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(No Printer), 1948. Royal8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "The Scientific Monthly, Vol. LXVII, No. 6, December, 1948". A very a fine and clean copy. Pp. 390-392. Rare offprint issue of Weaver's early paper on the importance of the awareness of probability in science. Weaver is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of machine translation, and as an important figure in creating support for science in the United States. Along with communication, Weaver's greatest personal research interest lay with the mathematical theory of probability. It was his belief that all scientists are deeply concerned with probability. For a vast range of cases in which it is entirely impossible for science to answer the question 'Is this statement true?' Probability theory does furnish the basis for judgment as to how likely it is that the statement is true.

Halle, Maison des Orphelins, 1755-57. 2 contemp. full calf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. 2 engraved frontispieces. (30),480;(22),448,(30) pp., 7 engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1903. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Acta Mathematica. Hrdg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 27, pp. 105-124. First printing of Volterra's paper on the distribution of pressure around spheres in a viscous fluid. "Volterra’s scientific work covers the period from 1881, when he published his first papers, to 1940 when his last paper was published in the Acta of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. His most important contributions were in higher analysis, mathematical physics, celestial mechanics, the mathematical theory of elasticity, and mathematical biometrics. His major works in these fields included the foundation of the theory of functionals and the solution of the type of integral equations with variable limits that now bear his name, methods of integrating hyperbolic parctical differential equations, the study of hereditary phenomena, optics of birefringent media, the motion of the earth’s poles and elastic dislocations of multiconnected bodies, and, in his last years, placing the laws of biological fluctuations on mathematical bases and establishing principles of a demographic dynamics that preset analogies to the dynamics of material systems." (DSB).

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1939. 8vo. Original full blue cloth. The entire volume XVIII, 1939 of The Bell System Technical Journal. Library stamp to free front end-paper. Binding tight and clean. Also internally very nice and clean. Pp. 645-724. [Entire volume: (8), 748 pp.]. First edition of the first paper of a series of three on the quantum physics of solids by the Nobel Prize winner in Physics William Shockley."It is proposed to make this paper the first of a series of three dealing with the quantum physics of solids" (From the introduction to the present article). William Shockley was co-Inventor of the Transistor which awarded him the Nobel Prize in 1956. His attempts to commercialize the transistor in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's "Silicon Valley" becoming a hub of electronics innovation.

(Paris, Betrand, ca. 1840). 27,5x40,5 (billedflade). Originalt litografi ttrykt på kinapapir med brede marginer (Dessiné par A. Mayer). Prospekt af Bær med fiskerhuse, fiskere og andet folk, stativ med tørring af fisk i forgrunden. Planche Nr.89 fra Paul Gaimard: Voyage en Islande et au Groënland exécuté pendant les Années 1835 et 1836 sur la Corvette la recherche. Paris, Arthur Betrand, 1842.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1902. 4to. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Acta Mathematica", Vol. 26, 1802. Entire volume offered. Stamps to title page, otherwise a fine and clean copy. pp. 99-132; Pp. 48-98. [Entire volume: (4), 400 pp.]. First printing of these two important papers on the theory of quadratic number fields.

Hafnia (Copenhagen), 1745. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to spine, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (52), 467 pp. Biblioteca Danica I, 957.

Copenhagen, No printer, 1640. 4to. No wrappers. (32) pp. Bibl. Danica III:102.

Frankfurt, Knoch, 1688. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities, leather on spine cracked and head of spine chipped. Title-page with underlignings in red. First few leaves with vague dampstain otherwise internally nice and clean. (18), 670, (79) pp. Volume 1 of the second edition of the first French translation of Pufendorf's work.

Berlin, Schlesinger's, 1825. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Spine a bit rubbed. Stamps on title-page. XV,(1),566,(2) pp. and 5 folded engraved plates. Scattered brownspots. "Befestigungskunst für alle Waffen", Erster Band. - Klaus Jordan, 316.

Carlsruhe, Creuzbauer'sche Buchhandlung, 1836. Contemp. clothbacked boards. (2),263,(1) pp. and 3 engraved plates. Somewhat brownspotted throughout.

(Paris, Bertrand, ca. 1840). 29x41,5 cm. (billedflade). originalt litografi trykt på kinapapir (dessiné et litho. par Bayot). Bønder fra indlandet ankommer på heste til markedsplads ved Reykjavik, iklædt folkedragter, der købslås om fisk. Planche nr. 13 fra Paul Gaimard "Voyage en Islande et au Groënland exécuté pendant les Années 1835 et 1836 sur la Corvette la recherche. Paris, Arthur bertarnd, 1842."

