‎ASTRONOMIA‎

‎ASTRONOMY. Hevelius Johannes 1611 1687‎

‎Johannis Hevelii Annus climactericus sive Rerum uranicarum observationum annus quadragesimus nonus; exhibens diversas occultationes tam planetarum quàm fixarum post editam machinam coelestem; nec non plurimas altitudines meridianas solis ac distantias planetarum fixarumqÌue eo anno quousque divinaconcessit benignitas impetratas: cum amicorum nonnullorum epistolis ad rem istam spectantibus: & continuatione historiae novæ stellæ in collo Ceti ut & annotationum rerum coelestium .‎

‎Danzig:: Sumptibus auctoris typis D.F. Rhetii 1685. SOLE EDITION. Folio:. 34.8 x 22.5 cm. 6 lvs. 24 196 pp. Collation: 6 4 4 4 A-Z4 AA6. With engraved title page vignette and 7 1 double-page engraved plates. Bound in 18th c. half calf and marbled boards with very slight wear. Spine with citron morocco label gilt. A nice copy with a few early marginal paper repairs no loss. The final two leaves of the table with repaired tears the second of these with a small natural paper flaw costing a few letters. Complete with the seven plates engraved by Hevelius himself. "Annus Climactericus" was the last of Hevelius' works published in the author's lifetime. The book comprises observations of the planets sun moon and fixed stars many of which were made alongside the English astronomer Edmond Halley. The observations were made from 8 January until 25 September 1679 subsequent to the publication of the second volume of Hevelius' "Machina Coelestis" almost the entire press run of which was lost in the fire that destroyed Hevelius' observatory on 26 September 1679. Hevelius also included new observations of the binary star Omicron Ceti which Hevelius had been observing for 25 years and which he had named "Mira" and grappled with the problem of its changing size and color. In addition the book includes Hevelius' observations of the Great Comet of 1680 illustrated by a magnificent double-page plate engraved by Hevelius the total lunar eclipse of February 1682 the comet of 1682 the solar eclipse of July 1684 each also accompanied by a plate "Observator Sculpsit." observations of several Great Conjunctions etc.There are also numerous letters to and from members of the Royal Society of England: Henry Oldenburg John Wallis John Flamsteed Nehemiah Grew and Halley as well as several European astronomers among them Ismaël Boulliau. The letters deal primarily with Hevelius' feud with Robert Hooke over the merits of the use of telescopic sights for celestial observation vide infra.The "Climactic Year" to which the title of the book refers is 1679 the year in which Hevelius published his "Machinae Coelestis pars Posterior" which comprised 49 years worth of Hevelius' celestial observations; and the year in which his observatory burned to the ground. In the introduction Hevelius gives his own account of the fire that consumed not only the observatory building itself but also Hevelius' instruments "tam astronomicis quam opticis" his library his printing press and print making workshop and the irreplaceable stock of his self-published works. He also describes the psychological and emotional toll that the fire took on him and thanks God that at last his spirit "in cineribus hactenus fere supultum" was revived by the arrival of the Great Comet of 1680 and that he was able to make new observations.Hevelius Hooke and Halley: The Controversy over Open-Sight Instruments vs. Telescopic ObservationThe "Annus Climactericus" is of great importance in the history of science marking as it does the climax of a contentious debate between Hevelius who argued that his "open-sighted" instruments employing fore- and near-sights but no lenses or cross-hairs were more accurate than those fitted with telescopic sights micrometers with telescopic lenses and cross-hairs and Robert Hooke who argued against that position.Hooke and Hevelius had been arguing politely over the relative merits of both kinds of instruments since the 1660s but matters came to a head in 1673 with the publication of Hevelius' "Machinae Coelestis Pars Prior" in which Hevelius forcefully enumerated the limitations of telescopic sights and Hooke's critique of the book in which he wrote that readings taken with Hevelius' instruments could not be more accurate than ½ minute of arc. Moreover he mocked Hevelius' instruments which Hooke asserted were no better than the antiquated ones used by Tycho almost a century earlier his observations and methods. Moreover he asserted that Hevelius was not only providing the scientific community with incorrect data but was impeding scientific progress itself.Hevelius responded with a letter to Henry Oldenburg in which he asserted that his observations were in fact accurate to within 5 seconds of arc that he had never seen data that proved Hooke's assertions and that he resented Hooke's ad hominem attacks. Inevitably the