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(Berlin, 1793). 12 engraved maps with outline-colouring, each measuring 32 x 47 cm. Unbound as loose sheets. Light browning and faint scattered brownspots. No title-page. Old handwritten title in upper margin of the first map.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1899). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 192 - Series A. Pp. 403-453. Textillustrations. Clean and fine. First printing of Wilson's second importent paper describing his further experiments with his "Cloud Chamber"."To the period 1895-1912 belongs the development of an instrument which to my mind is the most original and wonderful in scientific history.I refer to the cloud or expansion chamber of C.T.R. Wilson...It was a wonderful advance to be able to se, so to speak, the details of the adventures of these particles in their flight through the gas...."(Lord Rutherford)."C.T.R. Wilson had been developing his cloud-chamber, which was to provide the most powerfull of all methods of investigation in atomic physics. In moist air, if a certain degree of supersaturation is exceeded this can be secured by a sudden expansion of the air) condensation takes place on dust-nuclei, when any are present: if by preliminary operations condensation is made to take place on the dust-nuclei, and the resulting droplets are allowed to settle, the air in the chamber is thereby freed from dust. If now X-rays or radiation from a radioactive substance are passed into the chamber, and if the degree of supersaturation is sufficient, condensation again takes place: this is due to the production of ions by the radiation. Thus the tracks of ionising radiations can be made visible by the sudden expansion of a moist gas, each ion becoming the centre of a visible globule of water. Wilson showed that the ions produced by uranium radiation were identical with those produced by X-rays." (Whittaker in "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity." II, p. 4).

Leipzig, Ambrosius, 1904 8vo. In full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik", Fourth series, No. 15, 1904. Entire issue offered. Library labels pasted on to front end-papers and stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 344-70. [Entire volume: VIII, 1064 pp + 4 folded plates]. First printing of Hasenöhrl's important paper in which he showed that electromagnetic energy E, enclosed in an empty box with perfectly reflecting walls, behaves, when the box is set in motion, as if it had a mass proportional to E - also often referred to as inertia of a cavity containing radiation. Since J. J. Thomson in 1881, many physicists like Wilhelm Wien (1900), Max Abraham (1902), and Hendrik Lorentz (1904) used equations for the so-called "electromagnetic mass", which expresses how much electromagnetic energy contributes to the mass of bodies. And Henri Poincaré (1900) implicitly used the expression m=E/c2 for the mass of electromagnetic energy."When Hasenöhrl returned to Vienna he wrote the series of papers for which he is best known, on electromagnetic radiation. of these the most important is the prizewinning essay on the effects of radiant energy within a moving cavity.2Using classical theory he showed that the trapped radiation increases the kinetic energy of the motion, the effect being equivalent to an increase in the apparent mass of the cavity.In his formula h?0 is the total radiant energy in the cavity and c is the velocity of light. Like other similar anticipations, this result was displaced by Einstein's more general theorem on the equivalence of mass and energy." (DSB)

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1800. Without wrappers as published in "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 6, Drittes Stück. The entire issue offered (=Heft 3). Titlepage to vol. 6. Pp. 249-376. Nicholson's paper: pp. 340-359. Light browning. A faint dampstain to upper right corners on some leaves. First German edition of Nicholson's famous paper in which he, together with his friend Anthony Carlisle, succeeded in breaking up molecules into the constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. They thus established the usefulness of the converse of the voltaic cell, by using electricity to produce chemical actions."On March 20 of that year (1820) Volta wrote to Banks, president ofthe Royal Society, informing him of his construction of an electric battery. Nicholson heard of this and with the aid of a friend built his own Voltaic pile by May 2. It was the first in England. Nicholson's great contribution was to place wires attached to the two ends of the pile in water. He found that with the current flowing, bubbles of gaz (hydrogen and oxygen) ere given off. He had "electolyzed" water, breaking up the molecules into the individual elements. He thus reversed the demonstration of Cavendish, that hydrogen and oxygen could unite to form water. This was the first demonstration that an electric current could bring about a chemical reaction - the reverse of olta's demonstration that a chemical action could bring about an electrical current."(Asimov). Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1800 C. - Magie "A Source Book in Physics", pp. 431 ff.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1862. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", 115. Bd., 1. issue ("Heft" No 1, 1862). Titlepage to vol. 115. Pp. 1-176 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offereed ("Heft" 1)). Clausius' paper: pp. 1-56. Some brownspots to right marginon some leaves. First printing of this importent paper, the seciond of C's papers in the working out of the Kinetic Theory of Gases. In the paper he states that he found an error in Maxwell's theory of gases, an error Maxwell was to admit as far more serious. "In his initial approach to the conduction of heat in gases, Maxwell drew a brilliant analogy between diffusion (a transfer of mass) and conduction (a transfer of kinetic energy), thereby making it possible to use the form of his diffusion equation to represent conduction, simply replacing the mass of a molecule with its kinetic energy. Clausius critized this adoption of the diffusion equation, because, given the assumptions, mass transfer would accompany the heat conduction and the process would not be one of energy transfer alone. He then offered a revised theory of conduction. "(DSB III, p. 308)."Clausius was one of the founders of the kinetic theory of gases and of the science of thermodynamics. He and Lord Kelvin at about the same time and independently announced the Second Law of thermodynamics. Clausius particularly developed the theory of thermodynamics by applying it to the study of gases and vapors."(Magie in "A Source Book in Physics", p. 228).

