‎Ueber die von Herrn Kerr gefundene neue Beziehung zwischen Licht und Elektricität.‎

‎(Giessen, 1880). Offprint from ""Berich der Oberhess. Gesellschaft f. Natur-u. Heilkunde"" pp. 1-16 and 1 lithographed plate. From the library of H. Becquerel with his small paperlabel pasted on front with the booknumber ""B 1919"".‎

‎First edition in the scarce offprint.‎

‎""Nachweis der elektromagnetischen Drehung der Polarisationsebene des Lichtes im Schwefelkohlenstoffdampf"".‎

‎(Leipzig, 1879). From ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie."" pp. 541- 544 and 1 lithographed plate. From the library of H. Becquerel with his small paperlabel pasted on front with the booknumber ""B 1916"".‎

‎First edition.‎

‎""Ueber die elektromagnetische Drehung der Polarisationsebene des Lichtes in den Gasen"".‎

‎(München, 1879). From ""Sitzungsberichte...München"" pp. 147-170 and 2 folded lithographed plates. From the library of H. Becquerel with his small paperlabel pasted on front with the booknumber ""B 1917""‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Über die Anwendung des Eiscalorimeters zur Bestimmung der Intensität der Sonnenstrahlung.‎

‎(Wien, 1874). Lex8vo. Orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Offprint from ""Sitzungsberichte der k. Akad. d. Wissensch."" pp. 1-11 and 1 lithographed plate.‎

‎First edition in the scarce offprint.‎

‎Ueber die Compressibilität des Sylvins, des Steinsalzes und der wässerigen Chlorkaliumlösungen.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1888. Orig. printed wrappers. Offprint from ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie..."" pp. 531-551.‎

‎First edition in the scarce offprint.‎

‎Ueber die Einfluss des Druckes auf die Brechungsexponenten von Wasser, Schwefelkohlenstoff, Benzol, Aethyläther und einigen Alkoholen.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, (1891). Orig. printed wrappers. Offprint from ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"" pp. 24-51 and 1 folded plate.‎

‎First edition in the scarce offprint and with ""Von den Verfasser überreicht"" printed on frontwrapper.‎

‎Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen. (Erste- Zweite Mittheilung) + Weitere Betrachtungen über die Eigenschaften der X-Strahlen. (Dritte Mittheilung). 3 Papers (all).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1898. Contemp. hcloth, A small nick to boards on frontcover. Light wear to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine. A stamp to verso of title-page. In Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Neue Folge, Band 64. VIII,(2),812 a. 2 plates. Röntgen's papers: 1. pp. 1-11, pp. 12-17 a. pp. 18-37. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎First full exposition of Röntgen's discovery of X-rays, the foundation stones of roentgenology, unveiling a new form of matter and offering a new revolutionary method for medical diagnosis.In order to ensure priority for his discovery, Röntgen first published the two first papers (Erste-Zweite Mittheilung) as offprints from ""Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-medicinischen Gesellschaft zu Würtzburg"" in 1895-96, but his discovery only finds its full form in the offered papers, as ""Dritte Mittheilung"" appears here.""Aside from its obvious applications, Roentgen's discovery galvanized the world of physics and led to a rash of further discoveries that so completely overturned the old concepts of the science, that the discovery of X-rays is sometimes considered the first stroke of the Second Scientific Revolution. (The First Scientific Revolution is, of course that which included Galileo and his experiments on falling bodies). Within a matter of months, investigations of X rays led to the discovery of radioactivity by Becquerel....The importence of the discovery was well recognized in its own time. In 1896 Roentgen shared the Rumford Medal with Lenard and in 1901, when Nobel Prizes were set up.the first to be honoured with a Nobel Prize in Physics was Roentgen."" (Asimov).Garrison & Morton No 2683 (only listing 1. paper) - PMM No 380 (listing only 2 parts) - Dibner: 162 (listing only 2 parts).‎

