Search Results

Göttingen, Dieterischen Buchhandlung, 1837. 8vo. Original blue blank boards. Uncut. The first leaves a bit brownspotted. (2),103 pp., 11 tables a. 10 lithographed plates (also showing the magnetic observatory, its equipment and instruments). First edition of the first volume reporting the results from "magnetische verein", which was set up by Gauss and Weber under the inspiration from Humboldt."Gauss and Weber organized the Magnetische Verein, which united a worldwide network of observatories. Its Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins appeared in six volumes (1836–1841) and included fifteen papers by Gauss, twenty-three by Weber, and the joint Atlas des Erdmagnetismus (1840). These and other publications elsewhere dealt with problems of instrumentation (including one of several inventions of the bifilar magnetometer), reported observations of the horizontal and vertical components of magnetic force, and attempted to explain the observations in mathematical terms." (DSB).

London, John Williams, 1847. 4to. Uncut in contemp. full blindtamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Tear to lower part of first hinge. A paperlabel psted on top of spine. Stamps on foot og title-page. XV,247 pp. and 69 double-page engraved plates. Some brownspots to the first few leaves, otherwise clean and fine. A few scattered brownspots to plates. This volume contains the first English translation of August Perdonnet and Polonceau: "Portefeuielle de Ingenieur des Chemins de Fer".

Paris, Victor Masson, Imprimerie de Bachelier, 1853. Without wrappers. In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 3me Series - Tome XXXVIII, August-issue. With titlepage to vol. 38.Pp. 385-508. a. 2 plates.(entire issue - Aout). Pasteur's paper pp. 437-483. Some scattered brownspots. First appearance of an importent paper in which Pasteur extended his work on the optical activity and the molecular assymetry. An importent paper among the handfull of his early papers on these subjects.An importent paper by Robert Bunsen comes with the Pasteu-paper in this issue: "Recherches sur les Rapports intrinseques des Phénomenes pseudovolcaniques de L'Islande". Pp.385-436 a. 1 plate.

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1855. Without wrappes. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff", 94. Bd., No 1 ("Heft" No 1, 1855). Pp. 1-176 a. 4 folded engraved plates. (Entire issue offered). Titlepage to vol. 94 (small stamp on verso). Fick's paper: pp. 59-86. Helmholtz's paper: pp. 1-28. Clean and fine. First appearance of Fick's importent paper in molecular physics in which he annouced his two laws of diffusion.Fick's first law relates the diffusive flux to the concentration field, by postulating that the flux goes from regions of high oncentration to regions of low concentration, with a magnitude that is proportional to the concentration gradient (spatial derivative). - Fick's second law predicts how diffusion causes the concentration field to change with time. (Wikipedia).First appearance of HELMHOLTZ'S fundamental paper in physiological optics in which he examined the sensitivity of the eye for the individual elements of the violet end of the spectrum; he was able to detect a whole series of distinct tones of purple: he alters the name 'invisible rays' to that of 'ultra-violet rays'; discussion of the relations of the wavelenghts of complementary colours and the intensity required if the mixture of simple complementarity colours is to produce white. He answered these questions quantatively. "THE TREATISE (the paper offered), WHICH HAS BEEN FUNDAMENTAL FOR ALL LATER WORK OF THE SAME KIND, concludes with an inquiry into the validity of Newton's Colour Circle, which Helmholtz designates as one of the most brilliant inspirations of that great thinker."(Leo Koenigsberge "Hermann von Helmholtz" pp. 131-133).

London, Richard Phillips and Co., 1820. 8vo. Recent boards, gilt paperlabel on back. (4),106 pp. Engraved map as frontispiece and 6 fine aquatint plates. Some offsetting to the Advertisment-leaf. First edition. At foot of the quires: "Voyages and Travels, No 6,vol II" - Offprint ? having its own pagination, the collation corresponds to that given by Sabin (No 101114).

