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Systèmes de références et mouvements (physique relativiste) VII Essai critique sur la doctrine relativiste Collection Actualités scientifiques et industrielles N° 492
Hermann & Cie. 1937. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. Paginé de 398 à 448 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Etiquette sur coiffe en pied. Tampon bibliothèque. Collection Actualités scientifiques et industrielles N° 492. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Le Temps Absolu et l'Espace à quatre dimensions (La Gravitation - La Masse - La Lumière).
P., Albert Blanchard, 1928, in 8° relié demi-toile noire moderne à la bradel, dos lisse avec titre doré, (10)-IV-127 pages ; figures ; coins légèrement émoussés.
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Le temps absolu et l'espace à quatre dimensions - La gravitation, la masse, la lumière , préface de Maurice d'Ocagne
Librairie Scientifique Albert Blanchard Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1928 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur crème grand In-8 1 vol. - 137 pages
39 figures dans le texte en noir 1ere édition, édition originale, 1928 Contents, Chapitres : Préface de Maurice d'Ocagne, 6 pages, avant-propos, iv, Texte, 127 pages - L'espace à quatre dimensions - Les rapports de l'éther et de la matière - La figure d'ensemble de l'Univers - La gravitation - La masse - Le mouvement absolu - Le temps absolu - La nature de la lumière - Phénomènes lumineux généraux - Quelques chiffres - Le mouvement des étoiles et des planètes - Le mouvement des planètes autour du Soleil infimes micro-déchirures sans manques sur les bords des plats, sans aucune gravité, la couverture reste en très bon état, intérieur frais et propre, papier à peine jauni, cela reste un bon exemplaire de cet ouvrage de relativité généralisée
Geschichtliche Darstellung des Galvanismus. Erweiterte Ausarbeitung einer im Jahr von der philosophischen Facultät der Universität zu Heidelberg gekronten Preisschrift.
Stittgart u. Tübingen, J.G. Cotta, 1848. Bound in a very fine contemp. hcalf with profusely gilt spine. A stamp on titlepage and a closed tear, no loss. XXIV,638 pp. Internally clean and fine.
Importent early treatment of the development of electricity and electromagnetism, not only in their theoretical aspects but also describing their uses in chemistry, medicine etc. Extensive references to the literaure and papers in periodicals.
Prediction and Entropy of Printed English. (Contained in The Bell System Technical Journal, Volume XXX, No. 1, p.50-64.). - [FIRST MEASUREMENTS OF ""SHANNON ENTROPY"".]
(New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1951). 8vo. The complete issue in original blue printed wrappers. Pp. 50-64. [Entire volume: pp. 1-212.].
First edition of Shannon's famous article in which he measures the entropy rate of English text to be between 1.0 and 1.5 bits per letter, or as low as 0.6 to 1.3 bits per letter.""A new method of estimating the entropy and redundancy of a language is described. This method exploits the knowledge of the language statistics possessed by those who speak the language, and depends on experimental results in prediction of the next letter when the preceding text is known. Results of experiments in prediction are given, and some properties of an ideal predictor are developed."" (From the introduction to the present article).""Natural languages are highly redundant"" the number of intelligible fifty-letter English sentences is many fewer than 26*50, and the number of distinguishable ten-second phone conversations is far smaller than the number of sound signals that could be generated with frequencies up to 20.000 Hz. This immediately suggests a theory for signal compression. If you can recode the alphabet so that common sequences of letters and abbreviated, while infrequent combinations are spelled out in lengthy fashion, you can dramatically reduce the channel capacity needed to send the data."" (Sethna, Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 100).
Memory Requirements in a Telephone Exchange (Manuscript Received Dec. 7, 1949).
(New York), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1950. 8vo. Volume XXIX, July, No. 3, 1950 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". In the original printed blue wrappers. A bit of minor browning to extremities. Wrapper only attached to back hinge. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 343-359. [Entire issue: Pp. 295-468].
