‎Physique‎

‎"NAVIER, (CLAUDE L.M.H.). - THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS FOR FLUID FLOW.‎

‎Sur les Lois des mouvemens des fluides, en ayant égard à l'adhésion des molécules.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1821). No wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Volume 19, Cahier 3. Pp. 225-236 (Entire issue offered with halftitle to vol. 19). Navier's paper: pp. 244-260. A few scattered brownspots. Some browning to halftitlepage.‎

‎"NEUMANN, CARL GOTTFRIED.‎

‎Allgemeine Untersuchungen über das Newton'sche Princip der Fernwirkungen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Elektrischen Wirkungen.‎

‎Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1896. Lex8vo. Bound with orig. printed wrappers in contemp. hcalf, rebacked preserving old spine. Binding somewhat rubbed. Some nicks to wrappers. Right margin of titlepage with small tears. XXI,292 pp.‎

‎First edition. ""As a researcher he was especially prominent in the field of potential theory. His investigations into boundary value problems resulted in pioneering achievements"" in 1870 he began to develop the method of the arithmetical mean for their solution. He also coined the term ""logarithmic potential"". The second boundary value problem of potential theory still bears his name: a generalization of it was later provided by H. Poincaré."" (DSB X: p. 25). - Gray: Newton a Bibliography No 125. - Not in Weaver, Wheeler gift.‎

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‎"NEUMANN, J. V. (+) E. WIGNER.‎

‎Zur Erklärung einiger Eigenschaften der Spektren aus der Quantenmechanik des Drehelektrons.‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"". bd. 49. Library stamp to titel page, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 73-94. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 896 pp.].‎

‎First appearance of this important paper which explains certain aspects of atomic spectra in terms of the quantum mechanics of electron spinIn 1928 and 1929, shortly after von Neumann had begun publishing his landmark papers on the axiomatization of quantum mechanics, he and his friend Wigner (Nobel Laureate in physics, 1963) issued a series of papers on the spectra of v arious atoms, clarifying the data and putting it into rigorous mathematical form. ""Sixty y ears later, in 1989, Hans Bethe was still calling these among the most remarkable of Johnny [v on Neumann's] works"" (Macrae, John von Neumann, p. 146).‎

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‎"NEWTON, ISAAC.‎

‎Optice: sive de Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus & Coloribus Lucis, Libri tres. Latine reddidit Samuel Clarke, S.T.P. Editio Secunda, auctior.‎

‎London, Impensis Gul. & Joh. Innys, 1719 (colophon: Londini: Ex Officina Gulielmi Bowyer, 1718). 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Corners, fronthinge and spineends professionally repaired. Inner hinges reinforced. Gilt lineborders on back. Titlelabel in red leather with gilt lettering. Old owners name stamped on titlepage (small).Instead of htitle is bound ""Catalogus Librorum prostantium apud Gul. & Joh. Innys"" (1 leaf), the Cataloque is furthermore bound at end, but with a different typography. (2),XI,(1),415 pp. and 12 folded engraved plates. Very light brownning to a few margins. Printed on good paper, in general fine and clean internally.‎

‎Scarce second Latin edition of Newton's ""Optics: or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light. London 1704."", one of the great books in the history of science. ""Newton's Optics did for Light what his Principia had done for Gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis."" (E.W. Brown). The translation was brought to light ""At the request of Newton, Dr. Samuel Clarke prepared a Latin edition of his Optics which appeared 1706, and he was generously presented by Sir Isaac with GBP 500, or GBP 100 for each of his five children, as a token of the appreciation and gratitude of the author. DeMoivre is said to have secured and taken charge of this translation, and to have spared neither time nor trouble in the task. Newton met him every evening at a coffe-house, and when they have finished their work he took De Moivre home with him to spend the evening in philosophical conversation.""(Brewster in his ""Newton"", 1855"").""In the accumulation of optical phenomena from his first paper (the short memoir in Philosophical Transaction, 1672) until the above book (the Optics,..) 33 years later, Newton had gathered explanations to many problems. The rainbow is fully explained and also ""Newton's rings"", produced by pressing the flat side of a plano-convex glass against a double convex lens of long focal lenght, producing rings of alternating brightness and darkness"" his explanation was not valid, as he did not know optical interference. He speculated on the double refraction of Icelandic spar...."" (Dibner in Heralds of Science No 148) - G.J. Gray No 180.‎

