1. Early Physics. 1896-1942.
This series documents the history of nuclear physics, radiation, and radium studies from 1896 up to, but not including, the Manhattan Project. The core of Series 1 comprises a collection of original editions and secondary references tracing the sequence of discoveries that revealed the feasibility of the release of energy on a large scale by means of a fission chain reaction in uranium.
291 items
0001.
AMALDI, EDOARDO. Il sistema protone-neutrone. pp. (555)-615. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Roma: Reale
Accademia d'Italia. 1942. QC793.5.P72 A43 1942
Amaldi was a member of the elite inner circle of particle physicists in pre-war Italy, and was Fermi's chief collaborator in the important series of neutron bombardment experiments of 1934-1935. See Rhodes, pp. 208-09, 211-12, 216-21 & 231.
Amaldi was a member of the elite inner circle of particle physicists in pre-war Italy, and was Fermi's chief collaborator in the important series of neutron bombardment experiments of 1934-1935. See Rhodes, pp. 208-09, 211-12, 216-21 & 231.
0002.
ANDERSON, HERBERT L., ENRICO FERMI & LEO SZILARD. Neutron Production and Absorption in Uranium. pp. 284-286. 4to, printed wrappers, housed in protective leatherette case provided.
FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1939. QC793.5.S625 A53 1939
A major landmark in the development of the atomic bomb, Fermi, Szilard and Anderson here established experimentally the possibility of a chain reaction in uranium under the action of slow neutrons. See Rhodes, pp. 298-300. PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by LEO SZILARD on the front wrapper.
A major landmark in the development of the atomic bomb, Fermi, Szilard and Anderson here established experimentally the possibility of a chain reaction in uranium under the action of slow neutrons. See Rhodes, pp. 298-300. PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by LEO SZILARD on the front wrapper.
0003.
ANDRADE, PROF. E.N. DA C. Some Problems of Atomic Structure. pp. 46-60. 8vo, printed wrappers. (N.p.: Mathematical Gazette, 1926). 1926. QC173.4.A87 A53 1926
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, offprinted from the Mathematical Gazette, March 1926.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, offprinted from the Mathematical Gazette, March 1926.
0004.
ARCHIVES DE L'INSTITUT DU RADIUM & DE LA FONDATION CURIE. Radiophysiologie et Radiotherapie. Recueil de Travaux Biologiques, Techniques et Therapeutiques. Publie par Cl. Regaud,
A. Lacassagne & R. Ferroux. Volume I, Fasicule I-IV. 4 Volumes. 646 pages. Illustrated.
Large 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut. Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France. 1927-1929.
0005.
ASTON, F.W. Isotopes. 152 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Edward Arnold. 1922. QD463 .A7
Aston (1877-1945) received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922. This is his classic publication in which he details his experiments demonstrating the existence of isotopes. This work led to "the reconstruction of the table of atomic weights. . . (showing) that they are only in exceptional cases whole numbers when considered as multiples of the weight of a hydrogen atom. The ultimate consequences of these discrepancies are far-reaching. The ratio between hydrogen and helium is not 4:1 as it 'should' be, but rather less; which means that when four atoms of hydrogen are transformed into one helium atom some matter is annihilated. In fact this is an example of the interchangeability between mass and energy which is postulated in Einstein's 'General Theory of Relativity'." -PMM 412; Heirs of Hippocrates 1183.
Aston (1877-1945) received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922. This is his classic publication in which he details his experiments demonstrating the existence of isotopes. This work led to "the reconstruction of the table of atomic weights. . . (showing) that they are only in exceptional cases whole numbers when considered as multiples of the weight of a hydrogen atom. The ultimate consequences of these discrepancies are far-reaching. The ratio between hydrogen and helium is not 4:1 as it 'should' be, but rather less; which means that when four atoms of hydrogen are transformed into one helium atom some matter is annihilated. In fact this is an example of the interchangeability between mass and energy which is postulated in Einstein's 'General Theory of Relativity'." -PMM 412; Heirs of Hippocrates 1183.
0006.
ASTON, FRANCIS WILLIAM. Isotopes. Illustrated with 21 figures and 4 full page plates. VIII, 152 p. 8vo. Original blue
cloth, gilt lettering. New York, Longmans, Green & Co. First American edition. 1923. QD463 .A7 1923b
0007.
ASTON, F.W. Isotope. Autorisierte Uebertragung ins Deutsche von Dr. Else Nort-Rubinowicz. 163 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed boards. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1923. QD466 .A77 1923
0008.
ASTON, F.W. Isotopes. Second Edition. 182 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Longmans. 1924. QD463 .A7 1924b
0009.
BADASH, LAWRENCE. Radioactivity in America. Growth and Decay of a Science. 327 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. 1979. QC794.98 .B33
An excellent history of the study of radioactivity in the United States.
An excellent history of the study of radioactivity in the United States.
0010.
BAKKER, DR. C.J. Grepen uit de Kernphysica. Rede uitgesproken bii de Aanvaarding van het Ambt van Hoogleereer aan de Universiteit
van Amsterdam op 24 februari 1947. 19 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Amsterdam: Uitgeverii Vrij Nederland. 1947. QC173 .B17
Capsule history of nuclear research from Zeeman to Hahn & Strassman.
Capsule history of nuclear research from Zeeman to Hahn & Strassman.
0011.
BAZZONI, CHARLES B. Energy and Matter. Building Blocks of the Universe. 133 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
New York: University Society. 1932. QC173 .B36 1932
0012.
BECKING, L.G.M.B. Radiation and Vital Phenomena. Proefschrift ter Verkrijging van den Graad van Doctor...aan de Rijks-Universiteit
te Utrecht. 66 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Utrecht: F.W. Hajer. 1921. QC475 .B23 1921
0013.
BECQUEREL, HENRI. Collection of 6 original papers, as listed below, IN: Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Vol.
CXXII. 1633 pages. 4to, contemporary 1/2 morocco. Paris. January-June 1896.
Comprises: Sur les radiations emises par phosphorescence, p. 420. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les corps phosphorescents, p. 501. Sur quelques propriete nouvelles des radiations invisibles emises par divers corps phosphorescents, p. 559. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, p. 689. Sur les proprietes differentes des radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, et du rayonnement de la paroi enticathodique d'un tube de Crookes, p. 762. Emission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium metalique, p. 1086. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY AND THE RADIATION OF URANIUM. Cajori 272; Dibner 163; PMM 393; G-M 2001; Romer, papers 1-4 and pp. 7-21; Becquerel, 1903 checklist, 1-6.
Comprises: Sur les radiations emises par phosphorescence, p. 420. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les corps phosphorescents, p. 501. Sur quelques propriete nouvelles des radiations invisibles emises par divers corps phosphorescents, p. 559. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, p. 689. Sur les proprietes differentes des radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, et du rayonnement de la paroi enticathodique d'un tube de Crookes, p. 762. Emission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium metalique, p. 1086. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY AND THE RADIATION OF URANIUM. Cajori 272; Dibner 163; PMM 393; G-M 2001; Romer, papers 1-4 and pp. 7-21; Becquerel, 1903 checklist, 1-6.
0014.
BECQUEREL, HENRI. On the Radio-Activity of Matter. pp. (197)-206 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington: USGPO. 1903. Q11 .S66 1903
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, off-printed from the Smithsonian Report for 1902. This is probably the first publication of Becquerel in America.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, off-printed from the Smithsonian Report for 1902. This is probably the first publication of Becquerel in America.
0015.
