‎Physique‎

‎"ANDERSON, WILHELM.‎

‎Über die Existenzmöglichkeit von kosmischem Staube in der Sonnenkorona.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1924. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth. In "" Zeitschrift für Physik"", vol. 28, 1924. Entire volume offered. Stamp to title page, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 299-324. [Entire volume: IV, 392, (1) pp.].‎

‎"ARSENJEVA-HEIL, A. (+) O. HEIL.‎

‎Eine neue Methode zur Erzeugung kurzer, ungedämpfter, elektromagnetischer Wellen großer Intensität. - [MODERN HIGH POWER LINEAR BEAM MICROWAVE ELECTRON TUBES]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1935. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 95, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with light soiling. Pp. 752-62. [Entire volume: VIII, 818 pp.].‎

‎First appearance of this important paper which constitute the first description of the fundamental principles behind modern high power linear beam microwave electron tubes.""They described a transit-time tube in which the three characteristic features"" velocity modulation, phase focusing, and energy transfer were designed to occur in three separate regions, an arrangement which is also characteristic of a klystron. Further they demonstrated, in my opinion for the first time, that it is necessary, in order to achieve high RF power output, to use a linear electron beam, and that the beam must be positioned in such a way as to prevent the electrons from landing on RF electrodes - they must only be allowed to penetrate the fringe field of the RF electrodes, finally landing on a separate electrode, now called the collector. This arrangement made it possible to separate high frequency from beam guiding electrodes, thus permitting the use of high power electron beams"" (Sarkar, History of Wireless). ""which outlined the fundamental working principles of the klystron tube, a high power microwave oscillator, used to provide the transmitter power in the newly developed radar equipment. Leaving Arsenjeva in Russia, he later moved to the UK to continue development work on the klystron with Standard Telephones and Cables (STC), the UK arm of ITT. The day before England went to war with Germany Heil slipped out of the country returning to Germany to continue his work at Standard Electric Lorentz (SEL), ITT's German arm in Berlin. Heil's klystrons, known as ""Heil's Generators"", became key components in Germany's World War II radars.""""After the war Heil's name appeared on an FBI list of Germans accused of war crimes. He was brought to the US by the military and worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Subsequently he formed his own company and carried out intensive research the physiology of the human ear and sound generation by small animals which he applied to the design of sound transducers. His 1973 patent for the Heil Air Motion Transformer (AMT) made him well known to HiFi buffs.""‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49192

‎"ARAGO, DOMINIQUE- FRANCOIS et AUGUSTIN FRESNEL. -‎

‎Mémoire Sur l'Action que les rayons de lumière polarisés exercent les uns sur les autres. - [THE DISCOVERY THAT LIGHT VIBRATES TRANSVERSELY]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1819. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with raised bands and gilt spine. Very light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of title-page and on verso of plates. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", Tome X, 2. Series. 448 pp. a. 2 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Arago and Fresnel's paper: pp. 288-306.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper in which Arago and Fresnel described the experiments which demonstrated that light vibrates transversely to its direction of forward movement.""In a further letter to Arago, dated 29 April 1818 Young recurred to the subject of transverse vibrations, comparing light to the undulations of a cord agitated by one of its extremities. This letter was shown by Arago to Fresnel, who at once saw that it presented the true explanation of the non-interference of beams polarised in perpendicular planes, and that the latter effect could even be made the basis of a proof of the correctness of Young's hypothesis" for if the vibration of each beam be supposed resolved into three components, one along the ray and the other two at right angles to it, it is obvious from the Arago-Fresnel experiment that the components in the direction of the ray must vanish" in other words THAT THE VIBRATIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE LIGHT ARE EXECUTED IN THE WAVE-FRONT."" (Edmund Whittaker in ""A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity I"", p. 115). - Parkinson, Breakthroughs 1819 P. - Magie ""A Source Book in Physics, p. 325 ff.The volume contains another groundbreaking paper, in which THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ATOMIC WEIGHT AND ATOMIC HEAT WAS ESTABLISHED - THE ""LAW OF DULONG AND PETIT"".DULONG, (PIERRE) & (ALEXIS) PETIT. Recherches sur quelques points importans de la théorie de la chaleur. Vol. X, pp. 395-413. (In the volume offered).""They (Dulang and Petit) were concerned with the specific heats of elements"" but if these elements really existed as atoms, it seemed possible that there might be a connection between the weight of the atom and the amount of heat acquired to raise the temperature of a given weight of that element by a certain amount."" (DSB). - ""One of his (Dulong) most important researches was made in collaboration with Alexis Thérese Petit (1791-1820), with whom he announced the law that the product of atomic weight and specific heat is constant (1819). It rendered a distinct service in fixing atomic weights, especially when these were in question, and enabled Berzelius and later Cannizzaro to arrive at correct atomic weights and the correct number of atoms in molecules."" (Leicester & Klickstein, A source Book in Chemistry 1400-1900, p. 273). Magie ""A Source Book in Physics"", p. 178 ff. - Parkinson, Breakthroughs (1819).‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43495