astronomer John Flamsteed was drawn into the controversy and though he had great respect for Hevelius and voiced his disapproval of Hooke's attacks felt compelled to note some of the errors in Hevelius' observations. Hevelius responded and the two men carried on a correspondence in which they argued over the data and during which Hevelius leveled charges of jealousy against Flamsteed and voiced his conviction that Flamsteed and Hooke were now conspiring against him. Fortunately the rift was eventually healed. Part of the correspondence is included in the "Annus Climactericus".1679: A Comparative Test:The arrival at Danzig of Edmond Halley who brought with him his portable 2 –foot quadrant fitted with telescopic sights presented an opportunity to compare results obtained with both types of instruments. The two men made observations side-by-side from 26 May to 18 July 1679 using Halley's instrument and Hevelius' own quadrant "with which he made regular observations of the Sun the large sextant for angular distances between stars planets and the limbs of the Moon and his 12-foot telescope for occultations." Hevelius' wife Elizabeth Hevelius' personal printer and two other observers also participated.Before Halley left Danzig he wrote at Hevelius' request what amounted to a testimonial to the accuracy of Hevelius' open-sighted instruments. Halley wrote that he could testify "to the certainty of the instruments against all who would cast doubt on Hevelius' observations. He had seen with his own eyes that not just occasional observations but many by different observers with the large sextant agreed incredibly well together and any discrepancies were very small which he greatly admired."Cook p. 100In the introduction to the "Annus Climactericus" Hevelius excoriated Hooke and boasted that his calculations demolished Hooke's assertions of the inferiority of Hevelius' methods. The book was reviewed in the Philosophical Transactions of September-October 1685 by Hooke's antagonist John Wallis who censured Hooke for his behavior toward Hevelius and took pains to rehearse each of Hevelius' criticism of Hooke and to summarize the 27 letters of support that Hevelius printed in the "Annus". Hooke responded to Hevelius in February 1686 in an effort to vindicate himself and Hevelius in turn wrote that he would publish his long-awaited star catalog "Uranographia" to furnish proof of the superiority of his methods but Hevelius' death the following year put an end to the dispute.Postscript: Hevelius and HalleyHevelius printed Halley's positive assessment of the Danzig astronomer's instruments and calculations in the "Annus Climactericus" p. 101-102 and thereby drew Halley into the controversy with Hooke. Moreover Hevelius misrepresented the reason for Halley's visit stating that he had invited Halley to Danzig the visit was Halley's own idea that he had asked him to bring the telescopic quadrant which Halley had actually brought with him to make observations of the southern constellations on St. Helena and that Halley came to Danzig as an official representative of the Royal Society of which Halley was not yet a member.This all irritated Halley who in order to extricate himself from the Hevelius-Hooke controversy downplayed his original estimation of the accuracy of Hevelius' calculations. Halley also realized that while attesting to the accuracy of Hevelius' instruments he seemed to side with Hevelius against Hooke whose belief in the superiority of telescopic sights was in fact Halley's own.While he never attacked Hevelius he put it forth that his earlier enthusiasm had been in part motivated by a desire to placate a "peevish old man." In the end there was a poetic resolution to the tension between the two men: When Elizabeth Hevelius had her husband's star catalogue printed in 1690 three years after Hevelius' death She included Halley's own catalogue of the stars of the southern hemisphere which was based on Halley's observations made on St. Helena with the 2-ft quadrant just before his visit to Hevelius in 1679. VD17 39:125045B; DSB 6 363; Honeyman 1675. For a thorough discussion of the Hevelius-Hooke controversy see Saridakis "Converging Elements in the Development of Late Seventeenth-Century Disciplinary Astronomy: Instrumentation Education and the Hevelius-Hooke Controversy" p. 129 ff.; For an assessment of the relative accuracy of Halley's and Hevelius' computations at Danzig see Cook "Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas" p. 93 ff.; For Hevelius' work on the binary star Mira Ceti see Hatch "Hevelius- History and Identity" in "Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology" p 158 ff.; For D. Capellus' contemporary account of the fire and a detailed inventory of Hevelius' losses see MacPike "Hevelius Flamsteed Halley" Appendix I. London 1937 Sumptibus auctoris, typis D.F. Rhetii, books‎