BECQUEREL, HENRI. Recherches sur une proprieté nouvelle de la matiere. Activité radiante spontanée ou radioactivité de la Matiere. (4), 360, (4) pages.
13 photolithographed plates. 4to, printed blue wrappers FIRST EDITION. Paris: Firmin-Didot. 1903. QC475 .B4
PMM 393; Dibner 163. Within months after Roentgen's discovery, Becquerel discovered the new and previously unsuspected property which produced X-rays, and before the end of the year he coined the term "radioactivité." Becquerel continued his researches until 1903 when he summed up his results in the definitive work above. It contains a chronological narrative of his investigations, his mature conclusions, and a bibliography of 214 treatises and papers on radioactivity. LEWIS STRAUSS'S COPY, with an 8-line autograph note initialled by Strauss inserted, summarizing the importance of the work and indicating that he "bought this from E. Offenbacher in 1966."
PMM 393; Dibner 163. Within months after Roentgen's discovery, Becquerel discovered the new and previously unsuspected property which produced X-rays, and before the end of the year he coined the term "radioactivité." Becquerel continued his researches until 1903 when he summed up his results in the definitive work above. It contains a chronological narrative of his investigations, his mature conclusions, and a bibliography of 214 treatises and papers on radioactivity. LEWIS STRAUSS'S COPY, with an 8-line autograph note initialled by Strauss inserted, summarizing the importance of the work and indicating that he "bought this from E. Offenbacher in 1966."
0016.
BENNER, SVEN. "F. W. Astons Undersoekningar oever Isotopa Element." IN: Kosmos, Band 7, pp. 16-48 232 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Stockholm:
Norstedt & Soener. 1929.
0017.
BERTHELOT, ANDRE. De l'Atome a l'Energie Nucleaire. Preface de F. Joliot-Curie. 235 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Paris:
Editions Correa. 1947. QC173 .B45 1947
0018.
BEYER, ROBERT T., Editor. Foundations of Nuclear Physics. Facsimiles of Thirteen Fundamental Papers. 272 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. New
York: Dover. 1949. QC173 .B44
0019.
BJERGE, T. Studier over Kunstig Radioaktivitet med Kort Halveringstid. With a Summary in English. 75 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn:
Levin & Munksgaard. 1938. QC795 .B626 1938
0020.
BOHR, NIELS. Abhandlungen ueber Atombau aus den Jahren 1913-1916. Autorisierte deutsche Uebersetzung mit einem Geleitwort von N. Bohr von Dr. Hugo
Stintzing. 155 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1921. QC173 .B62
FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of Bohr's first papers on atomic constitution, with an original foreword for this edition by Bohr.
FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of Bohr's first papers on atomic constitution, with an original foreword for this edition by Bohr.
0021.
BOHR, NIELS. Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature. Four Essays with an Introductory Survey. 119 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN
ENGLISH. Cambridge: University Press. 1934. QC173 .B63 1934
0022.
BOHR, NIELS. "Atomteorien og Grundprincipperne for Naturbeskrivelsen." IN: Beretning om det 18 Skandinaviske Naturforskermode i Kobenhavn 26-31 August 1929,
pp. 71-83. 557 pages. Large 8vo, printed wrappers. Kobenhavn: Frederiksberg Bogtrykkeri. 1929. Q101 .S6 1929
0023.
BOHR, NIELS. Drei Aufsaetze ueber Spektren und Atombau. 148 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION AND FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN.
Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1922. QC172 .B64 1922
Translated from Danish into German and first collected here are: 1. 'Ueber das Wasserstoffspektrum' (read 1913, published 1914); and 3. 'Der Bau der Atome und die physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften der Elemente.' Number 2, 'Ueber die Serienspektren der Elemente' (1920) appeared originally in German. Bohr was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms, and of the radiation emanating from them."
Translated from Danish into German and first collected here are: 1. 'Ueber das Wasserstoffspektrum' (read 1913, published 1914); and 3. 'Der Bau der Atome und die physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften der Elemente.' Number 2, 'Ueber die Serienspektren der Elemente' (1920) appeared originally in German. Bohr was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms, and of the radiation emanating from them."
0024.
BOHR, NIELS. Festskrift til Professor Dr. Niels Bohr paa 50 aars Dagen D. 7. Oktober 1935. Saertryk af Fysisk Tidsskrift. 220 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Kjobenhavn: Gjellerups Boghandel. 1935. QC174.12 .F47 1935
The very scarce festschrift for Bohr's 50th birthday. Includes contributions by Werner Heisenberg, O. Klein, C. Moller, and others.
The very scarce festschrift for Bohr's 50th birthday. Includes contributions by Werner Heisenberg, O. Klein, C. Moller, and others.
0025.
BOHR, NIELS. "Neutron Capture and Nuclear Constitution." IN: Nature, Vol. 137, No. 3461, pp. 344-348. (3) leaves; (337)-374, (2) leaves +
xvi-page Supplement laid-in. 4to, unbound. London: Nature. February 29, 1936.
This issue also includes, in the Letters to the Editor section, "Capture of Slow Neutrons" by O.R. Frisch & G. Placzek.
This issue also includes, in the Letters to the Editor section, "Capture of Slow Neutrons" by O.R. Frisch & G. Placzek.
0026.
BOHR, NIELS. "Nyere Undersogelser over Atomkernernes Omdannelser." IN: Kosmos, Band 24, pp. 24-57. 176 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards.
Stockholm: Norstedt & Soener. 1946.
FIRST EDITION, written in 1941 but unpublished because of the war. This issue also includes Anna Beckman's biographical profiles of Nobel prize-winners Otto Hahn & Wolfgang Pauli, "Transuraner" by John Tandberg, "Ur Urans Kemi" by Lars Gunnar Sillen, "Urantillgangar och energifoersoerjning" by Av Josef Eklund, etc.
FIRST EDITION, written in 1941 but unpublished because of the war. This issue also includes Anna Beckman's biographical profiles of Nobel prize-winners Otto Hahn & Wolfgang Pauli, "Transuraner" by John Tandberg, "Ur Urans Kemi" by Lars Gunnar Sillen, "Urantillgangar och energifoersoerjning" by Av Josef Eklund, etc.
0027.
BOHR, NIELS. "On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules." IN: Philosophical Magazine (Sixth Series) July-December 1913 pp. (1)-25; 476-501;
857-875. viii, 1064 pages. Illustrated. Thick 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards.
FIRST EDITION. London: Taylor and Francis. 1913. Q1 .L6
FIRST APPEARANCE of Bohr's epoch-making quantum theoretic reformulation of atomic theory, which revolutionized modern views of the atom. "In his great papers of 1913, Bohr presented his theory as being founded upon two postulates, whose formulation he refined in later papers. The first postulate enunciates the existence of stationary states of an atomic system, the behavior of which may be described in terms of classical mechanics; the second postulate states that the transition of the system from one stationary state to another is a nonclassical process, accompanied by the emission or absorption of one quantum of homogeneous radiation..." -DSB II, 244.
FIRST APPEARANCE of Bohr's epoch-making quantum theoretic reformulation of atomic theory, which revolutionized modern views of the atom. "In his great papers of 1913, Bohr presented his theory as being founded upon two postulates, whose formulation he refined in later papers. The first postulate enunciates the existence of stationary states of an atomic system, the behavior of which may be described in terms of classical mechanics; the second postulate states that the transition of the system from one stationary state to another is a nonclassical process, accompanied by the emission or absorption of one quantum of homogeneous radiation..." -DSB II, 244.
0028.