‎Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen. (Erste- Zweite Mittheilung) + Weitere Betrachtungen über die Eigenschaften der X-Strahlen. (Dritte Mittheilung). 3 Papers (all).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1898. Contemp. hcalf, spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Some scratches to spine and corners bumped and with wear. Some scratching to boards.Stamps to titlepage and one leaf. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"", Neue Folge, Band 64. VIII,(2),812 a. 2 plates. (Entire volume offered). Röntgen's papers: 1. pp. 1-11, pp. 12-17 a. pp. 18-37. Internally clean.‎

‎First full exposition of Röntgen's discovery of X-rays, the foundation stones of roentgenology, unveiling a new form of matter and offering a new revolutionary method for medical diagnosis.In order to ensure priority for his discovery, Röntgen first published the two first papers (Erste-Zweite Mittheilung) as offprints from ""Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-medicinischen Gesellschaft zu Würtzburg"" in 1895-96, but his discovery only finds its full form in the offered papers, as ""Dritte Mittheilung"" appears here.""Aside from its obvious applications, Roentgen's discovery galvanized the world of physics and led to a rash of further discoveries that so completely overturned the old concepts of the science, that the discovery of X-rays is sometimes considered the first stroke of the Second Scientific Revolution. (The First Scientific Revolution is, of course that which included Galileo and his experiments on falling bodies). Within a matter of months, investigations of X rays led to the discovery of radioactivity by Becquerel....The importence of the discovery was well recognized in its own time. In 1896 Roentgen shared the Rumford Medal with Lenard and in 1901, when Nobel Prizes were set up.the first to be honoured with a Nobel Prize in Physics was Roentgen."" (Asimov).Garrison & Morton No 2683 (only listing 1. paper) - PMM No 380 (listing only 2 parts) - Dibner: 162 (listing only 2 parts).‎

‎Neue Versuche über die Absorption von Wärme durch Wasserdampf. 2 Parts. (+ Hertz:) Ueber die Beziehungen zwischen den Maxwellschen electrodynamischen Grundgleichungen und den Grundgleichungen der gegnerischen Electrodynamik.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1884. Contemp.hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine. Spine very slightly rubbed. Small stamp on htitle, title and verso of titlepage.""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"". Neue Folge Bd. 23. VIII,696 pp. and 8 folded plates. Röntgen's paper: pp. 1-40 a. 259-298, 2 folded plates. - Hertz's paper: pp. 84-103. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of Röntgen's early paper on the heat absorption in vapor. ""Having constructed a very sensitive air thermometer, he was able to measure the absorption of heat in water vapor, and his flair for experiment was also shown by his work on the compressibility of liquids and solids.""(DSB XI, p.530).An. HERTZ'S paper: This is a major paper by Hertz in which he gives simple proofs of Maxwell's fundamental equations. ""In 1884, at Kiel, Hertz had already carried out a study of Maxwell's theory. It was a theoretical response to Helmholtz' general problem of deciding between the electrodynamical theories. Whereas Helmholtz had shown that the experimental decision lay with unclosed currents, Hertz showed that a theoretical decision could be made on the basis of predictions for closed currents. Hertz proved that Maxwell's equations were compatible with the physical assumptions shared by all electrodynamical theories and that the equations of the contending theories were not. He concluded that if the choice lay solely between Maxwell's equations and the equations of the other type of theory, then Maxwell's were clearly preferable."" (DSB VI, pp. 344-45).The volume contains also an importent paper by OTTO RICHARD LUMMER his Inauguraldissertation: ""Über eine neue Inteferenzerscheinung an Planparallelen Glasplatten und eine Methode, die Planparallelität solcher Gläser zu prüfen"". Pp. 40-84 a. 1 plate. and ""Ueber eine neue Inteferenzerscheinung."" pp. 513-548. - Also papers by Kundt, Kohlrausch, Weber and others.‎

‎Adversaria. Udgivet af Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab ved Thyra Eibe og Kirstine Meyer.‎

‎København, Bianco Luno, 1910 Royal8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers and sewing loose. (8),271 pp., textdiagrams. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of Roemers astronomical notes. The notes tells systematically how to correct the errors of reading his famous construction of the meridian instrument when placed in position. Adversaria also records another of his outstanding achievements, being the construction of the thermometer.‎

‎Adversaria. Udgivet af Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab ved Thyra Eibe og Kirstine Meyer.‎