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‎Astronomy]‎

‎Mars and Its Mystery‎

‎Boston: Little Brown and Company 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo; pp 192 2 pages ads. Illustrated with plates and a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth stamped with gilt depiction of Mars lettered in black spine lettering and t.e.g. Inscribed by the author and also separately by his wife. <br/><br/> Little, Brown and Company hardcover‎

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‎Ateneo di Brescia‎

‎Angelo Ferretti Torricelli nel centenario della nascita (1891-1991)‎

‎24x17 cm; 117, (3) pp. Brossura editoriale azzurra (segni di pieghe al piatto anteriore). All'interno in ottime condizioni di conservazione. Non comune monografia dedicata al fondatore della Specola Astronomica Cidnea del Castello di Brescia.‎

‎Athay Grant R.‎

‎The solar chromosphere and corona: quiet sun Volume 53 Astrophysics and space science library Sommaire: Macroscopic motions; Magnetic fields; Spectral characteristics; Empiral chromospheric and coronal models...‎

‎D. Reidel. 1976. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 504 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

‎Etiquette sur coiffe en pied. Tampon bibliothèque. Texte écrit en anglais. Sommaire: Macroscopic motions; Magnetic fields; Spectral characteristics; Empiral chromospheric and coronal models... Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

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‎Athelstan Spilhaus‎

‎Satellite del sole‎

‎Buono stato, sovraccoperta originale illustrata in carta patinata, bordo poco sfregato, coperta rigida in tessuto, titolo al dorso, pochi segni d'uso, tagli e margini delle pagine appena ambrati, taglio di testa con accenno di fioritura, pagine ben conservate. XXXII tavole fuori testo, su carta patinata, con illustrazioni in b. e n. Traduzione di G. C. Ciappei. LVII volume della collana Le piccole storie illustrate. Numero Pagine 112 USATO‎

‎Atkinson, Stuart, Bridget Ardley und Neil Ardley‎

‎Der Weltraum. Dt. von Karl-Heinz Gschrey ; Ute Eichler / Wissen für Kinder‎

‎Köln : Naumann und Göbel, [2004]. o.A: 128 S.; gr.-8°; gebunden, illustrierter Orig.-Pappband;‎

‎Sehr guter Zustand. /lager 0316 ISBN: 9783625211051‎

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‎ATTILIO COLACEVICH‎

‎LE STELLE Più VICINE‎

‎ESTRATTO DELLA RIVISTA MENSILE DELL'ISTITUTO GEOGRAFICO MILITARE, "UNIVERSO" (GENNAIO 1939). Formato: 17 x 24,5 cm circa. Esemplare ben conservato. Raro‎

‎AUBERGER LOUIS‎

‎ATMOSPHERE ET METEORES‎

‎Fayard 1964. In-8 étroit couverture illustrée de 159 pages; Photos et figures; Très bon état‎

‎AUDIFFREDI GIOVANBATTISTA.‎

‎Phaenomena caelestia observata Romae.‎

‎Cm. 22, pp. xx, 119 (1). Fregio al frontespizio, testate e capolettera. Bella leg. coeva in cart. dipinto. Qualche piccola mancanza al dorso, peraltro esemplare genuino e marginoso, in barbe. Opera che presenta il risultato delle osservazioni di occultazione da parte della luna effettuate dal Padre Audifreddi durante il 1753 al fine di identificare la posizione della sua specola. Vi si rintraccia la prima scoperta della molteplicità del sistema di Spica (in particolare nell'esservazione del 10 giugno 1753). Cfr. Costantini (Storia dell'astronomia): "Audifreddi noted that the emersion's duration from the bright lunar limb was not instantaneous"; Riccardi I, 59. Edizione originale, rara. Purtroppo priva delle due tavole f.t. citate da Iccu.‎