BOHR, NIELS. The Penetration of Atomic Particles through Matter. 144 pages. 8vo, later buckram. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Munksgaard. 1948. QC173 .B536 1948
Bohr here takes up the subject from the standpoint of high energy fission fragments.
Bohr here takes up the subject from the standpoint of high energy fission fragments.
0029.
BOHR, NIELS. The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution. Three Essays. 126 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION & FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
Cambridge: University Press. 1922. QC451 .B67 1922
0030.
BOHR, NIELS & L. ROSENFELD. Zur Frage der Messbarkeit der elektromagnetischen Feldgroessen. 65 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin & Munksgaard. 1933. QC665.E4 B64 1933
0031.
BOORSE, HENRY A. & LLOYD MOTZ, Editors. The World of the Atom. Foreword by I.I. Rabi. 2 volumes. 1873 pages. 8vo, cloth, slipcase. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Basic Books. 1966. QC173 .B638 1966
Excellent anthology of original writings on atomic physics from Lucretius to Victor Weisskopf.
Excellent anthology of original writings on atomic physics from Lucretius to Victor Weisskopf.
0032.
BORDEN, W.C. The Use of the Roentgen Ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in
the War with Spain. (1898). 98 pages. 38 plates; text illustrations. 4to, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Washington:
USGPO. 1900. RC78 .U51
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to T. Ritchie Stone, M.D. Includes the first published illustrations and discussion of radiation burns.
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to T. Ritchie Stone, M.D. Includes the first published illustrations and discussion of radiation burns.
0033.
BORN, MAX. Atomic Physics. Authorized Translation from the German Edition by John Dougall. 352 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth. London: Blackie. 1935.
First English Edition of Moderne Physik.
First English Edition of Moderne Physik.
0034.
BORN, MAX. Der Aufbau der Materie. Drei Aufsaetze ueber moderne Atomistik und Elektrontheorie. 81 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Berlin: Springer. 1920. QC173 .B6 1920
0035.
BORN, MAX. The Constitution of Matter. Modern Atomic and Electron Theories. Translated from the Second Revised German Edition
by E.W. Blair and T.S. Wheeler. 80 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION IN ENGLISH. London: Methuen. 1923. QC173 .B65
0036.
BRAGG, W.H. Studies in Radioactivity. 196 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Macmillan. 1912. QC795 .B67
Bragg here presents in detail his researches and views on ionization and X-rays and the phenomena of beta and alpha particle scattering.
Bragg here presents in detail his researches and views on ionization and X-rays and the phenomena of beta and alpha particle scattering.
0037.
BRAGG, W.H. & W.L. BRAGG. X-Rays and Crystal Structure. 228 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Bell and Sons. 1915. QD945 .B7
The Braggs developed the powerful technique of X-Ray crystallography for which they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. PMM 406b.
The Braggs developed the powerful technique of X-Ray crystallography for which they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. PMM 406b.
0038.
BRAGG, W.H. & W.L. BRAGG. X-Rays and Crystal Structure. Second Edition. 228 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. London: Bell. 1916. QD945 .B7 1916
0039.
BRILLOUIN, L. L'Atome de Thomas-Fermi et la Methode du Champ "Self-Consistent." 46 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Herman & Cie. 1934.
An analysis of the Thomas-Fermi model of the atom, by one of France's most brilliant theoretical physicists. See DSB II 465-466.
An analysis of the Thomas-Fermi model of the atom, by one of France's most brilliant theoretical physicists. See DSB II 465-466.
0040.
BRILLOUIN, LEON. La Structure des Corps Solides dans la Physique Moderne. 53 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1937. QC191 .B7
0041.
CABRERA, BLAS. El Atomo y sus Propriedades Electromagneticas. 191 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Madrid: Editorial Paez. 1927. QC173 .C3
0042.
CALDERARO, JOSE D. La Energia Atomica: Historia y Evolucion de la Teoria Nuclear. 48 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Toulouse: Ediciones "Universo,". 1949.
Comprises "El Mundo al Diam" No. 13, 15 mars 1949.
Comprises "El Mundo al Diam" No. 13, 15 mars 1949.
0043.
CAMERON, A.T. Radium and Radioactivity. 185 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1912. QC721 .C35
From the "Romance of Science" Series.
From the "Romance of Science" Series.
0044.
CASTEDO, SEBASTIAN. El Radio y el Selenio. Revolucionadores del Mundo. . . Radioactividad: argo, cripto, neo, xeno y helio;
uranio, torio, radio. . .influencia del radio y del selenio en la vida humana. 111
pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. Madrid: Editorial Grafica Espanola. 1916. QC721 .C35
A popular survey of recent developments in radioactivity, by one of Spain's leading radium researchers.
A popular survey of recent developments in radioactivity, by one of Spain's leading radium researchers.
0045.
CHALMERS, T.W. A Short History of Radio-activity. 78 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. London: The Engineer. 1951. QC721 .C47
Collected articles published in The Engineer, 1950.
Collected articles published in The Engineer, 1950.
0046.
CHAMPETIER, GEORGES. Deuterium and Deuterium Compounds. With the Collaboration of Mlle. Monnet and M. Magat. Preface by H.C. Urey. 79 pages.
8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Hermann et Cie. 1937.
Comprises Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data 1. Text in French and English.
Comprises Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data 1. Text in French and English.
0047.
COLLIE, C.H. & J.H.E. GRIFFITHS. "The Passage of Neutrons Through Matter." pp. 434-446. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. (London: Harrison and Sons). 1936.
Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. 155, No. 885, pp. 434-446, June 1936.
Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. 155, No. 885, pp. 434-446, June 1936.
0048.
COMPTON, ARTHUR HOLLY. The Cosmos of Arthur Holly Compton. Edited by Marjorie Johnston. Introduction by Vannevar Bush. 468 pages. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Knopf. 1967. Q171 .C58
The collected public papers of Compton. With the errata slip inserted.
The collected public papers of Compton. With the errata slip inserted.
0049.
COMPTON, ARTHUR HOLLY. Scientific Papers. Edited with an Introduction by Robert S. Shankland. 777 pages. 4to, cloth. FIRST
EDITION. University of Chicago Press. 1973. QC71 .C64 1973
0050.
CONDON, E.U. "Sharpshooting at the Atom." In: Popular Mechanics Magazine, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 1-5 et passim. 144 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Popular Mechanics. July 1940.
Mentions the potential liberation of vast amounts of energy through uranium fission.
Mentions the potential liberation of vast amounts of energy through uranium fission.
0051.
CONN, G.K.T. & H.D. TURNER. The Evolution of the Nuclear Atom. 266 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Iliffe Books. 1965. QC173 .C74
0052.
CURIE, IRENE. Les Radioelements Naturels. Proprietés Chimiques, Preparation-Dosage. 188 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST
EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1946. QC795 .J64 1946
0053.
CURIE, IRENE & F. JOLIOT. La Projection de Noyaux Atomique par un Rayonnement tres penetrant. L'Existence de Neutron. 22 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Paris: Hermann et Cie. 1932.
Comprises Actualites Scientifiques et Industrielles XXXII. The Joliot-Curie's studies of the ejection of atomic nuclei by Bothe-Becker rediation were the immediate precursors of Chadwick's identification of the neutron in 1932.
Comprises Actualites Scientifiques et Industrielles XXXII. The Joliot-Curie's studies of the ejection of atomic nuclei by Bothe-Becker rediation were the immediate precursors of Chadwick's identification of the neutron in 1932.
0054.
CURIE, MARIE SKLODOWSKA. Oeuvres. Recueillies par Irene Joliot Curie. 685 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Varsovie:
Panstowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1954.
