‎Physique‎

‎"VARIGNON, (PIERRE).‎

‎Du Mouvement des Planetes sur leurs Orbes, en y comprenent le mouvement de l'Apogée ou de l'Aphelie.‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1706). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences"". Année 1705. Pp. 347-361 and 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎"VARIGNON, (PIERRE). - FOLLOWING THE ADVISE OF LEIBNITZ.‎

‎Methode pour trouver des Courbes le Long desquelles un corps tombant, s'approche ou s'éloigne de l'horizon en telle raison des terms qu'on voudra, & dans quelque hypothese de vitesses que ce soit, &c.‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1702). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1699"". Pp. 1-13 and 1 folded engravedplate.‎

‎"VARIGNON, (PIERRE). - VARIGNON'S MANOMETER COINING THE WORD 'MANOMÉTRE'‎

‎Manometre, ou Machine pour trouver le raport des raretés ou raréfaction de l'Air naturel d'un même lieu en différens tems, ou de différens lieux en un même ou en différens tems, &c.‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1706). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences"". Année 1705. Pp. 300-331, textillustrations.‎

‎"VARIOUS AUTHORS -‎

‎Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"" Dreizehnter band, 13, band, 1916.‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1916. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 463 pp.‎

‎"VARIOUS AUTHORS -‎

‎Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"" Vierzehnter band, 14, band, 1917.‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1917. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 499 pp.‎

‎"VARIOUS AUTHORS -‎

‎Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"" Zwölfter band, 12, band, 1915‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1915. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 460 pp.‎

‎"VAUQUELIN, (NICOLAS) - THE DISCOVERY OF CHROMIUM.‎

‎Sur une nouvelle substance métallique contenue dans le plomb rouge de Sibérie, et qu'on propose d'appeler Chrôme, à cause de la propriété qu'il a de colorer les combinaisons ou il entre. Lu à la premiere classe de l'Institut national, le 11 Brumai...‎

‎Paris, Fuchs et Guillaume, An VIe. (1798). Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Very slightly rubbed. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 25. - 335,(3) pp., 2 engraved folded plates and 1 folded table..(the entire volume offered). Vauquelin's papers: pp. 21-32 a. pp. 194-204. Some brownspots to the first and last leaves, otherwise fine and clean.‎

‎"VEGARD, L.‎

‎Die Konstitution der Mischkristalle und die Raumfüllung der Atome. - [VEGARD'S LAW]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1921. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik, 5. Band. 1921"". Small library label to lower and library stamp to front free end paper. P. 17-26. [Entire issue: IV, 449 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Vegard's paper in which Vegard's Law was first introduced.Vegard's law is an approximate empirical rule which holds that a linear relation exists, at constant temperature, between the crystal lattice parameter of an alloy and the concentrations of the constituent elements.‎

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‎"VILLARD, P. (PAUL ULRICH). - THE DISCOVERY OF GAMMA RAYS AND GAMMA RADIATION.‎

‎Sur la réflexion et la réfraction des rayons cathodiques et des rayons déviables du radium. (+) Sur le rayonnement du radium.‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1900). 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 130, No 15 a. No 18. Pp. (962-) 1044 a. pp. (1145-) 1220. Entire issues offered. Villard's papers: pp. 1010-1012 a. 1178-1182, textillustrations. Clean and fine.‎

‎"VIOLLE, J. (JULES).‎

‎Sur un calormétre par refroidissement.‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1882. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 94, No 23. Pp. (1487-) 1545 (entire issue offered). Violle's paper: pp. 1510-1545.‎

‎First printing of the paper in which Violle records his method for keeping a liquefied gas sufficiently cool to remain in the liquid state, thus introducing the quiding principle of the thermos bottle.""Using the fact that a vacuum does not transmit heat, Violle stores the liquid gas in glass containers with double walls separated by a vacuum and with silvering on the exterior wall to reduce radiant impact"" (Parkinson ""Breakthroughs 1882 C).‎

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‎"VOLTA, (ALEXANDRO). - ESTABLISHING THE ""ELECTRIC CURRENT"" - THE PRECURSOR OF THE VOLTAIC CELL.‎

‎Extrait D'une lettre de M. Volta à M. Gren, sur l'électricité dite animale. Par Van Mons"" Traduit de L'Allemand. (+) Seconde lettre. (+) Addition a la Lettre précédente.‎

‎Paris, Guillaume/Fuchs, An VI, ou 1797, AN VII (1799). Without wrappers..In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 23, 4. Cahier. Titlepage to vol. 23. + Tome 29, Cahier 1, Titlepage to tome 29. Stamp to verso of titlepages. Pp. (225-) 336 + pp. (1-) 112. (2 entire issues offered). Volta's letters: pp. 276-315, 1 folded engraved plate with 22 figs. + pp. 91-93.‎

