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On the Condension Nuclei produced in Gases by the Action of Röntgen Rays, Uranium Rays, Ultra-violet Light, and other Agents. Received October 29, - Read November 24, 1898.
(London, Harrison and Sons, 1899). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 192 - Series A. Pp. 403-453. Textillustrations. Clean and fine.
First printing of Wilson's second importent paper describing his further experiments with his ""Cloud Chamber"".""To the period 1895-1912 belongs the development of an instrument which to my mind is the most original and wonderful in scientific history.I refer to the cloud or expansion chamber of C.T.R. Wilson...It was a wonderful advance to be able to se, so to speak, the details of the adventures of these particles in their flight through the gas....""(Lord Rutherford).""C.T.R. Wilson had been developing his cloud-chamber, which was to provide the most powerfull of all methods of investigation in atomic physics. In moist air, if a certain degree of supersaturation is exceeded this can be secured by a sudden expansion of the air) condensation takes place on dust-nuclei, when any are present: if by preliminary operations condensation is made to take place on the dust-nuclei, and the resulting droplets are allowed to settle, the air in the chamber is thereby freed from dust. If now X-rays or radiation from a radioactive substance are passed into the chamber, and if the degree of supersaturation is sufficient, condensation again takes place: this is due to the production of ions by the radiation. Thus the tracks of ionising radiations can be made visible by the sudden expansion of a moist gas, each ion becoming the centre of a visible globule of water. Wilson showed that the ions produced by uranium radiation were identical with those produced by X-rays."" (Whittaker in ""A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity."" II, p. 4).
"WILSON, C.T.R. - THE ""WILSON-CLOUD-CHAMBER"" BROUGHT TO PERFECTION.
Reference : 47063
(1923)
Investigations on X-Rays and Beta-Rays by the Cloud Method.. Part I. - X-Rays. Part II. - Beta-Rays. (2 Papers).
London, Harrison and Sons, 1923. Royal8vo. Contemp. full cloth, gilt lettering to spine. A small stamp to verso of titlepage and on foot of a few leaves.. In: ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Series A, Vol. 104. VI,(6),676,XXXII pp., textillustr. and plates. (Entire volume offered). Wilson's papers: pp. (1-) 24 and 12 plates + pp. 192-212 and 9 plates.
First printing of the paper in which Wilson had brought his Cloud Chamber to perfection and showed the photographic tracks of the particles. The Cloud Chamber was the first detector of radioacticity and nuclear transmutations and it played an importent role in experimental particle physics e.g. the discovery of the positron. Wilson received the Nobel prize - together with Arthur Compton - in physics in 1927 for his work on the Cloud Chamber.""The 21 cloud chamber pictures of X-rays and beta-rays on coated stock printed recto only were the culmination of many years research by Wilson and at last showed the full potential of this method as a tool for particle physicists. Early in 1911 (Wilson) was the first person to see and photograph the tracks of individual alpha-particles and electrons. The event aroused great interest as the paths of the alpha-particle were just as W.H. Bragg had drawn them in publication some years earlier. But it was not until 1923 (the paperoffered) that the clous chamber was brought to perfection and led to his two, beautifully illustrated classic papers on the track of electron."" (The Nobel Foundation).
The Mysteries of the Atom.
London, Chapman & Hall, 1934. Orig. full cloth. Spine faded. Spine ends rubbed. X,146 pp.
First edition.
On the Electrical Conductivity of Flames Conatining Salt Vapours. Communicated by J.J. Thomson. Received March 19,- Read April 27, 1899.
(London, Harrison and Sons, 1899). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Year 1899, Volume 192 - Series A. - Pp. 499-528, textillustr. Clean and fine.
First printing of Wilson's paper in which he investigated the mobility of ions in flames, studying the electrical discharge in rarified gases...and following J.J. Thomson, made an attempt to determine the charge of the electron by using the cloud chamber. The experiment, in which he observed the fall of the condensation drops in the vertical electric fiels and its absence, was a forerunner of the more precise technique developed by Robert Millikan. (DSB 18, supplement II, p. 992).