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‎"NEWTON, ISAAC. - FIRST GERMAN ""PRINCIPIA"".‎

‎Mathematische Principien der Naturlehre. Mit Bemerkungen und Erläuterungen herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. J. Ph. Wolfers.‎

‎Berlin, Robert Oppenheim, 1872. 8vo. Contemporary hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. VIII,666,VI pp. Text diagrams. Internally clean. From the library of the Danish logician and philosopher Jørgen Jørgensen having his name on top of front free enpaper.‎

‎First German edition of Newton's groundbreaking ""Principia"". - Gray 39.‎

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‎"NICHOLSON, WILLIAM. - THE FIRST ELECTROLYSIS WITH THE VOLTAIC PILE PERFORMED.‎

‎Beschreibung des neuen electrichen oder galvanischen Apparats Alexander Volta's, und einiger wichtigen damit angestellten Versuche.‎

‎Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1800. Without wrappers as published in ""Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 6, Drittes Stück. The entire issue offered (=Heft 3). Titlepage to vol. 6. Pp. 249-376. Nicholson's paper: pp. 340-359. Light browning. A faint dampstain to upper right corners on some leaves.‎

‎First German edition of Nicholson's famous paper in which he, together with his friend Anthony Carlisle, succeeded in breaking up molecules into the constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. They thus established the usefulness of the converse of the voltaic cell, by using electricity to produce chemical actions.""On March 20 of that year (1820) Volta wrote to Banks, president ofthe Royal Society, informing him of his construction of an electric battery. Nicholson heard of this and with the aid of a friend built his own Voltaic pile by May 2. It was the first in England. Nicholson's great contribution was to place wires attached to the two ends of the pile in water. He found that with the current flowing, bubbles of gaz (hydrogen and oxygen) ere given off. He had ""electolyzed"" water, breaking up the molecules into the individual elements. He thus reversed the demonstration of Cavendish, that hydrogen and oxygen could unite to form water. This was the first demonstration that an electric current could bring about a chemical reaction - the reverse of olta's demonstration that a chemical action could bring about an electrical current.""(Asimov). Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1800 C. - Magie ""A Source Book in Physics"", pp. 431 ff.‎

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‎"NIEPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR, (CLAUDE FELIX ABEL). - DISCOVERING ""CHEMICAL RAYS"" (RADIOACTIVITY).‎

‎Mémoire sur une nouvelle action de la lumière.‎

‎(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1857. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 45, No. 20. Pp. (785)-832. Entire issue offered. Niepce de Saint-Victor's paper: pp. 811-815,‎

‎First apperance of the first paper relating to his discovery of INVISIBLE ""CHEMICAL"" RAYS, and which, 30 years later, by Henry Becquerel was ""re-discovered"" as radioactivity (1896).The results of these investigations lead to these statement: Some compounds exposed to light exhibit in the dark the same effect as that produced by the direct action of light. - Cardboards impregnated with both uranium nitrate and tartaric acid are ""active"" - The ""activity"" remaining on the exposed cardboard is revealed by its action on a photographic plate - The effect is not due to phosphorescence - The activity is attributed to invisible ""chemical"" rays.It is amazing how closely these experiments resembled those performed by Henri Becquerel 30 years later.""When the work of Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor was brought to light, many persons thought that henri had been aware of these publications prior to his research on uranium. Severel facts seems to support this belief. Henri's father, Alexandre Edmond, had reported several details from Abel Niepce in a book entitled ""Light: its causes and effects"", published 1869. When Henri Carrington Bolton (1843-1903) reviewed in 1869 the work of Abel Niepce, he mentioned a ""remarkable property of uranium nitrate to absorb the actinic rays of light, retaining them in an active condition for a long time"". In 1866 and 1869, J. Jamin, Henri's first stepfather, lectured at the Ecole Polytechnique on the Niepce effects.""(Michel Genet ""The Discovery of Uranic Rays: A short Step for Henri Becquerel but a Giant Step for Science"" in Radiochimica Acta /0/71 1995).‎

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‎"NOLLET, (JEAN ANTOINE).‎

‎Recherches sur les Causes Particulieres des Phénoménes Électriques, Et sur les effets nuisibles ou avantageux qu'on peut attendre. Nouvelle Edition.‎

