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‎"CONFUSIUS. - CHUN CIEU, THE FIRST TRANSLATION INTO A WESTERN LANGUAGE.‎

‎De Confucii Libro Chun cieu. Auctore T.S. Bayer. (Theophilus Siegfried Bayer).‎

‎Petropoli, St. Petersburg, Typis Academiae, 1740. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Classes Tertia continens Historica. Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae"", Tomus VII ad Annos 1734 & 1735. The whole section of ""Historica""offered. Title-page to Tome VII (with engraved vignette), halftitle (to the section) a. pp. 345-426, 6 engraved plates. Bayer's paper: pp. 362-426 and 5 engraved plates with numerous chinese characters. Clean and broad-margined.‎

‎First printing (in part) of the first Western translation of any part of Confusius' influential Chun Cieu, being the fourth volume of his works. ""The title Chun Cieu (Chunqiu) signifies the Spring and Autumn. He discourses like an historian of the expditions of diversr princes, of their Virtues and Vices, of the fatigues they underwent... The title is an emblematic title, because that states flourish when their Princes are endowed wit Virtue and Wisdom, which is represented by the Spring, and that on the contrary they fall like the leaves and are utterly destroyed when their Princes are dispirated, or are wicked, which is represented by the Autumn.""(James Legge).The section also comprises Bayer. Elementa Calmucia. (1) pp. and 1 engraved plate (numerous characters) and Bayer. De Venedis, et Eridano Fluvvio. Pp. 346-361.‎

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‎"COMENIUS, JOHANN AMOS. - THE FATHER OF MODERN EDUCATION.‎

‎Orbis Sensualium Picti Pars I-II. Der sichtbaren Welt. Erster - (Anderer) Theil. Das ist: Aller vornehmsten Welt=Dinge, und Lebens=Verrichtungen, Vorbildung und Benahmung. Aus neue ausgelegt, an unzählichen Orten, nebst einem Titel= und Wörter=Registe...‎

‎Nürnberg, Joh. Andr. Endt., 1769. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Gilding weak. Large engraved oval vignette on first titlepage. (22),315 pp. + Latin & German Indexes - (2),449 pp. + Latin & German Indexes. Profusely illustrated with more than 300 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, showing different trades, industries, occupations, geography, astronomy etc. etc.. A few minor brownspots. old name on title-page J.D. Tode.‎

‎With German and Latin text by the ""father of modern education"". Comenius was the innovator who first introduced pictorial, educational textbooks (as here) and written in native language.‎

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‎"COULOMB, (CHARLES AUGUSTIN) - THE PRIZE-WINNING MÉMOIR CREATING THE SCIENCE OF FRICTION.‎

‎Théorie des Machines Simples, en ayant égard au Frottement de leurs Parties, et a la Roideur des Cordages. piece qui a remporté le Prix double de l'Academie des Sciences pour l'année 1781.‎

‎Paris, Moutard, Panckoucke, 1785. 4to. Extract from ""Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome X. Withtitlepage to vol. X. Pp. 131-332 and 5 folded engraved plates. The memoir has also its own titlepage. Fine and clean. Wide-margined.‎

‎First edition of this monumentalwork by which Coulomb CREATED THE SCIENCE OF FRICTION.""1781 saw him win the Academy prize for his mémoir ""Théorie des Machines Simples,"" in which the results of his experiments on the friction of different bodies slipping on one another (dry, or coated with greasy substances) were presented.""(Timoshenko p. 48).""Coulomb’s most celebrated study, one that brought him immediate acclaim, was ""Théorie des machines simples,"" his prize-winning friction study of 1781. He investigated both static and dynamic friction of sliding surfaces and friction in bending of cords and in rolling. From examination of many physical parameters, he developed a series of two-term equations, the first term a constant and the second term varying with time, normal force, velocity, or other parameters. In agreement with Amontons’s work of 1699, Coulomb showed that in general there is an approximately linear relationship between friction and normal force"" but he extended the investigation considerably to show complex effects due to difference in load, materials, time of repose, lubrication, velocity, and other considerations. Coulomb’s work in friction remained a standard of theory and experiment for a century and a half, until the advent of molecular studies of friction in the twentieth century. To quote Kragelsky and Schedrov’s recent monograph (p. 52) on the history of friction: ""Coulomb’s contributions to the science of friction were exceptionally great. Without exaggeration, one can say that he created this science.""(DSB).Poggendorff I:487.,‎

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‎"Collected By A Territorial Officer"‎

