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1808ref. 43629Halle 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. unknown
1840ref. 45032Paris Fortin Masson et Cie 1840. 8vo. Without wrappers. Extracted from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique' 2e Series tome 73. Pp. 73-103 incl. Note de Liebig pp. 100-103 and pp. 113-166. Some scattered brownspots. This paper which was published at the same year in "Comptes Rendues" 3 Fevrier is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. "The development of this idea type organique into what is sometimes called the "Older Type Theory" as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types presented on 3 febriary 1840."Partington IV p. 365. In the second paper Stas and Dumas record the first use of 'potash-lime' the precursor of soda-lime an invaluable reagent in organic chemistry."Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds basing terms on common features not on elemental composition."Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1840 C. unknown
1929ref. 48904Berlin Julius Springer 1929 u. 1930. Bound in 2 contemp. uniform hcloth. Spine ends a bit worn cloth broken on fronthinge to vol. 56. binding not loose. In: "Zeitschrift für Physik. Herausgegeben von Karl Scheel" 56. und 59. Band. VII867 pp. u. VII874 pp. 2 entire volumes offered. Heisenberg & Pauli's paper: pp. 1-61 a. pp. 168-190. Internally clean. First appearance of these two papers of seminal importence as Heisenberg and Pauli here laid the foundation by using a new method for the quantum field theory and gave the "relativistic formulation of quantum electrodynamics in the presence off charges and currents"Pais. They were the first to attempt a general formulation of quantum electrodynamics by setting up a general scheme for the quantization of fields which they hoped would be applicable to the Maxwell field.In the papers they also introduced what is today called "gauge fixing" which from then on are among the precious tools of field theory."Heisenberg and Pauli thus established the basic structure of QFT which can be found in any introduction to QFT up to the present day" Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. hardcover
1799ref. 43872Halle Rengerschen Buchhandlung 1799. Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 1 Viertes Stück und Bd. 2 Drittes Stück. The entire issues offered. Pp. 379-518 a. 2 folded engravd plates pp. 249-368 a. 2 folded engraved plates. Rumford's papers: pp. 436-463 a. pp. 249-286. First German editions of Rumford's central essays on heat flows in liquids describing his DISCOVERY OF THE CONVECTION OF HEAT and his experiments that led to his theory of the CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THE OCEAN. The papers appeared originally in the Philosophical Transactions in 1798. unknown
1900ref. 49800Berlin 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. hardcover
1768ref. 44804Berlin Haude et Spener 1768 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" tome XXII Année 1766. Pp. 119-170 pp. 171-201 and 2 folded engraved plates. pp. 202-212 and 1 folded engraved plate. First printing of three importent Euler-papers on the construction of composite lenses in order to avoid confusion. Euler presents the mathematical theory to explain the effects. The third paper describe how to analyze refraction phenomena in glasses by way of prisms. - Eneström E 359 E 360 E 361. unknown
1891ref. 48777Harlem Les Heritieres Loosjes 1891. Lex8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. In "Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles. Redigée par J. Bosschar" Tome XXV 2me Livraison. Pp. 101- 226 entire issue offered. Lorentz's paper: pp. 107-130. A faint stamp to frontwrapper and to the first page. First edition. In this paper Lorentz applies statistical methods to his molecular theory of dlute solutions discussing the phenomena of osmosis van't Hoff's law of pressure in this context and Boltzmann's theorem. unknown
1805ref. 49134Halle Rengerschen Buchhandlung 1805. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt raised bands a few scratches to spine. In: "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 21. 8496 pp. and 5 engraved plates. Entire volume offered. Stamp to verso of titlepage and verso of plates. Internally clean and fine. The papers by Dalton Gough Henry: pp. 377-436. And pp. 458-461. First German editions of these importent papers on Dalton's theory of gases. The year "1804 was notable chiefly for controversy over the mixed gases theory and particularly over its denial of weak chemical affinity forces. Continuing criticism of the theory - and the failure of particle weight studies to provide the hoped-for clinching evidence - caused Dalton to revise his ideas on mixed gases during the course of 1805." DSBSmyth "John Dalton. A Bibliography" Nos 33 34 35 a. 42. hardcover
1828ref. 44897Paris 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."DSBThe issue offered contains notable papers by Berzelius Gay-Lussac and others. unknown
1803ref. 49442Halle 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. unknown
1816ref. 46878London Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1816 a. 1821. Bound in 2 uniform contemp. moiré boards. Light wear along edges and a fes smaller scratches. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry Mineralogy Mechanics Natural History. By Thomas Thomson." Vol. VIII and New series Vol. I. VIII479 pp. a. 9 engraved plates VIII479 pp. a. 7 engraved plates. Entire volumes offered. Herapath's papers: pp. 56-60 1816 a. pp. 273-293 340-351 a. 401-416. First printing of these contoversial papers where Herapath revived the kinetic theory of gases. His theory was more or less neglected by the scientific community at his time. The kinetic theory remained dormant and forgotten after Euler's and Bernouilli's work "until 1816 when Herapath proposed a theory which is essential Bernoulli's. Unfortunately he chose to define temperature as being proportional to the momentum rather than the kinetic energy of molecules. Herapath was the first to show more or less that kinetic theory can provide simple explanations for the changes of state diffusion and the propagation of sound."Trousdell "Essayas in the History of Mechanics" pp. 283 ff.Euler Bernoulli Herapath and Waterston may be considered the principal scientists who prior to 1850 attempted a more or less complete mathematical treatment of gases based on a set of molecular postulates. Jamie Wisniak."Having published a preliminary notice of his theory in the Annals of Philosophy in 1816 Herapath submitted a detailed account to the Royal Society in 1820. Davy who was elected to the presidency of the Society in November of that year was primarily responsible for the fate of the paper. Although Davy was already known as an advocate of the qualitative idea that heat is molecular motion he found Herapath’s quantitative development too speculative and complicated; he rejected the hypothesis of an absolute temperature implying an "absolute zero" of cold. Having been told that his paper would not be accepted for publication in the Philosophical Transactions Herapath withdrew it and published it instead in the Annals of Philosophy in 1821. Five years later he launched an attack on Davy in the Times of London accusing him of circulating unfounded criticisms of his experimental work which prevented its publication. Although Davy ignored a series of letters and challenges published in the Times Herapath later claimed Davy’s resignation from the presidency of the Royal Society 1827 as a victory for himself."DSB. hardcover
