already been struggling with the problem of the equilibrium of matter and radiation for some years without success; I knew the problem is of fundamental significance for Physics." The significance was unparallelled when he in December 1900 delivered a paper entitled "On the Theory of the Energy Distribution Law in the Normal Spectrum" before the German Physical Society which today is considered the birth of quantum physics. The present volume constitutes a precursor to this work. - Akademie No 33 </em> unknown