Science
114 items found
Three important papers on physics by Nobel Prize winner Hendrik Lorentz
Lorentz, H. A.
Three important papers by Nobel Prize winner Lorentz [and one by Eugène Dubois].
Haarlem, Les héritiers Loosjes, 1912. 8vo (23.3 x 15.8 cm). xiii, 149 pp. Contemporary burgundy half cloth over marbled boards. Printed title on the spine. Original printed front wrapper with title bound in.
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€100.00
Linnaeus on tobacco
A very rare work on crystals in plants and animals
Radlkofer, L. [A. T.] [AND] A. F. W. Schimper
Ueber Krystalle proteinartiger Körper, pflanzlichen und thierischen Ursprungs. [AND] Untersuchungen über die Proteinkrystalloide der Pflanzen.
Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1859. Two papers in one. 8vo 921.2 x 13.8 cm). xiv, 154 pp.; three lithographed plates (one partly hand-coloured). Original printed wrappers bound in. 19th-century half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with handwritten label. Speckled edges.
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€120.00
Includes Soulsby, 965
Soulsby, 557
Soulsby, 535 and 537
Soulsby, 1017, 1023, and 1190
A rare work on ‘measuring’ wine and other spirits
Jung, M. B.
De wijnroei- en peilkunde, gemakkelijk en eenvoudig voorgesteld, voornamelijk het werkdadige dezer wetenschap, door vele voorbeelden opgehelderd, ten dienste van ambtenaren bij de in- en uitgaande regten en accijnsen.
Leyden, D. du Mortier en Zoon, 1842. 8vo (23.1 x 13.8 cm). Half-title, title page, 173 [viii, 164, 3] pp. Original blind wrappers.
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€200.00
Early work on avian motion using new photographic techniques
A rare thesis on the formation of stones and metals
A fine portrait of the father of modern crystallography