‎Physique‎

‎"BECQUEREL, EDMOND.‎

‎Recherches sur la conductibilité électrique des gaz à des températures élevées.‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier),1853. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome XXXVII [37] (No.1). Entire issue offered. Library stamp and category numers to verso of title page, vaguely showing on recto. Pp. 20-4. [Entire issue: 36 pp.].‎

‎"BECQUEREL, EDMOND. - THE BEGINNING OF SOLAR-CELL-ENERGY.‎

‎Sur les effets électriques qui se produisent sous l'influence solaire.‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1839. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome IX (No.22). Entire issue offered. Becquerel's paper: pp. 711-713.‎

‎"BECQUEREL, HENRI.‎

‎Influence d'un champ magnétique sur le rayonnement des corps radio-actifs. (Séance du Lundi 11 Decembre 1899).‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1899. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 129, No 24. pp. (985-) 1047. (Entire issue offered). Becquerel's paper: pp. 996-1001. 1 textillustr. Clean and fine.‎

‎"BECQUEREL, HENRI.‎

‎Recherches sur les rayons uraniques.‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1897. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 124, No 9. Pp. (429-) 480. (Entire issue offered). Becquerel's paper: pp. 438-444. A small tear to inner lower margin. Disbound.‎

‎"BECQUEREL, HENRI.‎

‎Sur le rayonnement des corps radio-actifs. (Séance du Mardi 26 Décembre 1899).‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1899. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 129, No 26. Pp. (1201-) 1296. (Entire issue offered). Becquerel's paper: pp. 1205-1207. Clean and fine.‎

‎"BECQUEREL, HENRI.‎

‎Sur Une Propriété Nouvelle De La Matière, La Radio-Active. Les Prix Nobel En 1903. - [BECQUEREL'S NOBEL LECTURE]‎

‎Stockholm: P.-A. Norstedt & Fils, 1905. Large 8vo. (246x166mm). Original printed wrappers.‎

‎"BECQUEREL, HENRI. - NAMING ""URANIUM RAYS""‎

‎Sur diverses propriétés des rayons uraniques.‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1896. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 123,, No 21. Pp. (771-) 854. (Entire issue offered). Fabry and Perot's paper: pp. 802-805.‎

‎"BECQUEREL, HENRI., MARIE CURIE, PIERRE CURIE, GUSTAVE BÉMONT, EUGÈNE DEMARÇAY. - THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY, RADIUM & POLONIUM DISCOVERED.‎

‎(Nine papers documenting the discovery of radioactivity, the discovery of Radium and Polonium:) 1. Becquerel: Sur les radiations émises par phosphorescence. 2. Becquerel: Sur les radiations invisibles émises par les corps phosphorescents. 3. Becq...‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1896 a. 1898. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcloth, spines gilt and with gilt lettering. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 122 a. 127. - 1633 pp. + 1302 pp. Both with halftitle and title-page. Title-pages with a punched stamp to lower margin. The papers (tome 122:) pp. 420-421, 501-503, 559-564, 689-694, 762-767, 1086-1088. (Tome 127:) pp. 175-178, 1215-1217, 1218. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎"BEGUELIN, (N.).‎

‎Remarques et Observations sur les Couleurs Prismatiques et sur L'Analyse Physique, et Metaphysique de la Sensation des Couleurs en Général.‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome XX, pp. 297-363 and 3 folded engraved plates.‎

‎"BELL, ALEXANDRE (ALEXANDER) GRAHAM. - BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM. - ""THE GREATEST INVENTION I HAVE EVER MADE"": THE PHOTOPHONE.‎

‎De la Production et de la Reproduction du Son par la Lumière. Mémoire lu à l'Association américaine pour l'avancement des Sciences, au Congrès de Boston, le 27 août 1880. (+) Les Récepteurs photophoniques de Sélénium. (Cette Note fait suite au M´wem...‎

‎Paris, G. Masson, 1880. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 5e Series, Tome 21. 576 pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Bell's paper: 399-430. With 11 fine textillustrations (showing the apparatus). Clean and fine.‎

‎"BELL, R. E. (+) M. H. JØRGENSEN.‎

‎Mean Lives of Positrons in Aluminum and the Alkali Metals.‎

‎(Montreal), 1960. 8vo. In the original yellow printed stapled wrappers. Offprint from ""Canadian Journal of Physics"", no. 38, 652, 1960. Very fine and clean. Pp. (2), 653-664.‎

‎"BERNOULLI, (JOHANN). (+) NICOLAS (NIKOLAUS) BERNOULLI. - VIS-VIVA CONTROVERSY‎

‎Extrait D'une Lettre de M. Bernoulli, écrite de Basle 10. Janvier 1711, touchant la maniere de trouver les forces centrales dans des milieux resistans en raisons composée de leurs densites & des puissances quelques des vitesses du mobile. (+) Addition...‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1711"". Pp. 47-53 a. pp. 53-56 (Nicolas).‎