‎"ARAGO, DOMINIQUE- FRANCOIS et AUGUSTIN FRESNEL. -‎

‎Mémoire Sur l'Action que les rayons de lumière polarisés exercent les uns sur les autres. - [THE DISCOVERY THAT LIGHT VIBRATES TRANSVERSELY]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1819. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with raised bands and gilt spine. Very light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of title-page and on verso of plates. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", Tome X, 2. Series. 448 pp. a. 2 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Arago and Fresnel's paper: pp. 288-306.‎

‎"ARNISON, G., CARLO RUBIA, SIMON VAN DER MEER et al. - THE DISCOVERY OF THE WEAK NUCLEAR FORCES, THE Z BOSON AND W BOSON.‎

‎Experimental Observation of lepton pairs of invariant mass around 95 GeV/c2 at the Cern SPS collider. (together with 137 others from Cern) (+) Experimental observations of isolated large transverse energy electrons with associated missing energy at Vs...‎

‎Amstyerdam, North Holland, 1983. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettring to spines. In: ""Physics Letters"", Vol. 122 B and Vol. 126 B. (8),517 pp. and (10),525 pp. (Entire volumes offered). The papers: pp. 394-410 (vol. 122 B) and pp. 103-116 (vol. 126 B). Clean and fine.‎

‎"ARRHENIUS, SVANTE.‎

‎Sol-Maskinen.‎

‎Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksells,1915. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Årsbok, 1915"". Very fine and clean. Pp. 263-272‎

‎"ARSENJEVA-HEIL, A. (+) O. HEIL.‎

‎Eine neue Methode zur Erzeugung kurzer, ungedämpfter, elektromagnetischer Wellen großer Intensität. - [MODERN HIGH POWER LINEAR BEAM MICROWAVE ELECTRON TUBES]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1935. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 95, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper. Fine and clean. Pp. 752-62. [Entire volume: VIII, 818 pp.].‎

‎"AVOGADRO, A. (AMEDEO). - HIS FIRST PAPER.‎

‎Consideration on the State in wich a Stratum of nonconducting Matter must be, when interposed between Two Surfaces endued with opposite Electricities.‎

‎London, W. Nicholson, 1808. Contemp. hcalf, but clothbacked later. Corners bumped. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. In: ""A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By William Nicholson. Vol. XXI. VIII,384,(8) pp. a. 10 engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Avogadro's paper: pp. 278-290. Internally clean.‎

‎"BARDEEN, J.‎

‎Diffusion in Binary Alloys. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1949. Lex8vo. Volume 76, November 1, No. 9, 1949 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. In the original printed blue wrappers. Minor browning to extremities very slight wear to spine. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper (C. Møller). A fine and clean copy. Pp. 1403-1405. [Entire issue: Pp. 1275-1422].‎

‎First publication of Bardeen's paper on diffusion in binary alloys.Bardeen is known as the inventor of the transistor, for which he, together with Shockley, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956. Bardeen is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, first in 1956 and again in 1972 for his part in the development of the theory of superconductivity (BCS-theory) and thus also became the only person, until this day, to receive the Nobel Prize more than once in the same field.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43431

