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Paris, Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1857. Contemp. hcloth. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. XXII,(2),114 pp., 17 folde engraved plates (4 maps, 13 coastal profiles). Inrenally clean and fine.

(New Haven), 1878. Both issues with modern blank wrappers. In: The American Journal of Science and Arts", Third series Vol. 15, No 88 and Vol. 16, No. 94. Pp. 245-524 and pp. 247-334 (2 entire issues offered). Mayer's papers: pp. 276-277 with textfig., pp. 247-256 with 2 pp. of illustrations. First appearance of the papers in which Mayer describes his invention of the method of floating tiny magnets in a magnetic field, used in the early twentieth century as a key to discovering or illustrating atomic structure."Mayer is most remembered (and cited) for his experiments in which magnetized needles were inserted into corks, which were then ftoated on water with their south poles upward, under the north pole of a powerful electromagnet. Under these conditions, certain definite stable configurations were observed “which suggested the manner in which atoms of molecules may be grouped in the formation of definite compounds and which illustrated various properties of the constitution of matter. These experiments won high praise from Kelvin ... and were later used by J. J. Thomson (Electricity and Matter [New Haven, 1904], ... and others as a key to the way in which a characteristic number of electrons might be arranged within the atoms of each chemical element in relation to the periodic table. Mayer thus made a small but significant contribution to the theory of atomic structure." (DSB)Issue 94 of vol. 16 contains an importent paper by HENRY A. ROWLAND "Research on the Absolute Unit of Electrical Resistance", pp. 281-291, in which he established an authoritative figure for the absolute value of the Ohm. - Wheeler Gift: 3967.

New York, John Wiley, 1853. Small 8vo. Original full cloth, blindtooled. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on title-page. The first few leaves with faint brownspotting. 168 pp. This edition not in Sabin.

(Paris, Crochard, 1816) No wrappers as extracted fron 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Volume 1 and 2 (2e Series). Pp. 295-308 a. pp. 373-394 (Vol. 1), pp. 5-32 a. pp. 105-125 (Vol. 2). With both halftitles to vols. 1 a. 2. Htitles shaved in inner margins, no loss of letters. All 4 papers having some scattered brownspots. First appearance of Ampere's notable memoir (issued in 4 parts) in which he tries to set up a classification system for the elementary entities in chemistry tieing the elements together in a natural classification, a dim foreshadowing of the periodic table."Here (in the paper offered) he drew attention to the similarities between Lavoisier's and his fellowers classification of elements in terms of their reactions with oxygen and Linnaeus' classification of plants in terms of their sexual organs. Bernard de Jussieu had successfully challenged Linnaeus with a natural system that took the whole plant into account and sought affinities between all parts of the plant, not just the flowers, as the basic classification. Ampère now wished to do the same thing for chemistry. By discovering a natural classification, i.e., one that tied the elements together by real and rather than artificial relations, Ampère hoped to prove a new insight into chemical reactions. His classificatory scheme, therefore, was not merely an ordering ofthe elements but, like the later periodic table of Dimitri Mendeleev, a true instrument of chemical research. Ampères system was as artificial as Lavoisier's...Thepapermay be noted, however, as an early attempt to find relationships between elements that would bring some order into the constantly growing number of elementary bodies."(DSB I, p. 143).

l.-4.Theil. 4 Bde. 2.Aufl. Hmbg., 1830-34. 4 cont.hcalf. A little brownspotted.

Cambridge, University Press, 1948. 4to. Orig. full cloth, gilt. VIII,557 pp., 1 plate. First edition.

Berlin, Vieweg u. Sohn, 1923. 8vo. Bound in contemporary full cloth. In "Zeitschrift für Physik. Hrsg. von Karl Scheel. 16. Band", entire volume offered. Embossed stamp to title page. P. 228. [Entire volume: IV, [2], 409 pp]. First printing of Einstein commentary to Friedman's seminal papers in which he "introduced into cosmology two concepts of revolutionary importance, the age og the world and the creation of the world"(Kragh, Cosmology and Controversy). Also contained in the volume are:BOTHE, W.: Eichmethoden für Emanationselektrometer (+) Über eine neue Sekundärstrahlung der Röntgenstrahlen. - First appearance of Bothe's early paper on the Compton effect which, together with his later paper (in Bd 32, Zeitschrift für Physik), awarded him the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith".PAULI, JR. W. : Über die Gesetzmässigkeiten des anomalen Zeemaneffektes. LANDÉ, A.: Zur Theorie der Röntgenspektren.HEISENBERG, W. (+) M. BORN.: Die Elektronenbahnen im angeregten Heliumatom.Weil 122