‎"BERNOULLI, DANIEL. - CONSERVATION OF FORCES.‎

‎Nouveau Probleme de Mecanique resolu.‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1746). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", 1745, tome I. Pp. 54-70 and with halftitlepage to the section.‎

‎"BERNOULLI, DANIEL. - THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF OCEAN CURRENTS.‎

‎Sur la nature et la Cause des Courans, et la meilleure Maniére de les déterminer. Pièce qui a remporté le Prix double, proposé par L'Academie Royale des Sciences, pour les années 1749 & 1751.‎

‎(Paris, 1769). 4to. Uncut in contemp. blue blank wrappers, inserted in later boards. Some fraying to margins and small tears to margin of titlepage. A punched stamp to titlepage ""Franklin Institute"" and a large paperlabel from the Institute pasted on the lower blank part of titlepage. 108 pp.‎

‎"BERRY, M.V. (MICHAEL VICTOR) - THE DISCOVERY OF THE ""BERRY-PHASE""‎

‎Quantal phase factors accompanying adiabatic changes.‎

‎London, Royal Society, 1984. Royal8vo. Full buckram, gilt lettering to spine.In: ""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London"", Series A, vol. 392. IV,478 pp. (Entire volume offered). Berry's paper: pp. 45-57. Clean and fine.‎

‎"BETHE, H.‎

‎Zur Theorie der Metalle. - [THE BETHE ANSATZ]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1931. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Band 71, 1931. Entire volume offered. Library stamp to title page and a three cm tear to upper front hindge, otherwise fine. Pp. 205-226. [Entire volume : VII, (1), 823 pp.].‎

‎"BETHE, H. A.‎

‎The Electromagnetic Shift of Energy Levels.‎

‎Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1947. Lex8vo. Entire volume offered in the original blue wrappers. With small stamp to front wrapper. In ""The Physical Review"" Volume 72, August 15, No. 4, 1947 of , Second Series. Spine lacking (but leaves still firmly attached). Holes near spine after hanving being stapled. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 339-341. [Entire volume: Pp. 263-356].‎

‎"BETHE, H. A. & E. E. SALPETER.‎

‎Relativistic Equation for Bound-State Problems. - [THE BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION]‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1951. Lex8vo. Volume 84, December 15, No. 6, 1951 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. Entire volume offered in the original printed blue wrappers. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper. Minor wear to extremities and a bit of discolouring to spine and extremities. Front wrapper with light tie-markings after having been bundled and tied. Fine and clean. Pp. 1232-1242. [Entire issue: Pp. 1079-1286, iii-x].‎

‎"BETHE, H. A. (+) J. S. LEVINGER.‎

‎Dipole Transitions in the Nuclear Photo-Effect.‎

‎Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1950. Lex8vo. Entire volume offered in the original blue wrappers with previous owner´s stamps [C. Møller, Danish physician] to front wrapper. In ""The Physical Review"" Volume 78, April 15, No. 2, 1950 of , Second Series. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 115-29. [Entire volume: Pp. 95-187].‎

‎"BIOT, JEAN BAPTISTE. (ET AL.). - MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT OF VOLTA'S CONTACT FORCE.‎

‎Rapport sur les Expériences du Citoyen Volta. Au nom d'une commission composée des citoyens Laplace, Coulomb, Hallé, Monge, Fourcroy, Vaugelin, Pelletan, Charles, Brisson, Sabatier, Guyton et Biot. (+) Notes relatives au rapport...‎

‎(Paris, Baudouin, AN XII (1804)). 4to. Without wrappers. Uncut. Extracted from ""Mémoires de L'Institut National des Sciences et Arts"", Tome Cinquieme. Pp. 195-22.‎

‎First printing of this early rapport on the Voltaic Pile in which Biot quantizises Volta's Contact Theory.In the first part of the rapport Biot asserted the priority of Coulomb's notions over the entire science of electricity, while in the second part he introduces a mathematical model of the battery that established no link with Coulomb's Law.Wheeler Gift: No. 668.‎

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‎"BLYTH, JAMES.‎

‎Improvements in Wind Engines. [British Patent] Number: 19,401. A.D. [Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1891 - Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891]. - [THE WORLD'S FIRST POWER-GENERATING WIND-MILL]‎