‎First French edition of these 3 letters to Gren in which Volta described his last steps towards his groundbreaking construction of his famous ""Pile"". In the letters he established the first law governing an electrical fluid and he anticipated both Davy and Faraday.""In 1796 Volta wrote three letters to Gren (published in German in Gren's N.J. der Physik). In THE FIRST he describes 'a very remarkable experiment'. A tin cup filled with soapy water, milk of lime, or better fairly strong alkaline ley, was held with one or both hands moistened witn ater, and the tip of the tongue dipped into the liquid. A sour taste was at once perceived by the tongue in contact with the alkaline liquid, which soon, changed into a salty and finally into a sharp alkaline taste. The acid taste was 'produced by the current of the electric fluid passing from the tin to thee alkaline liquer, from there to the tongue, then through the body to the layer of water and from there to the tin in a continous current..... In his SECOND LETTER Volta repeats this 'law' of the combination of three conductors. The mutual contact of silver and tin, for example, produces 'an action, a force, by means of which the first gives the electric fluid and the second receives it. If the circuit is completed by a humid concustor, a current or continous circulation of this fluid is set up in the direction indicated in the table (depicted on the attached plate)... In his THIRD LETTER Volta describes experiments in which plates of silver and zinc so smooth that they adhered on contact, polished, dry, and insulated, were brought in close contact, and separated by pulling them perpendicularly apart. They gave small deflections when applied directly to the electrometer...."" (Partington ""A History of Chemistry"", Vol. IV, pp. 10-12).‎

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‎"VOLTA, ALESSANDRO.‎

‎On the Electricity Excited by the Mere Contact of Conducting Substances of Different Kinds. - [""A NEW ERA IN ELECTRICITY"" - PMM 225]‎

‎London, W. Bulmer & Co. for Peter Elmsley, 1800. 4to. In recent marbled paper wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", volume 90, part II. Including title-page of volume. Leaves reinforced in margin. Light offsetting from folding plate as usual. Plate trimmed with loss of right margin. (4), 403-431 pp. + folded plate.‎

‎First edition of ""the first announcement of the voltaic 'pile,' or electric battery"" (Grolier/Horblit). It was a breakthrough in physics, and led to the development of electrotechnology and is today regarded as being one of the major milestones in the history of science. ""The voltaic pile revolutionized the theory and practice of electricity, so that within one hundred years of Volta's invention, more progress was made than in the two thousand four hundred years between the tentative experience of Thales and the publication of Volta's letter addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society ... The indispensability and ubiquity of electricity, in one form or another, in western civilization today emphasize sharply the fact that before 1800 human environment and existence were closer to life in ancient Egypt than to our own. Volta's invention is one of the earliest and most important causes of the change"" (PMM).""The paper, in French, was sent by Volta to his friend Cavallo in London for communication to the Royal Society. In it Volta describes the pile of alternating dissimilar metals (silver and zinc) which, when moist, generated a flow of constant-current electricity. With this new force water was decomposed, metal was electro-deposited, the electro-magnet was created and the electrical age was begun.""(Dibner Heralds of Science, no. 60).Horblit 37b Norman 2164 PMM 255Sparrow 168Dibner 60Barchas 2092‎

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‎"VOLTA, ALEXANDER.‎

‎Del Modo di Render Sensibilissima la piu Debole Elettricita sia Naturale, sia Artificiale.‎

‎London, Royal Society of London, 1782. 4to. In recent marbled wrappers. In ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LXXII (72) for the Year 1782, Part I"". A few leaves reinforced in margin, otherwise fine and clean. VII, (1), 237-280.‎

‎First edition of Volta's peper in which he announced the invention of the ""condensatore"" for measuring small amounts of atmospheric electricity, otherwise too weak for detection.‎

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‎"VOLTAIRE, (F.M.A. de).‎

‎Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton, Mis à la parté de tout le monde.‎

‎Amsterdam, Etienne Ledet & Compagnie, 1738. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities, corners bumped and with loss of leather, spine-ends with loss of leather. With a small printed note pasted on to lower margin of title-page. Ex-libris pasted on to verso of front board. Pencil annotations to front free end-paper and previous owner's names in ink. A few pages slightly browned, but internally generally nice and clean. (6), XII, 399, (1), 401-410, (6) pp. + 1 frontispiece and 7 engraved plates. Numerous engraved headpieces, vignettes and diagrams throughout. Wanting the portrait.‎

