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75 2441 Rutherford E 75 2441 Rutherford E
75/2441 Rutherford, E. Die Radioaktivität. Berlin, J. Springer, 1907, 1st German ed., VIII,(2),597,(1)p., ills., contemp. gilt hcalf, large 8vo.

- Upper joint starting. Otherwise a fine copy.

= PMM 411. First German edition of this important work. This edition, translated from the 2nd English ed. of 1905, Rutherford himself added further descriptions of the results obtained in the years between. Rutherford made a "Proposal of a new theory of atomic disintegration and of the nuclear nature of the atom. Rutherford discovered and named the alpha, beta, and gamma rays."(Horblitt 91). "After the discovery of thorium emanations in 1900 new concepts of atomic structure followed from the brilliant experiments of Rutherford. A new theory of atomic disintegration was proposed, then the nuclear nature of the atom." (Dibner 51).

€ (80-100)
75 2442 Salam A and Wigner E P ed 75 2442 Salam A and Wigner E P ed
75/2442 Salam, A. and Wigner, E.P. (ed.). Aspects of Quantum Theory. Cambr., Univ. Press, 1972, 1st ed., 268p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Cullwick, E.G. Electromagnetism and Relativity with particular reference to moving media and electromagnetic induction. London etc., Longmans, Green and Co., 1957, 1st ed., XXIII,(1),299p., diagrams, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 1 other: J. GRINDLAY, Introduction to the Phenomonological Theory of Ferroelectricity (Oxf. etc., 1970, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).

- All vols. w. owner's stamp of composer Henk Badings on first free endpaper.

€ (40-60) 50
75 2443 Schrödinger E 75 2443 Schrödinger E
75/2443 Schrödinger, E. Abhandlungen zur Wellenmechanik. Leipsic, J.A. Barth, 1927, 1st ed., X,169p., orig. cl.

- Cl. sl. soiled. Fine copy.

= First publication in bookform of 6 articles, i.a. containg the "the first appearance in the literature of his famous wave equation, written out for the hydrogen atom" (DSB XII, p.223).

€ (100-150) 110
75 2444 Seyfried J H 75 2444 Seyfried J H
75 2444 Seyfried J H 75 2444 Seyfried J H
75 2444 Seyfried J H 75 2444 Seyfried J H
75 2444 Seyfried J H 75 2444 Seyfried J H
75 2444 Seyfried J H 75 2444 Seyfried J H
75 2444 Seyfried J H 75 2444 Seyfried J H
75/2444 (Seyfried, J.H.). Wonderen van 't heelal. Vertoont in een Beschryvinge van veel seldsame en aenmerkenswaerdige gevallen, ontdekt in de Zeën, Revieren, Meeren, Staende Wateren. Als op en ontrent de bergen, rotsen, eylanden (...) geschapentheyt des firmaments, sterren, planeten, Cometen, en al het geene daer van is voortkomende. Gouda, J. and A. Endenburg, 1718, (46),463,(19)p., etched frontisp., fold. engr. worldmap and 29 (fold.) engr. and etched plates, contemp. calf, richly gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.

- Browned/ foxed; world map with sm. tear in fold; a few scattered wormholes. Outer boardedges and corners showing.

= A curious collection of trivia on natural phenomena, i.a. regarding astronomy, geology (i.a. volcanoes, geothermal springs), paleontology (i.a. a plate of mammoth teeth perceived as teeth of human giants), zoology, botany, but also on mummies and fantasy sea creatures and unicorns. Second Dutch translation of Medulla mirabilium naturæ. Das ist: Auserlesene, unter den Wundern der Natur (Sultzbach, 1679). First Dutch edition erroneously attributed by Van Doorninck/ De Kempenaer to Conrad van Magdeburg, which was adopted by Scheepers I, 569 and Van Gendt, Luza sale 1981, no. 648. On the worldmap Shirley 488: "An unusual feature is the placing of large lakes in the mountainous regions of the Alps, the Himalayas, the central Andes and southern Africa. In spite of the title the map does not indicate ocean currents and only three volcanoes, all emerging from the sea, are shown." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.

