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Paris, Bachelier, 1828. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. VII,350 pp. Clean and fine. A classic in mathematical teaching.

Paris, Hachette, 1892. Royal8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Backhinge broken, but cover not detached. (4),846,(2) pp., Profusely illustrated, maps, plates, textillustr. Internally clean and fine.

KIøbenhavn, Johan Gottlob Rothe, 1764-65. Indbundet i et samtidigt helldrbd. Ophøjede bind på ryg, forgyldt titelfelt. En smule slid ved kaåitæler. 350,(2);360 pp. Indvendig ren. (Del 1 trykt i Sorø hos Jonas Lindgren)

Kjøbenhavn, P.D. Kiøpping, 1837. Nyere helfablea. Forgyldt rygtitel. Indbundet med det originale blå blanke foromslag. Stempel på titelbladet. (4),64 pp.

Breslau, Johann Jacob Korn, 1749. 8vo. Contemporary full vellum. (10),902 pp., some textillustr. and 4 folded tables. First German edition of the papers from the Paris-Academy as published here in the years 1707-10. The main part of the contributions are of astronomical content and there is many importent papers by Cassini, de La Hire and others. 1710 contains Reaumur's (R.A.F. de Reaumur) two papers: "Untersuchung der Seide der Spinnen" and "Von der Bewegung an statt des gehens der Muscheln, Meernesseln und Meersterne" (pp.706-776).

'sGravenhaage, Cornelis van Zanten, (1738). Cont. full calf. Richly gilt back. Lower part of back slightly rubbed. Engr. frontisp., XXIV,184 pp. First edition.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1835. 4to. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 13 Band, 1. Heft, 1835". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. Fine and clean. [Poncelet:] 54 pp. [Entire issue: pp. IV, 54 pp.]. First printing of this extensive paper by the French mathematician on number theory and infinite series. "Poncelet's years of study led to his personal belief that geometry could be founded on a series of fundamental principles as general as those on which algebra was based. He carried this belief forward by suggesting that since every straight line and plane extend to a point of infinity, then any new points on a line would be the same for specific parallel lines (or planes). At this time in mathematical history, it was accepted that all infinite elements of space were supposed to lie on the infinite plane of space, known as the projective plane.Early on, Poncelet's colleagues were extremely reluctant to accept his ideas and resulting theories. However, as time went on, several prominent German mathematicians not only accepted them but contributed to the emerging new science. Among those who recognized Poncelet's breakthrough in the field were Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Felix Klein, Georg Cantor, Richard Dedekind, and Moritz Pasch. They were later joined by Otto Stolz of Austria who made his own contributions to the field.He died on December 22, 1867, in Paris without the recognition he deserved for his brilliant contributions to the world of numbers. His Treatise on the Projective Properties of Figures (1822) is still regarded as the pioneer work in the field." (Schlager, Science and its Times, P. 261).

Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoir, 1809. Uncut in 5 original parts, all with original printed wrappers. Stamp on title-pages. 335,(1) pp., 8 large folded engraved maps of which 6 are handcoloured. Title-pages and last leaves with browning in margins, otherwise fine.

Pola, Gerold's Sohn, 1887. Contemp. clothbacked boards. Orig. printed frontwrapper pasted on frontboard. VII,276 pp. and 1 large folded lithographed map. First edition.

Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1901. 4to. Orig. pictorial boards. X,283,(1) pp. textillustrations and 5 chromolithographed plates.

Bruxelles, 1854. Lex8vo. Cont. hcalf. Back rubbed. XXIV, 376 (10), XXVII, 446 pp. (Text in Latin a.French).

Kopenhagen, Gyldendal, 1904-13. Lex8vo. Bound in 3 contemp. hcalf. Titlelabels in leather with gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed. 818,95;708,XVIII,XIII,727,124 pp., portraits and genealogic tables.

Paris, D'Amyot, (1858). 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spines. Spines slightly rubbed. VI,431;(4),432 pp., 3 lithographed portraits. Light scattered brownspots.

Kiøbenhavn: A. Soldin, 1802. 8vo. Indbundet i et samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Titeletiket i skind med forgyldt titel. Kantslid. Øvre kapitæl slidt. Hjørner stødte. Et brændemærke på forpermermen har afgivet en brunplet på de første 6 blade. Enkelte brunpletter, ellers ren og pæn. Trykt på godt papir. Ex libris Nicolai Bøgh. Titeloplag, idet indholdet er identisk med førstetrykket fra 1798.

Leipzig, Weber, 1902. Royal 8vo. Orig. full cloth. VIII,329 pp., plates, textillustrations, 2 folded maps. Clean and fine.