1854ref. 49410London Richard Taylor and William Francis 1854. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1854 Vol. 144 - Part I. Pp. 245-258. First printing of the first paper in Cayley's famous memoirs on 'quantics' a term he coined for algebraic forms. In this paper Cayley throughout remodelled the whole basis for Invariant Theory."In addition to his part in founding the theory of abstract groups Cayley has a number of important theorems to his credit: perhaps the best known is that every finite group whatsoever is isomorphic with a suitable group of permutations see the first paper of 1854. This is often reckoned to be one of the three most important theorems of the subject the others being the theorems of Lagrange and Sylow. But perhaps still more significant was his early appreciation of the way in which the theory of groups was capable of drawing together many different domains of mathematics: his own illustrations for instance were drawn from the theories of elliptic functions matrices quantics quaternions homographic transformations and the theory of equations. If Cayley failed to pursue his abstract approach this fact is perhaps best explained in terms of the enormous progress he was making in these subjects taken individually."DSB unknown
1866ref. 42764London Taylor and Francis 1866. Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London." Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 249-268 a. 1 lithographed plate. A few brownspots to the plate. Having the titlepage to vol. 156 - Part I. A few brownspots to lower margins. First appearance of a major paper in the kinetic theory of gases in which Maxwell proved that the viscosity was independent of pressure as predicted and nearly a linear function of the absolute temperature T.One of Maxwell's major investigations was on the kinetic theory of gases. Originating with Daniel Bernoulli this theory was advanced by the successive labours of John Herapath John James Waterston James Joule and particularly Rudolf Clausius to such an extent as to put its general accuracy beyond a doubt; but it received enormous development from Maxwell who in this field appeared as an experimenter on the laws of gaseous friction as well as a mathematician."James Clerk Maxwell published a famous paper in 1866 the paper offered using the kinetic theory of gases to study gaseous viscosity. The internal friction the viscosity of the gas is determined by the probability a particle of layer A enters layer B with a corresponding transfer of momentum. Maxwell's calculations showed him that the viscosity coefficient is proportional to both the density the mean free path and the mean velocity of the atoms. On the other hand the mean free path is inversely proportional to the density. So an increase of pressure doesn't result in any change of the viscosity. unknown
1768ref. 50190Berlin Haude et Spener 1768. 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" tome XXII Année 1766. Pp. 119-170 pp. 171-201 and 2 folded engraved plates. pp. 202-212 and 1 folded engraved plate. With the section title-page to "Classe Mathématique". First printing of three importent Euler-papers on the construction of composite lenses in order to avoid confusion. Euler presents the mathematical theory to explain the effects. The third paper describe how to analyze refraction phenomena in glasses by way of prisms. - Eneström E 359 E 360 E 361. unknown
1769ref. 41682Berlin Haude et Spener 1769. 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" tome XIX. 2 =halftitle Mémoires.141-220. 1.memoir pp. 141-179 a. 1 enraved plate. - 2. pp. 180-193. - 3. pp. 194-220. - 4. pp. 221-234 a. 1 plate. First printing of these 4 fundamental papers on the perturbations of the moon as Euler was the first to use of the Calculus on the motion of the moon in relation to the attractive powers of the Moon the Earth and the Sun. The theories laid down here is also called Euler's second theory and it is the most interesting. It was of the greatest importtence as a basis for later developments."He applied his mathematics to astronomy working out the nature of some perturbations being in this respect the precursor of Lagrange and Laplace. He began to replace the geometric methods of proof used by Galileo and Newton with the algebraic a tendency carried to its conclusion by Lagrange. In particular he worked on lunar theory that is on the analysis of the exact motion of the moon the complications of which have been the despair of astronomers and mathematicians since the time of Kepler. - Eneström: 398 399 400 a. 401. unknown
1833ref. 49628Paris Crochard 1833. No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." 2 Séries Tome 55 Cahier 2. pp. 113-224. Entire issue offered. Liebig's paper: pp. 113-156. Scattered brownspots. First appearance in French - the paper was published at the same time in "Annalen der Pharmacie" and in"Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"- of an importent paper on Radicals in which he regards alcohol as a hydrate of the ethyl radical and ether as the oxide of the ethyl radical. The paper is also relevant for the discovery and development of ether as an anaesthesia. unknown
1758ref. 42952Berlin Haude et Spener 1758. 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome XII 1756. Pp. 165-234 a. 1 folded engraved plate. First printing of Euler's importent large memoir in which he develops the mathematical theory of windmills and generates analytically the equations of the effects of winds on duoble-bended surfaces in relation to mechanical work. - Together with d'Alembert and Daniel Bernoully Euler laid the foundation of mathematical physics. - Enestroem E 233. unknown
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