Bruxelles, Guyot, 1896-99. 8vo a. folio. (39,5 x 29,5 cm.). 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-pages. XVII,252 pp. + Atlas with 14 lithographed plates, of which 3 are in double-folio.

Upps., 1927-38 + Sveriges Bibliografi 1600-Talet. 2 Bd. Upps., 1942 46. Lex8vo. Ialt 5 Bd.m komplet i 19 dele.

N.Y., Robert Carter & Brothers, 1857. Orig. full blindtooled cloth. Spine ends worn. Light wear along edges. Gilding and gilt illustration on back faint. XVI,436 pp. Frontispiece, textillustrations, 4 plates and 2 maps. Lower right corner of titlepage and frontispiece lightly stained, otherwise internally fine and clean. First American edition (issued the same year in London) of this historical importent first-hand account of the Assyrian Excavations.

Kjøbenhavn, Schultz, 1812 - 1814. Indbundet i 5 nær samtidige ensartede hellæderbind med forgyldte forgyldte titel- og tomeetiketter på rygge. Kapitæler en smule slidte ellers særledes nydeligt eksemplar. Proveniens: et herregårdsbibliotek.

La Haye, Van Bulderen, 1692. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear and miscolouring to extremities. Internally nice and clean. (22), 401, (47) pp. + engraved half-title.

Kopenhagen, Chr.Gottlob Prosts Forlag, 1789. No wrappers. 78,(1) pp. Originaltrykket af et væsentligt og tidligt dansk nationaløkonomisk værk hvori han også behandler den tabsgivende kompagnihandel.Bibl. Danica II: 854.

Pei-p'ing. Imprimerie de l'Université Catholoque, 1933. 4to. Nice hmorocco with raised bands, titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering. XIV,521 pp. Clean and fine. The original printing. "Publications de L'Université Catholique de Pékin"

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1810). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1810 - Part I. Pp. 223-230. Light browning to first leaf. Wide-margined. First appearance of this fundamental paper in the history of organic chemistry in which Wollaston announced his discovery of "Cystine", the very first of the amino acids, the building blocks of protein, to be discovered.Wollaston "in 1812 (correct 1810) identified a new and rare type of stone, which he called "cystic oxide" since it occurred in the bladder. This was later renamed cystine, the first of the amino acids to be discovered. Fourcroy and Vauquelin reported similar investigations, but unaccountably gave no recognition to Wollaston. This led Alexander Marcet, a physician, to set matters right in a popular work dedicated to Wollaston."(DSB XIV, p. 492).Garrison & Morton: 668.1.

London, J. W. Norie, 1825. 8vo. In contemporary (Original?) coardboard binding with cloth backstrip. Three stamps to front board. Three small stamps to title-page. Wear to extremities, and internally with occassional light brownspots. (8), 152 pp. Rare eighth edition of Norie's pilot to the English channel.

Stockholm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1794-96. Indbundet i 3 samtidige bind. Del 1-2 i to ensartede hldrbd. med titel- og tomefelter i skind på rygge. Del 3 meget smukt helldrbd. i rød maroquin med rig ryg og sideforgyldning, helt guldsnit. (6),268;(6),323;(6),385 pp. samt 18 store kobberstukne foldeplancher, kort og planer, heriblandt foldede prospekter af "Stene Skantz" og "Långsten uti Norge". (begge ca. 15x34 cm.) og 2 foldede tabeller.

K., 1925-84. Lex8vo. 3 orig.hldrbd. samt. 3 h-og helshirtbd. Rigt illustr.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1877. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 85, No 3. Pp. (101-) 168. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur & Joubert's paper: pp. (101-) 115. First appearance of one of the founding papers in the realm of antibiotics, being the discovery of "Vibrion septique" (Cl. septicum), the first pathogenic anaerobe to be found. "Pasteur and Joubert were probably the first to realize the practical implications of antibiosis. They noted the antagonism between Bacillus anthracis and other bacteria cultures (in the paper offered)"(Garrison & Morton: No. 1932.1 and 2490).

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1838. 8vo. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper cover. Stamp on title-page. 60 pp. Offprint/Extrait from "Annales Maritimes et Coloniales. - Decembre 1837". Internally clean and fine. Not in Sabin.