‎København, Bianco Luno, 1910 Royal8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine.(8),271 pp., textdiagrams. Fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of Roemers astronomical notes. The notes tells systematically how to correct the errors of reading his famous construction of the meridian instrument when placed in position. Adversaria also records another of his outstanding achievements, being the construction of the thermometer.‎

‎Sichtbares und unsichtbares Licht‎

‎, Berlin, Julius Springer 1938, viii + 176pp.(with 135ill.), 1°ed., cart.cover‎

‎An Account of Experiments to determine the Figure of the Earth, by means of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds in differents Latitudes" as well as on other Subjects of philosophical Inquiry.‎

‎London, John Murray, 1825. 4to. Uncut and unopened in original blank brown boards. Gilt lettering (weak) to spine. Spineends a bit frayed. XV,(3),509,(2) pp., 1 folded maps, 1 folded chart. Clean and fine.‎

‎First edition. It also contains a brief account of captain Clavering's voyage to the Arctic Regions.""The Royal Society next sent Sabine on a pendulum expedition in 1821-1822 around the Atlantic to determine the true figure of the earth, a project that brought him the Copley Medal. A pattern was developing in his work, clearly of a Humboldtian nature - the gathering and analysis of geophysical data on a large, ever global, scale. While the range of Sabine’s interests was wide, terrestrial magnetism attracted most of his attention.""(DSB). - Sabin, 74699.‎

‎On Irregularities observed in the direction of the Compass Needles of H.M.S. Isabella and Alexander, in their late Voyage of Discovery, and caused by the attraction of the Iron contained in the Ships. Read February 18, 1819.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 112-122 and 1 engraved plate.‎

‎First printing. The observations were performed on the Discovery-Expedition to the North-West Passage.‎

‎An account of experiments to determine the acceleration of the Pendulum in different Latitudes. Read March 8, 1821.‎

‎(London, W.Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables.‎

‎First appearance of the paper in which Sabine relates his discoveries with the pendulum on his 2 voyages, the first on John Ross' expedition in 1818 - relating observations from Island of Brassa, Shetland, Hare Island, London - and from the second voyage with William Parry on the arctic expedition - relating observations from Melville Island. From these observations he estimated the figure of the earth.""An artillery officer, Sabine was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. While retaining his commission - Sabine eventually reached the rank of general - the started scientific work at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. On the recommendation of the Royal Society, he accompanied John Ross on an expedition to seek the Northwest Passage in 1818 and was with William Edward Parry on his 1819-1820 Arctic expedition. From the latter voyage. he said, came the idea of a great ship-borne expedition of “physical discovery” to the southern hemisphere.""(DSB).‎

‎Theories of Light from Descartes to Newton.‎

‎ Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1981, 230x150mm, 365pages, paperback. Book in good condition.‎

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‎Le Nouvel Univers.‎

‎P., Gallimard (« L'Avenir de la Science, 12 »), 1940. in-8°, broche. 262 pages.‎

‎Bon exemplaire. [SC-2] ‎

‎L'ether lumineux demontré par l'effet du vent relatif d'éther dans un interfèromètre en rotation uniforme (+) Sur la preuve de la réalité de l´éther lumineux par l'epérience de l´interférograph tournant. - [THE SAGNAC EFFECT]‎

‎(Paris: Gauthier-Villars), 1913. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences"", Vol 157, No 17 & 25.. Entire issues offered. Pp. 708-714" Pp. 1410-13. [Entire issue: Pp. 665-736" pp. 1357-1492].‎