First edition of Shannon's influential paper on how to construct a telephone exchange network. ""The problem of designing a good rearrangeable network was (probably first) considered in a paper of C. E. Shannon investigating memory requirements in a telephone exchange. On the networks that he considered he imposed the realistic ""separate memory condition"" to the effect that in operation a separate part of the memory can be signed to each call on progress. This means that completion of a new call or termination of an old call will not disturb the state of memory elements associated with any call in progress. [...] Shannon's separate memory condition is actually met by modern connecting networks [...]. (Benes, Vaclav Edward. Mathematical Theory of Connecting Networks and Telephone Traffic: 017, 1965, p. 119.) Claude Shannon is widely regarded as being the father of information theory and cryptography. Origins of Cyberspace 883.The present issue also includes:1. Southworth, George C. Principles and Applications of Waveguide Transmission. Pp. 295-342.2. Hartley, R.V.L. Matter, A Mode of Motion. Pp. 350-368.3. Hartley, R.V.L. The Reflection of Diverging Waves by a Gyrostatic Medium. Pp. 369-389.4. Pierce, J.R. Traveling-Wave Tubes (Third Installment). Pp. 390-460.
Probability of Error for Optimal Codes in a Gaussian Channel. [Manuscript received October 17, 1958].
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1959. 8vo. Volume XXXVIII, 1959 of The Bell System Technical Journal bound in a nice full green cloth with gilt title to spine. Library stamp to top of title page. Binding tight, clean and fresh. Also internally very nice and clean. Pp. 611-656. [Entire volume: 14, (2), 907 pp.]
First edition.From the introduction to the present article: ""A study is made of coding and decoding systems for a continuous channel with an additive Gaussian noise and subject to an average power limitation at the transmitter. Upper and lower bounds are found for the error probability in decoding with optimal codes and decoding systems. These bounds are close together for signaling rates near channel capacity and also for signaling rates near zero, but diverge between. Curves exhibiting these bounds are given."" Claude Shannon is widely regarded as being the father of information theory and cryptography.See:OOC 898.
The Scientific Life - A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
The University of Chicago Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2008 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, editor's binding, under editor's black printed dust-jacket, illustrated by the gates to the executive suite of the art deco chanin building in Manhattan, ca. 1928, designed by Rene Paul Chambellan grand In-8 1 vol. - 485 pages
17 black and white text-figures 1st edition, 2008 Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Acknowledgments, Preface, xvii, Text, Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography, Index, 468 pages - Knowledge and virtue : The way we live now - From calling to job : Nature, truth, method, and vocation from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries - The moral equivalence of scientist : A history of the very idea - Who is the industrial scientist ? The view from the tower - The scientist and the civic virtues : The moral life of organized science - The scientific entrepreneur : Money, Motives, and the place of virtue - Visions of the future : Uncertainty and virtue in the world of high-tech and venture capital - The way we live now : Epilogue near fine copy, the editor's dust-jacket is fine, inside is fine, clean and unmarked
Bath-Tub Vortex. - [THE CORIOLIS EFFECT ON A BATHTUB VORTEX]
London, Macmillian, 1962. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary full cloth with two black title label to spine. In ""Nature"", Vol. 196, October - December. Library labels to end paper and one library stamp to title page. Light soiling to extremities, internally fine and clean. Pp. 1080-1. [Entire colume: LII, 1346 pp.].