Easton, PA., Mack printing Compagny, 1927. Royal8vo. Contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. In: "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America", Vol. 13. IX,865 pp. (Entire volume offered). Condon's paper: pp. 466-470. First printing of pioneering paper uniting chemistry with Quantum mechanics. Condon explains the chemical bond by means of the new wave mechanics. A wave function is formulated that involves the introduction of a pair of electrons (the hydrogen molecule) in an electron orbital that extends about two ore more atomic nuclei. Together with a paper by Heitler and London from the same year, this paper marks the beginning of a new era in chemistry as it explains the chemical bond in terms of the new physics.Henry M. Leicester "Source Book in Chemistry 1900-1950", pp. 151-156.The volume contains also Condon's paper. "Coupling of electronic and nuclear Motions in Diatomic Molecules", pp. 462-466.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1830. 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von C.L. Crelle", Bd. 5 u. 6. With titlepage to Bd. 5. Pp. 1-36 and pp. 107-146. One engraved plate. First printing of Plückers invention of separate homogenous coordinates. Plücker introduced trilinear coordinates, and he "starts with a fixed triangle and takes the coordinates of any point P to be the signed perpendicular distances from P to the sides of the triangle; each distance can be multiplied by the same arbitrary constant...by using homogenous coordinates and Euler's theorem on homogenous functions.....Plücker was able to give elegant algebraic representations of geometric ideas...and his efforts to treat duality algebraically led him to a beautiful idea, line coordinates....With this notion of line coordinates Plücker was able to give an algebraic formulation and proof of the principle of duality. (Morris Kline).

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1819. 8vo a. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt. Remains of paperlabels on spines. XLVIII,480 pp. and "Atlas" with 7 large folded engraved plates. brownspots to plates. First edition.

Wien, Anton Strauss, 1823. 4to. (27,5 x 22,5 cm.). Fine full lightbrown morocco. Broad gilt floral borders between gilt lineborders on covers, broad blindtooled border and large inner panel stamped in blind with large lozenge and stamped diamonds. Cornerpieces. Cover-edges gilt, edges gilt, inner gilt floral border. Spine divided in 6 compartmenst, profusely gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Double sewn headbands.Two corners slightly bumped. 236 pp. Printed on fine heavy paper. A paperpocket pasted on inside frontcover. The binding signed "Joseph Drechsler Relieur à Vienne." on front free endpaper.

(New York), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1964. 8vo. Volume XLIII, September, No. 4, Part 1 and 2, 1964 of "The Bell System Technical Journal". In the original printed blue wrappers. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper, and very light brownspotting to spine, otherwise a near mint copy. Pp. 1155-1479 + two folded plates, one loosely inserted. First publication of AT&T's first submarine telephone cable across the pacific. It went from Japan to Hawaii, where it connected to two cables linking Hawaii with the mainland. This brought the same improvements to trans-Pacific service that the TAT-1 had brought to trans-Atlantic service in 1956. (See link below). Since the 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.Due to uncertainties in global politics, the economic involvement by the US government in the project was minimal. Papers contained in the present issue:1. Ehrbar, R.D.; Fraser, J.M.; Kelley, R.A.; Morris, L.H.; Mottram, E.T.; Rounds, P.W. The SD Submarine Cable System. Pp. 1155-1184.2. Bowker, M.W.; Nutt, W.G.; Riley, R.M. Design of Armorless Ocean Cable. Pp. 1185-1208.3. Lerch, B.W.; Phelps, J.W.Armorless Cable Manufacture. Pp. 1209-1242.4. Brewer, S.T.; Dickinson, F.R.; Von Roesgen, C.A. Repeaters and Equalizers for the SD Submarine Cable System. Pp. 1243-1273.5. Johansson, S.G.Manufacture of Rigid Repeaters and Ocean-Block Equalizers. Pp. 1275-1310.6. Holdaway, V.L.; Van Haste, W. ; Walsh, E.J. Electron Tubes for the SD Submarine Cable System. Pp. 1311-1338.7. Bishop, J.D.; Mottel, S.Cable Power Facility. Pp. 1339-1366.8. Ehrbar, R.D. A Cable Laying Facility. Pp. 1367-1372.9. Grismore, O.D.Cable and Repeater Handling System. Pp. 1373-1394.10. Gretter, R.W.Cable Payout System. Pp. 1395-1434.11. Butler, J.H.; Altenburg, C.J.; McSweeney, R.J.; Sutton, L.E. Design and Powering of Cable Ship "Long Lines". Pp. 1435-1459.

(Paris), 1917-20. 8vo. Comprising 51 volumes (including some titles in doublo), all in orig. full cloth, orig. boards or with orig. printed wrappers. Stamps on titlepages. Some library marks to extremities. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps in the text and maps from the First World War.

Meissen, Goedsche, 1834. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Lower half of spine with a taped label. Lithographed title-page. (6),IV,126,(2) pp., 2 large folded lithographed plates. Scattered brownspots.