Kiøbenhavn (Copenhagen), C.F. Holm, 1786. 8vo. Bound in a nice recent full calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Double line gilt boarders of boards. A nice and clean copy. XVI, 414 pp. + 7 folded plates supplied in facsimile. First edition of Mohr’s important work on the economy and natural history of Iceland. “In 1780, the Faeroese naturalist, Nicolai Mohr (1742-90) was sent to Iceland specifically to investigate some of Olavius’ discoveries, such as graphite in Siglufjördur in the North which, it was believed, might be of economic significance. Mohr spent two summers in Iceland and travelled around the northern and eastern parts. He later wrote a book (the present) about his travels. Mohr concentrates on the economy and natural history of Iceland, but his book is written in the form of a travelogue, and his observations on all that he saw helped to build up a picture of conditions in Iceland at the time” (Caseldine, Iceland – Modern Processes and past Environments). Fiske p.402.

Kiøbenhavn, 1735. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. With hole in the leather on front board. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (26), 202, 670, (8) pp. Possibly wanting a frontispiece. Scarce first edition. Biblioteca Danica I, 538.

Biponti (Zweybrücken), Typhographia Societas, 1783-84. 8vo. 3 cont. full calf, gilt backs, gilt borders, covers blindtooled (Cambridge-bindings). Backs with traces of use. Titlepages with 5 engraved portraits.

Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1843. Contemp. hcalf. Slightly rubbed, corners bumped. XVIII,344,(1) pp. Brownspotted throughout, mainly marginal. Scarce second edition of a groundbreaking work in animal physiology. "...for Liebig had provided one of the first comprehnsive pictures of the overall meaning of the ceaseless chemical exchanges which form an integral part of the vital process. A few men adopted it as a guide for further investigation, and Bishoff and Voit based the field of energy metabolism on Liebig's ideas." (F.L. Holmes in DSB). - Duveen p.359 - Not in Neville.

Kiøbenhavn, Beekens Forlag, 1820-23. Lille 8vo. 6 samtidige ensartede papbd. med rygforgyldning og forgyldte rygtitler. False lidt svage. Hvert bind på omkr. 500 pp. Heri talrige originalbidrag af tidens danske forfattere, videnskabsmænd, jurister, historikere etc. Tidsskriftet ophørte 1823.

Cologne, L'Equitable, 1696. Small 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Title-page printed in red and black. (30),198 pp. Some quires with browning. First French editon of William King's defence of Denmark against Molesworth's book "An Account of Denmark as it was in the Year of 1692.", published 1694.

(Paris, Baudouin, AN XI (1803)). 4to. Without wrappers. Uncut. Extracted from "Mémoires de L'Institut National des Sciences et Arts", Tome Quatrieme. Pp. 21-112. Fine and clean, unopened. First printing of one of Biot's earliest work, and one of his major mathematical paper.. Biot is well known for his discoveries in connection with polarized light.An importent chemical paper in organic chemistry accompanies Biot's paper: Fourcroy et Vauquelin,"Mémoire Sur l'analyse des calculs urinaires humains, et sur les divers matériaux qui les forment". Pp. 112-150.

Stuttgart, Johann Benedikt Mezler, 1781. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Profusely gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. With the gilt monogram of King Christian VII in red leather on upper cover. Stamp on title-page. (2),588,(2) pp. Clean and fine.

København, Chr. Rasmussen, 1894-95. 4to. Indbundet i 3 beskedne hshirtbd. Stempel på titelblade. (4),139;(4),66 pp. Første del med en del tilføjelser og rettelser til teksten. Med 25 plancher som anførst på titelbladet, men nr. 9 er oversprunget, Her vises de tekniske detaljer over håndskydevåbnene fra de europæiske lande i samtiden (Karabiner, geværer, rifler, repetergeværer, pistoler m.v.).

Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1885. 8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original printed wrappers. In "K. Scenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar. Band 10. No. 2". Fine and clean. 31 pp, + 2 plates. First appearance of Rydberg's important paper on the periodic table in which he intruduced atomic numbers and made his famous conclusion: "The discovery of the periodic system have made it impossible to consider the chemical elements as simple and independent, and it has thus become a matter of great interest to searching explain the context between them. [...] And it would certainly confirm that the differences [between the atomic weights] periodically change, one must assume that the atomic weights themselves grow after a periodic law when it progresses in the system, and thus are to be regarded as periodic functions of their number. "Rydberg’s most significant scientific contributions were to spectroscopy: but his involvement with spectra had its origin in his interest in the periodic system of the elements, an interest that endured throughout his professional life. His earliest published papers in physics dealt with the periodic table. In the introduction to his major work on spectra (1890), he stated that he considered it only a part of a broader investigation, the goal of which was to achieve amore exact knowledge of the nature and constitution of the chemical and physical properties of the elements. He held that the effective force between atoms must be a periodic function of their atomic weights and that the periodic motions of the atoms, which presumably gave rise to the spectral lines and were dependment on the effective force, thus might be a fruitful study leading to a better knowledge of the mechanics, nature, and structure of atoms and molecules and to a deeper understanding of the periodic system of the other physical and chemical properties of the elements. In line with contemporary conceptions, Rydberg’s view was that each individual line spectrum was the product of a single fundamental system of vibrations." (DSB)

