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København, Reitzel, 1897-1905. Folio. 2 samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. 2 originale hefteomslag medindbundet. (4),67,XXVIII,140 pp. samt 51+140 plancher, hver med talrige afbildninger (i zinkætsning og lystryk). Indvendig ren og frisk. Fra biblioteket på Trolleholm og med Carl Trolle Bondes superexlibris i bind 2.

Stuttgart, Metzlerschen Bucchandlung, ( ca. 1818). Folio-oblong. (42,5 x 54,5 cm.). 2 contemp. hcalf. With the original engraved wrappers pasted on covers. Spines rubbed. Some soiling to covers. Textbd.: 7,12,10 pp., Kupferbd.: 12 (I-XII) large engraved maps/plans with handcolouring.

Leipzig, Veit & Comp., 1901-03. Lex8vo. Bound in 2 fine contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spines and with gilt lettering. A few minor scratches. A name cut from front free endpaper. XII,648;XIV,752 pp., textillustrations and 12 colourplates. Internally fine and clean. First edition og this classic work in genetics, where de Vries further develops the theory of mutations.- "De Vries experimental work in the 1890' led to the rediscovery of Mendel's laws and the discovery of the phenomenon of mutation. The rediscovery of Mendel's laws was announced almost simultabeously by de Vries, Correns, and Tschermak-Seysenegg - in that order....The results of his more than ten years of experimentation and study were laid down in de Vries's "Die Mutationstheorie....(1901-1903), in which he described in detail his work on the segregation laws, on phenomena of variation, and on plant mutations. The book made him famous, and he was recognized as one of the foremost botanists of his time."(DSB)."De Vries discovered, revealed, and proved the importence of Mendel's work. Advanced the theory of "mutations" or discontinous change in the character of species."( Horblit. One Hundred Books famous in Science, No. 73 b). - Dibner. Heralds of Science No 36. - Garrison & Morton No 240. - Sparrow. Milestones of Science No 194.

Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1795. 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Titlelabel on back. A small tear to upper part of back, taped. Small stamp on title and verso of. XII,204 pp., texttables and 16 folded engraved plates (numb. 1-14 and A-B) showing signalling-houses, constructions, geometrical and optical features of signalling, symbols etc. etc. Plates with scattered brownspots, but a good copy. Scarce first edition. In this work, Bergsträsser develops a synthematographic, or "whole communication" system, employing a telegraphic apparatus which uses both visual and auditory signals. The author is particularly anxious to demonstrate the difference between his own scheme for signaling, and that of the Frenchman Claude Chappe. Bergsträsser argues that Chappe merely modified an earlier optical system propsed by the English experimental philosopher Robert Hooke (1635-1703), while his own scheme is not subject to the limitations of sight. Bergsträsser sees his synthematograph as primarily suited to military uses.

Kiøbenhavn, Höeckes Enke, 1802. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Rygtitlen fornyet i gl. stil. Kort over Læsø som kobberstukket vignet på titelbladet. (14),282 pp., 2 kobberstukne foldeplancher. Enkelte brunpletter. Trykt på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven af den første beskrivelse af Læsø, her uden det tillæg på 18 sider, som først udkom 1806. - Bibl. Danica II:712.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1821-26. Bound in 6 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Stamp on title-pages. In all ca.1600 pp. Each issue separately paginated. With folded tables and 69 large folded engraved plates. Clean and fine.

