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Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1955-1958. Lex8vo. Volume 99, July 15, No. 2, 1955; Volume 103, August 15, No. 4, 1956; Volume 105, March 1, No. 5, 1957; Volume 105, March 15, No. 6, 1957 and Volume 109, January 15, No. 2, 1958 of "The Physical Review", Second Series. Entire five volumes offered in the original printed blue wrappers. Stamp with previous owner's name to top of front wrappers on all issues except for volume 105, No. 5 with two stamps. A bit of wear to extremities, and a few scratches and tears to spines. Overall fine, and internally clean. Pp. 527-31; pp. 1125-26; pp. 1487-89; pp. 1924-25; pp. 381-85. [Entire volumes: Pp. 343-681; pp. 839-1135; pp. 1421-1682; pp. 1683-1955; pp. 227-631]. First publication of this series of papers in which Dehmelt developed the ion trap technique which awarded him the Nobel Prize of Physics in 1989. The ion trap is essential for the physical realization of quantum computation and quantum information processing. The ion trap (or Penning trap) is used in physics laboratires worldwide for example in CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory, where it is used to store antiprotons and high precision measurement of the magnetic moment of the electron (g-factor).Dehmelt himself wrote about the discovery:""Paramagnetic Resonance Reorientation of Atoms and Ions Aligned by Electron Impact." In this paper I first pointed out the usefulness of ion trapping for high resolution spectroscopy and mentioned the 1923 Kingdon trap as a suitable device. This work also brought me into close contact with spin exchange between electron and target atom, which gave me the idea for my 1958 experiment "Spin Resonance of Free Electrons Polarized by Exchange Collisions." However, first I had to learn how to produce polarized atoms, which could then transfer their orientation to trapped electrons. Falling back on buffer gas techniques developed in my 1955 Duke paper "Atomic Phosphorus Paramagnetic Resonance Experiment," I quickly demonstrated in my 1956 Seattle paper "Slow Spin Relaxation of Optically Polarized Sodium Atoms" how to efficiently produce and monitor a polarized atom cloud. Trapping the electrons in a neutralizing ion cloud slowly diffusing in the buffer gas, I was able to carry out the spin resonance experiment. My optical transmission monitoring scheme proved also very useful in the development of rubidium vapor magnetometers and frequency standards by Earl Bell and Arnold Bloom at Varian Associates, in which I acted as a consultant. The rubidium frequency standard is still the least expensive, smallest and most widely used commercial atomic frequency standard." (His Nobel Prize lecture).

Rotterdam, (Wächtler), 1671. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. "EvW" in gilt lettering to front board. A few stains and light soiling to extremities. Internally with light occassional brownspotting. (38), 423 pp. + engraved half-title. Uncommon first German translation of La Court's classic work on Dutch politics and economics describing the damage that had been done to the country by monarchical leaders since the Middle Ages. La Court stressed the importance of free competition and was an advocate of the republican form of government.

København, Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1925. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. With two dedications to front wrapper. "Fru professorinde A. Ellemann / venligst fra / Harald Høffding" and "Hr Professor A. Pais / venligst fra Jørgen Kalckar". (i.e. English: "Professor A. Ellemann / from / Harald Høffding" and Professor A Pais / from Jørgen Kalckar"). I "Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Filosofiske Meddelser II, 1". Front wrapper partly detached and missing upper part of spine. Internally fine and clean. 123 pp. First edition of Høffding’s work on epistemology and perception of life. The present copy was given to Professor A. Ellemann from the author. Later it was given to Abraham Pais, author of several books on Physics and physicists, to Jørgen Kalckar, author and physicists. Harald Høffding (1843-1931) was one of the leading Danish philosophers of the turn of the century. His philosophy is greatly inspired by positivism, which around 1900, mainly due to Avenarius and Mach, came to be synonymous with empiriocriticism. Høffding had met Avenarius for the first time in Zürich and met him again in 1895 in Skodsborg (the time for which Avenarius thanks him in the presentation-inscription), a small city along the coast North of Copenhagen. Høffding describes this encounter in his "Contemporary Philosophers" from 1904. He describes how Avenarius sought ease in cities of water and writes how their meeting in Skodsborg constituted the first time that Avenarius made him acquainted with "pure experience", when walking around together in the garden of acclimatization. Avenarius died two years later. Høffding clearly admired the great thinker and describes Avenarius' character as "a rare energy of thought united with an artistic taste and an open and calm character". Avenarius' philosophy is further described by Høffding in his great work "The History of Newer Philosophy" (1894-95).

