‎Physique‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK. - THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES.‎

‎The Bakerian Lecture. - On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. Received November 23, 1865 (+) Postscript.- Received December 7, 1865. - Read February 8, 1866.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 249-268 a. 1 lithographed plate. A few brownspots to the plate. Having the titlepage to vol. 156 - Part I. A few brownspots to lower margins.‎

‎First appearance of a major paper in the kinetic theory of gases, in which Maxwell proved that the viscosity was independent of pressure as predicted, and nearly a linear function of the absolute temperature T.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli, this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath, John James Waterston, James Joule, and particularly Rudolf Clausius, to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt"" but it received enormous development from Maxwell, who in this field appeared as an experimenter (on the laws of gaseous friction) as well as a mathematician.""James Clerk Maxwell published a famous paper in 1866 (the paper offered) using the kinetic theory of gases to study gaseous viscosity. The internal friction (the viscosity) of the gas is determined by the probability a particle of layer A enters layer B with a corresponding transfer of momentum. Maxwell's calculations showed him that the viscosity coefficient is proportional to both the density, the mean free path and the mean velocity of the atoms. On the other hand, the mean free path is inversely proportional to the density. So an increase of pressure doesn't result in any change of the viscosity.‎

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‎"MALUS, ETIENNE LOUIS & LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMONE & WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - THE LAWS OF DOUBLE REFRACTION ESTABLISHED.‎

‎Ueber die Messung des Brechungsvermögens der undurchsichtigen Körper. (+) Ueber eine Eigenthümlichkeit des von durchsichtigen Körpern zurückgeworfenen Lichtes. Uebersetzt von Erman, mit einigen Erleuterungen von Tralles. (+ WOLLASTON:) eue Methode die...‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1809. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 31, Drittes Stück. Titlepage to vol. 31. Pp. 225-336 a. 1 engraved plate. (Entire issue offered). Malus's papers: pp. 225-234 a. pp. 286-294. Wollaston's papers: pp. 235-251 a. pp. 252-262 a. Erläuterungen von Gilbert pp. 263-273. Laplace's paper: pp. 274-285.‎

‎First apperance in German of these importent papers on the refraction and double refraction of light. The papers by Malus is his first two papers on the refraction of light and Laplace's paper is the memoir in which he commented Malus' paper and Huygen's refraction law. ""In 1788 Haüy found experimentally that Huygen's law was true only in certain special cases, but in 1802 Wollaston found experimental evidence for the Huygenian construction (the second Wollaston paper offered). In ´""Mémoire sur la mesure du pouvoir réfringent"" (the first paper offered) Malus showed that Wollaston's experiments were incomplete, and so the French corpuscularian physicists did not trust Wollaston's results. They thought, moreover, that Wollaston was associated with Tmomas Young and therfore with the new wave hypothesis. In this situation the Institute on January 1808 proposed a prize which required an experimental and theoretical explanation of double refraction. The French ""Newtonian"" scientists hoped that Malus would find a precise and general law for double refraction within the framework of an emission theory of light. Malus was a skilled mathematician and during 1807 he had carried out experiments on double refraction. By december 1808 Malus had finished his experimental investigations, which verified the Huygenian law. What remained was a theoretical deduction of the law. In January 1809, Laplace published a memoir in which he deduced Huygen's law law within the framework of Newtonian mechanics, using the principle of least action, and Malus considered this an insolence which deprived him of the priority. In 1810 Malus von the prize for his ""Théorie sur la double réfraction"", published in 1811.""(DSB IX, p. 73).‎

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‎"MACLAURIN, COLIN. - EXTENDING NEWTON'S THIRD LAW.‎

‎Demonstration de Loix du Choc des Corps. (Piece qui a remporté le Prix de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, Proposé pour l'année mil sept cens vingt-quatre, selon Fonadation faite...).‎

‎Paris, Caude Jombert, 1724. 4to. Nice recent marbled boards in old style with titlelabel on frontcover. 24 pp. and one folded engraved plate. A few weak brownspots to margins. Otherwise fine and clean.‎

‎"MAIMAN, T. A.‎

‎Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby. - [THE FIRST OPERATING LASER]‎

‎London, Macmillan, 1960. Royal8vo. Bound in full cloth with two black leather title label to spine. In ""Nature"", Vol. 187, 1960.‎

‎"MAIRAN, DORTOUS DE. (JEAN JACQUES).‎

‎Dissertation sur La Glace, ou Explication physique de la formation de la Glace, & de ses divers phénomènes.‎

‎Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1749. Small 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt back. Triple gilt lineborder on covers. Upper compartment of back repaired. Leather along fronthinge cracking, but holding and cover not loose. Spine rubbed. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece. XXIX,(10),384,XX pp. and 5 folded engraved plates.‎

‎"MALUS, ETIENNE LOUIS & LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMONE & WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - THE LAWS OF DOUBLE REFRACTION ESTABLISHED.‎

