‎A Theory of the X-Rays.‎

‎London, Macmillan & Co., 1896. Royal8vo. In the publisher's pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering and Nature's logo to spines and front board. In ""Nature"", May - October, 1896, Vol. 54. Entire volume offered. Slight wear to extremities and front hinge loose. Two stamps to titel page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Rare in the publisher's binding. Pp. 66-7 [Entire volume: XXXVI, 640, CLX, 4, CLXII-CCVIII pp.].‎

‎First appearance of Michelson's paper on Röntgen's famous discovery of X-Rays. Within six months of Wilhelm Röntgen's announcement of his discovery several proposals were put forth about the physical nature of the rays. The present suggests that X-rays is coused by vortices in the aether.Michelson famously known for the Michelson-Morley Experiment or The Ether Drag, an experiment that would ultimately lead to the special theory of relativity.‎

‎The relative Motion of Earth and the Luminiferous ether" - [THE EARLIEST EXPERIMENT WITH THE INTERFEROMETER - THE ""ETHER-DRAG"" EXPERIMENT]‎

‎New Haven, Conn., J.D. & E.S. Dana, 1881. 8vo. Extracted from ""The American Journal of Science"", Third series vol. XXII, Numb. CXXVIII, pp. (87-) 166. With title-page to the entire volume. Title-page with a faint rubberstamp. The Michelson-paper: pp. 120-129. Two leaves with small tear to the margin.‎

‎The seminal first edition of the first description of the first version of a series of experiments with the Interferometer, which was built by Michelson and with which he planned to measure the relative speeds of light-waves moving at right angles to each other - an experiment that would ultimately lead to the special theory of relativity. The series of experiments ended with the so-called ""Michelson-Morley experiment"", the results of which were published 6 years after Michelson's first experiment (the item offered here). The 1887 paper, written together with Morley, constituted an improved attempt of the 1881- version of the experiment. The experiments were designed to calculate the effect of the earth's motion on the passage of light rays through the ""luminous ether"", which was believed to surround the earth. The experiments were negative and as such led to the introduction of relativity.""Michelson tried to determinate the relation of ether drift and the velocity of light, effect of extremely minute values...no drift could be found and the ""negative result held revolutionary implications which led directly through Lorentz and Einstein to the acceptance of new standards of reference of time and space from geometry an cosmometry.""(Dibner).In 1919 Einstein met Michelson in California. At a dinner given in honor of them both, Einstein said in a speech ""You (Michelson) uncovered an insidious defect in the ether theory of light, as it existed, and stimulated the ideas of H.A. Lorentz and Fitzgerald, out of which the Special Theory of Relativity developed. Without your work this theory would today be scarcely more than an interesting speculation..."" In an interview in 1842 Einstein said: ""It is no doubt that Michelson's experiment was of considerably influence upon my work insofar as it strengthened my conviction concerning the validity of the Principle of relativity...On the other side I was pretty much convinced of the validity of the principle before I did know this experiment and its result. In any case, Michelson's experiment removed practically any doubt about the validity of the principle in optics and showed that a profound change of the basic concepts of physics was inevitable.""Michelson was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize ""for his optical precision instrument (the inteferometer) and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations he has carried on.""Dibner: Heralds of Science: 161 (the 1887-experiment) - Vide PMM: 378,410,408.‎

‎On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether. - [THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT, THE ETHER DRAG.]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1887. 8vo. In recent full blue cloth. In: ""The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science"" Fifth Series, Vol. 24. VIII,524 pp., textillustr. and 9 plates. (Entire volume offered). Michelson & Morley's paper: pp. 449-463, textillustr. (depicting experimental apparatus etc.). Title-page with light soiling and lower 2 cm loose and traces from previous binding in inner maring. Otherwise a good copy.‎

‎First European publication of this classic paper which announced one of the most celebrated experiments in the history of physics and eventually led Einstein to his Relativity Theory (see PMM 378,410,408). The paper appeared first in the ""American Journal of Science"" just one month before in November, not in August as stated in PMM. The offered paper appeared in the December issue 1887 and in a slightly modified form.Michelson was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, in 1907, for the measurement of the speed of light through the design and application of precise optical instruments such as the interferometer, which was used in this experiment.""Michelson, trained at the U.S. Naval Academy, and Morley, minister turned chemist, began a series of experiments to determine the relation of ether drift and the velocity of light, effects of extremely minute values. They used a slightly silvered glass set angular to a ray of sunlight so that a part ofthe ray was transmitted, a part reflected out and again returned, thereby providing two paths, one perpendicular to the other. If drift existed, the superimposed rays would produce interference. None was observed, showing that the earth's motion did not affect the light's speed. The negative result held revolutionary implications which led directly thru Lorentz and Einstein to the acceptance of new standards of reference of time and space from geometry and cosmometry.""(Dibner).Dibner No 161 (listing the offered paper from Philosophical Magazine). - Norman 1505.- Magee ""A Source Book in Physics"", pp. 369 ff. (the offered paper).The volume contains another paper by Michelson and Morley ""On a method of Making the Wave-lenght of Sodium Light the actual and practical Standard of Lenght"", pp. 463-466.‎