(No place), The Association for Symbolic Logic, Inc., 1956 + 1957. 8vo. Both entire issues present, both in original printed wrappers. Volume 21, 3 w. a small loss to lower corner of front wrapper, minor loss to lower capital and a tear to lower front hinge, no loss. Upper corner of least few leaves and back wrappers creased (w. tear to wrapper). Volume 22, 3. w. minor loss to capitals. Both issues internally near mint. Vol. 21, 3: pp. 225-248 (entire issue: pp. 225-336); Vol. 22, 3: pp. 245-249 (entire issue: pp. 225-336). First printing of these two important, but for long overlooked, articles, which together constitute Hintikka's attempt to cope with Wittgenstein's elimination of identity as proposed in the "Tractatus". With the translation rules that Hintikka here put forward, he is the first to try to carry out Wittgenstein's suggestions systematically. The Finnish born philosopher and logician, Jaakko Hintikka (born 1929), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Boston, is generally accepted as the founder of formal epistemic logic and of game semantics for logic. He has contributed seminally to the fields of philosophical and mathematical logic, philosophy of mathematics and science, language theory and epistemology. Independently of Evert Willem Beth he discovered the semantic tableau, and he is famous for his work on game semantics and logical quantifiers. In 2005 Hintakka was awarded the Schock Prize in logic and philosophy, the philosophical equivalent to the Nobel prize, "for his pioneering contributions to the logical analysis of modal concepts, in particular the concepts of knowledge and belief ". In the 1950'ies Hintikka took it upon himself to follow Wittgentein's suggestion of elimination of identity suggested in the "tractatus", and in the two offered articles, he succeeds in constructing a logic without identity. The main point of the two connected articles is to show that variables can be used in two ways. One way does not exclude coincidences of the values of different variables (inclusive interpretation of variables), the other does (exclusive interpretation of variables) and can be either weakly or strongly exclusive. He now claims that in the "Tractatus" Wittgenstein adopts the weakly exclusive interpretation of variable and then proves that the weakly exclusive quantifiers are able to express everything that the inclusive quantifiers plus identity can express, and without a sign for identity, - for the first time systematically supporting Wittgenstein's claim that identity is not an essential constituent of logical notation. "There are a number of references to the exclusive interpretations of variables in current logical literature. An exclusive reading of variables was, in effect, suggested by Ludwig Wittgenstein in "Tractatus logico-philosophicus. As far as I know, however, no one has previously tried to carry out his suggestions systematically. Several misconceptions seem to be current concerning the outcome of an attempts of this kind. Carnap expects radical changes in the rules of substitution. If I am not mistaken, however, at least one form of the exclusive interpretation may be formalized by making but slight alterations in the axioms and/or in the transformation rules of the predicate calculus. Also I hope to say that it is not correct to say (as Russell has done) that Wittgenstein tried to dispense with the notion of identity. What a systematic use of an exclusive reading of variables amounts to is a new way of coping with the notion of identity in a formalized system of logic. Under the most natural formalization of the new interpretations, the resulting system is equivalent to the old predicate calculus (with identity): every formula of the latter admits of a translation into the former, and vice versa." (Vol. 21, Nr. 3, p. 228)."A deviation from standard English. Recent discussion serves to bring out, amply and convincingly, the utility of observing the ordinary correct use of words and phrases for the purpose of clearing up philosophical problems. In this paper, I shall endeavour to show, by means of an example, that the reverse method may have its interest, too. " (Vol. 21, Nr. 3, p. 225). "This note is a sequel to the previous paper of mine which was entitled "Identity, variables, and impredicative definitions" and published in this JOURNAL, vol. 21 (1956, pp. 225-245. That early paper served to call attention to the dependency of the set-theoretic paradoxes on the interpretation of the variables that may occur in the critical "abstraction principle". (Vol. 22, Nr. 3, p. 245).Besides these two articles, the two issues also include other important articles within logic, e.g. Quine, "Unification of Universes in Set Theory" and Symonds and Chisholm "Inference by Complementary Elimination".

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1756). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres". tome X, pp. 227-295; pp. 296-336. First printing of two influential and important Euler papers. In THEORIE PLUS COMPLETTE (i.e. A more complete theory of machines which are activated by their reaction to water), Euler's seminal and most in-depth paper on hydraulics regarding fluid driven turbines. Euler goes into the entire theory of his main idea of Recherches sur l'effet d'un machine hydraulique proposée par M. Segner, professeur à Goettingue (E179) in greater generality. He then proceeds to calculate the optimum proportions for his proposed turbine. His treament is so complete that an engineer today could use his calculations to design a turbine. He opens the paper with the statement that "Having already explained in some reports the effect that the machine projected by Mr de Segner is capable of producing, I here propose to develop the same in greater detail". In DE LA VARIATION DE LA LATITUDE he is concerned about the variation of latitude of fixed stars and the obliquity of the ecliptic).See Eneström E222, E223.