Marie Curie's complete scientific papers, arranged in chronological order.
Marie Curie's complete scientific papers, arranged in chronological order.
0055.
CURIE, MDME SKLODOWSKA. Radio-Active Substances. Thesis presented to the Faculté des Sciences de Paris. (Second Edition). [sic]. 94
pages. Figures in the text. 8vo, printed wrappers. London: Chemical News Office. 1904. QC721 .C96
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Marie Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation which she announced the results of 4 years of investigations, including her discovery that radium is a new chemical element. This edition was translated from the second French edition, hence the "Second Edition" on title-page. This is in fact the only English edition published in 1904. Very rare, with no copy located in BM.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Marie Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation which she announced the results of 4 years of investigations, including her discovery that radium is a new chemical element. This edition was translated from the second French edition, hence the "Second Edition" on title-page. This is in fact the only English edition published in 1904. Very rare, with no copy located in BM.
0056.
CURIE, MARIE. Traité de Radioactivité. 2 volumes. xiii, 426; 548 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, contemporary 3/4 leather. Paris:
Gauthier-Villars. 1910. QC721 .C98 1910
FIRST EDITION of Marie Curie's most extensive treatise on radioactivity, summarizing all significant contributions to the subject, including her own and those of other researchers to date.
FIRST EDITION of Marie Curie's most extensive treatise on radioactivity, summarizing all significant contributions to the subject, including her own and those of other researchers to date.
0057.
CURIE, MME S. Untersuchungen ueber die Radioactiven Substanzen. Uebersetzt und mit Litteratur-Ergaenzungen versehen von W. Kaufmann. Zweite unveraenderte
Auflage. 132 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine-label. Braunschweig:
Vieweg. 1904. QC721 .C955 1904
The second German edition of Madame Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation, which was originally published in French in a very limited edition for private distribution the previous year. See PMM 394a. See Horblit 19. See Dibner 164.
The second German edition of Madame Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation, which was originally published in French in a very limited edition for private distribution the previous year. See PMM 394a. See Horblit 19. See Dibner 164.
0058.
CURIE, PIERRE. Oeuvres. 621 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. Paris:
Gauthier-Villars. 1908. QC3 .C8
PMM 394b. The collected writings of Curie, whose tragic death at the age of 47 after being hit by a truck was a terrible loss to science. Curie's work can be divided into 3 periods. The first concerned the physics of crystals, and led to the discovery of piezoelectricity. In the second period Curie concentrated on theoretical problems of crystallography and magnetism. The third period mainly involved study of radioactivity with his wife, Marie, in perhaps the greatest and most romantic husband/wife collaboration in the history of science. The above volume includes an important 22-page biographical tribute by Marie.
PMM 394b. The collected writings of Curie, whose tragic death at the age of 47 after being hit by a truck was a terrible loss to science. Curie's work can be divided into 3 periods. The first concerned the physics of crystals, and led to the discovery of piezoelectricity. In the second period Curie concentrated on theoretical problems of crystallography and magnetism. The third period mainly involved study of radioactivity with his wife, Marie, in perhaps the greatest and most romantic husband/wife collaboration in the history of science. The above volume includes an important 22-page biographical tribute by Marie.
0059.
DANSK INGENIORFORENING. Award of the Niels Bohr Gold Medal to Professor Werner Karl Heisenberg 7 October
1970. 33 pages. Illustrated. Small 4to, boards, pictorial cover-label, dust jacket.
(Kobenhavn: Teknisk Forlags Trykkeri). 1970.
The main body of text, in English, consists of Heisenberg's lecture for the award ceremony, in which he delivers a panegyric on Niels Bohr and a capsule history of the discovery of nuclear fission and the development of atomic energy, together with thoughtful prognostications for its political implications.
The main body of text, in English, consists of Heisenberg's lecture for the award ceremony, in which he delivers a panegyric on Niels Bohr and a capsule history of the discovery of nuclear fission and the development of atomic energy, together with thoughtful prognostications for its political implications.
0060.
DAVIS, WILLIAM E., JR. Early History of the Nuclear Atom. 155 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt. 1974. QC773 .D33 1974
A good survey history of the fundamental discoveries in nuclear physics.
A good survey history of the fundamental discoveries in nuclear physics.
0061.
DE BROGLIE, LOUIS, et al. Structure des Atomes et Energie Atomique. 144 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1948.
Title article is by De Broglie. Also includes "La Fission du Noyau et l'Energie Atomique" by Francis Perrin; "Transmutations et Rayonnements Correspondants" by Mme. Joliot-Curie, etc.
Title article is by De Broglie. Also includes "La Fission du Noyau et l'Energie Atomique" by Francis Perrin; "Transmutations et Rayonnements Correspondants" by Mme. Joliot-Curie, etc.
0062.
DE GROOT, W. Het natuurlijke Systeem der Elementen van het Standpunt der Kernphysica. 13 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Amsterdam: D.B. Centen's Uitgevers. 1937. JX1974.A1 U49
Offprint from Chemisch Weekblad, deel 34.
Offprint from Chemisch Weekblad, deel 34.
0063.
DEN HOED, DANIEL. Over de Werking van harde Roentgenstralen en Gammastralen van Radium. 172 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: J.H. De
Bussy. 1934.
Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the Author.
Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the Author.
0064.
THE DESCENT OF THE ATOM. A Layman's Creation. Anonymous. 154 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Lothrop. 1934. QC173 .D454 1934
0065.
DEUTMANN, L. Radium and Stoffwechsel. 38 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Munchen: Otto Gmelin. 1910.
0066.
DIEBNER, KURT & EBERHARD GRASSMANN. Kuenstliche Radioaktivitaet. Experimentelle Ergebnisse. 87 pages. 10 folding tables. 4to, plain grey wrappers.
FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1939. QC721 .D47
Diebner was the chief physicist in charge of the German War Office's atomic fission project. See Rhodes, pp. 311, 344, 517 & 607.
Diebner was the chief physicist in charge of the German War Office's atomic fission project. See Rhodes, pp. 311, 344, 517 & 607.
0067.
DORSEY, N. ERNEST. Physics of Radioactivity. The text of a Correspondence Course prepared especially for the Medical Profession.
223 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, in the original 23 parts. N.p.: Williams & Wilkins. 1921. QC721 .D75 1921
0068.
EATON, PETER, Bookseller. The Eaton-Richardson Library on the Atom. About 400+ leaves. Mimeographed typescript, printed on one side only. Folio, loose
in original cloth portfolio and slipcase. London. 1960. QC173.A1 E3
Comprises checklist of the library and manuscript archives of Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Owen Willans Richardson, as offered for sale by Peter Eaton. Especially strong in electron theory and manuscript materials, the catalogue is also a useful reference for ephemeral material relating to pre-World War II atomic science. Loosely inserted is an autograph note signed by Peter Eaton, indicating that the collection was purchased by Texas University. This catalogue is very scarce, as apparently only a small number were issued.
Comprises checklist of the library and manuscript archives of Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Owen Willans Richardson, as offered for sale by Peter Eaton. Especially strong in electron theory and manuscript materials, the catalogue is also a useful reference for ephemeral material relating to pre-World War II atomic science. Loosely inserted is an autograph note signed by Peter Eaton, indicating that the collection was purchased by Texas University. This catalogue is very scarce, as apparently only a small number were issued.
0069.
EHRENFEST, PAUL. Collected Scientific Papers. Edited by Martin J. Klein. Introduction by H.B.G. Casimir. 632 pages. 4to, cloth.
FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing. 1959. QC3 .E4
One of the leading theoretical physicists of his day, both Oppenheimer and Fermi studied with Ehrenfest to hone their mathematical skills. See Rhodes, pp. 127 & 206; DSB IV, pp. 292-294.
One of the leading theoretical physicists of his day, both Oppenheimer and Fermi studied with Ehrenfest to hone their mathematical skills. See Rhodes, pp. 127 & 206; DSB IV, pp. 292-294.
0070.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. "Ueber das Relativitaetsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen." In: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 4, No. 4 (1907): pp. 411-462. IV,
486 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1908.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS PIVOTAL PAPER in modern physics and the development of the atomic bomb. "On p. 443 are probably the first explicit statements both of the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass and of the equation for mass in terms of energy now regarded as the theoretical basis for the release of atomic energy." -Weil 21; Stanitz sale, lot 131.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS PIVOTAL PAPER in modern physics and the development of the atomic bomb. "On p. 443 are probably the first explicit statements both of the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass and of the equation for mass in terms of energy now regarded as the theoretical basis for the release of atomic energy." -Weil 21; Stanitz sale, lot 131.
0071.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. "Ueber das Relativitaetsprinzip. . . (Berichtigungen)." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 5, No. 1 (1908): pp. 98-99. IV, 576
pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1908.
Einstein's addendum to the preceding paper. Weil 21. This volume also includes papers by Rutherford, Soddy, and Geiger.
Einstein's addendum to the preceding paper. Weil 21. This volume also includes papers by Rutherford, Soddy, and Geiger.
0072.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT & LEOPOLD INFELD. The Evolution of Physics. The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta. 319 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. (Weil 201). New York: Simon and Schuster. 1938. QC7 .E5
0073.
FAJANS, K. Radioactivity and the Latest Development in the Study of the Chemical Elements. Translated from the Fourth German Edition by T.S. Wheeler and W.G. King. 138 pages.
Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. London: Methuen. 1923. QD466 .F282
0074.
FAJANS, KASIMIR. Radioelements and Isotopes: Chemical Forces and Optical Properties of Substances. 125 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1931. QD466 .F2
0075.
FARKAS, ADALBERT. Orthohydrogen, Parahydrogen and Heavy Hydrogen. 215 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1935. QD181.H1 F2
0076.
FEINBERG, J.G. The Story of Atomic Theory. Foreword by Frederick Soddy. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Dover. 1960. QC173 .F36 1960
First edition thus, with new foreword and postscript.
First edition thus, with new foreword and postscript.
0077.
FERMI, ENRICO. Collected Papers (Note e Memorie). 2 volumes. 1043; 1083 pages. Illustrated. Thick large 8vo, cloth. FIRST COLLECTED
EDITION. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1962-1965. QC3 .F4
Edited by E. Amaldi, H.L. Anderson, E. Persico, F. Rasetti, C.S. Smith, A. Wattenberg & E. Segre. The complete scientific papers of Fermi.
Edited by E. Amaldi, H.L. Anderson, E. Persico, F. Rasetti, C.S. Smith, A. Wattenberg & E. Segre. The complete scientific papers of Fermi.
0078.
FERMI, ENRICO. "Experimental Production of a Divergent Chain Reaction." IN: American Journal of Physics, Volume 20, Number 9: pp. 536-558. iv, pp. 527-610.
Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. New York: American Institute of Physics. December 1952.
FIRST PUBLISHED APPEARANCE of Fermi's hitherto classified account of the first atomic pile, written for the Manhattan project's Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago after the first successful production of a neutron chain reaction in uranium in 1942.
FIRST PUBLISHED APPEARANCE of Fermi's hitherto classified account of the first atomic pile, written for the Manhattan project's Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago after the first successful production of a neutron chain reaction in uranium in 1942.
0079.
FERMI, ENRICO. Molecules, Crystals, and Quantum Statistics. Translated by M. Ferro-Luzzi. 300 pages. 8vo, cloth. New York: Benjamin. 1966. QC173 .F46
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this classic 1934 text, "still very valuable as an introduction to the subject."
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this classic 1934 text, "still very valuable as an introduction to the subject."
0080.
FERMI, ENRICO. Nuclear Physics. A Course Given at the University of Chicago. Notes Compiled by Jay Orear, A.H. Rosenfeld,
and R.A. Schluter. Revised Edition. 248 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. University of
Chicago Press. 1958.
Reproduces the compilers' notes of lectures given by Fermi January-June 1949.
Reproduces the compilers' notes of lectures given by Fermi January-June 1949.
0081.
FERMI, ENRICO. On the Velocity Distribution Law for Slow Neutrons. pp. 128-130. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. The Hague: Nijhoff. 1935.
OTTO FRISCH'S COPY, signed by him in pencil on the front wrapper. Offprint from Zeeman, Verhandelingen.
OTTO FRISCH'S COPY, signed by him in pencil on the front wrapper. Offprint from Zeeman, Verhandelingen.
0082.
FERMI, ENRICO. Thermodynamics. 160 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Prentice-Hall. 1937. QC311 .F4
0083.
FRISCH, OTTO R. On the Selective Capture of Slow Neutrons. 31 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin
& Munksgaard. 1937.
0084.
FRISCH, O.R. H.V., HALBAN JUN & JORGEN KOCH. On the Slowing Down and Capture of Neutrons in Hydrogenous Substances. 37 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin & Munksgaard. 1938.
0085.
FRISCH, OTTO R., F.A. PANETH, et al, Editors. Trends in Atomic Physics. Essays dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue on the Occasion of their
80th birthday. 285 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth. New York: Interscience. 1959. QC475 .B45 1959
Includes: C.S. Wu. History of Beta Decay; Glenn T. Seaborg. Early Radiochemical Investigations of Plutonium; etc., etc.
Includes: C.S. Wu. History of Beta Decay; Glenn T. Seaborg. Early Radiochemical Investigations of Plutonium; etc., etc.
0086.
FUERSTENBERG, ALFRED. Physiologische und therapeutische Wirkungen des Radiums und Thoriums. 68 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Halle a.S.: Carl Marhold. 1912.
A curious homeopathic treatise on radium therapy. At the end are ads for various medicinal preparations, including radium mineral waters, etc.
A curious homeopathic treatise on radium therapy. At the end are ads for various medicinal preparations, including radium mineral waters, etc.
0087.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life. Fifty Years of Radioactivity. 161 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1946. QC173 .G19
0088.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life. Fifty Years of Radioactivity. 161 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
BRITISH EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1947. QC173 .G19 1947
0089.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. 114 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1931. QC173 .G3 1931
0090.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Der Bau des Atomkerns und die Radioaktivitaet. Ins Deutsche uebertragen von C. u. F. Houtermans. 147 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers.
FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1932. QC173 .G314 1932
Translated from Russian. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Translator. Includes a summary of Gamow's work on estimates of energy required to split the nucleus by means of artificially accelerated protons.
Translated from Russian. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Translator. Includes a summary of Gamow's work on estimates of energy required to split the nucleus by means of artificially accelerated protons.
0091.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom. 97 pages. Illustrated by the Author. Square 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Macmillan. 1944. QC173 .G29
0092.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland or Stories of C, G, and H. Illustrated by John Hookham. Square 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1940. QC6 .G2
The first "popular" scientific book by "one of the most talented and creative popularizers of science of all time." -DSB.
The first "popular" scientific book by "one of the most talented and creative popularizers of science of all time." -DSB.
0093.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Structure of Atomic Nuclei and Nuclear Transformations. Second Edition of Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. 270 pages. 8vo,
cloth. FIRST EDITION THUS. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1937. QC173 .G2 1937
0094.