‎Ueber die Messung des Brechungsvermögens der undurchsichtigen Körper. (+) Ueber eine Eigenthümlichkeit des von durchsichtigen Körpern zurückgeworfenen Lichtes. Uebersetzt von Erman, mit einigen Erleuterungen von Tralles. (+ WOLLASTON:) eue Methode die...‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1809. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 31, Drittes Stück. Titlepage to vol. 31. Pp. 225-336 a. 1 engraved plate. (Entire issue offered). Malus's papers: pp. 225-234 a. pp. 286-294. Wollaston's papers: pp. 235-251 a. pp. 252-262 a. Erläuterungen von Gilbert pp. 263-273. Laplace's paper: pp. 274-285.‎

‎"MARCONI, GUGLIELMO. - MARCONI'S ""MAGGIE"" - THE MAGNETIC DETECTOR - WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY‎

‎""Note on a Magnetic Detector of Electrical Waves, which can be employed as a receiver for Space Telegraphy."" (+) ""A Note on the Effect of Daylight upon the Propagation of Electromagnetic Impulses over Long Distances."" (2 papers).‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1902). No wrappers, as extracted from ""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. LXX. Pp. 341-344 a. pp. 344-347.‎

‎"MASKELYNE, NEVIL.‎

‎An Account of Observations made on the Mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction. Read at the Royal Society, July 6, 1775 (+) A Proposal for measuring the Attraction of some Hill in the Kingdom by Astronomical Observations. - [THE FIRST CONVINCING EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE UNIVERSALITY OF GRAVITATION]‎

‎London, Lockyer Davis, 1775. 4to. In recent marbled paper wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"". Including title-page of volume. Leaves reinforced in margin. Very light brownspotting through out and light offsetting from folding plate as usual. (2), iii-vii, (1), 495-542 pp.‎

‎"MATHISSON, MYRON.‎

‎Die Beharrungsgesetze in der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie (+) Die Mechanik des Materieteilchens in der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. - [THE MATHISSON-PAPAPETROU EQUATIONS]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1931. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 67, 1931. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and title page, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 270-77" pp. 826-844. [Entire volume: VIII, 863 pp.].‎

‎"MATTEUCCI, CH. (CARLO). - MATTEUCCI'S ""RHEOSCOPIC FROG-EFFECT""‎

‎Sur le courant électrique des muscles des animaux vivants ou récemment tués. Extrait d'une Lettre à M. de Humboldt).‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1841. 4to. No wrappers. In ""Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences"", Vol. 16, No 4. Pp. (151-) 214. (Entire issue offered). Matteucci's paper: pp. 197-200. Some faint brownspots.‎

‎"MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU de.‎

‎Accord de Differentes Loix de la Nature qui avoient jusqui'ici paru incompatibles (15 Avril 1744).‎

‎Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1748. 4to. Recent blue boards. Issued in ""Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, Année 1744, Paris"", pp. 417-426. Bound with the engraved frontispiece and titlepage to the volume.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLARK.‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - Read May 31, 1866. - [THE ""MAXWELL-DISTRIBUTION""S FINAL FORM - A MAIN PAPER IN 19TH CENTURY PHYSICS.]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4to. Extracted and rebound in recent green plain wrappers. Title-page of vol. 157 pasted on to front wrapper. A fine copy. Pp. 49-88.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLARK.‎

‎On Faraday's Lines of Force. - [MAXWELL'S VERY FIRST PAPER ON ELECTROMAGNETISM]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1864. 4to. In plain white paper-wrappers with title-page of journal volume pasted on to front wrapper. In ""Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society"", Volume 10. Fine and clean. Pp. (27)-83, (1) + the pasted on title-page.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLARK.‎

‎On the Theory of Compound Colours, and the Relations of the Colours of the Spectrum. - [MAXWELL ON THE RELATIONS OF COLOURS]‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1860). 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Vol. X [10], No. 39. Entire issue offered. Wrappers with a few brown spots, fine and clean. Pp. 404-408. [Entire issue: Pp. 319-494].‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLARK.‎

‎On the Transformation of Surfaces by Bending.‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1856. 4to. In plain white paper-wrappers with title-page of journal volume pasted on to front wrapper. In ""Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society"", Volume 9. Fine and clean. Pp. (445)-470 + the pasted on title-page.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLARK. - THE ""MAXWELL-DISTRIBUTION""S FINAL FORM - A MAIN PAPER IN 19TH CENTURY PHYSICS.‎

‎""On the Dynamical Theory of Gases."" Received May 16, - Read May 31, 1866.‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1867. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 157 - Part I. Titlepage to volume 155 and pp. 49-88. Titlepage with minor light browning at corners. Internally clean. A small stamp on verso of titlepage.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK.‎

‎A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. Received October 27, - Read December 8, 1864. - [THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATION IN PHYSICS IN THE 19TH CENTURY - PMM 355]‎

‎London, Taylor and Francis, 1865. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 155. Title-page to volume 155. Pp. 459-512. Title-page with minor light browning at corners. Internally clean. A stamp on verso of title-page.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK.‎