‎Maxims and Notes On the Art of Command for Junior Officers‎

‎61 pages. This well-travelled copy is boldly signed by former owner, J.C. Frith of the Canadian 18th Battalion at Hastings, England, April 1917. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding tender. Underlining on two pages. A wonderful WWI collectible. Book‎

‎"CROS, CHARLES. - INVENTING THE PHONOGRAPH.‎

‎""Procédé d'enregistrement et de reproduction des phénomènes perçus par l'ouïe"". (Seance du Lundi 3 decembre 1877).‎

‎(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1877 4to. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 85, No 23. Pp. (1029-) 1084. (Entire issue offered). Cros' letter: pp. 1082-1083.‎

‎First printing of this paper which describes the invention of the Phono-autograph (Phonograph) a few month before Edison introduced his invention. It was on this letter to the Academy that the French made claim to the invention.""He (Charles Cros) is perhaps most famous as the man who almost, but not quite, invented the phonograph. No one before M. Charles Cros had thought of reproducing sound by making an apparatus capable of registering and reproducing sounds which had been engraved with a diaphragm. The inventor gave the name of Paleophone (voix du passé) to his invention. On April 30, 1877 he submitted a sealed envelope containing a letter to the Academy of Sciences in Paris explaining his proposed method. The letter stated in French, ""Alors qu'il séjourne à Sablé au début de 1877, Charles Cros rédige une courte note, « Procédé d'enregistrement et de reproduction des phénomènes perçus par l'ouïe », dans laquelle il expose le principe de ce qu'il nomme « Paléophone » (« voix du passé ») : « Un index léger est solidaire du centre de figure d'une membrane vibrante "" il se termine par une pointe [...] qui repose sur une surface noircie à la flamme."" The English translation is one close to this: ""A lightweight index is fixed to the center of figure of a vibrating membrane, it ends with a tip [...] based on a blackened surface flame. This surface is integral with a disc driven by a double movement of rotation and linear progression. The system is reversible: when the tip makes ironing in the furrow membrane restores the original acoustic signal."" The letter was read in public on 3 December following. In his letter, after having shown that his method consisted of detecting an oscillation of a membrane and using the tracing to reproduce the oscillation with respect to its duration and intensity. Cros added that a cylindrical form for the receiving apparatus seemed to him to be the most practical, as it allowed for the graphic inscription of the vibrations by means of a very fine-threaded screw.""(Wikipedia)‎

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‎"CROOKES, WILLIAM. - CROOKES ON RADIOACTIVITY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.‎

‎Sur la source de l'energie dans les corps radio-actifs.‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1899. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 128, No 3. Pp. (137-) 192. Entire issue offered). Crooke's paper: pp. 176-178.‎

‎First appearance of Crooke's statement that radioactivity seems to violate the principle of the conservation of energy.""Despite his speculative powers, Crookes at first took a conservative view of this new science, for he could not believe that radioactive elements decayed spontaneously, since this seemed to imply a violation of the conservation of energy. It was his view, expressed between 1898 and 1900, that the source of activity was external to the radioactive element. He imagined that radium, say, had the ability to act as a Maxwellian demon and select from the atmosphere those air particles which were moving more swiftly than the average, absorb some of their energy, and eject them at a lower speed. This theory, which never received full publication, contravened the second law of thermodynamics"" and although Crookes thought that he might have experimental support for it, his evidence did not measure up to the critical scrutiny of Stokes."" (DSB).The issue contains another notable paper HENRI BECQUEREL ""Sur la dispersion anomale de la vapeur de sodium incandescante, et sur quelques conséquenceas de ce phénomene"", pp. 145-151.This theory, which never received full publication, Page 480 | Top of Articlecontravened the second law of thermodynamics" and although Crookes thought that he might have experimental support for it, his evidence did not measure up to the critical scrutiny of Stokes.‎

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‎"CURIE, JACQUES et PIERRE. - THE DISCOVERY OF PIEZOELECTRICITY.‎

‎Développement, par pression, de l'èlectricité polaire dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées. Note de MM. Jacques et Pierre Curie, présentée par M. Friedel.‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1880. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 91, No 5 (entire issue offered). Pp. 251-310. The Curie's paper: pp. 294-295.‎