‎Audiganne (Armand)‎

‎Francois Arago son génie et son influence caractères de la science au XIXe siècle‎

‎Garnier Frères 1857 Première édition - In-16 reliure papier avec feuillages imprimés sur fond lie de vin, titre doré sur pièce de maroquin. Coins émoussés, Rousseurs importantes, annotation manuscrite sur page de faux-titre, accroc de papier sur pages de table des matière. État correct d’occasion.‎

‎Etat correct d’occasion‎

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‎Audouze Cameron Chiu Encrenaz Leuquex‎

‎La recherche en astrophysique‎

‎Seuil 1977 poche. 1977. Broché.‎

‎Etat correct couverture défraîchie intérieur propre‎

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‎AUDOUZE JEAN‎

‎AUJOURD HUI L UNIVERS- PLANETES- TROUS NOIRS- SOLEILS- GALAXIES‎

‎BELFOND. 1981. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 343 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

‎Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

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‎Audouze Jean‎

‎CNO isotopes in astrophysics Volume 67 Astrophysics and space science library Sommaire: CNO isotopes in the solar system; CNO isotopes in stars; CNO isotopes in the interstellat medium...‎

‎D. Reidel. 1977. In-8. Relié. Très bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 195 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

‎Etiquette sur coiffe en pied. Tampon bibliothèque. Texte écrit en anglais. Sommaire: CNO isotopes in the solar system; CNO isotopes in stars; CNO isotopes in the interstellat medium... Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

Riferimento per il libraio : R260270597 ISBN : 902770807

‎AUDOUZE Jean MITTON Simon‎

‎Encyclopédie d'astronomie de Cambridge‎

‎Du fanal 1981 Jaquette un peu ternie, néanmoins bon état d’occasion.‎

‎Bon état d’occasion‎

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‎AUDOUZE Jean, CASSE Michel et CARRIERE Jean-Claude‎

‎Conversations sur l'invisible.‎

‎BELFOND Pierre. 1988. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 294 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

‎Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

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‎Audouze Jean, Israël Guy, Encyclopaedia universalis France‎

‎Le Grand atlas de l'astronomie (Grands atlas universalis)‎

‎Encyclopaedia universalis 1983 Grand in-4 relié‎

‎Bon état d’occasion‎

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‎Audouze, J.; Chiosi, C.; Woosley, S. E.‎

‎Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution (Sixteenth Advanced Course of the Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics)‎

‎Paperback in good condition. Ex-library. Light creases on spine and rear cover. Bottom of page block is grubby. Library stamps and numbers on title page, otherwise pages are clean and tight throughout. Profusely illustrated by diagrams and tables. T Used‎

‎Audouze, Jean and Nicole Mathieu‎

‎Nucleosynthesis and Its Implications on Nuclear and Particle Physics. In: NATO ASI Series: Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Vol. 163.‎

‎Dordrecht, Reidel, 1986. 1. ed. Numerous fig., XIV, 502 p. Gr.-8°, original hardcover.‎

‎Shelfmark on spine, stamp on title, otherwise very fine copy.‎

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‎Audretsch, Jürgen‎

‎Philosophie und Physik der Raum-Zeit. hrsg. von Jürgen Audretsch und Klaus Mainzer / Grundlagen der Exakten Naturwissenschaften ; Bd. 7 2., durchges. Aufl.‎

‎Mannheim ; Leipzig ; Wien ; Zürich : BI-Wiss.-Verl. 1994. 231 S. : graph. Darst. ; 21 cm, Eigentümersignatur auf Titelblatt + Ex-Libris-Stempel (Bärchenmotiv) kart., Softcover/Paperback, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand‎