GEITEL, H. Die Bestaetigung der Atomlehre durch die Radioaktivitaet. 24 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1913. QD461 .G4
0095.
GERLACH, WALTHER. Materie, Elektrizitaet, Energie. Die Entwicklung der Atomistik in den letzten zehn Jahren. 195 pages. 8vo, printed
wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Dresden & Leipzig: Steinkopff. 1923. QC173 .G4 1923
0096.
GIESEL, FRIEDRICH OSCAR. Ueber radioaktive Substanzen und deren Strahlen. 28 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. [Stuttgart]. 1902.
FIRST EDITION. Becquerel checklist, Number 152. The present copy has no title-page, apparently never bound in.
FIRST EDITION. Becquerel checklist, Number 152. The present copy has no title-page, apparently never bound in.
0097.
GLEDITSCH, ELLEN. Radioaktivitet och Grundamnesomvandling. Auktoriserad Oversattning fran Norskan av Astrid Cleve-Euler. 78 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Uppsala: Lindblads Forlag. 1925.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of current knowledge of radioactivity. Concludes with a chapter on the geology of uranium and thorium.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of current knowledge of radioactivity. Concludes with a chapter on the geology of uranium and thorium.
0098.
GOEHRING, OTTO. Autograph letter signed from Goehring to the noted gemologist George F. Kunz. 1-3/4 pages, on 2 conjugate folio sheets. Karlsruhe. May 17, 1915.
Goehring was the discover of "Uranium X2." Here he thanks Kunz for interest in his work, discusses the new element brevium of 1913 and his dissertation on uranium, etc., mentions Kasimir Fajans and his theories. Text in German. With the original stamped mailing envelope from the Chemisches Laboratorium, Karlsruhe.
Goehring was the discover of "Uranium X2." Here he thanks Kunz for interest in his work, discusses the new element brevium of 1913 and his dissertation on uranium, etc., mentions Kasimir Fajans and his theories. Text in German. With the original stamped mailing envelope from the Chemisches Laboratorium, Karlsruhe.
0099.
GRAETZER, HANS G. & DAVID L. ANDERSON. The Discovery of Nuclear Fission: A Documentary History. 120 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Van Nostrand. 1971. QC790 .G68
0100.
GREY, VIVIAN. Secret of the Mysterious Rays. The Discovery of Nuclear Energy. Illustrated by Ed Malsberg. 120 pages. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Basic Books. 1966. QC778.5 .G73 1966
0101.
GRIFFITHS, J.H.E. "The Absorption of Neutrons of Medium Energy." pp. (513)-519. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. (Cambridge: University Press). 1939.
Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. 170, No. 943.
Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. 170, No. 943.
0102.
GRUNER, DR. PAUL. Die Radioaktiven Substanzen und die Theorie des Atomzerfalles. 103 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Bern: A. Francke. 1906. QD601 .G7 1906
0103.
GUENTHER, HANNS. Ins Innere des Atoms. Autorisierte deutsche Bearbeitung nach John Mills, Within the Atom. 206 pages. Illustrated.
12mo, printed wrappers. Leipzig: Reclam. 1928.
0104.
HAAS, PROF. W.J. DE. Grepen uit den Ontwikkelingsgang der Atomtheorie. 22 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Groningen: Noordhoff. 1922.
0105.
HAHN, OTTO. "Ueber die Erscheinungen des radioaktiven Rueckstosses." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 7, No. 2(1910): pp. 296-312. IV,
662 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1910. JX1974.A1 U49
FIRST EDITION of Hahn's report on his pioneering work on radioactive recoil. See DSB VI, 16.
FIRST EDITION of Hahn's report on his pioneering work on radioactive recoil. See DSB VI, 16.
0106.
HAHN OTTO. "Ueber ein neues, die Emanation des Thoriums gebendes radioaktives Element." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 2, No. 3(1905): pp. [233]-266. IV,
486 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1906.
FIRST EDITION. Hahn's first detailed account of his discovery of radiothorium, made in England early in 1905. Weeks, 796; Romer, 38. The volume also includes "Die Definition der Radioaktivitaet" by Soddy; & "Die a-Strahlen des Radiums" by W.H. Bragg.
FIRST EDITION. Hahn's first detailed account of his discovery of radiothorium, made in England early in 1905. Weeks, 796; Romer, 38. The volume also includes "Die Definition der Radioaktivitaet" by Soddy; & "Die a-Strahlen des Radiums" by W.H. Bragg.
0107.
HAHN, OTTO & FRITZ STRASSMAN. Die chemische Abscheidung der bei der Spaltung des Urans entstehenden Elemente und
Atomarten (Allgemeiner Teil). 14 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1944.
Offprint from Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Jahrgang 1944 Nr. 12.
Offprint from Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Jahrgang 1944 Nr. 12.
0108.
HAHN, OTTO & FRITZ STRASSMANN. Ueber das Zerplatzen des Urankernes durch langsame Neutronen. 20 pages. Text figures. 4to, original printed blue wrappers. Berlin: Verlag der Akademie
der Wissenschaften. 1939.
FIRST EDITION, the very scarce offprint from Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1939 Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Nr. 12. "THE DISCOVERY OF NUCLEAR FISSION OF URANIUM." -Heralds of Science 168; see also PMM 422. "[Hahn & Strassmann] found that barium, a medium-weight element, was one of the products when uranium was bombarded by neutrons. . . The presence of barium meant that uranium had been split into two nearly equal fragments, which represented a tremendous jump in energy over all previous transmutation reactions. Calculations showed that such a reaction should yield 10 to 100 times the energy of less violent nuclear disintegrations." -Ency. Brit, (1971).
FIRST EDITION, the very scarce offprint from Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1939 Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Nr. 12. "THE DISCOVERY OF NUCLEAR FISSION OF URANIUM." -Heralds of Science 168; see also PMM 422. "[Hahn & Strassmann] found that barium, a medium-weight element, was one of the products when uranium was bombarded by neutrons. . . The presence of barium meant that uranium had been split into two nearly equal fragments, which represented a tremendous jump in energy over all previous transmutation reactions. Calculations showed that such a reaction should yield 10 to 100 times the energy of less violent nuclear disintegrations." -Ency. Brit, (1971).
0109.
HAHN, OTTO, FRITZ STRASSMANN & HANS GOETTE. Einiges ueber die experimentelle Entwirrung der bei der Spaltung des Urans auftretenden
Elemente und Atomarten. 30 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Berlin. 1942.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1942. Math.-naturw. Klasse. Nr. 3.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1942. Math.-naturw. Klasse. Nr. 3.
0110.
HAISSINSKY, M. Electrochimie des substances radioactives et des solutions extrement diluées. 67 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Herman & Cie. 1946.
0111.
HAISSINSKY, M. Les Radiocolloides. 25 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Herman & Cie. 1934.
0112.
HAMMER, WILLIAM J. Radium, and Other Radioactive Substances; Polonium, Actinium, and Thorium. 72 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Van Nostrand. 1903. QC721 .H22 1903a
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Hammer. One of the first books on the subject, by the inventor of the luminous watch-face utilizing micro-quantities of radium.
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by Hammer. One of the first books on the subject, by the inventor of the luminous watch-face utilizing micro-quantities of radium.
0113.