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1890, 1906. 4to. Begge bind med orig. bogtrykte omslag. Bagomslaget løst på første bin hvor også planchedelen er gået løs..264,(2) pp. samt 13 litograferede plancher med talrige afbildninger + (72) pp. samt 6 litograferede plancher med talrige afbildninger. Indvendig ren og frisk.

Beskrivelse of de Oldsager, som i Aarene 1858-61 ere udgravede of Thorsbjerg Mose ved Sønder Brorup i Angel; et samlet Fund,henhørende til den 81dre Jernalder og bevaret i den Kongelige Samling of Nordiske Oldsager i Flensborg. K., 1863. 4to. Uden omslag. Ubeskåret. (6),84 pp. samt 18 kobberst. tavler med talrige figurer.

Amsterdam, La Compagnie, 1749. 4 contemp. full mottled calf, raised bands richly gilt spines, title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Top of spines a little worn. Stamp on foot of titles. Printed on good paper, internally fine and clean.

Augsburg, Eberhard Klett, 1756. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Top of spine worn. Small loss of leather at bottom of spine. Paperlabel pasted on lower compartment of back. (8),268,(4)-(2),374,(4) pp. A few annotations in old hand, otherwise clean. - Waller 9870 (French edition).

Washington, Government printing Office, 1876. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, title-label with gilt lettering. Wear to spine ends. Spine rubbed. 226 pp., 39 plates (3 folding). Internally fine.

(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1843 - Part II. Pp. 303-327 and 2 lithographed plates. Frst appearance of an importent paper in the history of electricity. "In 1843 Wheatstone published an experimental verification of Ohm's law, helping to make the law (already well known in Germany) more familiar in England. In connection with the verification he developed new ways of measuring resistances and currents. In particular, he invented the rheostat and popularized the Wheatstone bridge (in the paper offered), originally invented by Samuel Christie."(DSB).

Paris, Durand, 1763. Small8vo. Bound in 6 contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spines. Stamps on title-pages. Internally fine.

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1903. Lex8vo. Fine contemp. hcloth., spine gilt and with gilt lettering. (6),68 pp., textfigs. Internally clean and fine. First edition of a groundbreaking work in genetics in which Johannsen introduces the concept of "pure line". Johannsen's work is dedicated to Francis Galton, "the creator of the exact science of heredity". Johannsen was the first to attribute to mutation the origin of the small differences in the continous kind of variability characteristic of normal heredity."Yet Johannsen had shown that Galton's "law of regression" was wrong when applied as Galton had done - to impure or mixed populations. He proved that selection was ineffective - that is, regression to parental averages was complete - only in the offspring derived by self-fertilization from a single parent, as in peas, beans, and other "selfers." The offspings and descendants from such a plant Johannsen referred to as a "pure line". His theory was that offspring of a pure line were genetically identical and that fluctuating variability among such offspring was due to effects of change and enviromental factors. These effects were not heritable and hence were not subject to the action of selection, either natural or artificial."(DSB VII, p. 114).Garrison & Morton No. 242.

Schweinitz & Hirschberg, 1734. 4to. Cont. hcalf. Back rubbed and with some wear. Corners renewed. (6),438 pp. A few brownspots, some browning to leaves. First edition. Contains 102 case-studies of various diseases by the head of the so-called Animistic School, which explained disease as caused by misdirected activities on the part of the soul. - Not in Waller.

Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1824. A little later hcalf, gilt spine. Remains of a paperlabel on spine. Stamps on titlepage. (4),388,(3) pp, and 13 folded lithographed plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper First French edition of "An Essay on the Principles and Construction of Military Bridges. London, 1816."

Amsterdam, J. Wetstein/ Desaint & Saillant, 1750-55. Small 8vo. Bound in 12 uniform contemp. boards. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines somewhat rubbed along edges. Engraved frontispiece and 6 large folded engraved maps by D'Anville. A few scattered brownspots.