Havniæ, Schubothe, 1814. 4to. Bound in two beautiful contemporary half calf bindings with richly gilt spines. Insignificant wear to capitals and edges. Exlibris pasted to inside of front board. Printed on good paper. xxxiv,488;(2),520 pp. The first edition of Halldórsson's Icelandic lexicon edited by Rasmus Rask, who produced the Danish translations. Hjelmslev II, 235; Fiske I, 218.

Copenhagen, Joachim Schmedtgen, 1699. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine and two clasps. With King Christian V's monogram in gold to upper part of spine. Edges of boards gilt. All edges gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. A few wormholes to back board, leather on spine cracked, cornes bumped. A few small worm-tracts to last leaves. Last two blanks with annotations in contemporary hand. Internally generally nice and clean. (22), 104, 112, 142, 110, 84, (4) pp. (Including three blanks in the front and back). First German translation of "Danish Law" which became a prototype and inspiration for other European codexes. The English envoy to Denmark at the time, Robert Molesworth, praises the Danish Code in his otherwise highly negative text: "An account of Denmark as it was in the year 1692". He states that in justice, brevity and clarity, the Code surpasses all other legal texts he knows of. It is so clear and simple to understand, that any literate person can understand his case and is able to represent himself in Court if he so wishes. Thesaurus II: 431.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1811 a.1814). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1811-Part II. 269-336 and 2 engraved plates showing the shapes of 42 nebulae and star-clusters. And 1814 - Part I. Pp. 248-84 a. 1 engraved plate. Both fine and clean. First appearance of two milestone papers in cosmology in which Herschel demonstrates the irregular distribution of the stars in space, and "for the first time recognized that the clusters in and near the Milky Way really belonged to it, and were not independent systems that happened to lie in the same direction as seen by us."(Berry, Short History of Astronomy, p. 340)."In 1811 and 1814 (the papers offered) he published a complete theory of a possible process wherby the shining fluid consisting a diffused nebula might gradually condense - the denser portions of it being centres of attraction - first into a denser nebula or compressed star cluster, then into one or more nebulous stars, lastly into a single star or group of stars. Every supposed stage in this process was abundantly illustrated from records of actual nebulae and clusters which he had observed."(Berry)."Illustrated with many examples at every stage, these papers (1811 a. 1814) showed brilliantly how dynamic changes can be inferred from virtually static evidence; and Herschel concluded by characterizing the Milky Way in its present stage of dissolution as "this mysterious chronometer". (DSB VI, p. 333). A paper by Henry Kater attached: "Further Experiments on the Light of the Cassegrainian telescope compared with that of the Georgian". 1814. Pp. 231-247.

4to. 2 cont. full calf. 5 raised bands. Gilt back. Top of spines a little worn. Extremities a little rubbed. One titlelabel torn. Engraved frontispiece, engr. titlevign. (34),756,575 pp. + Index. printed on good paper.