(Paris, Bertrand, ca. 1840). 24,5x34 cm.(billedflade). Originalt litografi trykt på kinapapir med brede marginer (Dessiné par R. de Cornulier). Fangerne befinder sig på nogle klippeskær hvorpå skindtelt og i forgrunden vises skelettet til en kajak under konstruktion. Planche Nr. 142 fra Paul Gaimard "Voyage en Islande et au Groënland exécuté pendant les Années 1835 et 1836 sur la Corvette la Recherche. Paris, Arthur Bertrand, 1842."

London, John Maxwell and Comp., 1864. Small 8vo. 2 nice solid later full cloth. XIII,387;II,360 pp. and 1 folded engraved map. First edition.

Leiden, Brill, 1969-71. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Dustjackets with tears. Stamp on titles. VIII,690,(1);VI,715 pp. Fine and clean.

Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1691-93. 12mo. Bound in 2 contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to edges. Tiny wormholes to covers. (Ca. 1650 pp).

Göteborg, Handelstidnings Aktiebolags Tryckeri, 1879. Lex8vo. Samtidigt papbd. med det originale bogtrykte foromalg på forpermen. Stempel på titelbladet. 47 pp., trykt i 2 spalter. Eksemplaret har en 4 liniers dedikation på foromslaget fra Oscar Dickson "Vice Admiralen.... S.A. Bille", egenhændig underskrevet "Oscar Dickson". (S.A. Bille = Steen Andersen Bille). Afhandlingen er tryk i kun 110 eksemplarer.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1809). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1809 - Part II. Pp. 420-454 and 1 large folded engraved plate depicting the large Circle Instrument (41x26 cm.). The paper records observations made at Westbury and describes a simple method of correcting latitudes at places."The observations..were made..in the years 1800 and 1801 with an Astronomical Circle of twoo feet and a half in diameter, constructed by Mr. Troughton, and considered by him as one of the best divided instruments he had ever made; a drawing of it, with a short description, is annexed to the observations.""Troughton made many contributions to the development of instrument making: in 1788 an improvement of Hadley's quadrant; in 1790 a mercurial pendulum; and in 1796 a refined version of the Borda, or reflecting circle. He was responsible for substituting spider web filaments for hair or wire in his optical instruments.....Troughton's most notable achievement was the improvement of the method of dividing a circle. His paper on this in 1809 won him the Copley Medal from the Royal Society, which elected him as fellow the following year."(DSB).

Kjøbenhavn, Forfatterens Forlag, 1831-(33). Lille 8vo og lille 4to. Tekst i senere marmoreret papbd. Plancherne, ialt 33 kobberstukne, er ubeskårede. tekst somvanligt brunplettet. Originaludgaven af de tre første hefter. Der skulle udkomme fire gange to hefter med ialt 100 versfabler og samme antal illustrationer; der udkom dog kun tre gange to hefter og således kun 75 versfabler og 75 illustrationer. "teksten er direkte oversat efter Gellert, Lichtwer, Gleim o.s.v., hvis navne dog ikke nævnes... De haandkolorerede illustrationer blev stukket efter tegning af kendte kunstnere." (Inger Simonsen, s. 38).

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1875. 4to. Ubeskåret uden omslag som udkommet i "Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter.", pp. 41-246 samt 6 kobberstukne plamcher.

Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1878. Contemp. hcalf., raised bands gilt spine. A few minor scratches. IX,382,(X-)XVI pp., textillustrations. Internally clean and fine. First German edition of Maxwell's "Theory of Heat" from 1871.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. Portrait. VIII,142 pp. A few pencil underlinings. First edition.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1839. 4to. No wrappers. Extracted from "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome IX. Pp. 45-46. First printing of an importent paper in mathematics in which Lamé proves that Fermat's last theorem is true for n=7, hereby bringing the known proved cases to n= 3, 4, 5, and 7. ( x7 + y7 = z7).

Berlin, Georg reimer, 1857-59. Bound in 4 modest cont. hcloth. Titles with stamp. Ca. 2.500 pp.

København, Høst & Søn, 1919. 4to. Orig.printed wrappers. (Offprint issue from "D. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Skr. Nat. Vid og Math. Afd. 8. Række, III.3.). Pp. 285-384,(2) a. 4 plates. Lower margin of frontwrapper faded. Fist printing of Kramer's doctoral thesis in which he calculated the relative intensities of the fine-structure components on the Basis of Bohr's Correspondence Principle and obtained results which generally agreed with Paschen's measurements.Bohr had concluded "that polarizations and intensities should, in the limit of high quantum numbers, be given by the Fourier components of the quantized motion and that even at low quantum numbers the Fourier components in the initial and final states should give an indication of the intensities to be expected. In his doctoral thesis at Leiden in 1919 (published by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences) - the paper offered - Kramers developed the mathematical formalism required to apply these ideas; he also carried out detailed calculations for the case of a hydrogen atom in an external electric field. This led to a satisfactoery interpretation of the intensities of Stark components."(H.B.G. Casimir in DSB VII, p. 491).