‎Physique‎

‎"ARAGO, DOMINIQUE- FRANCOIS et AUGUSTIN FRESNEL. - ESTABLISHING THAT LIGHT VIBRATES TRANSVERSELY.‎

‎Mémoire Sur l'Action que les rayons de lumière polarisés exercent les uns sur les autres.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1819. 8vo. No wrappers. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", Tome X, 2. Series, Cahier 3. Titlepage to vol. X. Pp. 241-336 (entire issue offered, Cahier 3). Arago and Fresnel's paper: pp. 288-306.‎

‎"ARNOWITT, R. (+) DESER, S. (+) MISNER, C.‎

‎Canonical Variables for General Relativity.‎

‎U.S.A., 1960. Royal8vo. Without wrappers (as issued). Offprint from ""The Physical Review"", Vol. 117, No. 6, March 15, 1960. Very fine and clean. Pp. 1595-1602‎

‎Offprint of Arnowitt, Deser and Misner's paper in which they cast the general theory of relativity into a Hamiltonian form in terms of two pairs of independent conjugate field variables.‎

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‎"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

‎First edition.‎

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‎"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.""‎

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‎"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.].‎

‎"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.‎

‎First English edition of Avogadro's first printed paper (originally in Journal de Physique LXIII, 1806). It deals with electricity. ""He considered the state of a nonconductor placed between two oppositely charged elementary layers. If there was air between two charged bodies, it would become charged. In the later terminology of Faraday the claim could be made that Avogadro had some conception of the polarization of dielectrics."" (DSB).‎

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‎"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).‎

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‎"BALMER, J. J. (JOHANN JAKOB).‎

‎Notiz über die Spectrallinien des Wasserstoffs. - [THE DISCOVERY OF BALMER LINES.]‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1885. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on half title, title page and verso of title page. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"", Band. XXV. VIII, 680 pp. + 4 large folded plates all with a small stamp.Balmer's paper: pp. 80-87. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition of Balmer's seminal paper on spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which today is known as Balmer series, the first discovery of a mathematical relationsship between the frequencies of atomic spectral lines. Balmer's discovery was the decisive factor in Bohr's famous and groundbreaking discovery and description of his model of atomic structure published in 1913. ""As soon as I saw Balmer's formula, the whole thing was immediately clear to me"" Bohr told Leon Rosenfeld in an interview. (Heilbron, Historical studies in the theory of atomic structure, p. 265).The discovery that sets of lines in the spectra of alkalis and alkaline earth are related in series was discovered by G. D. Liveing in 1879 but Balmer discovered a simple formula (presented in the present paper) how to relate the wavelength of a series of line in the visible spectrum of hydrogen. The Balmer series was far from similar to the more simple ratio proposed by George Stoney. Although Balmers fomular linked together the four then known hydrogen spectra and turned out to by applicable for the ultraviolet and infrared spectra of hydrogen a complete understandig of the relations came first with Bohr in 1913.""What Balmer did is slightly incredible. Having at his disposal four frequencies measured by Åndgtröm, he fitted them with a mathematical expression that predicts an infinity of lines - and his formula is in fact correct! Balmer's formula has stood the test of time as more hydrogen lines kept being discovered. Soon his results became widely known"" they were quoted in the 1912 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. For nearly thirty years no one knew, however, what the formula was trying to say - then Bohr came along."" (Pais. Niels Bohr's Times, pp. 142-3).Due to the relatively large occurrences of hydrogen in the universe the Balmer lines are useful in astronomy since the spectral classification of stars, which is primarily a determination of surface temperature, is based on the relative strength of spectral lines.(Appeared simultaneously in Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, Vol. 7, 1885, pp. 548-556, 750-752).Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:Lorenz, L. Bestimmung der electrischen Widerstände von Quecksilbersäulen in absolutem electromagnetischen Maasse. Pp. 1-31.Kirchhoff, G. Ueber einige Anwendungen der Theorie der Formänderung, welche ein Körper erfährt, wenn er magnetisch oder diëlectrisch polarisirt wird. Pp. 601-617.And many other.‎

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‎"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.‎

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‎"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.‎

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‎"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.‎

‎"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.‎

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‎"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.‎

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‎"BARDEEN, J. [JOHN].‎

‎Tunnelling from a Many-Particle Point of View. - [FROM THE FATHER OF THE TRANSISTOR]‎

‎(New York), American physical Society, 1961. Lex8vo. Volume 6, No. 2, January 15, 1961 of ""Physical Review Letters"", entire volume offered. In the original printed blue wrappers. Back wrapper has some scratches and minor sunning. Otherwise a very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally. Pp. 57-9. [Entire issue: Pp. 47-84].‎