First appearance of Shapiro's famous paper in which he sought to describe a bathtub vortex with the Coriolis Effect. This eventually gave birth to the urban myth that a toilet vortex always will have a counter clockwise flow in the Northern Hemisphere. The Coriolis effect on a micro level is still disputed and has never been satisfyingly confirmed or rejected. Scientists were aware that Earth's rotation alters the trajectory of objects in motion. This phenomenon causes low-pressure weather systems to twist counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. The Coriolis effect, as it's known, had long been well documented as the cause of hurricanes and tornadoes. But despite previous attempts, no one had shown that the effect-first described in 1835 by the French engineer and mathematician Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis-works on very small scales as well. Though in theory it should influence bathwater's exit through a drain, the Coriolis effect was thought to be too small to see.""For his experiment, Shapiro used a circular, flat-bottomed tub with a centered drain hole three-eighths of an inch in diameter to which he attached a 20-foot length of hose, plugged with a stopper at the end. He filled the tank six inches deep with clean, room-temperature water. Small variations-air movement, a temperature change, a surface disturbance-create buoyancy currents that overshadow the Coriolis effect. So Shapiro did much tinkering to cancel out these possible sources of interference-covering the tank with a sheet of plastic to keep out air currents, for example, and carefully controlling the room's temperature. He also filled the tank by swirling water in clockwise, so that if the water drained counterclockwise, the direction would not have been influenced by how the tank was filled.After 24 hours of letting the water settle, Shapiro carefully pulled the plug from the end of the hose, gently placing above the drain a small float made of two crossed slivers of wood an inch long. It took about 20 minutes for the tub to drain completely. For the first 12 to 15 minutes, the float remained motionless. Then it began to rotate almost imperceptibly, counterclockwise, reaching a peak speed of approximately one revolution every three to four seconds. Proving that the Coriolis effect can be detected in a bathtub-size tank, albeit under carefully controlled conditions, was a remarkable achievement. At MIT's latitude of 42°, the effect was ""only thirty-millionths that of gravity, which is so small that it will be overcome by filling and even temperature differences and water impurities,"" reported one of many newspapers and periodicals covering the experiment. Shapiro's results were published in Nature and verified by colleagues who used his technique to demonstrate a clockwise flow in the Southern Hemisphere. The findings fascinated a curious public of all ages. Shapiro would also become known for explaining and improving the aerodynamics of golf ball dimples, as well as for helping to develop the intra-aortic balloon for heart patients and devices to treat blood clots, asthma, emphysema, and glaucoma. But for more than a decade after the bathtub test, he would receive letters and newspaper clippings from all over the world about what was dubbed the ""bathtub vortex"" controversy. "" (MIT Technology Review).
Local Currents and their Applications , Proceedings of an Informal Conference, Princeton, 8-10 October 1971
North-Holland Publishing Company and American Elsevier Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1974 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon paperback In-8 1 vol. - 181 pages
Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, xiii, Text, 168 pages - R. Dashen : Ideas about the role of currents in particle physics - A. Jaffe and O. McBryan : What constructive field theory says about currents - R.A. Brandt : Current commutators on the light cone - D.H. Sharp : What we have learned about representing local nonrelativistic current algebras - G.A. Goldin : What we have learned about local relativistic current algebras - B. Anderson : Matrix elements of local operators - B.W. Lee : A theory of electromagnetic and weak interactions - S.L. Adler : Anomalies in Ward identities and current commutation relations near fine copy
LE CHARME DE LA PHYSIQUE La recherche des secrets de la matière
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La physique Collection Le monde des sciences
France Loisirs. 1990. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 160 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs dans texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Collection Le monde des sciences. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Le monde des sciences. La Physique.
1990 Paris, France Loisirs, 1990, in 4° relié plein skyvertex bleu de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 160 pages.
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La Physique
FRANCE LOISIRS. 1990. In-4. Relié. Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais. 160 pages. Nombreuses illustrations et photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans le texte et en planches hors-texte. Relié en simili-cuir bleu nuit.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
"""Le Monde des Sciences"". Molécules, la lumière, le magnétisme, l'électricité, l'électromagnétisme, atomes et éléments, monde quantique, rayonnements et radioacticité, fission et fusion nucléaire... Classification Dewey : 530-Physique"
LA PHYSIQUE
FRANCE LOISIRS/ EQUINOX. 1990. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 159 pages. Nombreuses photos et/ou illustrations en couleurs, dans et/ou hors texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
LE MONDE DES SCIENCES Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
Le monde des sciences - La physique
France Loisirs. 1991. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 160 pages - nombreuses photos et illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique
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Nature and Origin of Standards of Quality [Shewhart] (+) Fluctuations of Random Noise Power [Slepian]. - [THE FATHER OF QUALITY CONTROL]
(New York), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1958. 8vo. Volume XXXVII, January, No. 1, 1958 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". In the original printed blue wrappers. A bit of sunning to spine and previous owner's signature to front wrapper, otherwise a very nice and fresh copy. [Shewhart's paper:] Pp. 1-22. [Slepian's paper:] Pp. 163-184.
