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New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1957. 8vo. Original full green cloth, bound with the original blue wrappers. Volume 36, 1957 of "The Bell System Technical Journal". Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. [Entire issue:] 20, 1513 pp. First edition of the first technical description of the TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system. The 2,240-mile cable was laid by the cableship Monarch and ran from Gallanach Bay, near Oban in Argyll, to Clarenville, Canada. The initial capacity was 36 calls at a time at a price per call of $12 for the first three minutes. Since trans-Atlantic service opened in 1927, calls had traveled across the ocean via radio waves. But cables provide much higher signal quality, avoid atmospheric interference and offer greater capacity and security."The papers that follow describe the design, manufacture and installation of the first transatlantic telephone cable system with all its component parts, including the connection microwave radio-relay system in Nova Scotia." (From the introduction to the present papers)."Years of development led up to 1956 when the first transatlantic telephone cable system started carrying calls; this is an interesting story in itself. Two coaxial cables about 20 miles apart carried 36 two-way circuits. Nearly 50 sophisticated repeaters were spaced from 10 to 40 miles along the way. Each vacuum tube repeater contained 5,000 parts and cost almost $100,000." (Petruzzellis, Thomas. Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius, 2008, p. 4). The electronic repeaters, the devices that held together the many separate cables, were designed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. In terms of reliable operation, the most critical component of the system was the repeater. These devices, spaced at intervals of 37.5 nautical miles along the cable, compensated for loss. The repeaters were of a unique flexible design, which allowed them to be handled in the same manner as cable.TAT-1 carried the Moscow-Washington hotline between the American and Soviet heads of state.Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:1. Kelly, Dr. Mervin J.; Radley, Sir Gordon. Transatlantic Communications - An Historical Resume. Pp. 1-5.2. Mottram, E.T.; Halsey, R.J.; Emling, J.W.; Griffith, R.G. Transatlantic Telephone Cable System - Planning and Over-All Performance. Pp. 7-27.3. Lewis, H.A.; Tucker, R.S.; Lovell, G.H.; Fraser, J. M. System Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 29-68.4. Gleichmann, T.F.; Lince, A.H.; Wooley, M.C.; Braga, F.J. Repeater Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 69-101. 5. Lamb, H.A.; Heffner, W.W. Repeater Production for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 103-138. 6. Meszaros, G.W.; Spencer, H.H. Power Feed Equipment for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 139-162.7. McNally, J.O.; Metson, G.H.; Veazie, E.A.; Holmes, M.F. Electron Tubes for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 163-188.8. Lebert, A.W.; Fischer, H.B.; Biskeborn, M.C. Cable Design and Manufacture for the Transatlantic Submarine Cable System. Pp. 189-216.9. Halsey, R.J.; Bampton, J.F. System Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 217-244.10. Brockbank, R.A.; Walker, D.C.; Welsby, V.G. Repeater Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 245-276.11. Thomas, J.F.P.; Kelly, R. Power-Feed System for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 277-292.12. Jack, J.S.; Leech, Capt. W.H.; Lewis, H.A. Route Selection and Cable Laying for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 293-326.And many other.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Bound in half cloth with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik, 48. Band, 1948." Library stamp to front free end paper. A very nice and clean copy. [Fermi:] Pp. 73-79. [Entire issue: VIII, 891 pp.]. First printing of Fermi's paper on the statistical method for the determination of properties of the atom. "During the years 1926-1932 Fermi and his associates did first-class but conventional theoretical physics, within the pattern laid down by the physicists of northern Europe. These were the concluding years of the theory of atomic structure; with the invention of wave mechanics and the relativistic explanation of the electrons' intrinsic angular momentum, the theory as we know it today was completed, and Fermi helped complete the picture. He applied his degenerate gas theory to the electrons in atomic structure, producing a statistical atomic model [In the present paper]". (Allison , Enrico Fermi - A Biographical Memoir, 1957, P. 127). Fermi is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century, Along with Oppenheimer he is frequently referred to as "the father of the atomic bomb". The volume contain the following paper of interest: NEUMANN, J. V. Einige Bemerkungen zur Diracschen Theorie des Drehelektrons. Pp. 868-81.And many other.

Folio. Samt. hshirtbd. Litograferet titelblad. (2),31 pp. samt alle 31 kromolitograferede plancher. 2. udgavens farvetryk er af langt højere kvalitet end 3. oplagets.

