BECQUEREL, (ANTOINE CÉSAR). - PIONEER-INVESTIGATION ON PIEZOELECTRICITY.
Reference : 45992
(1823)
(Paris, Crochard, 1823). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 23 (Premier Cahier), With halftitlepage to vol. 23. Pp. 5-112. (Entire issue offered). Becquerel's paper: pp. 5-43 and 1 engraved plates showing apparatus. Slightly brownspotted.
First appearance of a pioneer-paper on Piezoelectricity in which Becquerel for the first time treats the phenomena - creation of electricity by pressure - in a quantitative way.