‎Sur le mouvement relatif de la terre et de l'éther.‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1882. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 94, No 8. Pp. (473-) 548 (entire issue offered). Michelson's paper: pp. 520-523, 1 textillustr.‎

‎First printing of this importent paper in which Michelson corrected an effect on his inteferometer which he had neglected in his first experiment on the ether drag of 1881.""Michelson himself, on presenting in 1882 (the paper offered) an account of his first esperiment to the Academie des Sciences, acknowledged that he had made an error in his earler report of 1881 and had neglected the effect of the earth's motion on the path of light in the inteferometer arm at right angles to the motion"" (Holton ""Thematic origins of Scientific Thought"", p. 265).""‎

‎MASERS et LASERS‎

‎PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE FRANCE / LA SCIENCE VIVANTE. 1965. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 151 pages. Nombreuses photos et illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎MASERS ET LASERS. VOYAGE AU PAYS DE L'ELECTRONIQUE QUANTIQUE.‎

‎PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE FRANCE / LA SCIENCE VIVANTE. 1965. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 151 pages. Quelques photos et illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Quelques annotations et traits de stylo bleu.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Préface d'Alfred Kastler. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎L'AVENIR de l'HUMANITE‎

‎Un ouvrage de 382 pages, format 160 x 240 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 2019, Editions De Boeck, bon état‎

‎Le terraformage de mars ; les voyages interstellaires ; l'immortalité et notre destinée au-delà de la terre‎

‎Microskopion - L'actualité micrographique , nos informations [ Wild Heerbrugg ] : 20 numéros, du n° 21 au n° 39 + n° 41 ‎

‎20 fasc. in-12 br., couv. et ill. couleurs, Microskopion Wild Heerbrugg, Heerburgg (Suisse), 1972 - 1983, env. 440 pp. au total.‎

‎Bon état pour cette superbe publication technique produite par la société de microscopes Wild Heerbrug SA. Prix pour l'ensemble des 20 numéros. Poids de 1,1 KG. Peu courant.‎

‎LA THEORIE EINSTEINIENNE DE LA GRAVITATION - Essai de vulgarisation de la théorie. ‎

‎Paris, Hermann, 1922. In-12 broché, 118 pages, premier plat illustré, catalogue in fine. Etat correct.‎

‎La Théorie Einsteinienne de la Gravitation. Essai de vulgarisation de la théorie.‎

‎Paris: J. Hermann, 1922 in-12, 120 pages, ill., broché, couv. lég. défraichie.‎

‎La Théorie Einsteinienne de la Gravitation. Essai de vulgarisation de la théorie. (Paris: J. Hermann, 1922). [M.C.: Sciences, physique]‎

‎ l'aube de la th orie des quanta. Notes in dites d' mile Borel sur un cours de Paul Langevin au Coll ge de France (1912-1913)‎

‎, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, xviii + 335 pages, Size:200 x 260 mm, Illustrations:73 col., Language: French. ISBN 9782503586380.‎

‎Summary mile Borel et Paul Langevin repr sentent deux facettes de la science fran aise, en math matiques et en physique, au d but du XXe si cle. La physique quantique naissante qui l' poque bouleverse les conceptions scientifiques, les a r unis par la voie d'un cours au Coll ge de France en 1912-1913. Langevin ne publiant pas ses cours, aucune trace de celui-ci ne nous tait parvenue. La d couverte fortuite du carnet de notes de Borel, auditeur de Langevin, permet de combler cette lacune. TABLE OF CONTENTS Avant-Propos Historique du manuscrit I Le contexte 1 le socle du cours 2 Le public du cours 3 Borel et la prise de notes Conclusions II Le cahier de Borel Principes de l' dition 4 Rayonnement thermique et axiomatique 5 Les lois thermodynamiques du rayonnement 6 changes d' nergie entre mati re et rayonnement. Mouvement brownien 7 La th orie de Rayleigh-Jeans. De Lorentz Langevin 8 M canique statistique et hypoth se quantique Conclusion g n rale Bibliographie III Annexes R sum cours de Marcel Brillouin Coll ge de France (1900-1901) R sum s cours de Langevin Coll ge de France (1902-1914) Cours de Langevin Coll ge de France et cahiers d' l ves (1902-1939) Quelques th or mes de la m canique statistique‎