Kiöbenhavn, Johan Frederik Schultz, 1789. 4to. Samt. helldrbd. m. ophøjede bd. på ryg og rig rygforgyldn. Forgyldt skindtitel. Mindre revnedannelse på false ved øverste kapitæl. Lidt marginale spredte brunpletter. Eksemplar på skrivepapir med brede marginer. 16 kobberstukne plancher af Clemens, de 15 efter Abildgaard og Niels Klim som drabant efter Juel. Godt eksemplar af den såkaldte "Pragtudgave", "et af det 18. Aarhundredes bedste bogværker" (Birkelund nr. 182).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1885. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Small stamp on half title, title page and verso of title page. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie", Band. XXV. VIII, 680 pp. + 4 large folded plates all with a small stamp.Balmer's paper: pp. 80-87. Internally fine and clean. First edition of Balmer's seminal paper on spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which today is known as Balmer series, the first discovery of a mathematical relationsship between the frequencies of atomic spectral lines. Balmer's discovery was the decisive factor in Bohr's famous and groundbreaking discovery and description of his model of atomic structure published in 1913. "As soon as I saw Balmer's formula, the whole thing was immediately clear to me" Bohr told Leon Rosenfeld in an interview. (Heilbron, Historical studies in the theory of atomic structure, p. 265).The discovery that sets of lines in the spectra of alkalis and alkaline earth are related in series was discovered by G. D. Liveing in 1879 but Balmer discovered a simple formula (presented in the present paper) how to relate the wavelength of a series of line in the visible spectrum of hydrogen. The Balmer series was far from similar to the more simple ratio proposed by George Stoney. Although Balmers fomular linked together the four then known hydrogen spectra and turned out to by applicable for the ultraviolet and infrared spectra of hydrogen a complete understandig of the relations came first with Bohr in 1913."What Balmer did is slightly incredible. Having at his disposal four frequencies measured by Åndgtröm, he fitted them with a mathematical expression that predicts an infinity of lines - and his formula is in fact correct! Balmer's formula has stood the test of time as more hydrogen lines kept being discovered. Soon his results became widely known; they were quoted in the 1912 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. For nearly thirty years no one knew, however, what the formula was trying to say - then Bohr came along." (Pais. Niels Bohr's Times, pp. 142-3).Due to the relatively large occurrences of hydrogen in the universe the Balmer lines are useful in astronomy since the spectral classification of stars, which is primarily a determination of surface temperature, is based on the relative strength of spectral lines.(Appeared simultaneously in Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, Vol. 7, 1885, pp. 548-556, 750-752).Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:Lorenz, L. Bestimmung der electrischen Widerstände von Quecksilbersäulen in absolutem electromagnetischen Maasse. Pp. 1-31.Kirchhoff, G. Ueber einige Anwendungen der Theorie der Formänderung, welche ein Körper erfährt, wenn er magnetisch oder diëlectrisch polarisirt wird. Pp. 601-617.And many other.

Royal8vo. All orig. wrappers, uncut in publisher's board and box. No 412 "exemplaires sur Papier pur Fil Lafuma" (numb. 71 a 570). A fine illustrated "Reineke Fuchs" with 71 original woodengravings in the text and 4 full-page in colour.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1749. Small 8vo. Bound in one cont. marbled boards. Titlelabel gil on back. Covers with small scratches and corners a little bumped. XII,342;339 pp., 15 large folded engraved plates (9+6) and 10 engraved textillustratuons (as headpieces). A few scattered brownspots. Scarce first edition. Reaumur, perhaps better known as an entomologist and member of Academie Royale des Sciences, kept a large and well-know collection of living birds on his Country House in Bas Poitou, where Mathurun-Jacques Brisson was his assistant, collaborator and keeper of the valuable birdcollection. - "It is an importent early work on artificial incubation, mostly experiments with manure heaps and the bakers owen" (Wood), and all these experiments are depicted and analysed in the work. - BMC (NH) IV:1658 - Wood p. 530 not having the first edition, but the English and German edition.