‎First edition - with the imprint of Amsterdam publisher Ledet, to whom Voltaire had sent the manuscript - of this important work in which Voltaire introduced Newton in France and thereby ending the Cartesian era.""Voltaires importence for the history of science lies particularly in his having composed a famous popularization of Newton, Élemens de la Philosophie de Newton (1738), which also collaborating with his companion and mistress Émilie, marquise de Chatelet, on her translation of the Principia into French, and more generally in his having referred, with the lightness of touch that made him a serious critic of human condition, his moral philosophy to what he took to be Newtonian, and hence the correct, account of physical reality."" (DSB XIV:p.83). - G.J.Gray No. 155.‎

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‎"VOLTERRA, VITO.‎

‎Sur la Théorie des Variations des Latitudes.‎

‎Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1899. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from ""Acta Mathematica. Hrdg. von G. Mittag-Leffler."", Bd. 22, pp. 201-357.‎

‎First edition. As the north and south poles, instead of being fixed points on the earth's surface, wander round within a circle of ab. 5o ft. in diameter, the result is a variability of terrestial latitudes generally. Volterra gives an elaborate mathematical analysis of these yearly fluxtuations.‎

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‎"VON NEUMANN, JOHANN.‎

‎Beweis des Ergodensatzes und des H-Theorems in der neuen Mechanik.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1929. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", bd. 57, 1929. Entire issue offered. Library stamp to front free end-paper, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 30-70. [Entire volume:VII, (1), 872 pp.].‎

‎"VON NEUMANN, JOHANN. [JOHN].‎

‎Beweis des Ergodensatzes und des H-Theorems in der neuen Mechanik.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1929. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", bd. 57, 1929. Entire issue offered. Library stamp to front free end-paper and light wear to spine, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 30-70. [Entire volume:VII, (1), 872 pp.].‎

‎"WAALS, J.D.VAN DER.‎

‎Die Zustandsgleichung. Rede gehalten am 12. Dez. 1910 in Stockholm bei Empfang des Nobelpreises für Physik.‎

‎Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1911. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. 24 pp.‎

‎"WALLER, IVAR.‎

‎Zur Frage der Einwirkung der Wärmebewegung auf die Interferenz von Röntgenstrahlen. - [THE DEBYE-WALLER FACTOR]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1923. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Band 17, 1923. Library stamp to title page, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 398-408. [Entire volume offered: IV, 424 pp.].‎

‎"WALLNER, HELMUT.‎

‎Linienstrukturen an Bruchflächen. - [MODERN FORENSIC SCIENCE - WALLNER LINES]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1939. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 114, 1939. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 368-78. [Entire volume: VIII, 749 pp.].‎

‎"WALLNER, HELMUT.‎

‎Linienstrukturen an Bruchflächen. - [MODERN FORENSIC SCIENCE - WALLNER LINES]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1939. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 114, 1939. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 368-78. [Entire volume: VIII, 749 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Wallner's important paper on microscopic lines - Wallner Lines - in various materials. Wallner lines are microscopic fractures that propagate on a rigid surface. Using the Wallner lines, it is possible to determine the speed at which a surface is cracked. The method works for example on glass, epoxy, tungsten and carbon-filled rubber. The measurement of Wallner lines are a standard method of modern forensic science.‎

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‎"WANG, KAN CHANG. [or WANG GANCHANG].‎

‎Uber die ß-Spektren von ThB+C+C. - [WANG GANCHANG'S PH.D. THESIS]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1934. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 87, 1934. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 633-46. [Entire volume: VIII, 822 pp.].‎

‎"WATERSTON, J.J.‎

‎On a General Law of Density in Saturated Vapours. Received June 19, 1851, - Read June 19, 1851.‎

‎(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1852). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1852 - Part I. Pp. 83-85 a. 1 engraved plate‎

‎First printing. Waterston was one of the pioneers on the kinetic theory of gases although his importent work was looked down on by the Royal Society at the time.‎

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‎"WEBER, HEINRICH FRIEDRICH.‎

‎Die specifischen Wärmen der Elemente Kohlenstoff, Bor und Silicium. (2 Parts).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1875. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. raised bands. Spine slightly rubbed. In ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff"", Bd. 154. X,644 pp. and 5 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Weber's paper: pp. 367-423 a. pp. 553-582.‎

‎"WEBER, JOSEPH.‎

‎Beschreibung des Luftelektrophors. Durch engehängten neuen Erfahrungen, neuen Instrumenten, einem Unterrichte von Zubereitung der brennbaren Luft, und verschiedener Versuche mit derselben. Neueste mit der Beschreibung der elektrischen Lampe vermehrte ...‎

‎Augsburg, Kletts sel. Wittwe und Franck, 1779. Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. (2),86 pp. and 3 large folded engraved plates. Light scattered browning and some scattered brownspots.‎