‎"BARDEEN, J. & G. L. PEARSON.‎

‎Electrical Properties of Pure Silicon and Silicon Alloys Containing Boron and Phosphorous.‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1949. Lex8vo. Volume 75, March 1, No. 5, 1949 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. Entire volume offered in the original printed blue wrappers. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 865-883. [Entire issue: Pp. 705-911].‎

‎First publication of Bardeen and Pearson's research on silicon as semiconductor.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43547

‎"BARNES, R. BOWLING (+) R. ROBERT BRATTAIN (+) FREDERICK SEITZ.‎

‎On the Structure and Interpretation of the Infrared Absorption Spectra of Crystals.‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1935. Lex8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Entire volume 48, October 1 of ""The Physical Review"". A small nick to spine, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp: 582-602. [Entire volume: Pp. 573-640].‎

‎First printing. Brattain published he famous transistor-paper with Bardeen in 1948.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 46705

‎"BABINET, J. (JACQUES) - BABINET'S PRINCIPLE - EXTENDING THE FINDINGS OF FRAUNHOFER.‎

‎Sur les couleurs des réseaux,‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1829). 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 , tome 40, Cahier 2. With halftitle to vol. 40. Pp. 113-224 a. 3 folded plates. (Entire issue offered). Babinet's paper: pp. 166-176 a. 1 plate.‎

‎First appearance of the paper in which Babinet expounds his importent law, stating the formula that holds between diffraction and diffraction pattern in optics. The principle plays an important role in antenna design and Babinet’s principle is particularly interesting to consider in this case where the metasurfaces and their complements can be regarded as variations on a folded dipole antenna array and patch antenna array, respectively. Babinet was together with Fresnel one of the pioneers in the development of the new optics, the wave-theory of light.""An early proponent of the wave theory of light which had recently been perfected by Fresnel and Young, Babinet devoted much of his research to extending its applications. His first published paper on optics. ""Sur les couleurs des réseaux,"" dealt with Fraunhofer’s discovery that white light viewed through a wire grating produces a series of continuous spectra. Babinet derived the formula that relates the deviation of rays of a given color to the ratio of their wavelength divided by the sum of the diameter of the wires plus the distance between any two wires. He also showed that diffraction experiments could yield an improved measure of wavelengths and presented a table of new values.Babinet realized that the grating was only one of a number of means of producing diffraction effects, so he extended his theoretical work to include other systems. The result was a concept known today as Babinet’s principle: ""If parallel rays fall normally on a diffraction system formed from a large number of openings... the diffraction phenomena will remain identically the same if the transparent parts become opaque, and reciprocally.""(DSB).‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45030

‎"BARDEEN, J.‎

‎Theory of Relation between Hole Concentration and Characteristics of Germanium Point Contacts. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1950. 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers. In ""The Bell System Technical Journal."", Volume XXIX, October, 1950, No. 4. pp. 469-495. [Entire volume: pp. 469-675]. A bit of sunning to spine and a crease to front wrapper. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of Bardeen's paper on hole concentration and germanium point contacts. Bardeen is known as the inventor of the transistor, for which he, together with Shockley, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956. Bardeen is the only person to have been awrded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, first in 1956 and again in 1972 for his part in the development of the theory of superconductivity (BCS-theory) and thus became the only person, until this day, to receive the Nobel Prize more than once in the same field. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 450 (the journal issue). Other papers contained in the volume:1. Morton, J.A." Ryder, R.M. Design Factors of the Bell Telephone Laboratories 1553 Triode. Pp. 496-530.2. Bowen, A.E. Mumford, W.W. A New Microwave Triode: Its Performance as a Modulator and as an Amplifier. Pp. 531-552.3. Hines, M.E. A Wide Range Microwave Sweeping Oscillator. Pp. 553-559.4. Van Roosbroeck, W. Theory of the Flow of Electrons and Holes in Germanium and Other Semiconductors. Pp. 560-607. 5. Pierce, J.R. Traveling-Wave Tubes (Fourth Installment). Pp. 608-671.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43153