‎La Chaleur. Lecons Élémentaires sur la Thermometrie, la Calorimétrie, La Thermodynamique, et la Dissipation de L'Énergie. Edition francaise, d'apres la huitieme edition anglaise., par Georges Mouret. Prècédée d'une préface par M.A. Potier.‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars (as a paperlabel pasted on B.Tignot), (1891). Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Unopened. Sewing broken on back. Nearly all of backstrip preserved. (4),IV,432 pp.Textillustrations. Scattered brownspots, mainly marginal. A good copy.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK.‎

‎On Double Refraction in a Viscous Fluid in Motion.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1873). 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. In ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Vol. XXII [22], No. 148. Entire issue offered. Wrappers with light soiling, spine lacking upper and lower part of paper, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 46-47. [Entire issue: 51 pp.].‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK. - ESTABLISHING THE SCIENCE OF RAREFIED GAS DYNAMICS.‎

‎On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature. Recieved March 19, - Read April 11, 1878. (+) Appendix. (Added May, 1879).‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Year 1879, Vol. 171 - Part II. Pp. 231-256. Clean and fine.‎

‎"MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK. - THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES.‎

‎The Bakerian Lecture. - On the Viscosity or Internal Friction of Air and other Gases. Received November 23, 1865 (+) Postscript.- Received December 7, 1865. - Read February 8, 1866.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."", Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 249-268 a. 1 lithographed plate. A few brownspots to the plate. Having the titlepage to vol. 156 - Part I. A few brownspots to lower margins.‎

‎"MAYER, MARIA G. & EDWARD TELLER.‎

‎On the Origin of Elements. - [THE DISCOVERY OF THE NUCLEAR SHELL MODEL AND ""MAGIC NUMBERS""]‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1949. Lex8vo. Volume 76, October 15, No. 8, 1949 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. Entire volume offered. In the original printed blue wrappers. Previous owner's name to vaguely stamped to top right corner of front wrapper. Minor traces of wear to extremities and a few small tears to spine. Overall a very nice and clean copy. Pp. 1226-1231. [Entire issue: Pp. 1005-1274].‎

‎"MENDELÉEFF, D. (MENDELÉEV, MENDELEYEV, MENDELÉEFF).‎

‎Des écarts dans les lois relatives aux gaz. Note de D. Mendéléeff. (Extrait).‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1876. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 82, No 7. Pp. (397-) 428. Mendelejeff's paper: pp. 412-415. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of one of the papers which marks the beginning of Mendeléeff's aeronautical recherches to which he turned after his discovery of the periodic table. These researches were stimulated by his interest in the gas-laws of Boyle-Mariotte and Gay-Lussac and aimed at establishing the ontology of the ether.‎

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‎"MEISSNER, W. & OCHSENFELD, R.‎

‎Ein neuer Effekt bei Eintritt der Supraleitfältigkeit. - [THE DISCOVERY OF THE MEISSNER EFFECT]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1933. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Die Naturwissenschaften"", Vol. 21, 1933. A library stamp to title page, otherwise a very fine and clean. Pp. 787-788.‎

‎First printing of the influential Meissner effect which lead to the discovery of the phenomenological theory of superconductivity by Fritz and Heinz London in 1935"" The Meissner effect is an expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state and it allowed the first theoretical predictions for superconductivity to be made""In the spring of 1933, in the course of these measurements Meissner and his colleague Robert Ochsenfeld observed a new phenomenon that contributed greatly to the understanding of superconductivity. The magnitude of the magnetic field measured between conductors was a function of the direction of the current, which could be explained by the role played by the earth's magnetic field. Therefore, Meissner and Ochsenfeld carried out the measurements of changes in the magnetic field close to the conductors when these were subject only to the earth's field, that is, without any current running through them. Before superconductivity set in, the magnetic lines of force penetrated the crystals with almost no resistance because of their low susceptibility. From what was known about superconductivity at that time, it was expected that the distribution of the lines of force would remain unchanged if the temperature were lowered below the threshold level. However, Meissner and Ochsenfeld observed an increase in the lines of force in close proximity to the superconductors. Meissner interpreted this result as follows: the magnetic field flux was displaced from the crystals when superconductivity set in the magnetic field flux that previously flowed inside the conductors was now flowing between the crystals."" (DSB)‎

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‎"MENDELEEV, DIMITRI IVANOVITCH. (MENDELEYEV MENDELEV MENDELEJEFF) et V. HEMILIAN.‎

‎Sur la compressabilité des Gaz soumis aux faibles Pressions.‎

‎Paris, G. Masson, 1883. 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 IX. 576 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Mendeleev's paper: pp. 111-119.‎

‎First printing of this paper in which Mendeleev, in connection with his aerobautical researches, investigated the compressability and elasticity of gases.The volume contains other importent papers DES CLOIZEAU'S ""Mémoire sur L'Existence, les propriétes optique et christallographiques, et la Composition chimique du Microline,nouvelle Espèce de feldspath..."", pp. 433-499 and illustrated with 12 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC textillustrations. Also with original contributions by Berthelot, Raoult, and CLAUDE BERNARD ""Critique experimentale sur la ormation du Sucre dans le Sang ou sur la Fonction de la Glycémie physiologique"", pp. 207-265.‎

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