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1863. Conemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. A small nich to middle of spine.Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Vierte Reihe Bd. 28, (=Poggendorff Bd. 118). Entire volume offered. X,644 pp. and 8 engraved plates. Wiener's paper: pp. 79-94. First printing of this importent paper in the development of the atomic theory.The cause of the Brownian movement was ascribed by C. Wiener in 1863 to bombardment of the suspended particles by the molecules of the liquid. This was confirmed by Svedberg in 1906; he found that the length of the path described agrees with that calculated from the kinetic theory by Einstein (1905) and Smoluchowski (1906).The volume contains further notable papers: G. KIRCHHOFF "Zur Geschichte der Spectral-Analyse und der Analyse der Sonnenatmosphäre". Pp. 94-111.L. LORENZ: "Ueber die Theorie des Lichts". Pp. 111-145. - Lorenz is well known for his theory of the electromagnetic nature of light, which he, independently of Maxwell, published in 1867.

(Lisboa), Impr. Regia, 1812. Small 4to. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on frontboard. Stamp on title-page. 104 pp., 1 folded table. A few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper.

Firenze, Tommaso Masi e Comp., 1806. 8vo. Orig. printed boards. Orig. spine gone, but repaired. Covers with some spots and traces of use. 288 pp. and 13 large folded engraved maps. Few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper.

Leipzig, Barth, 1911. Plain wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge, Bd. 35, No 9. With titlepage to vol. 35. Pp. 617-816 a. 3 plates. (Entire issue offered). Einstein'spaper: pp. 679-694. Clean and fine. First edition. In the paper "Elementary observations concerning the thermal molecular motion in solid bodie" he continues his earlier investigations of the specific heat of solids in which the heat agitation of solids was reduced to a monochromatic oscillation of the atom and the specific heat calculated on the basis of the quantum treatment of an oscillator put in the radiation field. Here he deals with with the discrepancies between his formula of the measurements at low temperature..." (Cornelius Lanzos).Weil: 42. - Boni: 38.

Kbhvn. 1907-32. Indbundet i 19 private halvlæderbind med forgyldte rygtitler. Papiretiketter påsat rygge. Stempel på titelblade. Rigt illustr.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1858 - Vol. 148 - Part II. Pp. 465-533 and 10 lithographed plates (map, Peak of T., views, Jupiter, Spectra etc.). First printing of this report. "In 1856 Smyth led an expedition to the Peak of tenerife, primarely "to ascertain how much astronomical observation can be benefited by eliminating the lower third or fourth part of the atmosphere"...Financial support for this experiment was given by the British Admiralty, and moral support by the entire British scientific community. I addition to telescopic observations of planets and stars, Smyth measured the radiant heat of the moon; observed the solar spectrum and noted the lines of absorption were of terrestrial origin; and made various other observations of the meteorology, geology, and botany of the island."(DSB XII, p. 498-99).

København, Det Schubotheske Forlag, 1900. 8vo. Indbundet i et samtidigt halvmaroquinbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt rygtitel. Ryg falmet. En smule slid ved kapitæler og kanter. Hjørner stødte. Bogblok en smule skæv. Med egenhændig dedikation fra Bang på fribladet: "Erik / fra hans gamle / Ven / Herman Bang / 23.9.11." Lille rift (ca. 3 cm) neders i smudstitelbladet. Lettere brunet, ellers ren og pæn indvendig. Nydeligt eksemplar af vignetudgaven med dedikation fra Bang til skuespilleren Erik Crone (1896-1971). Crone opstrådte i rollen som 'Olaf' i det af Bang instruerede 'Samfundets støtter' (1911). Eksemplaret har tilhørt Rune T. Kidde og bærer hans navnetræk bagerst i bogen.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1839-40. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from: "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von A.L. Crelle", Bd. 19 a. Bd. 21, pp. 324-369 a. pp. 1-12.. 4 leaves in part 1 with browning, due to the poor paperquality. First appearance of this importent paper in which he introduces the "Dirichlet series", applicating analysis to the theory of numbers. The paper is especially known for its central use of the limiting proces.