‎"BARDEEN, J. (+) W. H. BRATTAIN (+) W. SHOCKLEY (+) W. L. PEARSON (+) TOMONAGA (+) G. GAMOW (+) R. P. FEYNMAN (+) J. SCHWINGER.‎

‎The transistor, a semi-conductor triode (+) Nature of the forward current in Germanium Point Contacts [BARDEEN, J. & BRATTAIN, W. H.] (+) Modulation of conductance of thin films of semi-conductors by surface charges [SHOCKLEY, W. & PEARSON, W. L.] (+)... - [DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSISTOR - THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT VOLUME OF THE PHYSICAL REVIEW]‎

‎Lancaster, PA & New York, American Physical Society, 1948. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary black full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Nature"", Vol. 74, 1948. Spine with a bit a wear and front hinge a bit loose, otherwise a fine and clean copy.‎

‎First printing of the single most important volume of The Physical Review containing an exceptional number of important papers - amongst other the first paper to describe the transistor: One of the most important inventions of the 20th Century which awarded them the Nobel Prize in physics in 1956.,The three first titles are the short letters in Physical Review which first announced the invention of the transistor. The following year Bardeen and Brattain published the more comprehensive report ""Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action"". This paper was simultaneously published, the same month, in The Bell System Technical Journal (Number 2 volume 28). In 1956 Bardeen and Brattain shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with William Shockley ""for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"". In 1972 Bardeen again received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his part in the development of the theory of superconductivity (BCS-theory), and thus became the only person, until this day, to receive the Nobel Prize more than once in the same field. ""The invention of the transistor would in time change the world by making possible the microchip and all the devices that followed from it, but the discovery ruined the spirit of the Bell Laboratories semiconductor group. Shockley, who had been uninvolved in the invention of the original transistor, stunned Bardeen and Brattain when he tried to patent the invention in his name, hoping to base it on his suggestion of the field-effect amplifier. Shockley's plan failed because the patent attorneys discovered that Julius E. Lilienfeld, a Polish-American inventor, had already patented the field-effect notion in 1930. Shockley further antagonized Brattain and Bardeen by preventing them from working on the consequences of their historic invention, a second transistor, known as the junction device, which could better be used commercially."" (DSB)The issue also contain two of the papers leading to Richard Feynman's 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics, (A Relativistic Cut-Off for Classical Electrodynamics & Relativistic Cut-Off for Quantum Electrodynamics) and the paper that led to Polykarp Kusch's 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics (The Magnetic Moment of the Electron)Also containing Maria Goeppert-Mayer paper that led to her 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics (On Closed Shells in Nuclei), the seminal P. A. M. Dirac paper on magnetic monopoles (A theory of Magnetic Poles) and three important papers on The Big Bang Theory by George Gamow, Ralph Alpher and George Herman (The Origin of the Elements and the Separation of Galaxies & Thermonuclear Reactions in the Expanding Universe & On the Relative Abundance of the Elements & A Neutron-Capture Theory of the Formation and Relative Abundance of the Elements).See Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 450.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 47051

‎"BARGMANN, VALENTINE.‎

‎Zur Theorie des Wasserstoffatoms: Bemerkungen zur gleichnamigen Arbeit von V. Fock.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1936. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 99, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with soiling and some leaves with light dampstain, not affecting the Bargmann paper. Pp. 576-582.. [Entire volume: VIII, 803 pp.].‎

‎First appearance of Bargmann's paper in which he showed that the Kepler problem is mathematically equivalent to a particle moving freely on the surface of a four-dimensional (hyper-)sphere, so that the whole problem is symmetric under certain rotations of the four-dimensional space.Bargmann functioned as Albert Einstein assistant for several years.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49190

