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(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1839). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1839 - Part I. Pp. 89-95. Clean and fine. First printing of an importent paper in which Daniell further records his experiments with his invention the "Daniell Cell" from 1836. "The use of such cells, often coupled together in long chains to give a large electromotive force, gave great impetus to research in all branches of current electricity and also lead to commercial applications in gilding, electroplating, and glyphography."(DSB III, p. 557)In 1831 Daniell was appointed proffesor of Chemistry at King's College London. He invented several scientific instruments, including a hygrometer for measuring humidity he is best known for his work in electrochemistry, his interests having been aroused by the work of his good friend faraday. Volta's battery had the defect of rapid diminution in current. What was needed, however, was a battery yielding a constant current over a considerable lenght of time. In 1836 Daniell succeeded, producing the Daniell cell, of copper and zinc. his was the first reliable source of electric current.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, 1762. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to spine ends. Top of spine taped. Spine a bit rubbed. Stamp on title-page. (10),136 pp., 3 folded genealogical tables.

Blåt blankt papiromsl. Plettet ekspl. Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 132.

Kbhvn., Frid. Christ. Pelt, 1766. Samt. helldrbd. med skindtitel på ryg. Ryg slidt. (106),432 pp. Her og der lidt brunplettet.

Amsterdam, Francois L'Honoré, 1735. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. 2 title-pages with 2 engraved frontispieces. Title-pages with engraved vignettes. (14),326,(24) pp. 2 folded engraved maps. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.

Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1851. Contemp. hcalf. Bound with the orig. wood-engraved frontwrapper. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Light marginal toning. First edition.

København, Joh. Fredr. Schultz, 1814-16 . Samt. halvlæder med rygforgyldning. Komplet med kobberstukket portræt af J.F. Clemens efter eget forlæg samt kobberstukne illustrationer af Clemens efter Nicolai Abildgaard og af Daniel Chodowiecki. I alt 21 kobberstik. Med biblioteksstempler på titleblade og indersiden af forperm. Enkelte kobberstik løse og revne. Bind 1 med revner i false.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1914. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth. In "Acta Mathematica Hrsg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 37. Entires issue offered. Fine and clean. Pp. 1-52.. [Entire volume: (4), 387, 20, 33, 22 pp.]. First printing where Bernstein shows that the limit 2nE_{2n}(|x|) exists, today it is often referred to as the Bernstein's constant. Bernstein's constant, usually denoted by the Greek letter ß (beta), and is approximately equal to 0.2801694990.

Leipzig, Dykischen Buchhandlung, 1798. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. VI,238 pp., 3 engraved plates. The first few leaves brownspotted.

(Menasha, George Banta Publishing, 1929-1930.). Royal8vo. 2 volumes both in the original orange printed wrappers. In "Reviews of Modern Physics", Volume 1, October, Number 2 & Volume 2, January, Number 1. Entire issues offered. Previous owner's name to top of both front wrappers. The 1929-issue with soiling to wrappers and a stain to front wrapper affecting first four leaves. Two small stains on top of wrappers on the 1930-issues. Otherwise fine. Pp. 157-215; Pp. 1-58. [Entire volumes: Pp. 157-240; 121 pp.]. First printing of Edwin's two-paper series constituting the first review-paper on Quantum Mechanics: "In 1929 Kemble would publish the first review article on quantum mechanics for Reviews of Modern Physics". (Pais, Inward bound).

(Chicago), Field Museum of Natural History, (1939-46). Bound in 2 solid full fabrikoid. 937,528 pp. Clean and fine. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Zoological Series vol. 25, 1-3).

Kiöbenhavn, 1756. 4to. In a nice contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. A few scratches to boards. Ex-libris to pasted down front end-paper. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper. (6), 442 pp. + 12 folded tables and plates (the engraved title-page included in the pagination). A nice copy of volume three of Hans de Hofman’s valuable work, containing a wealth of Danish-Norwegian genealogical source material.

Paris, Didot Freres, 1854. Contemp. clothbacked boards. Orig. printed frontwrapper pasted on frontboard. Stamp on title-page. 80 pp. and 9 large folded maps and profiles, 1 folded table. 2 of the maps are made by Maury and Lapeyrouse.

Aalborg, Joh.P. Holtzberg, 1769. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning.Forgyldt skindtitel. 2 papirsetiketter påsat ryggen. (4),315 pp. Indvendig ren og frisk, trykt på skrivepapir.

Hamburg, Friedrich Perthes. 1802. 8vo. Bound in a slightly worn marbled full calf. Gilt spine. Gilt title label. Loss to title label. Loss to upper capital. Gilt line borders to boards. Corners bumped. Damp stains to the first leaves. Some brownspotting. With 16 engraved plates. This copy belonged to the danish writer Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen, and has his bookplate pasted to inner front board.

Flensburg, Schleswig und Leipzig, Kortenschen Buchhandlung, 1790. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine.Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spine. Stamp on title-page. XVI,(4),308 pp., 1 engraved plate. Right margin of title-page stained.

(Altona, 1744). Small 8vo. Contemp. blank, light-brown boards. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. (2),300,(2) pp. + (14),98 pp., 2 folded tables. Leaves shaved, but only loosing printing place and year from title-page.

Paris, Leneveau, 1848. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. XXIV,424 pp. + 46 pp. of tables and 6 large folded lithographed plates.

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1844. Royal8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Upper part of first hinge with a tear. Top of spine taped. Wear to edges. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. IV,637,(2) pp., textillustrations in woodcut, many steelengraved plates (views etc.) and 11 coloured plates with uniforms, 1 large folded map in colour. A tear in folding. Plates with a stamp in upper right corners.

Heilbronn a. N., J.D. Class, 1825. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. IV,265 pp. The first few leaves with faint brownspots.

Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1777. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands. Boards with scratches and lower part of spine with hole in the leather. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Ex-libris pasted on to top of spine. Internally nice and clean. 36, 634 pp. + 4 plates. Fifth edition.

La Haye, Jean Naeulme, 1727. Small 8vo. 4 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Gilt lettering. Upper compartment on volume 3, taped. Slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. 4 engraved portraits. Internally clean.

Züllichau, Darnmann, 1801. Cont. hcalf. Back a little rubbed. and a paperlabel pasted on back. Back gilt. Stamp on title. IV,170,(1) pp.

London, The Economist Office, 1938. Small folio. Bound with the original wrappers in comtemporary half calf. Entire volume 133, October - December, 1938, of The Economist. Wear to capitals, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. VIII, 736,17-28. Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1938.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1893. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 116, No 10. Pp. (453-) 542 (entire issue offered). Blondel's paper: pp. 502-506 a. textillustration. First printing of the paper in which Blondel describes his invention of the electromagnetic oscillograph, a device that allowed electrical researchers to observe the intensity of alternating currents.The bifilar and soft iron oscillographs won the grand prize at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. They were more powerful than the classical stroboscope, invented in 1891 then in use. They remained the best way to record high-speed electrical phenomena for more than 40 years when they were replaced by the cathode ray oscilloscope. They paved the way for a greater understanding of the behavior of alternating current.