Kiöbh., 1745. Et samt. spejlbd. m. rig rygforgyldn. Ryg slidt, nedre kapitæl mgl. læder, rift ca. 5 cm. lang for neden på ryg. Øvre kapitæl slidt. Forgyldte bordurer på permer, 8 bl. m. indhak i øverste højre hjørne, intet teksttab. To bl. mgl. stor bid af højre margin, ligeledes uden teksttab. Tre bl. m. nederste højre hjørne revet af, går ud over tekst, men de afrevne stykker m. tekst er fuldt bevaret. Originaludgaven. Ehr.-M. X:355 ff.

Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1957. Lex8vo. In the original printed orange wrappers. In "Reviews of Modern Physics", Volume 29, April, No. 2, 1957. Entire issue offered. Lacking backtrip and stamp to front wrapper (Langley Aeronautical Laboratory). Otherwise a fine a copy. [Feynman] Pp. 205-212. [Entire issue: Pp. 159-254]. First printing of the Reviews of Modern Physics issue entirely dedicated to the International Congress on Theoretical Physics held in Seattle, Washington, 1957. The congress turned out to be exceptionally important in the field of superconductivity and Feynman here presented his only paper on the subject even though he spend most of the 1950ies on precisely this. Feynman's work on the subject led directly to Bardeen's focus on the subject which eventually resulted on Bardenn, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer published their famous BCS-theory paper in 1957:"John Bardeen, already well-known for his work leading to the discovery of the transistor, turned his full attention to superconductivity in 1951, having realized that the isotope effect identified the interaction between electrons that must be responsible for the phenomenon. The basic idea would be a Fermi-degenerate gas of nearly free electrons, with a weakly attractive interaction by way of the lattice phonons. Solving that problem - for example, finding the ground state of such a system - proved to be a difficult task. There was also the threat of powerful competition. Richard Feynman, one of the masters of quantum electrodynamics, could not help but notice the similarity between that problem and this one. By 1955, by then at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Bardeen decided that reinforcements were needed. He called up C. N. Yang at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, to ask for a postdoc versed in the kind of field theory one uses in quantum electrodynamics. Yang recommended Leon Cooper. At about the same time, one of Bardeen's graduate students, J. Robert Schrieffer, decided to work on superconductivity. The team was assembled. In the cramped quarters of the University of Illinois physics department, Bardeen and Cooper had to share an office, a hardship that did not prove to be an obstacle to progress. The team worked furiously in early 1957, driven in part by the feeling that Feynman was hot on the trail, using powerful new techniques they knew little about. However, it was not Feynman, but Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer who produced the microscopic theory" (Goodstein, Richard Feynman and the History of Superconductivity).

Kbhvn., 1859. Small 4to. No wrappers. 48 pp., 74 tables and 1 large folded lithographed map. First edition of this pioneer-work in oceanography and hydrography, as it is the first scientific investigation in this field of research. "Forchhammer's fundamental researches on the composition of seawater brought him international acclaim. He began this work in 1843, more as a geologist than as a chemist, to explain the phenomena that give rise to the deposits on the sea floor...He carried out analyses of over 160 samples collected for him over a twenty-year period by the Danish and British navies." (DSB V: p. 72). The work was translated into English as "On the Components of Sea Water" (1865) in Phil. Transactions.

München, Lindauer, 1820. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel gone. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. XXIV,416 pp., 14 large folded engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots. First German edition. - Klaus Jordan, 3983.

