Physics
53 items found
Sklodowska-Curie, M. S. [Madame P. Curie]
Die Radioaktivität von Mme P. Curie. Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von B. Finkelstein. Mit einem für die Deutsche Ausgabe verfaßten Nachtrag. 2 Bände mit 1 Porträt, 7 Tafeln und zirka 200 Figuren im Text.
Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., 1912. Two volumes in one. Thick 8vo (22.3 x 15.7 cm). 1024 pp. [xv, 420; vi, 583]; heliogravure portrait of Pierre [!] Curie (1859-1906), seven plates, numerous text figures. Half cloth over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Spine with paper label.
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Tissandier, G. (ed.)
La Nature. Revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie. Journal hebdomadaire illustré.
Paris, G. Masson, 1873-1905. 34 volumes in 34. 4to (28.4 x 19.0 cm). Numerous pages and illustrations. Uniform contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards (for 1873-1899). Gilt borders. Spines with five raised bands. Gilt ornamental compartments and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. And uniform contempory brown half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled edges (for 1899-1905).
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X-Rays: Friedrich Haller & Söhne Atélier und Laboratorium mit Röntgen'schen Strahlen
Very early applied radiology [Röntgen photographs, X-rays] including the first use of X-rays in authentication of fine art (i.e. painting by Albrecht Dürer).
Munich, Friedrich Haller & Söhne, Atélier und Laboratorium mit Röntgen'schen Strahlen, 1897. Loose in folio album. Set of nine extremely early, mint conditioned X-Ray-photographs mounted on six presentation cardboards (three with two photographs each) and with manuscript descriptions; the photographs measuring between 6.6 x 5.6 cm, and 34.4 x 23.6 cm, all housed in contemporary gilt cloth portfolio titled Album.
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