Berlin, Springer, 1931. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 68, 1931. Entire issue offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 97-113. [Entire volume: VIII, 845 pp.]. First printing of Tamm and Schubin's important paper in which they showed that the external photoeffect is caused by the presence of a jump in potential on the border of the metal vacuum."In 1931 - 1933 Tamm studied the quantum theory of metals, specifically the external photoeffect in metals and the state levels of the electrons on the surface of the metal. His work with S. P. Shubin was the first to show that the external photoeffect is caused by the presence of a jump in potential on the border of the metal vacuum and is associated with the effect of surface absorption of light, while the optic absorption of light by the metal is associated with the volume effect."

Wien, Strauss, 1812-13. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine on Part I. Stamp on title-pages. 221;372;440;407,(1) pp., 11 folded engraved plates, 1 folded table. A few scattered brownspots.

(Atlantic City, N. J., 1947). Large 4to. (278x214 mm / 10.94x8.43 inches). Offprint from Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 18, pp.495-513, December, 1947. Original printed wrappers with holes punched in the back (as issued). Lower left corner with traces after having been bended. Lower 2 cm of spine loosened, otherwise fine and clean throughout. Pp. 19. Scarce offprint issue of Olmstead and Tukey's important paper in which a new method for the association of two continuous variables are proposed. "Its notable properties are: (1) Special weight is given to extreme values of the variables. (2) Computation is very easy. (3) The test is non-parametric." (From the present paper). "One of the most influential statisticians of the twentieth century, John Wilder Tukey (1915-2000) played a key role in both the development and study of statistics. Upon receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1939 from Brown University, he joined the faculty at Princeton; in 1945, he also began work at Bell Laboratories. Equally committed to both Princeton and Bell Labs, Tukey chose to work concurrently at both institutions. He was also a consultant for many companies, such as Merck and Company, Xerox Corporation, and the Educational Testing Service, and was a frequent advisor to the government for such programs as the US Census. From 1960 to 1980 he led the statistical component of NBC's election night projections. Among other projects Tukey analyzed Alfred Kinsey's research and examined data on ozone depletion. Tukey made many important contributions to the field of statistics, such as work in time series analysis, exploratory data analysis, and multiple comparisons. In early 1945, Tukey began working for Bell Labs, a lifelong association, as it would turn out. While at Bell Labs, Tukey worked with B. D. Holdbrook to develop the Nike missile system although the scant correspondence within this collection is rather routine and doesn't reflect their extensive contribution. Tukey also had a reputation for being discreet regarding his more sensitive projects." (American Philosophical Society).

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeifschrift für Physik, 51 Band., 1928", VII, (1), 903 pp.]. (Entire volumeoffered). Library stamp to front free end-paper. A fine and clean copy. [Gamow:] Pp. 204-212.. First printing of Gamow's seminal paper in which he explained alfa-decay for the first time. By 1928, George Gamow had solved the theory of the alpha decay via tunneling. The alpha particle is trapped in a "potential well" by the nucleus. In classic physics, it is forbidden to escape, but according to the then newly discovered principles of quantum mechanics, it has a tiny (but non-zero) probability of "tunneling" through the barrier and appearing on the other side to escape the nucleus. Gamow solved a model potential for the nucleus and derived from first principles a relationship between the half-life of the decay, and the energy of the emission. Alpha particles were first described in the investigations of radioactivity by Ernest Rutherford in 1899.Parkinson 507."One of the first applications of quantum tunneling was by the physicist George Gamow in 1928, soon after the development of quantum mechanics. Alpha particles, which consist of two protons and two neutrons, are emitted by some nuclei. For example, ordinary uranium, 238U, with a lifetime of 4.5 billion years, decays by emitting an alpha particle.For decades alpha decay had presented a problem: the emitted alpha particles seemed to have too little energy to get out of the nucleus. The Coulomb barrier arises from the combined effect of the Coulomb repulsion between the alpha particle and the nucleus (both positively charged) and the nuclear force that attracts the two particles. The energy of the emitted alpha particle is less than the top of this barrier. Classically, the particle would be unable to get out of the nucleus, but it obviously does.Gamow suggested that alpha particles tunnel through the barrier. If so, the half-life of the decay should depend on the width and height of the barrier, and it does: the lower and thinner the barrier, the greater the chance of penetrating it. As the alpha particle's energy increases, the particle sees both a lower and thinner barrier so the probability of getting through increases extremely rapidly. For example, the energies of the alphas emitted by 232Th and 212Po are 4.05 MeV and 8.95 MeV, respectively, while their respective half-lives are 14 billion years and 0.3 millionth of a second. Thus, a factor of about two in energy produces a difference in half-lives of sixteen orders of magnitude (that is, sixteen powers of ten)!" (Rigden, Building Blocks of Matter: A Supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of , p. 393).