€ (800-1.000) 900
75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P 75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P
75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P 75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P
75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P 75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P
75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P 75 2445 Shipbuilding Bouguer P
75/2445 [Shipbuilding]. Bouguer, P. Traité du navire, de sa construction et de ses mouvemens. Paris, Jombert, 1746, 1st ed., XL,682,(4 errata)p., 12 fold. engr. plates, 4 engr. headpieces, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Sm. libr. stamp and owner's entry on title. Corners showing. A very fine copy.

= Cat. NHSM p.747; Poggendorf I, p.254; DSB II, p.343-344; Norman Library 284: "The first treatise on naval architecture written on a scientific basis. Bouguer was among the first to investigate mathematical principles in relation to shipbuilding, and to devise methods for calculating displacement and stability. The work was very useful to the naval services of the time, and was widely studied, translated and adapted (...)".

€ (400-600) 400
75 2446 Shipbuilding Mellet F N 75 2446 Shipbuilding Mellet F N
75 2446 Shipbuilding Mellet F N 75 2446 Shipbuilding Mellet F N
75/2446 [Shipbuilding]. Mellet, F.-N. Essai sur les bateaux à vapeur appliqués à la navigation intérieure et maritime de l'Europe (...). Paris, Malher et Compagnie, 1828-1829, 9,(1),IV,(1),6-248,(2)p., 8 fold. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf, 4to,

- (Sl.) foxed/ waterstained; sm. hole in htitle; stamps on first free endpaper and title-p.; plates prob. mounted on later paper. Spine sunned; covers sl. rubbed.

€ (70-90) 80
75 2447 Shipbuilding Romme C 75 2447 Shipbuilding Romme C
75 2447 Shipbuilding Romme C 75 2447 Shipbuilding Romme C
75 2447 Shipbuilding Romme C 75 2447 Shipbuilding Romme C
75/2447 [Shipbuilding]. Romme, C. L'art de la marine, ou principes et préceptes généraux de l'art de coonstruire, d'armer, de manoeuvrer et de conduire des vaisseaux. Paris, Barrois, 1787, (6),587,(1)p., 7 engr. fold. plates, woodcut headpieces, contemp. gilt calf w. black mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Stamp on title-p.; 2 parts cut out of first blank and restored w. paper; plates waterstained along inner blank margin, not touching text, otherwise internally fine. Frontcover chafed; joints starting; top of spine chipped.

€ (400-600)
75 2448 Shipbuilding Underhill H A 75 2448 Shipbuilding Underhill H A
75/2448 [Shipbuilding]. Underhill, H.A. Lot of 9 sets of blueprints for model shipbuilding, ±1950-1960, 35 lvs., various sizes (±75x100 cm.).

- Edges strengthened w. paper tape; 1 plan creased at top/ lower edges. Rolled.

€ (50-70) 70
75 2449 Sommerfeld A 75 2449 Sommerfeld A
75/2449 Sommerfeld, A. Atombau und Spektrallinien. Braunschweig, Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1919, 1st ed., X,550p., 130 woodcut ills., orig. hcl.

- Remnant of paper ticket on spine.

Jordan, P. Anschauliche Quantentheorie. Berlin, Julius Springer, 1936, XII,320p., orig. gilt cl.

€ (100-150)
75 2450 Stevens K and Libaut J 75 2450 Stevens K and Libaut J
75 2450 Stevens K and Libaut J 75 2450 Stevens K and Libaut J
75/2450 Stevens, K. and Libaut, J. De Veltbouw ofte Lant winninghe: Inhoudende eene rechte bestellinge eenes hofs te bouwen. Enlarged ed. by M. Sibezius Silesius. Amst., C. Claesz, 1604, (2),259,(13)p., woodcut title and 24 woodcut ills. (incl. 4 geometrical figures), contemp. vellum w. ties, large 4to.