‎London, Darling & Son, 1891. 8vo. Disbound. Stamp to p. 1. 1 .p + 1 plate.‎

‎Scarce original printed patent for the world's first energy-generating wind-mill, the ""Blyth Turbine"", being the first wind turbine used to convert wind energy into power.Blyth's seminal invention marked the dawn of wind turbine development. Although previously credited with being the first to use a wind powered machine to generate electricity, it is now an accepted fact that the American inventor Charles Brush came second to Blyth and his wind mill. There were, of course wind mills before the time of Blyth, but these were used to pump water or grind grain, and Blyth's groundbreaking invention, described and patented for the first time here, is the first used to convert wind energy into power. Blyth experimentend, prompted by his friend Lord Kelvin, with three different turbine designs, which ultimately resulted in a 10-meter-high, cloth-sailed wind turbine, which was installed in the garden of his holiday cottage at Marykirk in Kincardineshire. He used the electricity it produced to charge accumulators, and the stored electricity was used to power the lights in his cottage, which thus became the first house in the world to be powered by wind-generated electricity. The wind turbine in Blyth's garden is said to have operated for 25 years.""The first person to harness the wind to produce electricity was a Scotsman, James Blyth ('America reaps the wind harvest', 21 August). He first consulted his colleague, Lord Kelvin, about the possibility of using a windmill for the purpose. Kelvin thought it would be possible and urged Blyth to set up a large horizontal windmill at his holiday home in Marykirk near Montrose in 1888. Blyth lit his own house and offered to light the streets of Marykirk, but his offer was not accepted because the villagers thought electricity was the work of the devil. He did, however, provide emergency power for the local asylum."" (Price, Trevor J.: James Blyth - Britain's first modern wind power pioneer, Wind Engineering, Volume 29, Number 3, May 2005 , pp. 191-200(10)).‎

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‎"BLOCHINZEV, D.‎

‎Zur Theorie der anomalen magnetischen und thermoelektrischen Effekte in Metallen.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1933. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 84, 1933. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with light wear. Pp. 168-194. [Entire volume: VIII, 816 pp.].‎

‎First appearance of Blochinzev's paper in which he demonstrated, the electron mass was no longer the intrinsic characteristic of an individual particle, but varied depending on other particles and interactions - became ""effective"" or ""apparent"" mass.‎

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‎"BLOCH, FELIX.‎

‎Zur Theorie des Ferromagnetismus. - [THE INTRODUCTION OF MAGNONS]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1930. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 61, 1930. Entire volume offered. Stamp to title page and light wear to extremities, otherwise fine and clean. VIII, 878 pp.‎

‎"BLOCHINZEV, D.‎

‎Zur Theorie der anomalen magnetischen und thermoelektrischen Effekte in Metallen.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1933. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 84, 1933. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with light wear. Pp. 168-194. [Entire volume: VIII, 816 pp.].‎

‎"BOHR, NIELS. & LÉON ROSENFELD. + LEV LANDAU & RUDOLF PEIERLS.‎

‎[Three papers] 1. Zur Frage der Messbarkeit der elektomagnetischen Feldgrössen. + 2. Erweiterung des Unbestimmtheitsprinzips für die relativistische Quantentheorie. + 3. Field and Charge Measurements in Quantum Electrodynamics. - [QUANTUM FIELD THEORY]‎

‎Copenhagen, Levin & Munksgaard, 1933. + Berlin, Springer 1931. + Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1950. First paper: Published as no. 8 of vol. 12 in 'Kgl. Dankse Vid. Selsk. Math.-Fys. Medd.'. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With the ownership signature of Danish physicist Mogens Pihl (Prof. of physics at Copenhagen University 1957-77). 65,(1) pp. Second paper: Published in 'Zeitschrift für Physik', vol. 69, pp.56-69. The entire volume in contemporary half cloth offered here.Third paper: Published in 'The Physical Review', vol. 78, no. 6, pp.794-798. The entire issue in original printed wrappers offered here. With rubber stamp of Danish physicist Christian Møller (Author of ""The Theory of Relativity, 1952"").‎

‎First editions of these fundamental papers in the development of quantum field theory. The process of measuring electromagnetic fields involves the observation of charged test bodies in those fields. Therefore the theory of electrodynamics is an inseparable extension of mechanics. A quantum theory of fields thus inherits, in some form, the limitations of measurement which lie at the foundation of quantum mechanics. In 1931 Landau and Peierls published a critical analysis of the consequences of such limitations in a relativistic quantum theory of fields (second paper offered). Landau and Peierls came to the negative conclusion that in several cases, the concept of momentum was without physical meaning and quantities such as the strength of a field was un-measurable. In their famous paper from 1933 Bohr and Rosenfeld (first paper offered) carefully reviewed the arguments of Landau and Peierls and showed, through the use of particular measuring arrangements, that a consistent quantum theory of fields is possible without further limitations than the ones which secure the consistency of quantum mechanics. The BR-paper is often credited with having laid the foundation for quantum electrodynamics. Bohr continued his work in this field, and in 1937 he completed a manuscript entitled ""Field and Charge Measurement in Quantum Theory"", but this was never published. When, in the late 1940s the important work on QED by Tomonaga, Schwinger, Dyson, and Feynman appeared in The Physical Review, Bohr and Rosenfeld again joined and published the essentials of the 1937 manuscript in the same journal (third paper offered).See Abraham Pais: Bohr's Times, pp.358-364. Mehra & Rechenberg: The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, vol. 6, pp.697-703. Collected Works of Niels Bohr, vol. 7, pp.3-33.‎

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