‎Physique‎

‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Ueber das Princip der Vermehrung der Entropie. - [""PLANCK'S FIRST GREAT SCIENTIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENT"" (EINSTEIN)]‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1887. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Neue Folge, Bd. XXXII"". Entire volume offered. Title page and first leaf of content page detached and with marginal tears. Otherwise a fine copy. Pp. 462-503. [Entire volume: VIII, 704 pp. + 5 folded plates].‎

‎First appearance of Planck's seminal paper on entropy carrying the general title ""On the principles of Increase of Entropy"" in which he applied the second law of thermodynamics to chemical problems. The paper is part of the 4 paper series on the subject.""His goal was, as he said in the first paper of the series, to carry further the ""grand generalization"" of Helmholtz, Josiah Willard Gibbs, and others: like the first principle of the mechanical heat theory, the second, the ""Carnot-Clausius"", principle applies not only to heat phenomena but to all kinds of physical and chemical phenomena"" and because the second principle applies not only to reversible processes but also to irreversible, or ""natural"", processes, it applies to all processes whatsoever...""(Jungnickel and McCormach ""Intellectual Mastery of Nature, vol. 2, pp. 52 ff.)What Einstein admired and called Planck's ""first great scientific discovery"" was the generality of its formulas which contain all that can be derived from pure thermodynamic principles. Einstein referred to the third paper in this series with the title ""Gesetze des Eintritts beliebiger thermodynamischer und chemischer Reactionen""‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Ueber die Erregung von Electricität und Wärme in Elektrolyten.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1910. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. A stamp to htitle and titlepage. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Vierte Folge, Bd. 39.. VIII,648 pp. (Entire volume offered). Planck's paper: pp. 161-187. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing. - Akademie No. 17.Also with Röntgen ""Electrische Eigenschaften des Quarzes"", pp. 16-24, papers by Paschen, Ångström, Elster & Geitel. Drude ""Bestimmung der optischen Constanten der Metalle, pp. 481-554, Lenard etc.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Ueber die Natur des weissen Lichtes.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1902. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and red title label to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik, Vierte Volge"", Band. 7. Entire volume offered. Spine lacking the upper 1 cm of spine. Pp. 390-400. [Entire volume: VIII, 948, (1) pp. + 3 plates].‎

‎First printing of Planck's paper on the nature of white light.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Ueber die Natur des weissen Lichtes.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1902. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and red title label to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik, Vierte Volge"", Band. 7. Entire volume offered. Stamp to title page. Pp. 390-400. [Entire volume: VIII, 948, (1) pp. + 3 plates].‎

‎First printing of Planck's paper on the nature of white light.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Ueber die Natur des weissen Lichtes.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1902. 8vo. In later black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik, Vierte Volge"", Band. 7. Library plates pasted on to front free end paper and small library stamp to title page. Pp. 390-400. [Entire volume: VIII, 948, (1) pp. + 3 plates].‎

‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Ueber die von einem elliptisch schwingenden Ion emmittirte und absorbirte Energie. (Aus dem Jubelband für H.A. Lorentz, Arch. Néerl. p. 164. 1900, mitgetheilt vom Verfasser). (+) Ueber die Verteilung der Energie zwischen Aether und Materie. (Aus dem J...‎

‎(Leipzig, Barth), 1902. No wrappers. Punched in inner margins after cords. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Vierte Folge, Bd. 9., No. 11. Pp. 497-728. a. (Entire issue offered). Planck's papers: pp. 619-628 a. 629-641. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance in ""Annalen"" to which Planck submitted them in order to reach a wider audience. Here importent contributions to the clarification of the relation between entropy and probability, revising Boltzmann's distribution law of a given amount of energy.Akademie No 54 a. 56.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Zur Theorie der Wärmestrahlung.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1910. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine a bit rubbed and lower part of hinge weakening. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Vierte Folge, Bd. 31.. VIII,1064 pp. and 6 plates. (Entire volume offered). Planck's paper: pp. 758-768. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of an importent paper in which Planck tries to ecplains some of the difficulties with the quantum theory by pointing to the central exchange of energy between matter and radient energy and criticising Jean's theory.""Planck explained his point of view in some detail in an article which he submitted (the paper offered) in January 1910... There he reviewed the main progress in radiation theory that had taken place since 1900, and also indicated his own attitude towards it. Two extreme points of view, he said, could be assumed. The most conservative way was raken by Jans, who had derived from the equations of classical mechanics and electrodynamics the classical radiation equation. Since the equation obviously disagreed with experiments, the necessity arose to find a way of modifying the equations of dynamics so as to include the existence of the quantum of action 'h'."" (Mehra & Rechenberg Vol. I:1, pp. 123 ff.).‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Über die Grundlage der Lösungstheorie.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1903. No wrappers. Punched in inner margins after cords. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Vierte Folge, Bd. 10., No. 2. Pp. 225-456 a. 1 folded plate. (Entire issue offered). Planck's paper: pp. 436-445.‎