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1960. 8vo. Volume XXXIX (49), January, No. 1, 1960 of "The Bell System Technical Journal". Entire issue offered in the original printed blue wrappers. A bit of sunning to spine and previous owner's stamp to top of front wrapper, otherwise a very nice, clean, and fresh copy. Pp. 235-255. [Entire issue: 264 pp.]. First printing of this seminal paper in which the push-button telephone is first described. Push-button telephony was considered a revolution within telecommunication. It replaced rotary dial telephones that had been in use since 1891 and the technique behind the touch-tone format is today used for all cell phones.The first prototypes were invented in 1941 by the Bell System, these were, however, never fully functional and therefore not brought to the commercial market. The research was shelved during WWII and was not prioritized until later, after the transistor had been developed and tones could be produced with electronic oscillators in the late 1950ies. The first push-button telephone reached the commercial market in 1963, though in the mid 1970ies the majority of phone users still had rotary phones.The issue contains the following papers:1. Feiner, A.; Lovell, C.A.; Lowry, T.N.; Ridinger, P.G. The Ferreed - A New Switching Device. Pp. 1-30.2. James, D.B.; Johannesen, J.D. A Remote Line Concentrator for a Time-Separation Switching Experiment. Pp. 31-57.3. Malthaner, W.A.; Runyon, J.P. Controller for a Remote Line Concentrator in a Time-Separation Switching Experiment. Pp. 59-86.4. Bakanowski, A.E.; Forster, J.H. Electrical Properties of Gold-Doped Diffused Silicon Computer Diodes. Pp. 87-1045. Legg, V.E. Analysis of Quality Factor of Annular Core Inductors. Pp. 105-126.6. Benes, V.E. General Stochastic Processes in Traffic Systems with One Server. Pp. 127-160.7. Unger, Hans-Georg. Round Waveguide with Double Lining. Pp. 161-167.8. Thurmond, C.D.; Kowalchik, M. Germanium and Silicon Liquidus Curves. Pp. 169-204.9. Trumbore, F.A. Solid Solubilities of Impurity Elements in Germanium and Silicon. Pp. 205-233. 10. Schenker, L. Pushbutton Calling with a Two-Group Voice-Frequency Code. Pp. 235-255.

Berlin, Springer, 1931. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Band 71, 1931. Entire issue offered. Library stamp to title page and a three cm tear to upper front hindge, otherwise fine. Pp. 205-226. [Entire volume : VII, (1), 823 pp.]. First appearance of Bethe's paper containing his famous and much used method for finding the exact solutions of certain one-dimensional quantum many-body models. Bethe here found the exact eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the one-dimensional antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model Hamiltonian. Since then the method has been extended to other models in one dimension: Bose gas, Hubbard model, etc.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1961 4to. Original full blue cloth with gilt spine. Apart from a few light pencil-marginalia, a very nice, clean, tight, and fresh copy - in- as well as externally. XX, 416 pp. + 72 plates (on 72 pp.), (4, - Table of Letters) pp. First edition of this monumental classic, in which the chronology of archaic inscriptions was established for the first time."This is the only modern work to survey in depth the inscriptions of Greece before 403 BC.... The original text attempts to reconstruct, for Greek inscriptions from the eighth to the fifth centuries BC, a chronological system (divided tentatively into twenty-five year periods) similar to those already generally accepted for Greek sculpture and pottery. It includes surveys of the origin and dissemination of the alphabet among the city states, the development and content of early inscriptions, and the techniques of the craftsmen, followed by a discussion of the inscriptions of each state. Each section contains a list, with bibliography, of all significant inscriptions, while numerous photographs and facsimiles of the inscriptions provide an important instrument of control. The approach is primarily archaeological, but account is taken also of the many historical, philological, and artistic problems involved."This is a monumental, an altogether superb, book ... It is a book worth waiting for, a major work for reading and for reference, in its field incomparable, and a contribution to the history of our civilization." Classical World.". (Revied of the Oxfiord University Press new, revised edition).

Cracovie, Imprimerie de L'Université, 1910. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "Bulletin de L'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie", Juillet 1910. Very fine and clean. Pp. (2), 295-312. Scarce offprint of Smoluchowski early work on thermal transpiration in rarefied gases. Maxwell worked on the subject in the 1880ies but it was not until Danish Knudsen and Smoluchowski - with the present paper - the subject was reintroduced and created the whole field research in vacuum.

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1917. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from: "Zeitschrift für physicalische Chemie", XCII band, 2. heft. Very fine and clean. Pp. 129-168. Scarce offprint of Smoluchowski's important paper on the mathematics behind his seminal coagulation equation. "The underlying model may be described as follows: Consider n particles in three-dimensional Euclidean space, each particle being surrounded by a sphere of influence of diameter R. The particles move independently of each other, according to a Brownian Motion, as long as their distance is greater than R. When two particles meet at a distance R they stick together and form a "double particle", which itself is again in Brownian motion - and so on. Smoluchowski found on a heuristic basis an explicit formula for the average concentration of single, double, triple etc. particles at a time t." (Lang, Smoluchowski's Theory of Coagulation in Colloids Holds Rigorously in the Boltzmann-Grad-Limit)

Seghers, (1947). 12mo. Uncut in original printed wrappers; wrappers brownspotted, but internally nice and clean. 76, (2) pp. First separate printing, one of 100 copies "Hors Commerce" (outside of commerce - i.e. not for sale), of this important work on Francis Ponge.Francis Ponge was very important for Sartre's thought. He was the only communist that Sartre happily associated with after the war and he calls him "the only authentic writer in communist literature". The work was originally printed in "Situations I" (December 1944) and for the first time separately as it is here. This printing is constituted in 100 copies on vélin Johannot, 880 copies on Alfa Marais, and 100 copies that were not for sale, marked "H.C.", of which this is one.

Jena, Hermann Costenoble, 1868. 2 cont. hcalf. Early owners name on titlepage. Front free endpapers with corners cut, but repaired. XX,354;VI,333 pp. Occasionally slightly brownspotted. First German edition. Martins is wellknown for his investigations on glaciers in Spitzbergen and Schwitzerland. He travelled together with Gaimard in Norway and Lappland. - Schiøtz Nr. 665 c.

Kristiania, H. Aschehoug & Co.s Forlag 1897. Lex8vo. In two contemporary half calf with gilt title and pictorial design on backs. (14), 526,(10),553 pp. With 53 plates and numerous text illustrations (all). The original edition. Printing and the Mind of Man No. 384.

New York, (American Telephone and Telegraph Company), 1967. 8vo. Volume XLVI, July-August, No. 6, 1967 of "The Bell System Technical Journal". In the original printed blue wrappers. A bit of sunning to spine, previous owner's stamp to front wrapper. Otherwise a very nice and clean, internally near mint, copy. Pp. 1288-1295. [Entire issue: Pp. 1055-1300]. First publication of Khang and Sze's seminal and exceedingly influential paper on Floating Gate MOSFET. The technology is today used in flash memory cards."In 1967, Kahng and Sze reported the first floating-gate structure as a mechanism for nonvolatile information storage. Since then, floating-gate transistors have been used widely to store digital information for long periods in structures such as EPROMs, EEPROMs, and Flash memories." (Hasler, Paul. FLOATING-GATE DEVICES, (1) p.).

Berlin, 1818. 4to. Cont.hcalf. Stamp on title. Slightly brownspotted. IV,116 pp. Frontisp.(bound at end) and 7 fold. engr.plates.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1758). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome XI, 1756 pp. 300-321 and 1 folded engraved plate. First appearance of this paper in which Euler examines some peculiar differential equations that can be solved through the rather paradoxical method of integration by differentiation. He presents four such problems, which were found to all be members of the same family of differential equations, thus this presentation will focus on reworking several of these problems to make use of this generalization.Together with a paper by Eulers son (Euler le Fils - Johann Albrecht): Des Cerfs - Volans. Traduit du Latin. Pp. 322-364 and 3 folded engraved plates. - Johann here exposes his electrical theory in relation to kites, and indicates that kites were not only children's toys but had been used by the celebrated Romas in his electrical experiments.Enestroem E236.