‎First apperance of the paper in which the two brothers announced their discovery of the Piezoelectric Effect, as they observed how an electric potential appeared across crystals of quartza and of Rochelle salt when pressure was applied to them. The potential varied directly with the pressure, and they named the phenomenon Piezoelectricity, meaning ""to press"" (Greek). Crystals with piezoelectric properties form an essential portion of sound-electronics devices such as microphones and record-players.""The applications of piezoelectric crystals are innumerable"" one of the most important is their use in frequency stabilization of oscillating electromagnetic cirasciots for radio broadcasting stations. They are used in most piezometers for measuring with great precision either very strong pressure variations, such as those of a cannon at the moment of firing, or very weak ones, such as artery pulsations. These applications have led to the creation of a new industry, the manufacture of large ""mono"" such as quartz obtained hydrothermally around 500°C. under high water pressures, or crystals such as Rochelle salt, obtained from aqueous solutions. These two substances were mentioned in the Curie brothers’ report announcing the discovery of piezoelectricity."" (DSB).""The first experimental demonstration of a connection between macroscopic piezoelectric phenomena and crystallographic structure was published in 1880 by Pierre and Jacques Curie. Their experiment consisted of a conclusive measurement of surface charges appearing on specially prepared crystals (tourmaline, quartz, topaz, cane sugar and Rochelle salt among them) which were subjected to mechanical stress. These results were a credit to the Curies' imagination and perseverance, considering that they were obtained with nothing more than tinfoil, glue, wire, magnets and a jeweler's saw."" (Piezo Systems, Inc.).Magee ""A Source Book in Physics"", p. 547 ff.‎

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‎"CURIE, (MARIE) SKLODOWSKA. - RADIATION IS AN ATOMIC PROPERTY - COINING THE TERM 'RADIOACTIVITY'‎

‎Rayons émis par les composés de l'uranium et de thorium. Presentée par M. Lippmann. Séance du Mardi 12 Avril 1898).‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1898. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 126, No 15). Entire issue offered. With htitle and titlepage to vol. 126. Pp. 1059-1110. Curie's paper: pp. 1101-1103. Clean and fine. A punched stamp in lower margin of title-page.‎

‎First printing of this milestone paper, being the first ""Note"" from Marie Curie about ""radioactivity"". This same ""Note"" contains a the fundamental observation: ""Two uranium ores... are much more active than uranium itself. This fact... leads one to believe that these ores may contain an element much more active than uranium."" This paper gives the first proof of the fact that radiation is an atomic property.""Henri Becquerel, discovered (1896) that uranium salts shielded from light for several months spontaneously emit rays related in their effects to Roentgen rays. Mme. Curie became enthusiastic about this subject filled with the unknown and, as she later acknowledged, involving no bibliographic research.The first step in the research was to determine whether there existed other elements capable, like uranium, of emitting radiation. Abandoning the idea of hyperfluorescence, couldn’t one calculate by electrical measurement the effects on the conductivity of air that were revealed by the gold-leaf electroscope? Pierre Curie and his brother Jacques had constructed an extremely sensitive apparatus to measure weak currents"" Mme. Curie employed it in testing both pure substances and various ores. In her first ""Note"" in the Comptes rendus""de l Académie des sciences (12 April 1898) she described the method that she followed throughout her life, the method that enabled her to make comparisons through time and crosschecks with other techniques:""I employed... a plate condenser, one of the plates being covered with a uniform layer of uranium or of another finely pulverized substance [(diameter of the plates, eight centimeters"" distance between them, three centimeters). A potential difference of 100 volts was established between the plates.]. The current that traversed the condenser was measured in absolute value by means of an electrometer and a piezoelectric quartz. In general she preferred the zero method, in which the operator compensates for the current created by the active material by manipulating the quartz. All of her students followed this procedure.""(DSB).The first results came in 1898: the measurements varied between 83 × 10-12 amperes for pitch blende to less than 0.3 × 10-12 for almost inactive salts, passing through 53 × 10-12 for thorium oxide and for chalcolite (double phosphate of uranium and copper). Thorium would thus be ""radioactive"" (the term is Mme. Curie’s" its radioactive properties were discovered at the same time, independently, by Schmidt in Germany.‎

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‎"CURIE, IRÈNE et M.F. JOLIOT. - ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY OF ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVITY - NOBEL PRIZE PAPER OF 1935.‎

‎Un nouveau type de radioactivité. (Séance du 15 Janvier 1934).‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1934. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 198 No 3. Titlepage to vol. 198. Pp. (213-) 292. (Entire issue offered). The joint paper: pp. 254-256 a. 1 photographic illustration in the text. Titlepage with a stamp on verso, 2 small tears and a tiny bit of upper right corner gone. Titlepage a bit browned.‎