First edition of Shewhart's important paper on statistical quality control.""Shewhart successfully brought together the disciplines of statistics, engineering, and economics and became known as the father of modern quality control. Shewhart was concerned that statistical theory serve the needs of industry. He exhibited the restlessness of one looking for a better way. A man of science who patiently developed and tested his ideas and the ideas of others, he was an astute observer of developments in the world of science and technology. In that respect, the field of quality control can claim a genuine pioneer in Shewhart."" (Berger, Roger W. The Certified quality engineer handbook, 2002, P. 55).Most of Shewhart's papers were keept unpublished but implemented in the Bell Laboratories. The present paper was written in 1935 and it's techniques were put into practice immediately after it was, however, first published for a wider audience with the present article in 1958.The issue also includes the first edition of SLEPIAN'S groundbreaking paper on fluctuations of random noise. His analysis has exercised influence in measuring and analyzing back ground noise from space and, more exotic, analysis signals from outer space in search for extra-terrestrial aliens. The following articles of interest are also contained in the present volume:1. Levenbach, G.J. Contribution of Statistics to the Development Program of a Transformer for L3 Carrier System. Pp. 23-54.2. Olmstead, Paul S. Runs Determined in a Sample by an Arbitrary Cut. Pp. 55-82. 3. Roberts, S.W. Properties of Control Chart Zone Tests. Pp. 83-114.4. Murphy, R.B. Criterion to Limit Inspection Effort in Continuous Sampling Plans. Pp. 115-134.5. Sobel, Milton" Huyett, Marilyn J. Nonparametric Definition of the Representativeness of a Sample - with Tables. Pp. 135-161.6. Blackman, R.B. Tukey, J.W. The Measurement of Power Spectra from the Point of View of Communications Engineering - Part I. Pp. 185-282.
The Quantum Physics of Solids, I. The Energies of Electrons in Crystals. - [PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZE 1956 - THE FATHER OF SILICON VALLEY.]
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1939. 8vo. Original full blue cloth. The entire volume XVIII, 1939 of The Bell System Technical Journal. Library stamp to free front end-paper. Binding tight and clean. Also internally very nice and clean. Pp. 645-724. [Entire volume: (8), 748 pp.].
First edition of the first paper of a series of three on the quantum physics of solids by the Nobel Prize winner in Physics William Shockley.""It is proposed to make this paper the first of a series of three dealing with the quantum physics of solids"" (From the introduction to the present article). William Shockley was co-Inventor of the Transistor which awarded him the Nobel Prize in 1956. His attempts to commercialize the transistor in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's ""Silicon Valley"" becoming a hub of electronics innovation.
Dislocation Models of Crystal Grain Boundaries - [THE SHOCKLEY PARTIAL DISLOCATION]
Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1950. Lex8vo. Entire volume offered in the original blue wrappers with previous owner´s stamps. In ""The Physical Review"" Volume 78, May 1, No. 3, 1950 of , Second Series. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 275-290. [Entire volume: Pp. 189-357].
First printing of the classical paper in which the The Shockley Partial Dislocation was described for the first time.