‎First printing of Bardeen's paper in which he discusses Tunneling from a many-particle point of view after Giaever (see link below), Nicol, Shapiro and Smith observed the tunneling current flowing between two metals separated by a thin oxide layer. 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.‎

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‎"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, J., L. N. COOPER & J. R. SCHRIEFFER.‎

‎Theory of Superconductivity. (Contained in The Physical Review, Second Series, Volume 108, Number 5, p.1175-1204.).‎

‎Lancaster, PA, 1957. The complete issue in original blue printed wrappers. A fine copy, with no tears, stamps or fading.‎

‎First edition of this historic paper. The phenomenon of low-temperature superconductivity was discovered by the Dutch physicist Kamerling Onnes already in 1911. For nearly half a century this peculiar phenomenon remained a mystery. The B(ardeen)C(ooper)S(schrieffer)-theory was first announced in this issue of the Physical Review. The theory turned out to be very successful in explaining in considerable detail the properties of superconductors. The theory also predicted new effects and stimulated an intensive activity in theoretical and experimental research. In 1972 the authors shared the Nobel Prize in Physics ""for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"". This was Bardeen's second Nobel Prize in Physics (1956 for the co-invention of the transistor) - until today only two scientists have received the prize twice in the same field. The importance of this paper is still today of the greatest magnitude, as it has been one of the most cited articles in the last decade.‎

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‎"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.‎

‎First edition. The first comprehensive report to describe the transistor - one of the most important inventions of the 20th Century. The invention of the transistor was first announced in three short letters by Bardeen, Brattain, Shockley, and Pearson, in The Physical Review (Number 2 Volume 74, 1948). The following year Bardeen and Brattain published the more comprehensive report ""Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action"" [as offered here]. This paper was simultaneously published, the same month, in The Physical Review (Number 8 volume 75). 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. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 450.‎

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‎"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.‎

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‎"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, otherwise fine. Pp. 576-582.. [Entire volume: VIII, 803 pp.].‎

‎"BARLOW, PETER.‎

‎An Essay on Magnetic Attractions: particularly as respects the Deviation of the Compass on Shipboard, occasioned by the local Influence of the Guns, &c with an easy practical Method of Observing the same in all Parts of the World.‎

‎London, J. Taylor, 1820. Uncut in orig. boards. Part of Spine-paper gone and frontboard detached. Stamps on title-page. XII,145 pp., 1 folded engraved plate. Publisher's catalogue at end. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎"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.‎

‎"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].‎

‎"BECK, GUIDO.‎

‎Über die Systematik der Isotopen. - [ANTICIPATION OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEUTRON]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Entire volume 47 of ""Zeitschrift für Physik"" bound in contemporary brown-red half cloth with gilt title to spine. Library stamp to title-page. Minor wear to extrimities. Inner front hinge a bit weak. A nice and clean copy. Pp. 407-16 + one folded table. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 914 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Beck's important paper in which he anticipates the discovery of the neutron by four years, a seminal contribution to the discovery of the nuclear shell model. In 1914, Moseley introduced the periodic table and in 1925, Pauli explained the periodicity by enumerating the electrons fitting in shells surrounding the atomic nucleus.""It became apparent that there are, in general, several different isotopes per element. [...] This was a problem of nuclear physics since isotopes of the same element differ only by their isotopes. A first attempt was made in late 1927 by Beck [the present paper] in Vienna, who compiled a comprehensive table of known isotopes [...] The paper written more than four years before the discovery of the neutron, is remarkable not so much for its results but for two nearly prophetic statements:"" (Brandt. The Harvest of a Century, p. 317). The prophetic statements in the present paper are: 1. ""Die einfachste Annahme, die man diesbezüglich machen kann, ist, dass man sich die Kerne, analog wie die Elektronenhülle der Atome, schalenförmig aufgebaut denkt."" (i.e. The simplest assumption one can make in this respect it to imagine nuclei, in analogy to the electron hull of atoms, to be built up of shell).2. ""Die Gesetzmässligkeiten der Tabellen lassen aber hoffer, dass das Pauliprinzipund der Spin sich auch auf dem Gebiet der Kerne als Wegweiser bewähren werden."" (i.e. The regularities [observed in the table of isotopes] allow to hope that the Pauli principle and the spin will prove of value as guideposts also in the field of nuclei.).‎

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‎"BECK, GUIDO.‎

‎Über die Systematik der Isotopen. - [ANTICIPATION OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEUTRON]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Entire volume 47 of ""Zeitschrift für Physik"" bound in contemporary brown-red half cloth with gilt title to spine. Library stamp to title-page. Minor wear to extrimities. Inner front hinge a bit weak. A nice and clean copy. Pp. 407-16 + one folded table. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 914 pp.].‎