‎First appearance of this seminal paper in which artificial radioactivity was announced for the first time. Curie and Joliot were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 ""in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements"".""Until this date (1934), atomic nuclei emitting radiation were found in nature: it was called the natural radioactivity. It had been known since Rutherford that this natural radioactivity changed a nucleus into an other one: for instance radium becomes finally lead after many radioactive decays. We could say that lead does not become gold but gold becomes lead! But... this change of matter was not under control. It was not possible to construct the desired chemical element as the alchemist dreamed... But Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie, made the dream become almost reality.""""Another very important development in the early 1934 by the Joliot-Curies in connection with irradiation of aluminum by alpha particles. The two French scientists detected the production of the recently discovered positrons. [...] However, they soon realized that the positron activity continued after the alpha source was removed and that they had, in fact, discovered positive beta radioactivity. The importance of the discovery of artificial radioactivity was immediately recognized and resulted in a Nobel Prize in chemistry to the Joliot-Curies in 1935. The new phenomenon immediately became widely employed in nuclear physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine."" (Kragh, Quantum Generations, p. 187)""These elegant experiments, which provided the first chemical proof of induced transmutations and showed the possibility of artificially creating radioisotopes of known stable elements, were repeated and extended in the major nuclear physics laboratories of various countries "" (DSB).Born on 12 September 1897 in Paris, Irène Curie was the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. ""During World War I, she worked as a nurse, helping her mother operate radiography equipment, and then studied physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne, gaining a doctorate for studying the range of alpha particles. She then went to work for her mother at the Radium Institute. There she met Frédéric Joliot whom she married in 1926. Frédéric Joliot was born on 19 March 1900 in Paris - He joined the Radium Institute in 1925 and obtained his PhD in 1930. Together the Joliot-Curies worked on radioactivity and the transmutation of the elements. Twice they just missed major discoveries: in 1932 when Chadwick beat them to the neutron, and in 1933 when Anderson discovered the positron. However, in 1934, whilst bombarding light elements with alpha particles, the Joliot-Curies noticed that, although proton production stopped when the alpha particle bombardment stopped, another form of radiation continued. The alpha particles had produced an isotope of phosphorus not found in nature. This isotope was radioactive and was decaying through beta-decay"" (DSB).‎

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‎"Curry Citizens 1" Kuro Yamada "How did the French word come about? Vocabulary chain" Tokuyoshi Miyake The Burial of Atala" Take‎

‎France Vol.24 No.9 September 1949 Original Catalog No.3‎

‎Shiromizu-sha 1949. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Shiromizu-sha paperback‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHRY. - THE DISCOVERY OF THE ANAESTETHIC EFFECTS OF ""LAUGHING GAS""‎

‎Athembarkeit des sauerstoffhaltigen Stickgas"" aus einem Briefe H.Davy's an Will. Nicholson. (+) Nachricht von einigen merkwürdigen Versuchen Davy's. (Aus einem Briefe Humphry Davy's an Will. Nicholson).‎

‎Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1799, 1800. Without wrappers extracted from ""Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 2. p. 483 (one page). and Bd. 6, pp. 105-115. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎First German translation of Davy's announcement (the announcement on 1 page) of his discovery of the unusual, anaesthetic, effects of nitrous oxide which, on being inhaled, gave rise to a giddy, intoxicated feeling. On announcing his discovery he says, that he will publish a paper discribing the experiments with the gas, later. This is the paper offered here, also in the first German version. Both the announcement and the paper were issued in the ""Annalen"" the same year as they appeared in Nicholson's Journal.The gas was first synthesized by English natural philosopher and chemist Joseph Priestley in 1772, who called it phlogisticated nitrous air.""Following Priestley's discovery, Humphry Davy of the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, England, experimented with the physiological properties of the gas, such as its effects upon respiration. He even administered the gas to visitors to the institute, and after watching the amusing effects on people who inhaled it, coined the term 'laughing gas'! Davy even noted the anaesthetic effects of the gas: ""As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place"".(Wikipedia).""Davy discovered the anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide and suggested its use during surgiical operations, a suggestion which was not turned to useful account until 1844.""(Garrison & Morton, 5646, not mentioning the announcing of its discovery in 1799).‎

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‎"DANMARK-EKSPEDITIONEN 1906-1908 - THE DENMARK-EXPEDITION.‎

‎Danmark-Ekspeditionen til Grønlands Nordøstkyst 1906-1908 under Ledelse af L. Mylius Erichsen. 6 Bd. (i 10 afdelinger, komplet).‎