L'énergie
Time LIFE. 1965. In-4. Cartonné. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 199 pages avec de nombreuses illustrations et photographies en noir et blanc et en couleurs. Ouvrage réalisé avec la collaboration de scientifiques : René Dubos, Herny Marguenau et C.P. Snow.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Handbuch der Physik I-III.
Breslau, Eduard Trewendt, 1891-93. Bound in 5 contemp. half calf bindings. Stamps on titlepages. Illustr.
Encyclopædie der Naturwissenschaften, III. Abtheilung.
Gedanken von den Eigenschaften, Wirkungen und Ursachen der Electricität, nebst einer Beschreibung zwo neuer Electrischen Maschinen.
Leipzig, Bernard Christoph Breitkopfs, 1744. Contemp. marbled boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pastd on spine. (32),168 pp. and 3 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine.
First edition. Here Winkler for the first time shows that the electrical spark ignates alcohol. He also presents his invention of electrical machines. - The work treats ""Properties, effects and causes of electricity" two new frictional machines, pp. 10 , 18 size of leather cushion, p. 21" velocity of electrical transmission, p.70, effect of magnet on electrical sparks, p. 63."" (Wheeler Gift, No 313).Poggendorff II, 1337.
"WINKLER, JOHANN EINRICH. - KRATZENSTEIN, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB.
Reference : 51381
(1744)
Gedanken von den Eigenschaften, Wirkungen und Ursachen der Electricität, nebst einer Beschreibung zwo neuer Electrischen Maschinen. (+ Winkler:) Die Eigenschaften der Electrischen Materie und des Electrischen Feuers aus verschiedenen neuen versuchen e...
Leipzig, Breitkop, 1744. (+) Leipzig, Breitkop, 1745. (+) Halle, Hemmerde, 1745. 8vo. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. raised bands. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on the first title-page. An old name erased from title-page leaving a small hole, no loss of letters. (32),168 pp. - (28),164 pp. and 7 (numb. I-VII, the first 3 belongs to the first work, 4 to the second) folded engraved plates, referring to both works !) - 62 pp. a. 1 engraved plate. Internally clean, printed on good paper.
Both works by Winkler first editions. In the first Winkler for the first time shows that the electrical spark ignates alcohol. He also presents his invention of electrical machines. - The work treats ""Properties, effects and causes of electricity" two new frictional machines, pp. 10 , 18 size of leather cushion, p. 21" velocity of electrical transmission, p.70, effect of magnet on electrical sparks, p. 63."" (Wheeler Gift, No 313).The second work also contains descriptions of the invented electrical machines and in which for the first time a leather cushion is used, which is pressed against the glass globes by a spring. (Wheeler Gift, No 323, lacking the plates).Kratzenstein's work is a PIONEERWORK IN ELECTROTHERAPHY. He was the first to use electricity for therapeutical purposes. He details a method of treatment which consists of seating the patient on a wooden stool, electrifying him by means of a large revolving frictional glass globe and then drawing sparks from him through the affected body parts. (Not in Wheeler Gift).
Theory of Finite Systems of Particles. 1. The Green Function.
København, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1964. 4to. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from ""Matematisk-fysisk Skfirter"" udgivet af ""Det Kongelig Danske Videnskabernes Selskab"", Bind 2, 8. Very fine and clean. 60 pp.
Offprint of Winter's extensive paper on the quantum mechanical aspects of the Green function.
Cours Supérieur De Manipulations De Physique
Paris Gauthier-Villars et Fils 1897 In-8 Fort XVII+472 pp, 2ème édition. Exemplaire non coupé, dos insolé, frotté avec fines coupures sans manques sur les mors.
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Thermodynamique à l'usage des ingénieurs
Gauthiers-Villars et Cie. S.d.. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur bon état. 201 pp. Coiffe en pied fendue sur les mors et frottée, dos légèrement frotté et fané. Ouvragedu début du XX° siècle.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Mémoires sur le Pendule. (Première - et seconde partie). Coll. de Mémoires relatifs à la Physique. (T. IV & V) Ens. 2 volumes.
Paris, Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889, 1891, gr. in-8vo, XLII + 216 + 226 / 429 p. + 1 planche dépl., reliure en demi-cuir originale. Plats en percaline verte avec supralibros dorés ‘Université de France / Lycée Condorcet’ Bel exemplaire.