‎L'électron Collection Nouvelle collection scientifique‎

‎Félix Alcan. 1926. In-12. Broché. Bon état, 1er plat abîmé, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 345 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Collection Nouvelle collection scientifique. Etiquette sur coiffe en pied. Tampon bibliothèque. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Zeemaneffekt an Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Zink, Kadmium, Mangan und Chrom.‎

‎Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1907. 8vo. In contemporary halv calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik"", Vierte Folge, Band 24. Entire volume offered. Stamp to title page. Wear to extremities. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 105-136. [Entire volume: 968 pp.].‎

‎First appearance of Miller's dissertation on the Zeeman effect on various chemical element.‎

‎A New Modification of the Cloud Method of Determining the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Most Probable Value of that Charge. - [THE OIL DROP EXPERIMENT]‎

‎London, Taylor & Francis, 1910. 8vo. Bound with the original wrappers in recent full blue cloth with black lettering to spine. In ""The Philosophical Magazine"" for February 1910, vol 19, no. 110. The entire issue offered. Wrappers reinforced in margin, otherwise a fine copy. Pp. 209-228 [Entire issue: pp. 209-336].‎

‎First edition of Millikan's landmark experiment in which he first provided the definitive proof that all electrical charges are exact multiples of a definite, fundamental value, namely the charge of the electron which in essence made possible the measurement of the electrical charge. In this paper, Millikan makes ""the important discovery that individual drops always carried an exact multiple of the smallest charge measured - this being the first accurate measurement of the charge of the electron"" ( Davis, Science in the Making, Volume 3, 10-11). Today it is primarily known as the 'oil-drop experiment'. ""By 1909 Millikan was deeply involved in an attempt to measure the electronic charge. No one had yet obtained a reliable value for this fundamental constant, and some antiatomistic Continental physicists were insisting that it was not the constant of a unique particle but a statistical average of diverse electrical energies. Millikan launched his investigation with a technique developed by the British-born physicist H. A. Wilson" it consisted essentially of measuring, first, the rate at which a charged cloud of water vapor fell under the influence of gravity and then the modified rate under the counterforce of an electric field. Using Stokes's law of fall to determine the mass of the cloud, one could in principle compute the ionic charge. Millikan quickly recognized the numerous uncertainties in this technique, including the fact that evaporation at the surface of the cloud confused the measure of its rate of fall. Hoping to correct for this effect, he decided to study the evaporation history of the cloud while a strong electric Held held it in a stationary position.But when Millikan switched on the powerful field, the cloud disappeared" in its place were a few charged water drops moving slowly in response to the imposed electrical force. He quickly realized that it would be a good deal more accurate to determine the electronic charge by working with a single drop than with the swarm of particles in a cloud. Finding that he could make measurements on water drops for up to forty-five seconds before they evaporated. Millikan arrived at a value for e in 1909 which he considered accurate to within 2 percent. More important, he observed that the charge on any given water drop was always an integral multiple of an irreducible value. This result provided the most persuasive evidence yet that electrons were fundamental particles of identical charge and mass.Late in 1909 Millikan greatly improved the drop method by substituting oil for water. Because of the relatively low volatility of this liquid, he could measure the rise and fall of the drops for up to four and a half hours. Spraying the chamber with radium radiation, he could change the charge on a single drop at will. His overall results decisively confirmed the integral-multiple values of the total charge. As for the determination of e itself, Millikan found that Stokes's law was inadequate for his experimental circumstances because the size of the drops was comparable with the mean free path of the air. Using the so-called Stokes-Cunningham version of the law, which took this condition into account, by late 1910 he had computed a charge for e of 4.891×10-10 e.s.u. Realizing that the accuracy of this figure was no better than that of the key constants involved in the computation, Millikan painstakingly reevaluated the coefficient of viscosity of air and the mean-free-path term in the Stokes-Cunningham law. In 1913 he published the value for the electronic charge, 4.774±.009×10-10 e.s.u., which would serve the world of science for a generation."" (DSB). In 1923 Millikan became the first American-born Nobel laureate for his work on determination of Planck's constant on the basis of Einstein's theory of the photoelectric effect.‎