‎"BABINET, J. (JACQUES) - BABINET'S PRINCIPLE - EXTENDING THE FINDINGS OF FRAUNHOFER.‎

‎Sur les couleurs des réseaux‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1829). 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 , tome 40, Cahier 2. With halftitle to vol. 40. Pp. 113-224 a. 3 folded plates. (Entire issue offered). Babinet's paper: pp. 166-176 a. 1 plate.‎

‎"BARDEEN, J.‎

‎Diffusion in Binary Alloys. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1949. Lex8vo. Volume 76, November 1, No. 9, 1949 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. In the original printed blue wrappers. Minor browning to extremities very slight wear to spine. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper (C. Møller). A fine and clean copy. Pp. 1403-1405. [Entire issue: Pp. 1275-1422].‎

‎"BARDEEN, J.‎

‎Theory of Relation between Hole Concentration and Characteristics of Germanium Point Contacts. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎(New York), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1950. 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers. In ""The Bell System Technical Journal."", Volume XXIX, October, 1950, No. 4. pp. 469-495. [Entire volume: pp. 469-675]. A bit of sunning to spine and a small tear to lower part of spine. Previous owner's name to front front wrapper. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎"BARDEEN, J. (+) W. H. BRATTAIN (+) W. SHOCKLEY (+) W. L. PEARSON (+) TOMONAGA (+) G. GAMOW (+) R. P. FEYNMAN (+) J. SCHWINGER.‎

‎The transistor, a semi-conductor triode (+) Nature of the forward current in Germanium Point Contacts [BARDEEN, J. & BRATTAIN, W. H.] (+) Modulation of conductance of thin films of semi-conductors by surface charges [SHOCKLEY, W. & PEARSON, W. L.] (+)... - [DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSISTOR - THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT VOLUME OF THE PHYSICAL REVIEW]‎

‎Lancaster, PA & New York, American Physical Society, 1948. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary black full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Nature"", Vol. 74, 1948. Spine with a bit a wear and front hinge a bit loose, otherwise a fine and clean copy.‎

‎"BARDEEN, J.(+) W. G.PFANN‎

‎Effects of Electrical Forming on the Rectifying Barriers of n- and p-Germanium Transistors‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 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 77, February 1, No. 3, 1950. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 401-2. [Entire volume: Pp. 305-424].‎

‎"BARDEEN, JOHN.‎

‎Two-Fluid Model of Superconductivity. - [SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND THE SUPERFLUIDITY]‎

‎(New York), American physical Society, 1958. Lex8vo. Volume 1, No. 11, December 1, 1958 of ""Physical Review Letters"", In the original printed blue wrappers. A very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally, near mint. Pp. 399-400. [Entire issue: 399-436].‎

‎"BARDEEN, JOHN., WALTER H. BRATTAIN.‎

‎Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action. [In: The Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 28, pp.239-277]. - [INVENTION OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1949. 8vo. The entire April issue in original printed wrappers offered. Spine strips with some wear. Small rubberstamp on front wrapper. Otherwise fine.‎

‎"BARGMANN, VALENTINE.‎

‎Zur Theorie des Wasserstoffatoms: Bemerkungen zur gleichnamigen Arbeit von V. Fock.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1936. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 99, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, Extremities with soiling and some leaves with light dampstain, not affecting the Bargmann paper. Pp. 576-582.. [Entire volume: VIII, 803 pp.].‎

‎"BARLOW, PETER. - THE FIRST ""BARLOW LENS""‎

‎An account of a Series of experiments made with the view to the construction of an achromatic telescope with a fluid concave lens, instead of the usual lens of flint glass. In a letter adressed to Davies Gilbert.... Read January 17, 1828.‎

‎(London, Richard Taylor, 1828). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1828 - Part I. Pp. 105-112.‎

‎"BARTHOLINUS, (BARTHOLIN), ERASMUS (RASMUS).‎

‎Versuche mit dem doppelt-brechenden isländischen Kristall, die zur Entdeckung einer wunderbaren und aussergewöhnlichen Brechung führten. Uebersetzt von Karl Mieleitner. Mit 17 Textfiguren.‎

‎Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellscahft, 1922. Orig stiff printed boards. 35 pp. (Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften Nr. 205).‎