Paris, Mad. Ve Barnard, 1809. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Wear to top of spine. A few scratches to binding. Small stamps on verso of titlepage.In: "Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 70. 336 pp. (Entire volume offered). Davy's paper: pp. 189-254. First edition in French (the first English 1808) of this importent historical paper in chemistry, in which Davy shows that electricity is capable of decomposing some alkalies, isolating two new substances and discovering potassium and sodium. Neville in his Historical Chemical Library vol. I, p.340, writes about this paper "ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSIC RESEARCHES IN CHEMISTRY, in which Davy announced in this, his second Bakterian lecture, the isloation of metallic potassium and sodium by the electrolytic decomposition of their fused oxides.""He (Davy) began his own electrical experiments...The results were spectacular. On October 6, 1807, the current passing through molten potash liberated a metal, which Davy called potassium. The little globules of shining metal tore the water molecule apart as it eagerly recombined with oxygen and the liberated hydrogen burst into lavender flame. Davy danced about in a delirium of joy. A week later he isolated sodium from soda."(Asimow). The paper offered here describes these discoveries."Humphry Davy was one of the most brilliant chemists of the early nineteenth century. His early study of nitrous oxide brought him his first reputation, but his later and most importent investigations were devoted to electrochemistry. Following Galvani's experiments and the discovery of the voltaic pile, interest in galvanic electricity had become widespread. The first electrolysis by means of the pile was carried out in 1800 by Nicholson and Carisle, who obtained oxygen and hydrogen from water. Davy began to examine the chemical effects of electricity in 1800, and his numerous discoveries were presented in his Bakerian lecture to the Royal Society on November 20, 1806. (A Source Book in Chemistry p. 243).

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1864). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 154 - Part II, pp. 413-435 a. pp. 437-444 and 2 lithographed plates.(1 plate showing the spectroscope which could be attached to his eight-innch telescope invented by Huggin's and Miller, the start of stellar spectroscopi, the other plate showing the obtained spectra of the nebulæ Aldebaran and Orionis). First printing of a historical paper in spectroscopy and cosmology in which the authors shows, by analysing the spectrae of nebulae, of stars, of planets, of comets, and of the sun, that they are all built of the same elements as the earth. Thus was "laid to rest the twenty-one-century notion of Aristotle's that the heavens were composed of a unique substance not found on the earth."(Asimov). They also shows that there is a considerable diversity of chemical composition among the stars.In this paper Huggins also describes his discovery, by spectroscopy, that a number of nebulae are luminous gas clouds."William Huggins (1824-1910), English astronomer, a pioneer in spectroscopy and photography. He examined spectroscopically the chemical constitution of stars and comets, and the gaseous nature of planetary and diffuse nebulae; he applied the Doppler Principle to the measurement of the radial velocities of stars, and published an atlas of representative stellar spectra" (Ripley: Source Book in Astronomy).

Grenoble, Joseph-Sulpice Grabit, 1771. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands, richly gilt compartments,titlelabel with guilt lettering. A stamp on htitle and titlepage. XVI,575 pp. and 2 large folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean. Both covers with the royal coat-of-arms of the Danish king Christian 7. First French edition, translated from Robin's work "Mathematical Tracts... Vol. I. London 1761". It contains the authors New Principles of Gunnery together with some of his various mathematical tratises read before the Royal Society, his polemics on the "vis viva" etc. and Wilson's personal comments on the life and character of his old friend.