- Sm. annots. on lower pastedowns; owner's entry by ''Laurens van Driel, 1634'' on upper pastedown, sm. other owner's entry on title-p.; ±15 lvs. w. crude repairs in corner/ margin; occas. (sl.) waterstained. Rebound w. the use of the orig. vellum; poor binding.

= Charles Estienne's (i.e. Kaerle Stevens') popular work on agriculture Praedium Rusticum, first published in 1554 and translated into the French and enlarged by Libaut in 1564. It is a veritable encyclopedia of country living, with sections on i.a. orchards, fruit and hunting. Charles Estienne belonged to the famous dynasty of Parisian printers. Very rare. Bibl. Belgica II, p.1057-1058; cf. Hunt 69 (1st Latin ed. and French and Engl. translations). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.

€ (1.000-1.500)
75 2451 Sundials Fale T 75 2451 Sundials Fale T
75 2451 Sundials Fale T 75 2451 Sundials Fale T
75 2451 Sundials Fale T 75 2451 Sundials Fale T
75 2451 Sundials Fale T 75 2451 Sundials Fale T
75 2451 Sundials Fale T 75 2451 Sundials Fale T
75/2451 [Sundials]. Fale, T. Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling: Teaching, an Easie and Perfect Way to make all Kindes of Dials. London, Felix Kingstone, 1652, later ed., (3),6,90[=60],(16)lvs., woodcut title-vignette, 51 text-ills. by J. HONDIUS, 4 tables, modern embossed leather w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.

- Sl. yellowed; title restored in upper corner; a few lvs. trifle foxed.

= DNB VI, p.1033: "The table of sines which it contains is probably the earliest specimen of a trigonometrical table printed in England". This is the only known publication by Fale. All editions are very scarce. Firstly published in 1593. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.

€ (700-900) 700
75 2452 Sundials Mogge J 75 2452 Sundials Mogge J
75 2452 Sundials Mogge J 75 2452 Sundials Mogge J
75 2452 Sundials Mogge J 75 2452 Sundials Mogge J
75/2452 [Sundials]. Mogge, J. Algemeene Manier Tot de Practijck-Oeffeninghe der Sonne-Wysers (...) Leerende op een ligt verstaenlijcke wijse, hoedanigh men soo wel door de Passer en Liniael, als door d'uytrekening van Getallen, aen allerley gegeven Vlackten of buyten gedaentens, die vande Zon konnen beschenen worden, een Sonne-wijser wiskonstig met Uyrlinien beschrijven sal (...). Middelburgh, W. Goeree, 1675, (4),108,(3)p., title-p. printed in red and black, num. ills. in text, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, folio.

- One leaf stained; occas. sl. waterstained mainly in outer blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Joints splitting; top of spine dam.; covers sl. chafed.

= Bierens de Haan 3287; Hoogendoorn Mog01. 1.2.

BOUND WITH: Lansberge, P. Beschrijvingh der Vlack Sonne-Wysers: In welcke de waere manier, om deselve op allerhande Vlackten te betrecken, volgens Wiskonstige Regulen geleert, ende door een groot getal Vertoog-schetzen aengewesen werdt. Nieuwelijx oversien ende metnoodige byvoeging verrijckt, Door Jacob Mogge. Ibid., idem, 1675, (2),54,(2)p., title-p. printed in red and black, num. ills. in text.

- Sl. waterstained in both margins of 10 final leaves; final text leaf sm. restoration in lower blank margin.

= Bierens de Haan 2677; Hoogendoorn LansP10D 1.2. Both works rarely found complete.

€ (400-600) 400
75 2453 Telegraphy Fleming J A 75 2453 Telegraphy Fleming J A
75/2453 [Telegraphy]. Fleming, J.A. The Thermionic Valve and its Developments in Radio-Telegraphy and Telephony. London, The Wireless Press, 1919, 1st ed., XV,(1),279,(5)p., 144 ills., later gilt cl.

- Rebacked; orig. frontcover laid down. Owner's entry on title-p.

Coursey, Ph.R. Telephony without Wires. Ibid., idem, 1919, 1st ed., XIX,(1),414,(4 advert.)p., 249 ills., orig. gilt cl.