‎Copenhagen, 1913-17. Lex8vo. Alle 10 dele i orig. bogtrykte omslag, ubeskåret og uopskåret. 474,516,39,346,286,175,320,236,436,387 pp., tekstillustrationer, 4 portrætter, 153 plancher og 1 kort.‎

‎Fist edition of the largest expedition ever undertaken to North-East Greenland. - ""The year 1908 will always remain a memorable year in the history of Greenland's exploration. With the return of the Denmark Expedition and the news of the magnificent results achieved by the Expedition, the coping stone was laid on a work, which had engaged the unwearied attention of numerous explorers for centuries. The last wide stretch of unknown coast on the north-east of Greenland had been investigated and surveyed by this Expedition and the extensive coast line of Greenland was now known in the whole of its lenght."" (G. Amdrup). - Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd. 41-46.‎

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‎"DALTON, JOHN. - THE LAW OF PARTIAL PRESSURE, FRENCH VERSION.‎

‎Experiences et Observations sur les fluides considérés comme conducteurs. Traduites de l'anglais, par le cit. Hachette. (+) Suite des Experiences et Observations sur la faculté qu'out les fluides de conduire la chaleur. Traduction d l'Anglais, par ...‎

‎(Paris, Chez Fuchs, An Xe, 1803). In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 45, Cahier 2 a. Tome 46, Cahier 3. Pp. 113-212 (entire issue offered) and pp. 225-336 (entire issue offered). Dalton's papers: pp. 177-181 a. pp. 250-272.‎

‎First appearance in French of these importent papers. publication of which at once gave him European reputation. The first paper combated Rumford's view that the circulation of heat in fluids is by convection only. Second paper is the French translation of the first of the 5 seminal papers which appeared under the general title ""Experimental Essays on the constitution of mixed Gases"" on the Force of steam or vapor etc...""(published 1801-3). The paper expresses the generalisation that the maximum density of a vapour in contact with its liquid remains the same whether other gases be present or not and the view that the particles of every kind of elastic fluid are elastic only with regard to those of their own kind, the LAW OF PARTIAL PRESSURES. Smyth No 27 and No 29:1. - Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1801 M/C.‎

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‎"DAGUERRE, LOUIS J.M. - (ARAGO, FRANCOIS). - THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTION OF DAGUERREOTYPES.‎

‎Le Daguerréotype.(Analyse de la communication faite à l'Academie par M. Arago).‎

‎Paris, Crochard et Comp., 1839. Orig. printed yellow wrappers (no backstrip). In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', 2e series, Volume 71, Juillet- issue, pp. 225-352 (entire July-issue offered with orig. wrappers and titlepage to vol. 71). Arago's paper: pp. 313-340.‎

‎First printing of probably the first (the Juillet issue of Annales) official announcement of Daguerre's invention of the photographic process. The paper offered here preceeded the official report in Comptes Rendues which was published at the end of 1839 (in the July-December issue). The first report of on the discovery was presented to the Royal Academy on January 7, 1839 and delivered in full on August 19, 1839 (and printed in the July-Dec. issue of Comptes Rendues). The paper also preceeded Daguerre's own publication of 1839 ""Historique et description du daguerréotypie...""In 1839 Arago took a personal interest in announcing and popularizing the inventions of Niepce and Daguerre, who were awarded government pensions as a result of Arago’s recognition of their inventions’ potential significance.""In 1829 Daguerre went into partnership with Niepce, who had managed to produce images by the action of light some three years earlier but had failed to make the process really practical. Daguerre carried on and began to use copper plates on which silver salts were deposited. ight was made to focus upon that and an image was formed. The light portions of the image darkened the salts, while the shadowy portions left them unaffected. The unchanged salt was dissolved away by sodium thiosulfate (a process that had been suggested by John Herschel and a permanent image of sorts was left behind.""(Asimov).Together with JEAN CHARLES PELTIER ""Mémoire sur la Formation des Tables des Rapports qu'il y entre la Force d'un Courant électrique et la Déviation des aiguilles des multiplicateurs"" suivi de Recherches sur la Causes de Pertubation des couples thermo-électriques..."", pp. 225-313.‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHRY - THE DISCOVERY OF HYDROGEN TELLURIDE - THE RIVALRY WITH GAY-LUSSAC & THENARD.‎

‎Nouvelles Recherches électro-chimiques, principalement relatives aux substances métalliques tirées des alcalis et de terres, et à quelques combinations de l'Hydrogène. (+) Suite des Recherches... (+) Sur les Observations sur les Recherches faites p...‎