‎First printing. Planck answers the critique of his thermodynamical theory set forewardby Mathias Cantor.Akademie No. 57.Also with Ferdinand Braun ""Einige versuche über Magnetisierung durch schnelle Schwingungen"", pp., 326-333, an importent paper in the development of radio communication.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX.‎

‎Über die Natur der Wärmestrahlung.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1924. 8vo. In full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik"", Vol. 73, 1924. Entire volume offered. Library labels pasted on to front free end papers, small stamp to first page of contents. Otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 272-288. [Entire volume: VIII, 650 pp. + 4 plates.].‎

‎First appearance of Planck's paper on the Nature of thermal radiation.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX. - ""PLANCK'S FIRST GREAT SCIENTIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENT"" (EINSTEIN)‎

‎Ueber das Princip der Vermehrung der Entropie. Erste-Vierte Abhandlung (alles).‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1887-91. 8vo. No wrappers. 4 papers. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Neue Folge, Bd. XXX, No. 4, XXXI, No 6, XXXII, No. 11, XLIV, No. 11. - Pp. 545-704 a. 1 plate, pp. 145-336 a. 1 plate, pp. 337-528 a. 1 plate, pp. 385-576 a. 1 plate. With titlepge to vol. XXX, htitlepage to vol. XXXI, titlepage to vol. XXXII and titlepage to vol. XLIV. Titlepages with a stamp and on verso. Planck's papers: pp. 562-582, pp. 189-203, pp. 462-503 and pp. 385-428. Clean copies.‎

‎"PLANCK, MAX. - HIS FIRST SCIENTIFIC PAPER.‎

‎Die Theorie des Sättigungsgesetzes.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1881. 8vo. No wrappers. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Neue Folge, Bd. XIII. No. 7. With titlepage to Bd. XIII. Pp. (385-) 544 a. 1 plate. (Entire issue offered). Planck's paper: pp. 535-543. Stamp to titlepage and verso of. Clean and fine.‎

‎"PLANCK, MAX. - HIS SECOND SCIENTIFIC PAPER.‎

‎Verdampfen, Schmeltzen und Sublimiren.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1882. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands gilt spine with gilt lettering. Spine a bit rubbed. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Neue Folge, Bd. XV. VIII,680 pp. and 8 plates. (Entire volume offered). Planck's paper: pp. 446-475. Internally clean and fine. Stamp to titlepage and verso of.‎

‎"PLANCK, MAX. - HIS THIRD SCIENTIFIC PAPER.‎

‎Ueber das thermodynamische Gleichgewicht von Gasmengen.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1883. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands gilt spine with gilt lettering. Spine a bit rubbed. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Neue Folge, Bd. XIX. VIII,956 pp. and 10 plates. (Entire volume offered). Planck's paper: pp. 358-378. Internally clean and fine. Stamp to titlepage and verso of.‎

‎"PLANCK, MAX. - LAST STEPS TOWARDS QUANTUM THEORY.‎

‎Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge. (+) Nachtrag. (Beide:) (Für die Annalen bearbeitet vom Verfasser). (+) Bemerkungen zu einer Abhandlung über Thermodynamik des Hrn. K. Wesendonck.‎

‎Berlin, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1900. Later full buckram. Stamp on verso of titlepage. Narrow inner margins (binding style with cords in margin). In: ""Annalen der Physik"", Vierte Folge, Band 1. VIII, 792 pp. + 3 folded engraved plates.(Entire volume offered). Planck's papers: pp. 69-122" 621-624"719-737. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of these fundamental and highly influential Planck-papers in which he defines his concept of entropy and heat radiation and hereby ANTICIPATES HIS FAMOUS SEMINAL PAPER OF 1900 which redefined physics and took it to the 20th century. - The first two papers ""Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge"" were rewritten for the ""Annalen"" and was first introduced in ""Sitzungsberichte d.k. Akad. Wissensch. zu Berlin"".""By invoking the hypothesis of natural radiation Planck not only succeeded in obtaining a relation between the energy of the resonator and the intensity of radiation for a given wavelength or frequency, but also in defining the entropy of radiation by a proper expression such that the change of the total entropy was always a positive quantity"". (Mehra, Jagdish. The historical development of quantum theory, 2001, p. 36). These results found in the period 1894-00 culminated in the present paper ""Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge"" and for the first time incorporates the concept of natural radiation and made a purely electromagnetic definition of entropy and of temperature.‎