- Upper hinge weak. Covers trifle rubbed; spine sunned.

Goldsmith, A.N. Radio Telephony. New York, idem, 1918, 1st ed., V,(3),247p., orig. gilt cl.

- Endpapers and pastedowns sl. foxed. Spine sl. sunned.

AND 1 other.

€ (70-90)
75 2454 Thermodynamics Mach E 75 2454 Thermodynamics Mach E
75/2454 [Thermodynamics]. Mach, E. Die Principien der Wärmelehre. Leipsic, J.A. Barth, 1896, 1st ed., VIII,472p., 5 portrait plates, 105 ills., contemp. cl.

- Cloth foxed and sl. soiled.

= DSB VIII, 595-607: "Fundamental among Mach's theoretical contributions and reflections were his explanations of visual, aural, and kinesthetic sensation; his views on mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and molecular spectroscopy; and the ideas associated with his wave propulsion studies"; Roberts & Trent p.210.

€ (100-150)
75 2455 Tinbergen j 75 2455 Tinbergen j
75/2455 Tinbergen, j. Minimumproblemen in de Natuurkunde en de Ekonomie. Amst., H.J. Paris, 1929, 65p., orig. wr.

- Uncut copy; wr. sl. unevenly browned; trifle rubbed along extremities.

= Rare first trade edition. This important thesis introduced the use of mathematics in the science of economics.

€ (700-900) 750
75 2456 Uhlenbeck G E 75 2456 Uhlenbeck G E
75/2456 Uhlenbeck, G.E. Over statistische methoden in de theorie der quanta. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1927, XII,97p., orig. wr.

- Wr. sl. soiled.

= Dutch physicist Uhlenbeck's thesis on quantum theory after proving in 1925 with Goudsmit the spin in the electron. With "Stellingen" loosely inserted (4p.).

€ (80-100)
75 2457 Waals J D van der 75 2457 Waals J D van der
75/2457 Waals, J.-D. van der. La continuité des états gazeux et liquide. Paris, Gauthier-Villard et Cie., 1894, XVI,279,(1)p., contemp. red hcalf w. 2 mor. letterpieces, orig. wr. pres.

= The first French translation (first publ. in Dutch 1873).

€ (70-90) 70
75 2458 Wolff C 75 2458 Wolff C
75/2458 Wolff, C. Experimentaal-philosophie of nuttelyke proefnemingen waardoor tot een grondige kennisse der Natuur en Konst de weg gebaant word./ Kort begrip der Grond-Beginzelen van alle mathematische weetenschappen./ Grond-Beginzelen van alle Mathematische Weetenschappen. Dutch transl. by J.C. van Sprögel. Amst., J. van Waesberge, 1745/ 1758, 1st and 2nd eds., 8 vols., num. fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Occas. (sl.) yellowed. All bindings (sl.) worn/ chipped along extremities.

= Collection of Dutch translations concerning mathmatics and experimental physics by the influential Christian Wolff (1679-1754), professor at Halle. DSB XIV, 482ff.

€ (300-500) 475
75 2459 Zeeman P 75 2459 Zeeman P
75 2459 Zeeman P 75 2459 Zeeman P
75/2459 Zeeman, P. Researches in magneto-optics. With Special Reference to the Magnetic Resolution of Spectrum Lines. London, Macmillan and co., 1913, 1st ed., XIV,(2),219,(5)p., 8 plates, 74 ills., orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl. w. dustwr.

- Fine copy.

€ (70-90) 70
75 2460 Zeppelins Goldschmidt R 75 2460 Zeppelins Goldschmidt R
75 2460 Zeppelins Goldschmidt R 75 2460 Zeppelins Goldschmidt R
75/2460 [Zeppelins]. Goldschmidt, R. Les aéromobiles. Paris/ Brussels, H. Dunod et E. Pinat/ Ramlot, 1911, (2),422p., 327 (i.a. photogr.) ills., modern cl.

- Title partly stained; new endpapers. = Early work on zeppelins.

€ (80-100) 90
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