Indb. enkeltvis og indlagt i et samt. hshirtomsl., udformet som en bog, m. rygforgyldn. Per Vrøvler indb. m. det yderst sjældne kobberst. for- og bagomsl. i et senere papbd. Foromsl. har udseende af et kobberst. titelbl., på hvilket der står: "Per Vrøvler/ Et comisk Læredigt/ af Baggesen./ Kiøbenhavn/ 1816." På bagomsl. en kobberst. blomsterramme. Her og der lidt brunplettet. Hjorts Tolv Paragrapher er i et senere marmoreret papirbd. På delvist blåligt skrivepapir. Første bog-udgave af H.s Tolv Paragrapher, som er et optryk uden nogen rettelser af månedsskriftet "Athene", udgivet af Christian Molbech i 1816. På bagsiden af titelbladet står:"Særskilt Aftryk af Maanedsskriftet Athene." Plesner s. 215. Originaludgaven af Per Vrøvler. På indersiden af bagomslaget er egenhændigt skrevet et digt "Til Forfatteren af Per Vrøvler", begyndende "Jens Vrøvler, vil du selv Sig skue,/ Jeg beder, speil dig i vor Frue:"... Sign. "L. Fischer." Dat. "Dagen No. 220 før 1816." 7 linier. Ludvig Fischer spillede en betydelig rolle i Baggesen - Oehlenschläger -fejden, og har bl.a. udgivet "Ekstrakt af Jens Baggesens første Brev til Adam Oehlenschläger", 1818. Der blev i 1816 i "adrastea" udgivet en "Advarsel til Ludvig Fischer" med titlen ""Baggehunden" bider!" Plesner s.210 og 157. Baggesen - Oehlenschläger - fejden optog i tiden størstedelen af Danmarks litterater. -Den litterære verden inddeltes i dem, der var for Baggesen, og dem, der var for Oehlenschläger. "Men det vældigste slag for Oehlenschläger slog den unge Peder Hjort med de "Tolv Paragrapher om Jens Baggesen," han 1816 offentliggjorde i fleer Hefter af "Athene" og derpaa udgav samlede som Bog. Det var denne kritiske Afhandlings Opgave at vise, hvorledes Jens Baggesen maa betragtes som et skadeligt Ukrud, der kvæler Smag og Humanitet, og at han derfor har gjort sig uværdig til at bære Navn af en dansk Digter." Om Per Vrøvler: "Mod Oehlenschläger er Tonen i dette polemiske Skrift hvassere end i noget af de foregaaende, men Formen ulastelig baggesensk." (P. Hansen Dans Litt. ss. 123-24).

Hauniae, (København), H.C. Paulli, 1710. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. handwritten title on spine. Engraved frontispiece. (16),548 pp. + Index. Internally clean and fine. First latin edition of King Christian V's famous "Danish Law" of 1683.

London, Macmillan & Co, 1966. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary full cloth. In "Nature", Vol. 211, 1966. Bookplate to front free end-paper and library stamp to title page. A very fine and clean copy. pp. 676-81. [Entire volume: LV, (1), 1432 pp.]. First printing of Wilson's seminal paper in which he argues the possibility of continental drift before the break up of the once supercontinent Pangea.; "it was the very first time the new plate tectonics had been extended back to the pre-Pangaean Earth". (Nield, Supercontinent). The paper is wide considered one of the most important ever to be published in Nature.

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1814. 8vo. Bound in a bit later half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik", Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, 1814. Entire volume offered. Library stamps to verso of title page. Fine and clean. Pp. 105-134. [Entire volume: 478 pp + 3 plates]. First German (abbreviated) translation/review of Berzelius landmark work published the same year as the original: the first system based on chemical formulae. The first complete German translation was not published untill 1815. The system was based, not on the crystallographic appearance of the minerals, but on knowledge of their chemical composition. Hausmann review [the present] was highly critical of the Berzelius work. This provoked Berzelius to publish the "Försök till ett rent kemiskt Mineralsystem" in 1815. "With the addition of this supplemenentary monograph Berzelius' mineralogy no longer looked like an "attempt" but a fully developed mineralogy". (Curtis Schuh).He was honoured in London by the Royal Society in 1836 for his new system by awarding him the Copley Medal in gold."In accord with the interest that Swedish chemists had long shown in mineralogical studies, Berzelius had from time to time analyzed minerals that came into his hands. As was noted above, the discovery of cerium was the result of such an analysis. However, when he began his systematic studies to establish the law of constant proportions, he worked largely with simple salts. In 1812 he received a gift of a large number of minerals which he later decided to classify. The methods of mineral classification existing at that time were based on appearance and physical properties. These seemed highly unsystematic to Berzelius. He concluded from his analytical experience that a logical classification could be based only on chemical composition. In his original system, first published in 1814, he arranged the minerals in terms of their basic constituents, although he later revised this and placed chief emphasis on the acid component. Like many of Berzelius' innovations, his system of mineral classification was at first received with some hostility, but this was gradually overcome. During his visit to Paris in 1818 he won the approval of Haüy, the leading mineralogist of the day whose own system was based on physical properties."(DSB).

