The Elements of Dynamic Electricity and Magnetism. by ATKINSON, Philip - 1891

Braunschweig:: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1905., 1905. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo. XII, 496; VIII, 491, [1] pp. Color plates (some folding), 419 + 380 figures (portraits, maps, diagrams), indexes. Contemporary half gilt-stamped mauve cloth, marbled boards; expertly rebacked, preserving a fragment of original spine. Ownership rubber-stamps of Hans Dollinger. This is one of the most extraordinary thorough treatments of the physical world and the history of such in the sciences, with the and the physical laws involving the larger disciplines and the people involved: history up through 1630, light, force (energy), physics after 1630 (Isaac Newton, etc.), sound, dyes, spectral analysis, astronomy (Sun, rings of Saturn, Mars (showing a map of the planet), double-stars, innumerable instruments; heat, magnetism, early electricity, lightning, the weather, Poul la Cour (1846-1908), Danish scientist, inventor and teacher, now recognized for his early work on wind power, both experimental work on aerodynamics and… Read More

London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with… Read More

Paris:: Librairie Hachette, 1897., 1897. Sm. 8vo. 320 pp. 128 engravings. Original black- and gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth, all edges gilt; corners slightly bumped. Fine. Third edition. A fantastically illustrated text on geology and astronomy, in which Guillemin spends considerable time comparing the topography of earth with that of Mars and the moon. He also spends a couple chapters on Saturn and the sun, as well as the history of astronomy and "La Dynastie des Herschel".

Lausanne & Geneva:: M. M. Bousquet, 1742., 1742. 4 volumes. Large 4to. Engraved frontis., engraved title vignettes, 91 engraved folding plates, titles printed in red and black. Fine contemporary mottled vellum over boards, spines gilt; minor binding defects, very slight worming to final leaves of index of vol. 4. Small Jesuit library stamp on titles. Near fine. First edition, a lovely set. Bernoulli rose to fame, along with his brother Jakob, for his investigations into the then-new fields of differential and integral calculus. Most of Bernoulli's writing appeared only in the journals of the time, and remained uncollected until the present edition. / "His chief discoveries are the exponential calculus, the treatment of trigonometry as a branch of analysis, the conditions for a geodesic, the determination of orthogonal trajectories, the solution of the brachistochrone, the statement that a ray of light traversed such a path that Smds [in Greek] is a minimum, and the enunciation of the principle of… Read More

Paris:: Ph. -D. Pierres, 1787, 1782, 1787, 1784, 1784, 1781., 1787. 6 volumes. 8vo. xvi, 256; viii, 357, [1]; xii, 488; viii, 432; viii, 479, [1]; [ii], xiv, 319, [1], 98 pp. Title woodcut vignettes, vol. VI with half-title [Traite de Navigation], extensive logarithmic tables, 37 [=7 + 4 + 5 + 11 +10] engraved folding plates (incl. atlas & star maps). Contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, red leather gilt-stamped spine labels; minor wear to spine ends. Near fine, a choice complete set. Bezout was a French mathematician and member of the French Academy of Science who did pioneering work in elimination theory. He is the namesake of Bezout's Theorem, which plays a crucial role in the study of intersection of manifolds in algebraic geometry. While his impact on mathematical research was significant, he played a larger role in the development of mathematical education, as his textbooks dramatically influenced the course of math education in both France and abroad. His works were popular and thus… Read More

Braunschweig:: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1905., 1905. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo. XII, 496; VIII, 491, [1] pp. Color plates (some folding), 419 + 380 figures (portraits, maps, diagrams), indexes. Contemporary half gilt-stamped mauve cloth, marbled boards; expertly rebacked, preserving a fragment of original spine. Ownership rubber-stamps of Hans Dollinger. This is one of the most extraordinary thorough treatments of the physical world and the history of such in the sciences, with the and the physical laws involving the larger disciplines and the people involved: history up through 1630, light, force (energy), physics after 1630 (Isaac Newton, etc.), sound, dyes, spectral analysis, astronomy (Sun, rings of Saturn, Mars (showing a map of the planet), double-stars, innumerable instruments; heat, magnetism, early electricity, lightning, the weather, Poul la Cour (1846-1908), Danish scientist, inventor and teacher, now recognized for his early work on wind power, both experimental work on aerodynamics and… Read More

London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with… Read More

Paris:: Librairie Hachette, 1897., 1897. Sm. 8vo. 320 pp. 128 engravings. Original black- and gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth, all edges gilt; corners slightly bumped. Fine. Third edition. A fantastically illustrated text on geology and astronomy, in which Guillemin spends considerable time comparing the topography of earth with that of Mars and the moon. He also spends a couple chapters on Saturn and the sun, as well as the history of astronomy and "La Dynastie des Herschel".

Lausanne & Geneva:: M. M. Bousquet, 1742., 1742. 4 volumes. Large 4to. Engraved frontis., engraved title vignettes, 91 engraved folding plates, titles printed in red and black. Fine contemporary mottled vellum over boards, spines gilt; minor binding defects, very slight worming to final leaves of index of vol. 4. Small Jesuit library stamp on titles. Near fine. First edition, a lovely set. Bernoulli rose to fame, along with his brother Jakob, for his investigations into the then-new fields of differential and integral calculus. Most of Bernoulli's writing appeared only in the journals of the time, and remained uncollected until the present edition. / "His chief discoveries are the exponential calculus, the treatment of trigonometry as a branch of analysis, the conditions for a geodesic, the determination of orthogonal trajectories, the solution of the brachistochrone, the statement that a ray of light traversed such a path that Smds [in Greek] is a minimum, and the enunciation of the principle of… Read More

Paris:: Ph. -D. Pierres, 1787, 1782, 1787, 1784, 1784, 1781., 1787. 6 volumes. 8vo. xvi, 256; viii, 357, [1]; xii, 488; viii, 432; viii, 479, [1]; [ii], xiv, 319, [1], 98 pp. Title woodcut vignettes, vol. VI with half-title [Traite de Navigation], extensive logarithmic tables, 37 [=7 + 4 + 5 + 11 +10] engraved folding plates (incl. atlas & star maps). Contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, red leather gilt-stamped spine labels; minor wear to spine ends. Near fine, a choice complete set. Bezout was a French mathematician and member of the French Academy of Science who did pioneering work in elimination theory. He is the namesake of Bezout's Theorem, which plays a crucial role in the study of intersection of manifolds in algebraic geometry. While his impact on mathematical research was significant, he played a larger role in the development of mathematical education, as his textbooks dramatically influenced the course of math education in both France and abroad. His works were popular and thus… Read More