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‎"PLANCK, MAX. - LAST STEPS TOWARDS QUANTUM THEORY.‎

‎Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge. (+) Nachtrag. (Beide:) (Für die Annalen bearbeitet vom Verfasser). (+) Bemerkungen zu einer Abhandlung über Thermodynamik des Hrn. K. Wesendonck.‎

‎Berlin, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1900. Contemp. hcloth. over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Housed in a fine black morocco slicase, gilt borders on sides, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. In: ""Annalen der Physik"", Vierte Folge, Band 1. VIII, 792 pp. + 3 folded engraved plates.(Entire volume offered). Planck's papers: pp. 69-122" 621-624 "719-737. A very fine and clean copy. With the bookplate of Andras Gedeon on inside frontcover.‎

‎"PLÜCKER, (JULIUS). - THE DISCOVERY OF CATHODE RAYS.‎

‎Ueber die Constitution der elektrischen Spectra der verschiedenen Gase und Dämpfe. (+) Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über die Consstitution der elektrischen Spectra der verschiedenen Gase und Dämpfe. (2 papers).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1859. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"", Bd. 107, Viertes Stück.(= Heft No. 8 of 1859). (The entire issue offered (Heft 4 of vol. 107 with titlepage to vol. 107). Pp. 497-660. - Plücker's papers: pp. 497-539 a. 638-643. Clean and fine.‎

‎"PLÜCKER, JULIUS.‎

‎Discussion de la forme générale des ondes lumineuses (Mémoire No. 1). (+) Note au mémoire No. 1‎

‎Berlin, G. Reimer, 1839. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from ""Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von C.L. Crelle"", Bd. 19, pp. 1-44 a. pp. 91-92. Some even paperbrowning to the first quire and to the ""Note"" (different paperquality).‎

‎"PLÜCKER, JULIUS.‎

‎On the Magnetic Induction of Crystals. Received arch 20, - Read April 23, 1857.‎

‎(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Vol. 149 - Part I. Pp.‎

‎"POINCARÉ, HENRI. - THE POINCARÉ RELATIVITY PRINCIPLE.‎

‎Sur la dynamique de l'electron. (Séance du Lundi 5 Juin 1905).‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1905. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 140, No 23. Titlepage to vol. 140. Pp. (1497-) 1572. (Entire issue offered). Poincaré's paper: pp. 1504-1508. Titlepage with a stamp on verso. A bit of upper right corner gone. Leaves a bit fragile, caused by the poor paperquality. Clean.‎

‎First printing of this famous paper delivered to the Academy of Paris on its session of June 1905, as the first Poincaré relativistic text ""On the dynamic of electron"", where Poincaré set forth the essential element of relativity and the ""Lorentz Transformation"". Poincaré concludes ""It seems that this impossibility of demonstrating absolute motion is a general law of nature"" !! and that Newton's law need modification and that there should exist gravitational waves which propagate with the velocity of light !! - This famous paper gave rice to the controversy about priority around the discovery of special relativity as Poincaré's paper is from June 5 and Einstein's first paper on relativity was received by the ""Annalen"" on June 30, both 1905.""The official history tells us that Einstein, without having read the works of Lorentz and Poincaré past 1895 and without any prior publication on the subject, had written alone in Bern the ""founder paper"" of the Relativity in the last days of June 1905. For that reason, and a few other of less importance, the biographers of Einstein have called that year 1905 ""Annus mirabilis"" and its centenial is celebrated in 2005. However on June 5, 1905, after many other papers on this subject, Poincaré had presenteda note at the French Academy of Science, a text that contains the essential elements of Einstein paper: the relativity principle and the ""Lorentz transformation"". This coincidence involves the suspicion of a possible plagiarism of Poincaré by Einstein."" (C. Marchal ""Poincaré, Einstein and the Relativity: the Surprising Secret.""‎

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‎"POISEUILLE, (JEAN LÉONARD MARIE). - THE ""POISEUILLE-LAW"" GENERALIZED.‎

‎Recherches expérimentales sur la mouvement des liquides de nature différente dans les tubes de très-petits diamètres.‎

‎Paris, Victor Masson, 1847. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges.Three small stamps on verso of titlepage. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 3ieme Series, tome 21. 512 pp. a. 6 plates. (Entire volume offered). Poiseuille's paper: pp. 76-110. 3 small stamps on verso of titlepage. A small stamp on verso of plates.‎