‎Aus dem Inhalt: K. MAINZER: Philosophie und Geschichte von Raum und Zeit J. AUDRETSCH: Ist die Raum-Zeit gekrümmt? Der Aufbau der modernen Gravitationstheorie P. MITTELSTAEDT: Über die Bedeutung und Begründung der Speziellen Relativitätstheorie E. SCHEIBE: Struktur und Theorie in der Physik J. SCHRÖTER: Zur Axiomatik der Raum-Zeit-Theorie J. EHLERS: Einführung der Raum-Zeit Struktur mittels Lichtstrahlen und Teilchen P. JANICH: Geschwindigkeit und Zeit. Aristoteles und Augustinus als Lehrmeister der modernen Physik? H. DEHNEN: Empirische Grundlagen und experimentelle Prüfung der Relativitätstheorie Physik 9783411170722 +++++ 30 Jahre Antiquariat Christmann in Wiesbaden +++++ Wir liefern außer nach Deutschland, nur noch nach Schweiz / Holland / Belgien / Italien / GB / USA / +++ We now only deliver to Switzerland / Holland and Belgium / Italy / GB / USA +++ Keine Lieferung nach Österreich ++++‎

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‎Audretsch, Jürgen (Hrsg.)‎

‎Verschränkte Welt. Faszination der Quanten.‎

‎Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 2002. XVI, 222 SS. mit vielen Abbildungen. Gr.-8°, Illustrierte Original-Broschur.‎

‎Erlebnis Wissenschaft. - Sauber und gut erhalten.‎

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‎Audrich Everardo.‎

‎Egloghe filosofiche ed altri poetici componimenti ne' quali si spiegano varie delle più celebri opinioni della moderna fisica.‎

‎In Firenze appresso Giovan Paolo Giovannelli, 1753. Legatura coeva in pergamena. Pp. VII, 112. Edizione originale. Nel 1751 prese ad insegnare matematiche, filosofia e scienze naturali. Frutto di questo suo interesse sono le egloghe filosofiche, che appaiono insieme con altri componimenti: Egloghe filosofiche ed altri poetici componimenti nei quali si spiegano varie delle più celebri opinioni della moderna fisica, Firenze 1753, con le quali l'A. tenta, secondo il gusto del tempo, di realizzare l'ideale, espresso nella introduzione, di una moderna poesia scientifica. Così illustrerà la propagazione della luce e la resistenza dei solidi, ma non disdegnerà motivi più duttili e apparentemente più suggestivi, come idilli sulle acque, canzoni sul fuoco, anacreontiche sull'eco, sulle acque minerali, ecc. Queste ultime composizioni lo resero celebre. Ottimo esemplare su carta forte. Bibl: Memorie per servire all’istoria letteraria, tomo terzo, pag. 63 – Pozzetti, Saggio sulla vita e sulle opere di E. Audrich, pag. 42, n. IV -‎

‎Auerbach, Assa‎

‎Interacting electrons and quantum magnetism. SECOND, CORRECTED printing.‎

‎New York ; Berlin ; Heidelberg ; London ; Paris ; Tokyo ; Hong Kong ; Barcelona ; Budapest : Springer, 1998. 255 Seiten. Index. Originalpappband.‎

‎FRISCHES, SEHR schönes Exemplar. In EXCELLENT shape.‎

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‎Auerbach, Felix:‎

‎Kanon der Physik. Die Begriffe, Principien, Sätze, Formeln, Dimensionsformeln und Konstanten der Physik. Nach dem neuesten Stande der Wissenschaft systemarisch dargestellt.‎

‎23,5 x 16 cm. XII, 522 Seiten. Orig.-Leinen. *Einband minimal berieben und Vordereinband mit 2 farbigen Flecken an der Unterkante. Innen sauber und insgesamt gut erhalten. Bücher de‎

‎AUGE DOZON LALLEMAND MICHEL JONES‎

‎LA CONSTRUCTION DU MONDE - RELIGION - REPRESENTATIONS - IDEOLOGIE - COLLECTION DOSSIERS AFRICAINS.‎

‎FRANCOIS MASPERO. 1974. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 141 pages - couverture contrepliée .. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

‎ECOLE PRATIQUE DES HAUTES ETUDES VIE SECTION CENTRE D'ETUDES AFRICAINES - COLLECTION DOSSIERS AFRICAINS. Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

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‎Auger Pierre‎

‎Rayons cosmiques Collection La science vivante‎

‎PUF. 1948. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1446 pages + XII planches de photos en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

‎Collection La science vivante. Etiquette sur coiffe en pied. Tampon bibliothèque. Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes‎

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