‎Paris, Guerin & Delatour, 1754. Small 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf. Spine ends worn. Raised bands, richly gilt back. Gilt titlelabel in leather. Back a little rubbed. XXXVI,444 pp. and 8 folded engraved plates. Stamp on title. Internally clean, printed on good paper.‎

‎Second edition. ""The author lay down a theory, according to which the cause of electrical phenomena is the effluence and affluence of a subtile fluid which is everywhere present. Some interesting experiments are described with vacuum tubes also on the influence of electric charges on the growth of plants."" (Wheeler). - Poggendorff II:296.‎

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‎"NOLLET, J.A. (JEAN ANTOINE).‎

‎Versuch einer Abhandlung von der Electricität der Cörper. Aus dem Französischen in das Teutsche übersetzt, und mit einigen Briefen des gelehrten Verfassers über die Materie vermehret. Mit Kupffern.‎

‎Erfurt, Joh. Friedr. Weber, 1749. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on front free endpaper. 270,(50) pp. With old underlinings throughout.‎

‎"NOLLET, JEAN ANTOINE - ABBÉ.‎

‎Lettres sur LÉlectricité. Dans lesquelles on examine les dernieres Découvertes qui ont été faites sur cette Matiere, & les conséquences que l'on en peut tirer.‎

‎Paris, Hippolyte Louis Guerin, 1753. Small 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf. Raised band and richly gilt back. Corners a bit bumped. A small crack to spine end, repaired. XII,264 pp. (incl. htitle) and 4 double-page folded engraved plates showing electrical experiments. Stamp on title. A fine clean copy.‎

‎"OERSTED (ØRSTED), H.C. (et JEAN BAPTISTE FOURIER).‎

‎Sur la compressibilité de l'eau. (+) Nouvelles Expériences de M. Seebeck sur les actions électro-magnétiques. (Note communiques par M. oersted). (+) Expérience électro-magnétique par M. oersted. (+) Sur le Multiplicateur électro-magnetique de M. Sch...‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1825. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Some scratches tospine. In: Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", Tome 22. 448 pp. a. 3 folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Oersted's papers: pp. 192-98, 199-201, 201-203, 358-365 a. 375-389 (with Fourier).‎

‎"OHL, RUSSELL S.‎

‎Properties of Ionic Bombarded Silicon.‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1952. 8vo. In the original printed blue wrappers. In ""The Bell System Technical Journal"", Volume XXXI, January, Number 1, 1952. Entire issue offered. Light miscolouring to spine. A fine fine and clean copy. Pp. 104-121. [Entire issue: 213pp.].‎

‎First printing of Ohl's paper. Tne of the first to use ion implantation in the fabrication of semiconductor devices was Russell S. Ohl in the present paper.‎

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‎"OHM, G.S. (GEORG SIMON).‎

‎Gehorcht die hydroëlektrische Kette den von der Theorie ihr vorgeschriebenen Gesetzen, oder nicht ?‎

‎Halle, Anton und Gelbcke, 1830. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Slightly rubbed. In: ""Neues Jahrbuch er Chemie und Physik. Herausgegeben von W. Schweigger-Seidel"", Bd. I. XVIII,494 pp. a. 3 folded engraved plates. Ohm's paper: pp. 393-429.‎

‎"OHM, G.S. (GEORG SIMON). - FIRST EXPLICIT STATEMENT OF OHM'S LAW.‎

‎Versuch über einer Theorie der durch galvanische Kräfte hervorgebrachten elektroskopischen Erscheinungen. (+) (Beschluss) (+) Ein Nachtrag zu dem vorstehenden Aufsatz. (3 Theile).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1826. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"", Bd. 6 + 7, Viertes u. Fünftes Stück. (Entire issues 4 and 5 present). Titlepage to vol. 6. Pp. 369-514 a. 1 engraved plate, Titlepage to vol. 7. Pp. 1-136 a. 1 engreved plate. Ohms paper: pp. 459-469, pp. 45-54 a. pp. 117-118.. Clean and fine.‎

‎"OPPENHEIMER, J. R.‎

‎Über die Strahlung der freien Elektronen im Coulombfeld.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1929. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Band 55, 1929. Entire issue offered. Two stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 725-737. [Entire volume: VI, 821 pp].‎

‎"OPPENHEIMER, J. R.‎

‎Über die Strahlung der freien Elektronen im Coulombfeld.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1929. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Band 55, 1929. Entire issue offered. Two stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 725-737. [Entire volume: VI, 821 pp].‎