Contient: Première partie: Mémoires sur le pendule, précédés d’une bibliographie. XLII (Introduction historique par C. Wolf) + 1 f. (entre-titre) + 216 p. (bibliographie du pendule, chronologie depuis 1629 jusqu'a la fin 1885) + 226 p. (e.a.: M. de la Condamine: de la mesure du pendule à Saint-Domingue (Extr. des mém. de l'Académie royale des sc. 1735) - Borda & Cassini: Exp. pour connaître la longueur du pendule qui bat les secondes à Paris - Prony: Longueur du pendule simple - Henry Kater: Longueur du pendule à secondes à la latitude de Londres - Bessel F.-W.: Longueur du pendule simple qui bat la seconde obs. de Koenigsberg) + 7 planches gravées dépl.Seconde partie: 429 p. + 1 planche dépl. (contient env. 18 mémoires e.a.: Baily: Recherches sur la correction du pendule pour la réduction au vide acc. sur quelques remarques sur quelques anomalies observés dans l’exp. du pendule). (première partie, précédés d’une bibliographie) & Tome 5 (seconde partie). Publ. par la Societé Francaise de Physique. En 2 volumes. Image disp.
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Halle im Magdeburgischen, Rengerischen Buchhandlung, 1727-29. 8vo. Bound in 3 contemp. full vellum. One corner a bit bumped. Backcover on vol. 2 with a small loss of vellum at front edge. 3 engraved frontispieces. Titlepages printed in red/black. (14),599,(9)(14),568,(8)(14),624,(8) pp. and 49 folded engraved plates with many figs each (17 + 14 + 18). One plate in vol. 2 with a minor loss in upper right corner, affecting 1 figure. On foot of forst titlepage a stamp (Greve Scheel). Internally fine.
Wolff's popular handbook dealing with the whole spectra of physics and technology, depicting experimental apparatus and technical inventions.Poggendorff II:1355.
[Typographie de Firmin-Didot et Cie] - WOLFF, Etienne ; ROSTAND, Jean
Reference : 70362
(1972)
Discours prononcés dans la séance publique tenue par l'Académie Française pour la réception de M. Etienne Wolff le jeudi 19 octobre 1972 [ Livre dédicacé par Etienne Wolff à Maurice Druon ] [ Contient : Discours de réception d'Etienne Wolff à l'Académie française - Réponse de Rostand Jean ]
1 vol. in-4 br. Institut de France, Académie Française, Typographie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris, 1972, 41 pp.
Important exemplaire de son discours de réception dédicacé par Etienne Wolff "Pour mon cher et admiré Maurice Druon, en témoignage de reconnaissance et de vive sympathie". Bon état pour ce remarquable exemplaire du tirage de l'Institut, dédicacé par Etienne Wolff, de superbe provenance : de la bibliothèque du grand écrivain et auteur des "Rois Maudits", Maurice Druon, futur Secrétaire Perpétuel de l'Académie Française de 1985 à 1999 et immortel auteur avec son oncle Joseph Kessel du texte du "Chant des Partisans". Le discours d'Etienne Wolff porte sur son prédécesseur le professeur Louis Pasteur Valléry-Radot. L'exemplaire est enrichi d'un tiré-à-part d'Etienne Wolff : "Une poétesse oubliée : Catherine Bernard nièce de Pierre Corneille" et d'une grande photo prise lors d'une séance à l'Académie : Maurice Druon présidant à la tribune, Maurice Genevoix sur la gauche, et peut-être Etienne Wolff descendant les marches.
De electronentheorie. Als verklaring van de moderne opvattingen omtrent de materie. 2e druk.
Deventer, Ae.E. Kluwer, 1926, in-8vo, 4 leaves + 87 pp. + 2 folding pl., ill. with 7 fig., light occasional foxing, orig. wrappers.
Second editionof this Dutch work on the theory of electrons, explications of early 20th century knowledge on matter. The first edition was published in 1913.
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Handbuch der Mathematik, Physik, Geodäsie und Astronomie. In 2 Bänden.