London, W.Nicol, 1826. 4to. "Philosophical Transactions" 1826 - Part IV. With titlepage to Part IV. V,230 pp., 3 engraved plates, 1 large folded table and 16 other tables. Henry Foster was involved with geophysical observations throughout his career in the British navy. Foster joined the Royal Navy in 1812. Early projects included surveys and, on a trip to South America with Captain Basil Hall, determination of the acceleration of gravity. In 1824 Foster was made lieutenant and became a fellow of the Royal Society. He performed most of his investigations while on expeditions to the Arctic in 1824 - 1825 and to the South Seas in 1828 - 1831. He spent the winter of 1824 - 1825 at Port Bowen, north of the Arctic Circle, as astronomer of an expedition led by Sir William Edward Parry; he studied geomagnetism, the velocity of sound, atmospheric refraction, and the acceleration of gravity. The Board of Longitude printed a detailed account of his observations. In 1827 Foster received the rank of commander and the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for these researches. In the spring of 1828 he sailed to the South Seas as commander of a sloop sent on a geophysical expedition, at the suggestion of the Royal Society, to study geomagnetism, gravity, meteorology, and oceanography.

Gnadau, C.H. Hempel, 1864. Small8vo. Contemp. modest hcloth. Small nick and tears to cloth. XI,(1),203,(1) pp., 1 folded lithographed map. Arctic Bibliography, 11388.

(London, J. Nichols, 1779). 4to. Extract from "Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London." Vol. 69, Year 1779 - Part II. Pp. 376-418 and 1 folded engraved plate, showing apparatus (air pistols etc.). First printing of Ingenhouz's memoir in which he shows a new way to make inflammable air. - Ingenhouz is most widely known for his discovery of photosynthesis which he published in the same year as the offered paper (1779)."An interesting paper written from the point of view of a phlogistonist and dealing with the forces of explosions of air or oxygen and ether vapour. Contains frequent references to Priestly and also to Lavoisier, Cavendish, Fontana."(Duveen, p. 305)."In 1779, Jan Ingenhouz, also reported new ways of making inflammable airs. He had learnt the first method from John Cuthberson and Hendrik Aeneae on a visit to Amsterdam in 1777...When he returned to London, he tried to find simpler ways of generating the air so that it could be used as a substitute for inflammable air from metals in Volta's inflammable air pistol. He devised a way of volatising ether (Diethyl ether) for this purpose, but he thought that these to airs were the same."(Leslie Tomary).

Stuttgart, Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1892-94. Lex8vo. Bound in 12 contemporary hcalf. Richly gilt backs. Backs slightly rubbed. Internally clean. Stamp on titles.

Leipzig, Heinrich Gräff, 1803-04. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt titlelabels to spine. A small tear to hinge at spine end on vol. 1. Spines slightly rubbed. Stamp on titlepage. (2),442;LIV,472,(2 - Druckfehler) pp. Internally clean. Fiske I:564 b. - Bibl. Danica III:31.

Berlin, Mittler, 1816. Contemp. hcalf. gilt spine. titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spine. Spine rubbed. A paperlable pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. XVI,222 pp., 6 folded tables, 8 folded engraved plates. Scattered brownspots.

London, Crokatt, 1728. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Parts of gilting to spine worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. (8), 457, (23) pp. + 2 maps and 4 plates. Third edition of vol. 8 of Salmon's extensive 'Modern History' containing information and depictions of the German Empire Salmon’s "Modern History” is an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the world’s countries, their histories, and their contemporary states during Salmon’s time and stands as a monumental achievement in the history of 18th-century historiography. His work is a fine example of the Enlightenment's goal for cataloging and comprehending the world, offering a unique snapshot of global perspectives as understood by Europeans in the early modern period. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive attempts to document and analyze the state of nations worldwide.

Berlin, Springer, 1939. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 114, 1939. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 368-78. [Entire volume: VIII, 749 pp.]. First printing of Wallner's important paper on microscopic lines - Wallner Lines - in various materials. Wallner lines are microscopic fractures that propagate on a rigid surface. Using the Wallner lines, it is possible to determine the speed at which a surface is cracked. The method works for example on glass, epoxy, tungsten and carbon-filled rubber. The measurement of Wallner lines are a standard method of modern forensic science.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1907. Royal8vo. Rebound in full cloth preserving the gilt titlelabel and the gilt sledge- picture from the original UK-binding. Stamp on title-page.XX,411 pp., 98 illustrations on plates and 2 maps. Internally clean and fine. First UK-edition.

(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1912). No wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik", IV Folge, Bd. 39, No 14.Pp. 705-1072, textillustr. (entire issue ("Heft 14 (No. 14) offered). Debye's paper: pp. 789-839. Clean and fine but inner margins punched, with holes after binding strings. First appearance of Debye's second paper. "In his second outstanding paper (the offered item) Debye treated a solid as a system of vibrating atoms and modified Einstein's theory of specific heats, which had been only partially successful. He showed that the solid could be characterized by a complete spectrum of eigen-frequencies and that the specific heat of a monatomic solid was a universal function of the ratio theta/T, were theta is a tempature characteristic of the particular solid and T is the absolute tempature. Now commonly called the Debye temperature, theta could be calculated from the elastic constants of the solid. The Debye equation, involving the then recently developed quantum theory, gave agreement with observed specific heat values. Aside from a numerical factor, it differed from the Einstein equation in containg both the compressibility and and Poisson's ratio." - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume 3, p.619.Debye received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases".