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Karlsruhe, Chr. Fr. Müller'schen Hofbuchhandl., 1829. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and titlelabel with gilt lettering.A paperlabel pasted on spine. (4),95,62,152,224 pp. and 10 large folded lithographed plates with many figs. Top of titlepage slightly soiled, a bit brownspotted throughout. Inside frontcover with the stamp of the Danish King Frederik VI.

Hafniæ, 1826. 4to. Orig. hollanderet blåt papbd. Ryg lidt slidt, forperm lidt løs. Slid ved kapitæler.. XVIII,(2),442 pp. Gl. ejernavn øverst på det kobberstukne titelblad. Indvendig helt ren. Fiske I:356. Første trykte udgave af Laxdælasagaen med oldnordisk tekst og latinsk oversættelse.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1874. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Sechste Reihe Bd. 3, (= Poggendorff Bd. 153). X,636 pp., 4 plates. (Entire volume offered). Braun's paper: pp. 556-563. First printing of Brown's importent paper in which he described his discovery of a semiconductor diode, noting that electrical currents flows freely in only one direction at the contact between a metal point and a galena crystal."In 1874 Braun published the results of his research on mineral metal sulfides. He found that these crystals conducted electric currents in only one direction. This information was important in electrical research and in measuring another property of substances, the electrical conductivity, but Braun’s discovery did not have immediate practical application. In the early twentieth century the principle that Braun had discovered was employed in crystal radio receivers."(DSB).The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 was awarded jointly to Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

Kristiania, H. Aschehoug & Co.s Forlag 1897. Lex8vo. In two private half calf with richly gilt 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.

Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1874. Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", Jubelband. With titlepage to "Jubelband". Titlepage with a stamp. Pp. 557-584 First appearance of a fundamental paper in modern optics in which Helmholtz published his discovery of the resolution limit of the microscope. He found that the limit for the difference of magnitude that we are able to distinguish plainly is in general found equal to half the wave-lenght of theparticular light employed. A further increase in optical power beyond that of the best modern instruments does not therefore seem possible.

Prag, Kaspar Widtmann, 1796. Bound in 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A piece of leather in middle of spineon the first volume lacks. XVI,160;XII,302;XIV,477,(1);XIV,600 pp. + Register 190 pp. pp. Some browning and scattered brownspots..

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1930. 8vo. Entire volume 63 of "Zeitschrift für Physik" bound in a contemporary half cloth with gilt title to spine. Library stamp to title-page. Capitals a bit. An overall fine and clean copy. Pp. 54-73. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 868 pp.]. First printing of Weisskopf and Wigner's landmark paper in which the introduced their seminal theory of spontaneous emission under QED. "In a consecutive paper, Dirac applied second-order perturbation theory to the atom-field interaction and re-derived the kramers-Heisenberg formula for the scattering of light by atomic systems. Fner aspects of radiative processes, like line widths due to damping, required a more elaborate mathematical treatment [presented in the present paper]." Fierz, Theoretical Physics in the Twentieth Century.).

Paris, Testu, (1793). 8vo. Bound in fine contemporary full red-brown calf. Covers with broad gilt borders and gilt cornerpieces. Raised bands, richly gilt compartments. Inner gilt borders. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt edges. Edges on covers gilt. Inside a cartouche on both covers, an owners signature "G". (?). (1-32),33-567 pp. The department-map lacks. faint scattered brownspots. First edition of the first "Almanach National".

Stockholm, (Gernandt, 1871). Folio-oblong. Samt. hshirtbd. Litograferet titelblad. 120 pp. tekst samt 15 smukke farvelitograferede plancher og 1 i sort-hvid. Tekstsider lidt brunplettede. Plancher gennemgående med marginale brunpletter.

Bremen, Johann Georg Heyse, 1834. 8vo. Contemp. marbled boards, gilt spine, titlelabel worn, a bit of wear to edges. LV,592 pp. Upper right corner of titlepage with and inkspot. A few brownspots, but internally clean.

Frankfurt, Cramer, 1715 (+) 1710. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Boards with wear and scratches. Front free end-paper with four-line note in Latin in contemporary hand. Internally nice and clean. Uncommon first German translation of these two devotional text by Jurieu. Pierre Jurieu (1637 - 1713) was a French Protestant theologian and historian. He was born in Mer, France, and became an important figure in the Huguenot community during a time of significant religious and political turmoil in France. Jurieu is best known for his controversial writings and his severe defense of Protestantism.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1863). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1862 - Vol. 152 - Part II. Pp. 987-1017. Clean and fine. First appearance of a main paper in the electrical theory of submarine cables."An important paper of thirty quarto pages published in the ‘Transactions of the Royal Society’ for June 19, 1862, under the title ‘Experimental Researches on the Transmission of Electric Signals through submarine cables, Part I. Laws of Transmission through various lengths of one cable, by Fleeming Jenkin, Esq., communicated by C. Wheatstone, Esq., F.R.S.,’ contains an account of a large part of Jenkin’s experimental work in the Birkenhead factory during the years 1859 and 1860. This paper is called Part I. Part II. alas never appeared, but something that it would have included we can see from the following ominous statement which I find near the end of Part I.: ‘From this value, the electrostatical capacity per unit of length and the specific inductive capacity of the dielectric, could be determined. These points will, however, be more fully treated of in the second part of this paper.’ Jenkin had in fact made a determination at Birkenhead of the specific inductive capacity of gutta-percha, or of the gutta-percha and Chatterton’s compound constituting the insulation of the cable, on which he experimented. This was the very first true measurement of the specific inductive capacity of a dielectric which had been made after the discovery by Faraday of the existence of the property, and his primitive measurement of it for the three substances, glass, shellac, and sulphur; and at the time when Jenkin made his measurements the existence of specific inductive capacity was either unknown, or ignored, or denied, by almost all the scientific authorities of the day." (William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in "Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin" by Robert Louis Stevenson).Jenkin, a British engineer, served as secretary of the British Association's Electric Standards Committee (formed in 1861), which was responsible for setting and naming the standard units of electrical quantity and resistance.

Schleswig, Königlichen Taubstummen-Institut, (n.y) + Serringhausenschen Buckdruckerey, (n. y.). + Ha 8vo. Bound in one magnificent contemporary red full morocco binding with splendidly gilt boards. Both boards with ornamental gilt frames, gilt stars, gilt crown at the top, gilt ship at the bottom and gilt hearts to the centres, with the intials "E.E." (front board) and "M.C.H") (back board) respectively in the middle and the year "1835" underneath. Richly gilt spine with four raised bands. Title-label to spine rwmoved and spine-gilding quite worn. All edges chiseled and gilt. A bit of wear to capitals. A very fine and clean copy. Handwritten ancestral notes (Erichsen family - presumably the "E.E" from the front board) in German to back free end-paper, beginning with Johan Christian Friedrich Erichsen, born in 1837 and ending with Anders Bygdall, born in 1897. XX, 675, (1) pp. + 88 pp. + frontispiece + (12), 256 pp.

Stuttgart, Ebner & Seubert, (1861). Lex8vo. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt spine, gilt lettering. (6)-(IX-)XVI (probably lacking halftitle ?),220,8 pp. many fine engraved initialand textillustrations. 5 chromolithographed plates with tissue-guards (3 of horses, 2 of cows) and 2 folded chromolithographed plans. Faint brownspots and a small spot with remains of glue to title-page. Faint scattered brownspots. Last 6 leaves with some foxing. First edition of this study of the Royal stud of King Wilhelm. It was run from 1852 to 1871

Gotha, Ettinger, 1794-96. Lex8vo. Bound in 4 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines, title- and tomelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamp on title-pages. With 48 folded engraved plates. Seems to be all published volumes of "Erste Abtheilung". - Poggendorff II, 697.

Kjøbenhavn, J.J. Høpffner, 1745. Et smukt hellædrbind med overdådig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt rygtitel. Permer med spejl og forgyldte borter.Forreste udvendige fals viser lidt svaghed. Antageligt et veludført pastichebind. (32),367;384 pp. Indvendig et usædvanlig rent eksemplar. Originaludgaven. - Ehr.-M. X:355.

Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1840-41. Small 8vo. Bound in 23 uniform cont. hcalf with richly gilt backs. Light rubbing to backs. One volume with tear at upper part of back. 2 engr. frontisp. and many steel-engraved plates.

(No place, Oxford University Press, 1954). 8vo. Stapled. Extracted from "Biometrika", 1954. before being bound. Presumingly serving the purpose of an offprint. A very fine a clean copy, near mint. Pp. 130, (1), 131-139. First appearance of Fisher's paper on the analysis of variance."Fisher devised his own extension of significance testing, the remarkable analysis of variance. This was bound in with his novel ideas on the wide subject of the theory of experimental design. He emphasized not merely the desirability but the logical necessity, in the design of an experiment whose results could not be freed from error, of maximizing efficiency (by devices such as blocks and confounding), and of introducing randomization in such a way as to furnish a valid estimate of the residual error. Whereas the time-honored practice in handling several factors had been to vary only one at a time during the experiment, Fisher pointed out that simultaneous variation was essential to the detection of possible interaction between factors, and that this change could be made without extra cost (in terms of experimental size and operational effort). Entrained with these innovations was the use of randomized blocks and Latin squares for the actual disposition of the test units." (DSB)

Berlin, Vossischer Buchhandlung, 1875-78. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on first title-page. (6),124;138;241;233 pp., 11 large folded maps/plans of which nos. 9-11 are in xerox-copy.

Kbhvn., Reitzel, 1835. Indbundet i eet samtidigt beskedent halvlæderbind, øverste kapitæl defekt. (8),228,(6),266,(2) sider. Lidt gulplettet. Gammelt navn på friblad. Med begge smudstitelblade, indholdsfortegnelser og dedikationsbladet til Collin. Originaludgave. BFN 264.

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1819. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spine lacks and boards loose. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics... By Thomas Thomson". Vol. XIII. XCII,486 pp. a. 6 engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Some brownspots to the plates. Iternally clean. A small stamp in upper right corner of two leaves. Dulong & Petit's paper: pp. 112-124, 161-182, 241-251, 321-339 a. 1 engraved plate. First appearance in English of this, their (first) joint paper, which initiated the recheches leading to the the "Law of Dulong and Petit", the connection between atomic weight and atomic heat. The original Frensh having the title: Recherches sur les lois de dilation des solides, des liquides et des fluides élastiques, et sur la mesure exacte des temperatures.""In 1815 Dulong’s famous collaboration with the mathematical physicist Alexis Thérèse Petit began; it produced three important memoirs on heat (of which this is the first). The best-known part of this work is the statement of the law of constant atomic heats that bears their names, .... They began with the fundamental problem of measuring quantities of heat, which involved a critical analysis of thermometric scales. In 1804-1805 Gay-Lussac had carried out a comparison of mercury and air thermometers between 0°C. and 100°C. Dulong and Petit extended the range of comparison up to 300°C. and found an increasing discrepancy between the two scales at higher temperatures." (DSB).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1923. Contemp. full buckram. In: "Annalen der Physik", Vierte Folge, band 71. Stamp on verso of titlepage. Portrait as frontisp. (2),605,VI pp. (Entire volume offered). Bohr's paper: pp. 228-288 and 8 plates (on 2 leaves). Punched with cords in inner margins. Clean and fine. First appearance of the only part of Bohr's planned new comprehensive treatise on atomic structure, announcing that this was 'the first of a series of essays....on atomic structure'.

Paris, Jombert, 1737. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (12),163,(5) pp., 1 folded engraved plate. 2 leaves at end remargined. Clean and fine.

Utrecht, Economic History Society, 1959. Royal8vo. Bound with all the original wrappers in full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "The Economic History Review, Second Series, Vol. XII, No. 1, August 1959" (the entire Second Series, Vol. XII, No. 1-3, August 1959 - April 1960" present). Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Library stamp, a small marginal repair, and some pencil-annotations to first front-wrapper. Internally fine and clean. [Rostow:] Pp. 1-16. [Entire issue: VIII, 552, (4) pp.], . First edition of probably the most important and influential work ever to be published within development economics. The work had profound influence not only on contemporary economics and politics but also on economic history where it marked an entirely new period of historiography and theories within economic history. His theory became one of the important concepts in the theory of modernization in the social evolutionism."Rostow's analysis of economic growth was based on the developmental stages through which each country goes. Rostow saw each country evolving through five stages of economic growth. These are the traditional society, the preconditions for take-off, the take-off [The take-off is really an industrial revolution that arrives when the old barriers and resistances to steady growth are finally overcome], the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption." (Oser, The Evolution of Economic Thought, P. 368)."Rostow's exposition has received very wide attention and approval, perhaps for several reasons. First, it is evolutionary; second, it is grounded in historical studies; third, it seems to show a predestined affluence for all; finally, it presents a case for an inner logic and drive from one stage to the next that requires no conscious decision-making or deliberate efforts to promote growth; it is analytic without being programmatic." (Ibid.).Walt Whitman Rostow (1916-2003) had a prominent role in the shaping of US foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, he was a staunch anti-communist, and was noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise. Rostow served as a major adviser on national security affairs under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations..In 1960 Rostow published the book "The Stages of Economic Growth: A non-communist manifesto", in which he elaborated the ideas presented in the present paper.

Paris, Barrois l'aine, 1818. 2 contemporary hcalf. Richly gilt spines. V,502;II,548 pp. Both volumes with various dampstaining to lower part of most of the leaves. Plates mainly not affected and clean. This 1818-edition not in Klaus Jordan.