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1739. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Light wear to spineends. Minor scratches to upper cover. Engraved frontispiece. (8),120,507 pp., 18 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: Clairaut, Hellot, Maraldi, du Hamel, Cassini de Thury, du Fay, Petit, de Mairan, Grosse, Pitot, Cassini, du Hamel, le Monnier, Lémery, Maupertuis (Sur la Figure de la Terre), de Fouchy, Morand, Reaumur, Geoffroy, Bouguer.

Halle, Schimmelpfennig und Compagnie, 1804. 8vo a. folio-oblong. 2 contemp. full mottled calf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. XIV,(2),636 pp. Atlas in folio with 22 engraved plates. Printed on good paper. Some foxing to plates. First edition. - Klaus Jordan, 3083.

France (Paris ?), Undated, around 1770. Folio. (42,5 x 28 cm.). Loose inlaid, sewn 4 by 4 leaves, in portfolio with ties. Title-page and 21 pp. Written in a fine, large legible hand, but unidentified, in brown ink. On good thick paper, clean and fine. Fine manuscript containing a collection of Royal Orders concerning the Artillery Service.

(Augsburg), Walch, (1796). Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on title-page. 84,(2) pp. and 1 large folded, handcoloured engraved plan of Valenciennes ("Plan der franzoesischen Festung Valenciennes... 13 July 1793"). (49,5 x 56,5 cm.). A small closed tear in plan at upper left corner. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.

(No place), The Association for Symbolic Logic, 1940 & 1941. Lev8vo. Bound in red half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Journal of Symbolic Logic", Volume 5 & 6. Barcode label pasted on to back board. Small library stamp to lower part of 6 pages. A very fine copy. Pp. 56-68. [Entire copy: IV, 188, IV, 184 pp.). First printing of Church's seminal paper in which he introduced his Type Theory: A simpler and more general Type Theory than the one introduced by Bertrand Russell in 1908 and Whitehead & Russell in 1927."Church's type theory is a formal logical language which includes first-order logic, but is more expressive in a practical sense. It is used, with some modifications and enhancements, in most modern applications of type theory. It is particularly well suited to the formalization of mathematics and other disciplines and to specifying and verifying hardware and software. A great wealth of technical knowledge can be expressed very naturally in it. With possible enhancements, Church's type theory constitutes an excellent formal language for representing the knowledge in automated information systems, sophisticated automated reasoning systems, systems for verifying the correctness of mathematical proofs, and certain projects involving logic and artificial intelligence." (SEP)

Wien, Johann Georg Mössle, 1784. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine.Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. Large engraved titlevignette. (8),380,(16) pp. and 17 folded engraved plates. Light browning to the first few leaves. Klaus Jordan, 4178.

Dateret "25de Nov. 1842." 1 side 4to. Tæt beskrevet. Opklæbet på pap, m. mindre tab. Brevet omhandler en sang af Ploug i forbindelse med en fest for Fru Heiberg, og det indeholder et langt citat af et andet brev, som Hertz har sendt Ploug i denne anledning. Brevet begynder "For at overbevise Dem om, at jeg har opfattet Deres/ Meddelelse af Hr. Plougs Sang ganske som De i Deres Ords ...(?)/ fremstiller det, kan jeg ikke gjøre bedre end at afskrive mit, Onsdag Efter-/ middag afsendte Svar paa det brev, jeg fandt ...(?) af Hr. Ploug." Herpå følger afskriften, i hvilken Hertz undskylder og skriver, at han var "uvidende om, at De ønskede den holdt anonymt"; derudover kommer Hertz ind på spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt det var passende, at den pågældende sang af Ploug blev sunget til festen, "men min Mening, om jeg fandt det/ tilraadeligt, at der blev afsungen meer end een Sang; og/ det sidste bad jeg Vedkommende selv at afgjøre." Hertz slutter brevet: "Med Hilsen og Tak til Dem og Deres Medarrangører for den smukke Maade, hvorpaa Festen for Fru Heiberg blev holdt, er jeg Dem ærbødigst/ Henr. Hertz."

Leipsick, Léopold Michelsen, 1843. 8vo. Bound in a very nice contemporary full morrocco binding with richly gilt spine with five compartments. Elaborate gilt borders to boards and inner gilt dentelles. Sunning to spine and top of front board. A few brown spots to half title and title, otherwise a beautiful and clean copy with broad margins. VIII, 466, (1) pp. First edition.Sabin 42506.