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‎First appearance of Sagnac two seminal papers which together constitutes the first interferometry experiment aimed at observing the correlation of angular velocity and phase showing that if a beam of light is split and sent in two opposite directions around a closed path on a revolving platform with mirrors on its perimeter, and then the beams are recombined, they will exhibit interference effects. From this result Sagnac concluded that light propagates at a speed independent of the speed of the source. The motion of the earth through space had no apparent effect on the speed of the light beam, no matter how the platform was turned.""Sagnac interpreted the shift in the position of the interference fringes in terms of an ""ether wind"" that gave the light beams traveling in opposite directions different velocities. He was convinced that the phenomenon observed with the rotating interferometer demonstrated the existence of an immobile ether. Sagnac later tried to develop a theory of electrodynamics that would retain classical ideas of space, time, and ether by analyzing the propagation of energy statistically and separately from the propagation of motion. He retained a lifelong dislike for relativity, and in 1923 he interpreted some observations of stellar color shift as being due to an ether wind, rather than as supporting the general theory of relativity.The results of Sagnac's interferometer experiments were used by some scientists in France as an argument against the theory of relativity. As late as 1937 Dufour and Prunier repeated the experiment in a modified form for that purpose. The experiment does not contradict relativity theory in any way, however, and in 1921 and 1937 Langevin responded with an explanation of how it should be interpreted."" (DSB)‎

‎La physique moderne. Essai sur l'unité des phénomènes naturels‎

‎Germer Baillière. 1867. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Manque en coiffe de tête, Quelques rousseurs. 228 pages. Dos cassé. Charnières arrachées. Dos fané. Manque en coiffe de pied.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎La Physique moderne, essai sur l'unité des phénomènes naturels‎

‎Paris Germer Baillière 1867 in-12 broché Paris, Germer Baillière, 1867. Coll. "Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine". 18 x 11,5 cm, 228 pp. - 8 pp. de catalogue de l'éditeur, broché, couverture verte imprimée.‎

‎Edition originale. Bon exemplaire (petite fente à un mors, dos fané). Bon ‎

‎L'ordre du monde physique et sa cause première d'après la science moderne.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 274 pages. Quelques rousseurs.‎

‎Livre. Deuxième édition. Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1915.‎

‎Recueil d'exercices sur la mécanique rationnelle à l'usage des candidats à la licence et à l'agrégation des sciences mathématiques -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎P., Gauthier-Villars, 1877, un volume in 8 relié en demi-chagrin marron, dos orné de fers dorés (reliure de l'époque), (quelques rousseurs), 8pp., 456pp.‎

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- Albert de SAINT-GERMAIN fut professeur de mécanique à la faculté des sciences de Caen et Maître de conférence à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes de Paris**8727/M5AR‎

‎ TRAITE ABREGE DE PHYSIQUE A USAGE DES COLLEGES. ‎

‎ 1763 PARIS. Chez DURAND. 1763 ; TOME 1/6,1 volume in-12 (17,3 x 10,5), plein veau blond moucheté de l'époque, dos lisse richement orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches marbrées bleues, page de titre, XXIV, bandeaux, lettrine et cul de lampe, 422 pages.‎

‎Reliure solide (première charnière légèrement fragilisée au haut), à peine frottée, 2 coins émoussés, intérieur frais : légères rousseurs éparses. (photos sur demande) ‎

‎Nouvelle théorie des marées - Le mouvement différentiel -- EDITION ORIGINALE - EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND PAPIER‎

‎P., Berger-Levrault, 1895, un volume in 4, pleine toile verte (reliure postérieure), (page de titre uniformément roussie), 4pp., 127pp., 8 planches hors texte‎

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE - EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND PAPIER ---- Théorie actuelle des marées - Théorie nouvelle ; le mouvement différentiel - Forces différentielles - La théorie du mouvement différentiel est un corollaire du principe d'Archimède - Conséquences du mouvement moléculaire horizontal - Les marées sont proportionnelles au produit des forces attractives des astres par la profondeur de l'Océan - Principe nouveau ; véritable marée ; variations des marées - Action dynamique des astres et réaction hydrostatique de l'Océan - Marée générale ou marée mère - Marées locales ; retard dans les marées - Force centrifuge ; courants de l'Océan ; vents alizés et contre-alizés - Météorologie : marées d'air ; cyclones, hauteur de l'atmosphère ; influence des montagnes ; météores - Marées solaires ; marées planétaires ; marées souterraines ; tremblements de terre - Quelques conséquences de la théorie du mouvement différentiel ; Preuves de la théorie du mouvement différentiel**6855/M5AR‎

‎Traité abrégé de Physique, a L'usage des Colleges. 6 Vols.‎

‎Paris, Durand, 1763. Small8vo. Bound in 6 contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spines. Stamps on title-pages. Internally fine.‎