‎Paris, J. Klostermann, 1810. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Slightly rubbed. A few scratches to binding. Small stamps on verso of titlepage.In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 75. 336 pp. a. 2 folded engraved plates. Some scattered brownspots. The papers: pp. 27-77, 129-175, 256-263, 264-273, 274-289 a. 290-316.‎

‎First French version of Davy's ""The Bakerian Lecture for 1809. On some new Electrochemical Researches, on various Objects, particularly the metallic Bodies, from the Alkalies, and Earth, and on some Combinations of Hydrogene. Read November 16, 1809."", together with the controversy papers by Davy and Gay-Lussac & Thenard.""Mr. Davy having from the commencement of his electro-chemical researches, communicated the several steps of his progress to the Society (The Royal Society), takes the present opportunity of reporting the results of his further inquiries under four principal heads. First, on the nature of the metals of the fixed alkalis. Second, on the nature of Hydrogen and composition of ammonia. Thirdly, on the metals of the earth"" and Fourthly he makes a comparison between the antiphlogistic doctrine, and a modified phlogistic hypothesis.""(Abstract). He further gives arguments for considering potassium and sodium, which he discovered in 1808, as a element.""""Gay-Lussac had a slight rivalry between himself and the creation scientist Sir Humphry Davy. Davy was chemically preparing Potassium and Sodium through an electrical current, and this made Gay-Lussac and Thénard envious of his success. They too decided to perform the same task, but they had no battery at their disposal as Davy had, so they had to form another way to chemically prepare the two elements. In 1808, they used a red-hot iron fused to potash, the water-soluble form of a manufactured salt containing potassium, to perform this task, a method that Davy admitted had its advantageous qualities. Gay-Lussac and Thénard were successful in preparing Potassium, and continued to make a full analysis of its chemical properties, and began to use it for their own experiments. In 1809, Davy performed the same task, using it to reduce Boron in Boracic acid.""‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHRY. - INVENTION OF THE ""DAVY-LAMP""‎

‎On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion. Read November 9, 1815. (And) An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines, by consuming the fire-damp....‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1816). 4to. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1816 - Part I. Pp. 1-22 a. pp. 23-24 and 1 large folded engraved plate. showing details of the construction of the lamp. Clean and fine, wide-margined..‎

‎First description and the first announcement of the invention of the Mine Safety Lamp, the so-called ""Davy-Lamp"" together with his further remarks on the functioning of this lamp. The papers are miliestones of applied chemistry.""In 1815 he (Davy) invented the Davy lamp, in which an open flame is surrounded by a cylinder of metallic gauze. Oxygen can get through the gauze and feed the flame. The heat of the flame, however, is dissipated by the metal and explosive gases outside the lamp and not ignited. For the first time, miners were reasonably safe from explosion. In 1818 Davy was made a Baronet for his service to industry."" (Asimow).Dibner: Heralds of Science 181. - Partington IV: p. 36 a. 62-70.‎

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‎"DARWIN, G.H. - ANNOUNCING THE ""RESONANCE THEORY"" OF THE ORIGIN OF THE MOON.‎

‎On the Procession of a Viscous Spheroid, and on the remote History of the Earth. Received July 22, - Read December 19, 1878.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", 1879, Vol. 170 - Part II. Pp. 447-538 and. 1 plate. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper, announcing Darwin's so-called ""Resonance Theory"" of the origin of the moon, according to which the moon might have originated from the fission of a parent earth as the result of an instability produced by resonant solar tides.""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHREY. - THE DETONATING EXPERIMENT THAT DAMAGED DAVY'S EYE.‎

‎On a new detonating Compound, in a Letter from ....., to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks. Read November 5, 1812.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1813). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1813 - Part I. Pp. 1-7.‎

‎First appearance of this importent historical paper in which Davy describes how he produced Nitrogen Chloride.""In September 1812 Davy heard from Paris of a compound of 'gaz zote et de chlore...."", The discoverer and method of preparation were not stated, and Davy found no notice of it in the French literature. n a paper read on 5 November ....(the paper offered) he described its preparation by the action of chlorine on cooled solutions of ammonia, nitrate of ammonia, and oxalate of ammonia, and some of its explosive properties. He was seriously injured in the eye by an explosion.""(Partington IV, p. 57-58).This explosion induced Davy to hire Faraday as a co-worker.Together with J.F.W.HERSCHEL ""On a remarkable Application of Cote's Theorem. Communcated by by W. Herschel. Read November 12, 1812."" Pp. 8-26 and 1 engraved plate.‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHRY - THE DISCOVERY OF POTASSIUM AND SODIUM (FRENCH VERSION).‎