HAMPSON, DR. W. Radium Explained. A Popular Account of the Relations of Radium to the Natural World, to Scientific
Thought, and to Human Life. 122 pages. 8vo, pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. London:
Jack. 1905. QC721 .H25 1905
0114.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. "The Evolution of the Elements and the Stability of Complex Atoms." pp. (856)-879. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: American Chemical Society. May 1917.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XXXIX, No. 5. Harkins here demonstrates a relation between the abundance of the elements and the structure of the nuclei of the atoms. See DSB VI, pp. 117-119.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XXXIX, No. 5. Harkins here demonstrates a relation between the abundance of the elements and the structure of the nuclei of the atoms. See DSB VI, pp. 117-119.
0115.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. "Isotopes: A New Relation Concerning the Periodic System of the Atomic Species." pp. (1426)-1433. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: American Chemical Society. June 1923.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from The Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XLV, No. 6.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from The Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XLV, No. 6.
0116.
HARKINS, WILLIAM DRAPER. "The Nuclei of Atoms and the New Periodic System." pp. 73-94. 8vo, printed wrappers. Ithaca, N.Y.: The Physical Review. February 1920.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Physical Review, N.S., Vol. XV, No. 2. This paper announces THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL SEPARATION OF AN ELEMENT INTO ITS COMPONENT ISOTOPES, in this case chlorine. For a summary of Harkins's important contributions to nuclear physics, see DSB, VI, 117-119.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Physical Review, N.S., Vol. XV, No. 2. This paper announces THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL SEPARATION OF AN ELEMENT INTO ITS COMPONENT ISOTOPES, in this case chlorine. For a summary of Harkins's important contributions to nuclear physics, see DSB, VI, 117-119.
0117.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. "Periodic System of Atomic Nuclei and the Principle of Regularity and Continuity of
Series." pp. 1270-1288 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: Physical Review. October 1, 1931.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from Physical Review, Vol. 38, No. 7.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from Physical Review, Vol. 38, No. 7.
0118.
HARKINS, WILLIAM DRAPER. "The Stability of Atoms as Related to the Positive and Negative Electrons in their
Nuclei, and the Hydrogen, Helium, H3, H2 Theory of Atomic Structure." pp. 1956-1997. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: American Chemical Society. October 1920.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XLII, No. 10. BERNARD JAFFE'S COPY, signed by him on the front wrapper.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XLII, No. 10. BERNARD JAFFE'S COPY, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0119.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. "The Synthesis of Atoms, the Whole Number Rule, and the Periodic System of the Atomic
Species." pp. 371-435 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: Chemical Reviews. December 1928.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from Chemical Reviews, Vol. V, No. 4.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from Chemical Reviews, Vol. V, No. 4.
0120.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. & S.L. MADORSKY. "A Graphical Study of the Stability Relations of Atomic Nuclei." pp. (135)-156. 8vo, printed wrappers. Ithaca, N.Y.: Physical Review. February 1922.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from The Physical Review, N.S., Vol. XIX, No. 2.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from The Physical Review, N.S., Vol. XIX, No. 2.
0121.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. & R.W. RYAN. "A Method for Photographing the Disintegration of an Atom, and a New Type of Rays." pp. (2095)-2107. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: American Chemical Society. September 1923.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XLV, No. 9. Harkins was the first to use the C.T.R. Wilson cloud chamber to obtain exact determinations of the energy and mass of nuclear reactions.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. XLV, No. 9. Harkins was the first to use the C.T.R. Wilson cloud chamber to obtain exact determinations of the energy and mass of nuclear reactions.
0122.
HARKINS, WILLIAM D. & A.E. SCHUH. "The Frequency of Occurence of the Disintegrative Synthesis of Oxygen 17 from Nitrogen
14 and Helium." pp. 809-813. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: Physical Review. April 1, 1930.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from Physical Review, Vol. 35, No. 7.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from Physical Review, Vol. 35, No. 7.
0123.
HARKINS, WILLIAM DRAPER & ERNEST D. WILSON. "The Structure of Complex Atoms and the Changes of Mass and Weight Involved in their
Formation." pp. 276-283. 8vo, printed wrappers. N.p.: National Academy of Sciences. May 1915.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. I. One of the first important papers in nuclear physics by American researchers. Harkins & Wilson here proposed the greater stability of even-numbered isotopes, and presented evidence for the existence of isotopes not yet observed.
FIRST EDITION, offprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. I. One of the first important papers in nuclear physics by American researchers. Harkins & Wilson here proposed the greater stability of even-numbered isotopes, and presented evidence for the existence of isotopes not yet observed.
0124.
HARRISON, GEORGE RUSSELL. Atoms in Action. The World of Creative Physics. 370 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Morrow. 1939. QC28 .H37 1939
0125.
HARROW, BENJAMIN. The Romance of the Atom. 162 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Boni and Liveright. 1927. QC173 .H335 1927
0126.
HEIJN, FRANS ADRIAAN. Radioactivity Induced by Neutrons. 96 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Delft: W.D. Meinema. 1938.
0127.
HEINEKE, H. & G. PERTHES. "Die biologische Wirkung der Roentgen-und Radiumstrahlen." pp. (725)-802. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Berlin & Wien:
Urban & Schwarzenberg. 1925.
PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by Perthes. Off- printed from Lehrbuch der Strahlentherapie, Bd. I.
PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by Perthes. Off- printed from Lehrbuch der Strahlentherapie, Bd. I.
0128.
HEVESY, GEORGE. Artificial Radioactivity and Scandium. 17 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin & Munksgaard. 1935.
0129.
HEVESY, GEORGE. Selected Papers. 447 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Pergamon Press. 1967.
Collection of 51 papers in radiochemistry and the life sciences.
Collection of 51 papers in radiochemistry and the life sciences.
0130.
HEVESY, GEORGE V. & FRITZ PANETH. Lehrbuch der Radioaktivitaet. 213 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed boards. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Barth. 1923. QC721 .H48 1923
ROBERT W. LAWSON'S COPY, with numerous penned marginal notes and corrections in Lawson's hand. It is undoubtedly this copy that Lawson used in preparing the first English translation (see below). George Hevesy (1885-1958) was a pioneer in isotopic enrichment, and was the first to use radioactive tracers as biological indicators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943. Paneth (1887-1958) likewise made important contributions to the study of radioactivity. During WWII he was head of the joint British-Canadian atomic energy team in Montreal.
ROBERT W. LAWSON'S COPY, with numerous penned marginal notes and corrections in Lawson's hand. It is undoubtedly this copy that Lawson used in preparing the first English translation (see below). George Hevesy (1885-1958) was a pioneer in isotopic enrichment, and was the first to use radioactive tracers as biological indicators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943. Paneth (1887-1958) likewise made important contributions to the study of radioactivity. During WWII he was head of the joint British-Canadian atomic energy team in Montreal.
0131.
HEVESY, GEORGE & FRITZ PANETH. A Manual of Radioactivity. Translated by Robert Lawson. 252 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN
ENGLISH. London: Oxford University Press. 1926. QC795 .H413
"The present edition is not a literal translation of the original; it is essentially a new edition." -(Hevesy, in his preface to this edition).
"The present edition is not a literal translation of the original; it is essentially a new edition." -(Hevesy, in his preface to this edition).
0132.
HEVESY, GEORGE & F.A. PANETH. A Manual for Radioactivity. Second Edition, Completely Revised and Enlarged. Translated by Robert W. Lawson.
306 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. London: Oxford University Press. 1938. QC795 .H413 1938
0133.
HOLST, HELGE & H.A. KRAMERS. Bohrs Atomteori. Almenfatteligt Fremstillet. 134 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST
EDITION. Kjobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel. 1922. QD461 .H6 1922
One of 200 copies printed.
One of 200 copies printed.
0134.