London, Macmillian, 1962. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary full cloth with two black title label to spine. In "Nature", Vol. 196, October - December. Library labels to end paper and one library stamp to title page. Light soiling to extremities, internally fine and clean. Pp. 1080-1. [Entire colume: LII, 1346 pp.]. First appearance of Shapiro's famous paper in which he sought to describe a bathtub vortex with the Coriolis Effect. This eventually gave birth to the urban myth that a toilet vortex always will have a counter clockwise flow in the Northern Hemisphere. The Coriolis effect on a micro level is still disputed and has never been satisfyingly confirmed or rejected. Scientists were aware that Earth's rotation alters the trajectory of objects in motion. This phenomenon causes low-pressure weather systems to twist counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. The Coriolis effect, as it's known, had long been well documented as the cause of hurricanes and tornadoes. But despite previous attempts, no one had shown that the effect-first described in 1835 by the French engineer and mathematician Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis-works on very small scales as well. Though in theory it should influence bathwater's exit through a drain, the Coriolis effect was thought to be too small to see."For his experiment, Shapiro used a circular, flat-bottomed tub with a centered drain hole three-eighths of an inch in diameter to which he attached a 20-foot length of hose, plugged with a stopper at the end. He filled the tank six inches deep with clean, room-temperature water. Small variations-air movement, a temperature change, a surface disturbance-create buoyancy currents that overshadow the Coriolis effect. So Shapiro did much tinkering to cancel out these possible sources of interference-covering the tank with a sheet of plastic to keep out air currents, for example, and carefully controlling the room's temperature. He also filled the tank by swirling water in clockwise, so that if the water drained counterclockwise, the direction would not have been influenced by how the tank was filled.After 24 hours of letting the water settle, Shapiro carefully pulled the plug from the end of the hose, gently placing above the drain a small float made of two crossed slivers of wood an inch long. It took about 20 minutes for the tub to drain completely. For the first 12 to 15 minutes, the float remained motionless. Then it began to rotate almost imperceptibly, counterclockwise, reaching a peak speed of approximately one revolution every three to four seconds. Proving that the Coriolis effect can be detected in a bathtub-size tank, albeit under carefully controlled conditions, was a remarkable achievement. At MIT's latitude of 42°, the effect was "only thirty-millionths that of gravity, which is so small that it will be overcome by filling and even temperature differences and water impurities," reported one of many newspapers and periodicals covering the experiment. Shapiro's results were published in Nature and verified by colleagues who used his technique to demonstrate a clockwise flow in the Southern Hemisphere. The findings fascinated a curious public of all ages. Shapiro would also become known for explaining and improving the aerodynamics of golf ball dimples, as well as for helping to develop the intra-aortic balloon for heart patients and devices to treat blood clots, asthma, emphysema, and glaucoma. But for more than a decade after the bathtub test, he would receive letters and newspaper clippings from all over the world about what was dubbed the "bathtub vortex" controversy. " (MIT Technology Review).

London, John Murray, 1828-40. Bound in 6 solid full fabrikoid. Gilt library number to foot of spine. Gilt lettering to spine. With 55 engraved maps and plans. Stampson ront free endpapers. Internally clean. First edition.

Coloniam, Gennepaeus, 1544. Folio (298 x 202 mm). In a later half calf binding with four raised bands. Wear to extremities. Previous owner's name and note in latin to front free end-paper. Stamp to front free end-paper and verso of title-page. Small worm-tracts throughout and light soiling to last leaevs. With numerous woodcut-initials throughout. (6), LXVIII, (1) ff. Later uncommon edition of Hegesippus' work on the ecclesiatical events from the beginning of the bible up til around 150 AD. His works are main sources next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Palestine. Hegesippus's, or pseudo-Hegesippus, real identity is unknown. Over time, numerous hypotheses have been advanced on the identity of the author, the latest theories seem to agree on an attribution to the young Sant' Ambrogio Bibliothecae Rheno-Trajectinae, p. 422.Not in Adams.

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1718. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. Light wear to foot of spine. Engraved frontispiece. (6),114,274 pp., 10 partly folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. With original papers by: de la Hire, Maraldi, Lemery de Cadet, Cassini, Nicole, Saulmon, Delisle le Cadet, Chevalier de Louville, Rouhaut, Saulmon, Malezieu, Maraldi & Cassini, Petit, Malezieu, Reaumur, Varignon, Winslow (FIRST EDITION of the paper, describing "forarmen Winslowii": Nouvelles Observations anatomiques sur la Situation et la Conformation des plusieurs Visceres. pp. 226-235, Geoffroy le Cadet, Senés.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893-96. 4to. Orig. clothbacked boards. Vol. I in reprint from 1975. (XII,77;VIII,85;IV,42 pp. and 40+39+10 plates (10 in colour). (Publications of the Archaeological Survey of Egypt. Edited by F.Ll. Griffith. 1.,2. and 5. Memoir).

London, R.H. Laurie, 1847. Contemp. boards, later clothbacked and with the printed part of the original frontwrapper pasted on upper board. Stamps on title-page. XXVI,202 pp. Some even browning to the first leaves, otherwise fine. Sabin, 66691.