Fun with Physics
Kaye and Ward, London Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1978 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, 'editor's blue and cream printed binding, editor illustrated by a yellow slinky toy In-8 1 vol. - 64 pages
many black and white text-figures 1st edition, 1978 Contents, Chapitres : Foreword, Fun with water - Fun with gravity - Fun with soap films - Fun with bubbles - Fun with mirrors - Fun with mechanics - Fun with heat - Fun with magnetism and electricity near fine copy, the editor's binding is near fine, slightly-yellowing, inside is near fine, bookseller stamp on the endpapers, clean and unmarked
Innovation in Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory - Molecular Vortices, Displacement Current, and Light
Cambridge University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor'binding, under editor's printed and illustrated purple dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 235 pages
few text-figures 1st Edition, 1991 "Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, x, Text, 225 pages - Introduction - The background to Maxwell's electromagnetic theory - Mechanical image and reality in Maxwell's electromagnetic theory - The elaboration of the molecular-vortex model - The introduction of the displacement current - The origin of the electromagnetic theory of light - Beyond molecular vortices - Appendix : Draft of ""On Physical Lines of Force"", a fragment - Drafts of ""A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field"" - Vortex rotations in a curl-free region - Notes and index" near fine copy, no markings, D.-J. is fine, with minor folding tracks on the top, a nice copy
The Malta and Alexandria Telegraph: Comprising of the following papers, [Forde:] I: The Malta and Alexandria Submarine Telegraph Cable. [Siemens:] II: On the Electricfal Tests. - [THE MALTA-ALEXANDRIA CABLE]
London, William CLowes and Sons, 1863. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers with Siemens's inscription to front wrapper: ""to Mr. A. L. Ternant / from Author"". With previous owner's stamp to lower part of front wrapper: ""A. L. Ternant"". Lacking upper part of spine, a few marginal annotations in pencil throughout. 50, (5) pp. + 3 large folded plates.
First printing of this important publication in the history of telegraphs cables with a most interesting presentation inscription: It was given by Siemens to A. L. Ternant, author to several early paper on submarine cables. The Malta-Alexandria cable was ordered by the British government, manufactured by John Pender, and constitute one of the very first submarine telegraph cables. ""The making and laying of the Malta to Alexandria cable gave rise to researches on the resistance and electrification of insulating materials under pressure, which formed the subject of a paper read before the British association in 1863. The effect of pressure up to 300 atmospheres was observed, and the fact elicited that the inductive capacity of gutta-percha is not affected by increased pressure, whereas that of india-rubber is diminished. The electrical tests employed during the construction of the Malta and Alexandria cable, and the insulation and protection of submarine cables, also formed the subject of a paper [the present]."" (Munro, Heros of the Telegraph, P. 72). The Malta-Alexandria cable was the first Siemens was involved in and the experience made him in 1874: ""design the cable ship Faraday and assisted in the laying of the first of several transatlantic cables that it completed. During the last fifteen years of his life he actively supported the development of the engineering profession and its societies and stimulated public interest in the conservation of fuel, the reduction of air pollution and the potential value of electric power in a wide variety of engineering applications.(DSB).In 1859 Glass, Elliot and Company received an order from the British Government to manufacture and lay a cable from Falmouth, England to Gibraltar. The government then changed the route to Rangoon - Singapore and finally to Malta - Alexandria, Egypt.
The Bakerian Lecture - On the Increase of Electrical Resistance in Conductors with Rise of Temperature, and Its Application to the Measure of Ordinary and Furnace Temperatures" Also on a Simple Method of Measuring Electrical Resistances.
[London, The Royal Society], 1871. 8vo. Without wrappers. Offprint from: ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", No. 128, 1871. Soiling to extremities. Pp. 443-445.
Offprint of Siemens's lecture on the question of the ratio of increase of resistance in metallic conductors with increase of temperature.
The Electro-Magnetic Practical System of Units. - [WITH AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION]
London, William Clowes and Sons, 1882. 8vo. In the original printed sown wrappers. With author's inscription to top of front wrapper: ""from the Author"". A few occassional brown spots. Has been bended vertically. Otherwise a fine copy. 7 pp.
First printing, with author's presentation inscription, of Siemens' proposal to create an universal unit of measurement of resistance. ""Siemens' outstanding contribution to scientific technology was his discovery of the dynamo principle, announced to the Berlin Academy of Sciences in January 1867. Having already introduced the double-T armature, the electromagnetic field, and the external load of an electrical generator in a single circuit, thereby avoiding the costly permanent magnets previously used in the field. Other inventors and scientists discovered the dynamo principle at about the same time"" but Siemens foresaw the consequences of his ""dynamo"" for heavy-current, or power, uses and developed practical applications. His company pioneered in using electricity for streetcars and mine locomotives, in electrolysis, and in central generating stations."" (DSB)
Moderne Probleme der Physik.
Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg, 1914, gr. in-8°, VIII + 146 S., mit 21 Abbildungen, Leinen.
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