‎First appearance of Oppenheimer's paper on the radiation of free electrons in the Coulomb field.Oppenheimer is primarily known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project and is often referred to as the father of the atomic bomb. In 1947, Oppenheimer accepted an offer from to take up the directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he held Einstein's old position of Senior Professor of Theoretical Physics.‎

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‎"OPPENHEIMER, J. R. (+) M. PHILLIPS.‎

‎Note on the Transmutation Function for Deutrons. [In ""The Physical Review, Volume 48, Second Series, Number 6, September, 1935]. - [FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE OPPENHEIMER-PHILLIPS PROCESS]‎

‎Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1935. Lex8vo. Entire volume in the original printed blue/grey wrappers. Minor miscolouring and soiling to extremities. A fine and clean copy. Pp. 500-2. [Entire issue: Pp. 491-572].‎

‎"OTT, HEINRICH.‎

‎Das Gitter des Aluminiumnitrids (AlN).‎

‎Braunschweig, Berlin, Vieweg & Sohn u. Julius Springer, 1924. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 22. Library stamp to front free end paper and title page. Pp. 201-214. [Entire volume: V, (1), 418 pp.].‎

‎"OTT, HEINRICH.‎

‎Das Gitter des Aluminiumnitrids (AlN).‎

‎Braunschweig, Berlin, Vieweg & Sohn u. Julius Springer, 1924. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 22. Library stamp to front free end paper and title page. Pp. 201-214. [Entire volume: V, (1), 418 pp.].‎

‎First printing Heinrich Ott's thesis on X-ray crystallography which was to become a great influence to Hans Bethe.‎

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‎"OVERHAUSER, A.W.‎

‎Polarization of Nuclei in Metals. - [THE OVERHAUSER EFFECT]‎

‎Lancaster and New York, American Institute of Physics, 1953. Lex8vo. Volume 92, October 15, No. 2, 1953 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. In the original printed blue wrappers. A 5 cm long tear to lower part of spine. Back wrapper with three larger tears to upper layer of paper, loss of a few letters. Internally a nice and clean copy. Pp. 411-415. [Entire issue: Pp. 215-546].‎

‎"OZAKI, SHOJI.‎

‎On Quantum Electrodynamics without Subsidiary Conditions.‎

‎(Copenhagen), 1955. Large8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from """"Progress of Theoretical Physics"", Vol. 14, No. 6. Very fine and clean. Pp.511-522.‎

‎"PARENT, (ANTOINE).‎

‎Des Points de Rupture des Figures. De la maniere de les rapeller à leurs Tangentes: D'en déduire celles qui sont par tout d'une résistance égale: Avec la Méthode pour trouver tant de ces sortes de Figures que l'on veut: Et de faire ensorte que tou...‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1712). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1710"". Pp. 177-194 a. 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎"PASQUIER, LOUIS-GUSTAVE DU. - DEDICTATION COPY.‎

‎Le principe de la Relativité et les Théories D'Einstein. Avec 37 figures dans le texte.‎

‎Paris, Octave Doin, 1922. Orig. full cloth. XIII,(3),512 pp. Inscribed to J. Hjelmslev (Danish mathematician) on the halftitlepage ""A mon cher collégue, Monsieur le professeur Hjelmslev en souvenir des heures passées ensemble. L Gustave du Pasquier.‎

‎"PAULI jun., W.‎

‎Relativitätstheorie. Sonderabdruck aus der Encyclopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften. Mit einem Vorwort von A. Somerfeld. - [THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION OF THE MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL IDEAS OF EINSTEIN]‎

‎Leipzig u. Berlin, Teubner, 1921. Lex 8vo. Orig. hcloth w. gilt lettering to spine. Papercovered boards w. black lettering to front. Minor wear to extremities, and inner front hinge a bit weak, otherwise very nice, clean and well-preserved. Internally near mint. IV pp (i.e. the Preface of Somerfeld), pp. (539) - 775.‎

‎"PAULI, E.‎

‎Über die Abhängigkeit der Wärmeleitung einiger Gase und Dämpfe von der Temperatur.‎

‎(Leipzig, Barth, 1907). 8vo. Extract from ""Annalen der Physik IV,23"", fine and clean. Pp. 907-931.‎