Zürich, Schulthess 1869-1872 1869-1872, gr. in-8vo, XII + 492 S. / VIII + 459 S. mit zahlr. Abbildungen, leicht gebräunt, Hs. Notizen u. Stempeln auf Titelbl., rez- Halbleinen, schönes Exemplar.
Wolf (1816-1893) war Professor der Mathematik und Astronomie an der Universität in Zürich, Direktor der meteorolog. Zentralanstalt und Präsident der geodätischen Kommission der Schweiz (vgl. Poggend. III, 1460).- 1. Ausgabe!- Durchgehend, teilweise etwas stärker, stockfleckig. Neueingebunden.
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X-ray scattering and Atomic Structure.
(Menasha, George Banta Publishing, 1932). Royal8vo. In the original orange printed wrappers. In ""Reviews of Modern Physics"", Volume 4, April, Number 2. Entire issue offered. Previous owner's name to top of front wrapper, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 205-259. [Entire volume: Pp. 205-470].
First printing of Wollan's paper - the first since Compton's ""X-rays and Electrons - on X-ray scattering.
"WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - AN EARLY STATEMENT OF ""CONSERVATION OF ENERGY""
Reference : 42853
(1806)
The Bakerian Lecture on the Force of Percussion. Read November 14, 1805.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1806). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1806 - Part I. Pp. 13-22.
First printing of Wollaston's Bakerian lecture where he defends Gottfried Leibniz's principle of vis viva, an gives an early formulation of the conservation of energy.
"WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - THE INVENTION OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA LENS.
Reference : 46063
(1812)
On a Periscopic Camera Obscura and Microscope. Read June 11, 1812.
London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1812. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1812. With titlepage to the year 1812 - Part I. Pp. 370-377. Light yellowing to titlepage.
First appearance of the paper in which Wollaston explains his invention and function of photography's first lens, the Wollaston Meniscus, invented more than 25 years before the first photography appeared.""Wollaston developed the first lens specifically for camera lens called Wollaston's meniscus lens, or just meniscus lens, in 1812. The lens was designed to improve the image projected by the camera obscura. By changing the shape of the lens, Wollaston was able to project a flatter image, eliminating much of the distortion that was a problem with many of that day's biconvex lenses"" (DSB).
PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE DES HAUTES ENERGIES
DUNOD / MONOGRAPHIES. 1963. In-12. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos fané, Intérieur frais. 240 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
L'influence de la couleur : sachez utiliser la couleur pour augmenter votre bien-être physique, mental et spirituel.
Le Jour Editeur, 1986, 139 p., broché, page de garde annotée, quelques pages surlignées au crayon à papier, bon état pour le reste.
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Cours élémentaire de physique, Ouvrage conforme auxprogrammes officiels concernant l'examen d'entrée à l'Université, l'examen de Commis aux différentes administrations de l'Etat, l'enseignement de la physique dans les Athénées, Collèges et Ecoles moyennes
R. Van Velsen, 1896 14 x 22, 410 pp., 362 figures, reliure, dos cuir, Bon état - reliure usagée, quelques annotations
Solides - Liquides, hydrostatique - Gaz - Acoustique - Chaleur - Optique - Magnétisme - Electricité
Tension de vapeur températures d'ébullition - lois des gaz / vapour pressure boiling temperatures - gas laws - tables annuelles de constantes et données numériques n°6/annual tables of constants and numerical data 6.
Hermann & cie. 1937. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 55+10 pages - texte en français et en anglais - tampon sur le 1er plat et sur la page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
texte en français et en anglais - volume XI 1931-1934 chapitres 13,14. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
L'Electroactivité dans la chimie des cellules
HERMANN et Cie. 1935. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 82 pages. Nombreux dessins et croquis en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Quelques pages non coupées, en fin d'ouvrage.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Actualités Scientifiques et Inductrielles, n°514. Exposés de Biophysique. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
La théorie atomique. 9e édition précédée d'une introduction sur la vie et les travaux de l'auteur par Ch. Friedel.
1904 Paris, Alcan (Bibliothèque Scientifique Internationale), 1904, in 8° relié pleine percaline éditeur, VIII-LV-248 pages
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