‎Recherches ëlectrochimiques sur la décomposition des terres, avec des observations sur les métaux obtenus des terres alcalines, et sur un amalgame produit avec l'ammoniaque. Tireeis des Transactions philosophiques, et traduites par M. C.A. Prieur. (+)...‎

‎Paris, Mad. Ve Barnard, 1809. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Wear to top of spine. A few scratches to binding. Small stamps on verso of titlepage.In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 70. 336 pp. (Entire volume offered). Davy's paper: pp. 189-254.‎

‎First edition in French (the first English 1808) of this importent historical paper in chemistry, in which Davy shows that electricity is capable of decomposing some alkalies, isolating two new substances and discovering potassium and sodium. Neville in his Historical Chemical Library vol. I, p.340, writes about this paper ""ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSIC RESEARCHES IN CHEMISTRY, in which Davy announced in this, his second Bakterian lecture, the isloation of metallic potassium and sodium by the electrolytic decomposition of their fused oxides.""""He (Davy) began his own electrical experiments...The results were spectacular. On October 6, 1807, the current passing through molten potash liberated a metal, which Davy called potassium. The little globules of shining metal tore the water molecule apart as it eagerly recombined with oxygen and the liberated hydrogen burst into lavender flame. Davy danced about in a delirium of joy. A week later he isolated sodium from soda.""(Asimow). The paper offered here describes these discoveries.""Humphry Davy was one of the most brilliant chemists of the early nineteenth century. His early study of nitrous oxide brought him his first reputation, but his later and most importent investigations were devoted to electrochemistry. Following Galvani's experiments and the discovery of the voltaic pile, interest in galvanic electricity had become widespread. The first electrolysis by means of the pile was carried out in 1800 by Nicholson and Carisle, who obtained oxygen and hydrogen from water. Davy began to examine the chemical effects of electricity in 1800, and his numerous discoveries were presented in his Bakerian lecture to the Royal Society on November 20, 1806. (A Source Book in Chemistry p. 243).‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHREY. - UNROLLING THE PAPYRI OF HERCULANEUM‎

‎Some Observations and Experiments on the Papyri found in the ruins of Herculaneum. Read March 15, 1821.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part II. Pp. 191-208 a. 8 engraved plates. Some offsetting to p. 208 from plate. Clean and fine.‎

‎Firts appearance of the paper which describes Davy's attempt to unroll the papyri scrolls of Herculaneum by using chlorine to decompose the gummy matter holding them together. His attempts were not very successfull.‎

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‎"DAVY, HUMPHRY - THE DISCOVERY OF HYDROGEN TELLURIDE.‎

‎The Bakerian Lecture for 1809. On some new Electrochemical Researches, on various Objects, particularly the metallic Bodies, from the Alkalies, and Earth, and on some Combinations of Hydrogene. Read November 16, 1809.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1810). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1810 - Part I. Pp. 16-74 and 2 engraved plates showing Davy's electrochemical apparatus for decomposing substances. The plates dampstained. Text fine and clean.‎

‎First appearence of this historical chemical paper, Davy' fifth Bakerian Lecture, in which he announced his discovery of hydrogen telluride.""Mr. Davy having from the commencement of his electro-chemical researches, communicated the several steps of his progress to the Society (The Royal Society), takes the present opportunity of reporting the results of his further inquiries under four principal heads. First, on the nature of the metals of the fixed alkalis. Second, on the nature of Hydrogen and composition of ammonia. Thirdly, on the metals of the earth"" and Fourthly he makes a comparison between the antiphlogistic doctrine, and a modified phlogistic hypothesis.""(Abstract). He further gives arguments for considering potassium and sodium, which he discovered in 1808, as a element.""Humphry Davy was one of the most brilliant chemists of the early nineteenth century. His early study of nitrous oxide brought him his first reputation, but his later and most importent investigations were devoted to electrochemistry. Following Galvani's experiments and the discovery of the voltaic pile, interest in galvanic electricity had become widespread. The first electrolysis by means of the pile was carried out in 1800 by Nicholson and Carisle, who obtained oxygen and hydrogen from water. Davy began to examine the chemical effects of electricity in 1800, and his numerous discoveries were presented in his Bakerian lectures."" - Wheeler Gift: 2518.‎

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‎"DALTON, JOHN. - THE FIRST PAPER ON MODERN ATOMIC THEORY - GERMAN EDITION.‎