‎First printing of the paper in which - after being persuated by a committee lead by Arago to make further experiments - Poiseuille generalized the law named after him, first announced in 1840. He studied experimentally the flow of different liquids through capillary tubes, and found the law named after him, that relates the flow to the pressure, the diameter and the lenght of the tube and to the viscosity of the liquid. Poiseuille's investigations are fundamental in blood viscosimetry. ""Poiseuille's work represents a major advance in blood pressure measurements""(Gedeon p. 189).""Poiseuille’s paper (the 1840-paper) was reviewed by a committee consisting of Arago, Piobert, and Regnault. They persuaded him to make further experiments with ether and mercury, and these investigations were published in 1847 (the paper offered). He found that ether yielded the same law as distilled water, whereas mercury obeyed a different law. In 1870 Emil Gabriel Warburg found that mercury obeys the Poiseuille law, except for certain anomalies caused by amalgamation in metal tubes.""(DSB). The paper was also printed at the same time in ""Comptes Rendues"".The volume contains other notable papers by August Laurent, Matteucci, Bravais, Senarmont ""Mémoire sur la Conductibilité des Substances cristallisées pour la Chaleur"", pp. 457-470.‎

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‎"POISSON, (SIMÉON-DENIS).‎

‎Mémoire Sur la variation des constantes arbitraires, dans les questions de mécanique. Lu à l'Academie, le 2 septembre 1816.‎

‎(Paris, Didot, 1818). 4to. Uncut, no wrappers as ectracted from ""Mémoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences de L'Institut de France"" Année 1816 - Tome Ier. Pp. 1-70. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of major paper in mathematical physics.‎

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‎"POISSON, (SIMÉON-DENIS).‎

‎Mémoire sur les températures de la partie solide du globe, de l'atmosphère, et du lieu de l'espace où la terre se trouve actuellement.‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1837. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome IV, No 5. Pp. (137-) 188. (Entire issue offered). Poisson's paper: pp. (137-) 166.‎

‎First apperance of this importent appendix to his famous ""Theorie mathématique de la chaleur"". (1835).""In Théorie mathématique de la chaleur (1835), reprinted in 1837 with an important supplement, he offered evidence of his own originality in his treatment of the integration of the auxiliary differential equation"".‎

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‎"POISSON, (SIMÉON-DENIS). - CO-FOUNDING THE ""MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELASTICITY"".‎

‎Mémoire sur l'Équilibre et le Mouvement des Corps élastiques. (Lu à l'Academie des Sciences, le 14 avril 1828).‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1828). 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 37, Cahier 4. Pp. 337-444 (entire issue offered). Poisson's paper:pp. 337-355.‎

‎First appearance of one of the founding papers in ""The mathematical Theory of Elasticity"" and Poisson's first on the subject. ""The theory of elasticity based on the idea of a molecular structure attracted Poisson's interest, and he did much to lay the foundations of that science.""(Timoshenko p. 111 ff.).""In the preface to the long ""Mémoire sur I’équilibre et le movement des corps élastiques"" (14 April 1828), the hints yield to explicit declaration. In applying mathematics to physics, Poisson stated, it was necessary at first to employ abstraction and ""in this regard, Lagrange has gone as far as possible in replacing physical ties by equations between coordinates."" Now, however, ""along with this admirable conception,"" it is necessary to ""construct physical mechanics, the principle of which is to reduce everything to molecular actions."" In other words, the death of Laplace the previous year enabled Poisson to move boldly ahead with his long range plans and to present himself as Laplace’s successor.""(DSB)The issue offered contains notable papers by Berzelius, Gay-Lussac and others.‎

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‎"POISSON, (SIMÉON-DENIS). - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, MOVING REFERENCE FRAMES AND ACCELERATION.‎

‎Extrait de la premiere partie d'un Mémoire sur la Mouvement des projectiles dans l'air, en ayent égard à leur rotation et à l'influence du mouvement diurne de la Terre.‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1837. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 5, No. 20. Pp. (659-) 710. (Entire issue offerd). Poisson's paper: pp. 660-667.‎

‎"POISSON, (SIMÉON-DENIS). - THE MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF HEAT - POISSON'S ISENTROPE.‎

‎Sur la Chaleur des Gaz et des vapeurs.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1823). 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 23, Cahier 4. With halftitle to vol. 23. Pp. 337-444 (entire issue offered). Poisson's paper: pp. 337-352.‎