København, Stein, 1785. 4to. I samtidigt hellæderbind med fem ophøjede bind og forgyldt titel på ryg. Bind med en del slitage. "Aalborgske Infanterie Regiment" i forgyldt titel på forperm. Ex-libris på verso af forperm. Tidligere ejers navn på titelblad. (16), 656 pp. samt subskribentliste (6) pp. og stort udfoldeligt kobberstukket Nordenskort, 1 kobberstukket tekstvignet. Stort eksemplar på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven. Scheel havde til hensigt at forfatte historien om Den store Nordiske Krig (1700 + 1709-20), men nåede ikke at fuldføre andet end denne stort anlagte oversigt over de geografiske rammer for begivenhederne. Bibl. Danica III:277.

La Haye, Jean & Daniel Steucker, 1685. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raise bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Parts of gilting worn off and small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. (28), 270, (1) pp. Later edition, first published in 1673, of Temple’s exposition on the tumultuous events of 1672, often referred to in Dutch history as the Rampjaar ("Disaster Year"), the book examines the internal and external challenges facing the Dutch Republic. The year 1672 was marked by a coordinated attack on the Dutch Republic by France, England and the German areas of Münster and Cologne.It is regarded as being one of the most significant crises in Dutch history, a time when the Republic’s survival was under threat. Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628 –1699) was an English diplomat, politician and writer. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II of England, with whom he then fell out.

Kiøbenhavn, Boas brünnich, 1811. 4to. Samt. helldrbd. i flammet kalv. Med fr. V's kronede monogram i guld på øverste rygfelt. Skindtitel og forgyldt ryg. Med det kobberstukne og det bogtrykte titelblad. 292 pp. samt ca. 500 pp. (formularer etc.). Trykt på tyndt skrivepapir.

Brussel, Chez Francois Fopens, 1723. 8vo. 5 nice cont. uniform full mottled calf w. 5 raised bands on backs, backs richly gilt. Vol. 1 w. small loss of leather on back and a few small wormholes on back. 2 capitals worn. Internally minor brownspotting. W. frontispiece to vol. 1, woodcut title-vignettes, 2 folded tables and 12 engr. plates (portraits), one w. a repaired tear. In vol. 1 a leaf w. a portrait cut from a newspaper inserted.

Paris, Crochard et Comp., 1837. 8vo. In half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 64, Cahier 2 (Fevrier 1837). Entire issue offered. Light occassional brownspotting. No institutional stamps, otherwise fine. Wöhler a. Liebig's papers: pp. 185-209 a. pp. 209-217. [Entire issue:] 447 pp. First appearance of this classic paper in organic chemistry in which Wöhler and Liebig showed how Amygdalin could be decomposed by a vegetable emulsion, the first example of a glycoside. The papers were issued at the same time in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie"."The conclusions which you have drawn from the investigation of bitter-almond oil," wrote Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler, "are certainly the most importent which have so far been reached in the domain of vegetable chemistry, and give promise of shedding an unexpected light over this part of the science...The facts which you have set forth inspire such reflections that they may be regarded as the dawn of a new day in vegetable chemistry."(Berzelius-Wöhler Briefwechsel)."During the years that Liebig was preoccupied with the ether theory and with organic acids, he also carried out two importent investigations with Wöhler. In october 1836 Wöhler wrote that he had discovered a way to transform amygdalin to oil of bitter almonds and hydrocyanid acis, by distilling it with manganese and sulfuric acid, and he invited Liebig to join in pursuing the topic. Two days later he made a more remarkable discovery. It had occurred to him that perhaps thetransformation of amygdalin could be effected by the albumin in the almonds, in a manner similar to the action of yeast in sugar...Wöhler suspected that the decomposition was an example of what Berzelius had recently defined as catalysis. Liebig and Wöhler then divided up the detailed examination of the properties and composition of amygdalin. They precipitated from the emulsion of almonds a substance which when dissolved retain its action. They named the active substance "emulsion". Its effectiveness in very small quantities confirmed that it acted like yeast."(DSB VIII, p. 342).

(No place, nor printer), 1741. 8vo. In contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. All edges coloured in red. A nice and clean copy. (16), 367 pp. First edition of Necker’s work on the government of the Germany based on various laws and juridical material. Karl Friedrich Necker (French: Charles Frédéric Necker) was the farther of Jacques Necker, Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI.

Hafniæ, Joh. Jac. Bornheinrich, 1696. Lille 8vo. Næsten samtidigt papbind med skindtitel på forpermen. Ryggen løs i forreste fals. (8),151 pp. Indvendig ren og velbevaret. Sperlings kritiske udgave af Absalons testamente, skrevet mens Sperling var professor i historie og retsvidenskab ved Chr. V's Ridderakademi i København. - Thesaurus II: 655.- Bibl. Danica III:951.