‎L'électron. Traduit sur la seconde édition américaine par Adolphe Lepape.‎

‎ P., Alcan, 1926, in 12 broché, 346 pages ; cachets. ‎

‎Illustré de 42 figures. PHOTOS sur DEMANDE. ...................... Photos sur demande ..........................‎

‎Das Elektron. Seine Isolierung und Messung, Bestimmung einiger seiner Eigenschaften. Übersetzt von Karl Stöckl. ‘Die Wissenschaft’, 69.‎

‎Braunschweig, Friedr. Vieweg, 1922, in-8vo, X (slightly loosening) + 263 p., with 32 ill., original half cloth binding.‎

‎First German edition of this work on the electron in the general sense, that is the elementary quantum of electricity; by the great American scientist of the university of Chicago, specialist on electromagnetism and on the electron. The first edition was published in English in 1917. Dictionary of Scientific Biography IX/395-400. ‎

‎L'électron. Traduit sur la 2e édition américaine par Adolphe Lerape. ‘Nouvelle collection scientifique’.‎

‎Paris, Félix Alcan, 1926, in-8°, VIII + 346 p., illustré de 42 figures, non rogné, brochure originale, très bon exemplaire en parfait état.‎

‎Première édition française d'un important traité de physique publié en édition originale en 1917 et considérablement mis à jour en 1924, par le grand spécialiste américain de l'électromagnétisme et des recherches sur l'électron, de l'Université de Chicago. Cet ouvrage de synthèse sur la question contient les chapitres suivants: Théories anciennes de l'électricité / Extension des lois de l'électrolyse aux phénomènes de conductibilité dans les gaz / Premiers essais de détermination directe de la grandeur de l'électron / Preuve générale de la structure atomique de l'électicité / Détermination exacte de ‘e’ / Mécanisme de l'ionisation des gaz par les rayons X et par les rayons du radium / Mouvements browniens dans les gaz / L'électron est-il divisible? / La structure de l'atome / Nature de l'énergie rayonnante. Dictionary of Scientific Biography IX/395-400. ‎

‎Relativity Gravitation and World-Structure.‎

‎Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1935. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth, gilt. With dustjacket. Jacket frayed, mainly at upper edges and on top of spine. VIII,(2),365,(1) pp., 2 plates, textillustrations. Clean and fine.‎

‎First edition of Milne's controversial work ""in which he introduced a new deductive system of theoretical physicswhich came to be called kinematic relativity. He introduced the useful term ""cosmological principle"" to signify that observers associated with galaxies in his model and in many others, including those based on general relativity, would see similar ""world pictures"". Milne went on to derive from his model many properties analogous to the laws of dynamics, gravitation, and electromagnetic theory. These developments of his theory were not generally accepted, and it is now thought that the most important effect of his work was that it led to fresh attempts to analyze the concepts of time and space-time."" (DSB).‎

‎Theoretical Aerodynamics.‎

‎New York, Dover Publ., 1973. Paperback. XVII, 430 pp.‎

‎Lasers‎

‎John Wiley & sons. 1988. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 731 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Texte écrit en anglais. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Cours d'électronique. 2: Tubes et semi-conducteurs.‎

‎Couverture rigide. Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 304 pages.‎

‎Livre. A l'usage des ingénieurs et des techniciens supérieurs. Editions Eyrolles, 1966.‎

‎Cours d'électronique. 3: Amplification, circuits intégrés.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 194 pages.‎

‎Livre. Editions Eyrolles (Collection : ingénieurs E.E.A), 1974.‎

‎Cours d'électronique. tome 1 seul: Circuits à régime variable.‎

‎Couverture rigide. Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 158 pages. Perforation "spécimen".‎

‎Livre. A l'usage des ingénieurs et des techniciens supérieurs. Editions Eyrolles, 1966.‎

‎Problèmes d'électronique avec leurs solutions. tome 1 seul: Circuits à régime variable.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 232 pages.‎

‎Livre. A l'usage des ecoles ingénieurs et des I.U.T. Editions Eyrolles, 1968.‎

‎BIZARRE BIG BANG - L'EPOPEE DE LA PHYSIQUE / COLLECTION REGARDS SUR LA SCIENCE.‎

‎BELIN / POUR LA SCIENCE. 2003. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 303 pages - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - plats illustrés en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