Amsterdam, Francois L'Honoré, 1736-37. Small 8vo. Bound in 5 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. One tomelabel gone. 2 spine-ends with wear and a nick to one compartment on one volume. Paperlabels pasted to lower part of spines. Stamp on title-pages. 3 engraved frontispieces, 5 engraved titlevignettes. Title-pages in red/black. (2),447,(23);XXXVI,355;(2),555,(21) pp., 12 large folded engraved maps/plans. Internally clean and fine.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1879. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 14., 1879. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp. 111-172; Pp. 428-471. [Entire volume: Pp. (4), 576]. First printing of Felix Klein's two hugely influential papers in which he for the first time presented the first recognizable modern "dessins d'enfants". Klein called these diagrams Linienzüge (German, plural of Linienzug "line-track", also used as a term for polygon).Dedekind did in 1877 publish a paper in which part of the mathematical background for the "dessins d'enfants" was present. It was, however, Klein that fully explored, both mathematical and visual, its potential.

London, W. Smith, 1738. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Some cracking of leather along joints, especially at upper compartment. Gilt borders on covers. Spine rubbed. Stamp on foot of title-page. Title-page in red/black. XXIV,149 pp. Scattered brownspots. John Railton lists here many scandalous malpractices everywhere in the army, but he was obstructed by his officers and even by theSecretary of the War.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1876. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 10., 1876. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp.189-198. [Entire volume: IV, 592 pp.]. First printing of Harnack's Curve Theorem which formed the background for Hilbert's sixteenth problem. In real algebraic geometry, Harnack's curve theorem, named after Axel Harnack, describes the possible numbers ofconnected components that an algebraic curve can have, in terms of the degree of the curve.Hilbert's sixteenth problem was posed as the "Problem of the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces", he presented his problem as follows: "The upper bound of closed and separate branches of an algebraic curve of degree n was decided by Harnack (the present paper); from this arises the further question as of the relative positions of the branches in the plane.As of the curves of degree 6, I have - admittedly in a rather elaborate way - convinced myself that the 11 branches, that they can have according to Harnack, never all can be separate, rather there must exist one branch, which have another branch running in its interior and nine branches running in its exterior, or opposite. It seems to me that a thorough investigation of the relative positions of the upper bound for separate branches is of great interest, and similarly the corresponding investigation of the number, shape and position of the sheets of an algebraic surface in space - it is not yet even known, how many sheets a surface of degree 4 in three-dimensional space can maximally have." (Rohn, Flächen vierter Ordnung, Preissschriften der Fürstlich Jablonowskischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig 1886).Hilbert had investigated the M-curves of degree 6, and found that the 11 components always were grouped in a certain way. His challenge to the mathematical community now was to completely investigate the possible configurations of the components of the M-curves.Furthermore he requested a generalization of Harnack's Theorem to algebraic surfaces and a similar investigation of surfaces with the maximum number of components.The problem is still unsolved today.

Berlin, 1827. 4to. Uncut and unopened in cont. (orig.?) blank wrappers. Some tears to edges and a bit of soiling. Otherwise fine, nice and clean. 24 pp. First edition, off-print, of Humboldt's important paper on climatology. The speech was printed in "Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse, 295-315. In 1827 Humboldt left Paris to move back to his native city Berlin. He was hired by the King of Prussia to report on cultural and scientific matters. Here, he gave a number of lectures on physical geography that were immensely popular. The present paper is one of these, in which he attempted to show that science was the way to learn about nature, as opposed to mere intuition. Humboldt showed that science was the way to ascertain knowledge on empirical matters. His "Über die Haupt-Ursachen..." occupies a central place in Humboldt's contributions to the founding of modern climatology. Several ideas that are developed further in his later works dealing with climatology, e.g. "Kosmos" are formulated in this work.Humboldt not only deals with climatology in general, but also deals with the relation of the distribution of heat on the surface of the earth to agriculture and business, and even to politics and sociological matters, thus establishing a sort of climatology-economics.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1739. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Light wear to spineends. Minor scratches to upper cover. Engraved frontispiece. (8),120,507 pp., 18 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: Clairaut, Hellot, Maraldi, du Hamel, Cassini de Thury, du Fay, Petit, de Mairan, Grosse, Pitot, Cassini, du Hamel, le Monnier, Lémery, Maupertuis (Sur la Figure de la Terre), de Fouchy, Morand, Reaumur, Geoffroy, Bouguer.