‎Ueber die Absorption der Gasarten durch Wasser und andere tropfbare Flüssigkeiten. Frei bearbeitet von Gilbert. Mit einigen Zusätzen.‎

‎(Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1808). Without wrappers as published in ""Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 28, Viertes Stück. The entire issue offered (=Heft 4). Titlepage to vol. 28 (small stamps on verso). Pp. 377-496 a. 3 engraved plates. Dalton's paper: pp. 397-416 a. 1 engraved plate showing apparatus.‎

‎First appearence i German of Dalton's epoch-making paper in which is contained THE FIRST CLEAR STATEMENT OF MODERN ATOMIC THEORY and having the FIRST LIST OF ATOMIC WEIGHTS ""Verhältniss der Gewichte der kleinsten Theilschen von gasförmigen und andern Körpern."" (Table of the relative weights of the ultimate particles of gaseous and other bodies). The paper offered is a free translation of Dalton's paper ""On the Absorption of Gases by Water and Other Liquids"", published 1805 in ""Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester"".""The paper was read to the Manchester Philosophical Society by Dalton in 1803 and printed in 1805. The appended table in this paper is the first list of atomic weights. Dalton, in this publication, took the law which William henry had recently enunciated (that the amount of of gas absorbed by a liquid is proportional to the pressure) and extended it to apply to mixtures of gases, using his own law of partial pressures."" (Leicester & Klicktein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 258).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1803 C.- Smyth No. 38.‎

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‎"DALTON, JOHN. - THE REBIRTH OF THE ATOMIC THEORY.‎

‎Weitere Erörterung einer neuen Theorie über die Beschaffenheit gemischer Gasarten.‎

‎(Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1803). Without wrappers as published in ""Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 13, Viertes Stück. Pp. 385-504 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Dalton's paper: pp. 438-445.‎

‎First German version of one of the founding papers in which he formulated his famous gas laws and raised the foundation of the atomic theory in chemistry.Smyth ""John Dalton... A Bibliography"", No 29.‎

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‎"DE GEER, (CHARLES). - ON THE GLOW-WORM.‎

‎Mémoire sur un Ver luisant femelle, et sur sa Transformation.‎

‎(Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1755). 4to. Extract from ""Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome II. Pp. 261-275 and 1 engraved plate.‎

‎First printing of De Geer's study of the Glow-worm.‎

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‎"DE VRIES, HUGO. - THE REDISCOVERY OF MENDEL'S LAWS - THE BIRTH OF MODERN GENETICS.‎

‎Sur la loi de disjonction des hybrides. (The Law of Segregation of Hybrides - Das Spaltungsgesetzt der Bastarde).‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1900. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 130, No 13. Titlepage to tome 130 a. pp. (809-) 864. (Entire issue offered). De Vries paper: pp. 845-847. Rather poor paperquality, fragile. Small nicks to margins of titlepage.‎

‎First appearance of a milestone paper in genetics being the ""REDISCOVERY"" OF MENDEL'S LAWS OF HEREDITY"" - This paper, together with the two other papers from the same year by Carl Correns and Erich Tschermak, laid the foundations of a new scientific discipline that, in 1906, was given the name ""genetics"", and less than a century later, rose to become the leading science in Western society. This French announcement was published 4 days before his longer paper ""Das Spaltungsgesetzt der Hybride"", in which Mendel is mentioned.De Vries completed most of his hybridization experiments without knowing about Mendel's work. Based on his own results, de Vries drew the same conclusions as Mendel. De Vries published his work in 1900, first in French then in German. In the French report there was no mention of Mendel, but this was amended by de Vries in the German paper. It is possible that de Vries read Mendel's paper before he published his own, and included Mendel's name in the later printing when he realized that other people also knew about Mendel's work. De Vries may have thought that his own conclusions were superior to Mendel's. ""During the 1880s, de Vries became interested in heredity. In 1889 he published Intracellular Pangenesis, in which he critically reviewed previous research on inheritance and advanced the theory that elements in the nucleus, ‘pangenes’, determine hereditary traits. To investigate his theories, he began breeding plants in 1892 and by 1896 had obtained clear evidence for the segregation of characters in the offspring of crosses in 3:1 ratios. He delayed publishing these results, proposing to include them in a larger book, but in 1900 he came across the work of Gregor Mendel, published 34 years earlier, and announced his own findings. This stimulated both Karl Correns and Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg to publish their essentially similar observations."" (Oxford Dictionary of Scientists).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1900 B. - PMM 356 (the note).‎

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