Stuttgart und Tübingen, Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1831. Cont. boards. A little wear to spines, corners bumped. 693,(1) pp. and 11 folded engraved plates. First German edition.

Paris, (1894). 4to. Cont.hcloth. Untrimmed, topedge gilt. 246 pp. Very richly illustr. with plates a.textillustr. A few brownspots.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1754). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Mémoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et belles Lettres", Tome VIII, pp. 262-282. First printing of Eulers's importent paper in which he defended the wave-theory of light in opposition to the newtonian corpuscular hypothesis.Most of the scientists and philosophers of the 18th century defended the corpuscular theory of light, but Euler "being impressed by the notion that the emission of particles would cause a diminuation in the mass of the radiating body, which was not observed, while the emission of waves involved no such consequence...he insisted strongly on the resamblance between light and sound; the whole of the space through which the heavenly bodies move is filled with a subtle matter, the aether, and light consists in vibrations of this aether; 'light is the same thing as sound in air'....The chief novelty of Euler's writings on light is his explanation of the manner in which material bodies appear coloured when wieved with white light; and, in particular the way in which colours of thin plates are produced." (Whittaker,A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: pp. 97-98.). - Euler's worg comes here together with a paper by L'Abbe Mazeas on "Observations sur les Coleurs engendres par le Frottement des Surfaces plane et transparentes.". - Enestrom E:209.

Amsterdam, L. & D. Elzevier, 1655. 4to. Full calf. Rebacked to style, richly gilt spine. Old leather from covers preserved. Titlepage in red a. black. (22),830 pp. Titlepage a bit frayed and with a bit browning. Last 15 leaves with afaint dampstain. Endpapers renewed. Second enlarged edition. - Willems: 1191.

Hanau, (no printer), 1785-86. Bound in one fine cont. hcalf, raised bands and richly gilt back. A stamp on first titlepage and an old owner name. (1),134;(1),118;(4),144 pp. and 10 folded engraved plates. On good paper, clean and fine. First edition. Bergsträsser invented this form of signalling, which he called "Synthematographik", an optic telegraphy based on a binary code. The system is well illustrated in the 10 plates. - Rosenthal p. 372. - Poggendorff I: p. 152.

Edinburgh, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1824. Royal8vo. Fine later hcalf, raised bands, orig. titlelabel on spine. All edges gilt. In protective slipcase. (Bound by Thomsen, Edinburgh). Htitle, engraved title (and printed). VI,IV,36,104,116,64,74 pp. and 23 engraved plates, views and portraits. Textleaves fine and clean, printed on vellum-paper. A few plates a bit brownspotted. First edition. Originaludgaven. Heri bl.a. 3 prospekter stukket af H.G.F. Holm (Fattig-Holm).

Mannheim, Carl Ferdinand Heckel, n.date (ab. 1830). Large 4to. Later hcalf. 173 lithographed pages of music (incl. title). Stamp on title. Light brownspotted.

Paris, J.Th. Hérissant, 1771. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine ends a bit worn. A small nick to top of spine. Slightly rubbed. XII,(4),XXII,615,(1) pp. a. 18 folded engraved plates.The 8 first leaves (Dedication and Preface) with a dampstain in lower right corner. Otherwise fine and clean, printed on good paper. First French edition. "Burton was the first to suggest that puerperal fever is contagious" (Garrison & Morton No. 6268 (Engl. ed.). - Waller No. 1667 (only the Engl. ed.). - Wellcome II, p. 277. There seems to be published an additional part (or is it so that a 12mo-edition from the same year is published in 2 vols.), although the present volume is a finished work.

Kjöbenhavn, Forfatterens Forlag, 1821-26. 3 samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldte skindtitler. Stempel på titelblade. Bindene med lettere brugsspor. Originaludgaven. Her begynder C.C. Rafn sine udgivelser af de første oversættelser af de islandske sagaer til dansk/norsk - Fiske I,426.