HOLST, HELGE & H.A. KRAMERS. Bohrs Atomteori. Almenfatteligt Fremstillet. Anden aendrede og udvidede under Medvirkning af O. Klein.
168 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel. 1929.
0135.
HONORE, F. Le Radium. Decouverte de la Radioactivité et du Radium. Origine de l'Energie Radioactive. Le
Radium dans la Nature. Ses Emplois Usuels. 140 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers,
uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1926.
0136.
HUGHES, DONALD J. The Neutron Story. 158 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday. A paperback
original. 1959. QC793.5.N462 H84
The Author was a member of the Manhattan project.
The Author was a member of the Manhattan project.
0137.
HULTHEN, ERIK. "Nyare Undersoekningar oever Atomkaernans Konstitution." IN: Kosmos, Band 10, pp. 69-100. 251 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Stockholm:
Norstedt & Soener. 1932.
0138.
INSTITUTE SOLVAY, BRUSSELS. Rapports et Discussions sur les Isotopes. Septieme Conseil de Chemie tenu a l'Université de Bruxelles, du 22-27 Septembre 1947.
411 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Bruxelles: R. Stoops. 1948. QD466 .I54 1948
Contributors include M.F. Joliot-Curie, F.A. Paneth, G. de Hevesy, and others.
Contributors include M.F. Joliot-Curie, F.A. Paneth, G. de Hevesy, and others.
0139.
JANET, CHARLES. La Structure du Noyau de l'Atome Considerée dans la Classification Periodique des
Elements Chimiques. 67 pages. 3 folding plates. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Beauvais: Imprimerie
Departmentale de l'Oise. 1927. QC173 .J35 1927
0140.
JOLY, J. Radioactivity and Geology. An Account of the Influence of Radioactive Energy on Terrestrial History. 287 pages.
Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Constable. 1909. QC795.3 .J65
FIRST BOOK ON RADIO-GEOLOGY, by the founder of the science. DSB VII, 160-161.
FIRST BOOK ON RADIO-GEOLOGY, by the founder of the science. DSB VII, 160-161.
0141.
JOLY, JOHN. The Surface-History of the Earth. 192 pages. Illustrated, including folding map. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Oxford:
Clarendon Press. 1925. QE511 .J6
Joly's work in radiogeology since 1909 is summarized here. See Lawrence Badash, "The Age-of-the-Earth Debate" in Scientific American, August 1989 for a good assessment of Joly's place in the history of geology.
Joly's work in radiogeology since 1909 is summarized here. See Lawrence Badash, "The Age-of-the-Earth Debate" in Scientific American, August 1989 for a good assessment of Joly's place in the history of geology.
0142.
KIRCHHEIMER, FRANZ. Das Uran und seine Geschichte. 371 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart'sche
Verlagsbuchhandlung. 1963. TN490.U7 K5
The definitive history of uranium from its discovery in 1789 to 1898.
The definitive history of uranium from its discovery in 1789 to 1898.
0143.
KLEIN, O. "Teoretiska foerstaellningar om atomkaernorna." IN: Kosmos, Band 14. pp. (7)-28. 217 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Stockholm:
Norstedt & Soener. 1936.
0144.
KLEIN, OSKAR. "Den Bohrska Atomteorien." IN: Kosmos, Band 3, pp. 72-120. 242 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards.
Stockholm: Norstedt & Soener. 1923.
An examination of Bohr's theory of the atom, by one of the leading physicists of the day.
An examination of Bohr's theory of the atom, by one of the leading physicists of the day.
0145.
KLEIN, OSKAR. Orsak och Verkan i den nya Atomteorins Belysning. 125 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur. 1935.
0146.
KOCH, HERMAN WILLIAM. Thresholds of Photofission in Uranium and Thorium. (4), 24 leaves, printed on rectos only. 4to, buckram. Urbana: U. of Illinois. 1944.
Number 2 of 4 copies printed. Author's doctoral thesis.
Number 2 of 4 copies printed. Author's doctoral thesis.
0147.
KRAMERS, H.A. & HELGE HOLST. De Bouw der Atomen. 201 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: N.V.D.B. Centen. 1927. QC173 .K854 1927
0148.
KUNZ, GEORGE F. & CHARLES BASKERVILLE. The Action of Radium, Actinium, Roentgen Rays and Ultra-violet Light on Minerals and
Gems. 32 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York Academy of Sciences. 1903.
0149.
LANCIEN, ANDRE. Le Radium. Sa genese, ses proprietés et ses emplois. 108 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative
wrappers. Paris: Bibliotheque Larousse. 1912. QC621 .L3 1912
0150.
LANGDON-DAVIES, JOHN. Inside the Atom. Illustrated by Betty Barr. 184 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New
York: Harper. 1933. QC173 .L25 1933
0151.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. "The Charging Effect Produced by the Rotation of a Prolate Iron Spheroid in a Uniform
Magnetic Field." pp. (842)-847. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Philosophical Magazine. 1924.
LAWRENCE'S FIRST PUBLISHED PAPER, written under the tutelage of his mentor at the U. of Minnesota, W.F.G. Swann, during his second year of graduate school. Bernard Jaffe's copy.
LAWRENCE'S FIRST PUBLISHED PAPER, written under the tutelage of his mentor at the U. of Minnesota, W.F.G. Swann, during his second year of graduate school. Bernard Jaffe's copy.
0152.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. "The Ionization of Atoms by Electron Impact." pp. (947)-961. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1926.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 28, No. 5. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 28, No. 5. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0153.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. "The New Frontiers in the Atom." pp. 163-173 + 9 plates, IN: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution 1941. 596
pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Washington: USGPO. 1942.
A typically circumspect wartime discussion of uranium fission.
A typically circumspect wartime discussion of uranium fission.
0154.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. "On the Apparatus for the Multiple Acceleration of Light Ions to High Speeds." pp. (1131)-1140 Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical
Review. 1936.
Report of "significant improvements of the apparatus. . . now called the 'cyclotron.'" Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 50, No. 12.
Report of "significant improvements of the apparatus. . . now called the 'cyclotron.'" Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 50, No. 12.
0155.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. Presentation of the Nobel Prize to Professor Ernest O. Lawrence. By Professor Raymond T. Birge. Response by Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence. 7 pages. 4to,
printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Science Press. 1940.
Excellent short biography of Lawrence by Prof. Birge. Lawrence's speech makes a pitch for funds to build a 4,000 ton, 100 MV cyclotron, a wish soon to be realized in principle in the Manhattan project's D-shaped mass-spectrometer with its 4,500 ton magnet, dubbed "calutron" by Lawrence, after the University of California, + tron from cyclotron.
Excellent short biography of Lawrence by Prof. Birge. Lawrence's speech makes a pitch for funds to build a 4,000 ton, 100 MV cyclotron, a wish soon to be realized in principle in the Manhattan project's D-shaped mass-spectrometer with its 4,500 ton magnet, dubbed "calutron" by Lawrence, after the University of California, + tron from cyclotron.
0156.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. The Role of the Faraday Cylinder in the Measurement of Electron Currents. pp. (29)-31. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: National Academy of Sciences. 1926.
Offprint from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 1. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
Offprint from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 1. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0157.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. "Transition Probabilities: Their Relation to Thermionic Emmission and the Photo-Electric
Effect." pp. (555)-561 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. May 1926.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 27, No. 5. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "With compliments of E.O.L," and signed by Bernard Jaffe on the front wrapper.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 27, No. 5. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "With compliments of E.O.L," and signed by Bernard Jaffe on the front wrapper.
0158.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. "Transmutation of Sodium by Deutons." pp. (17)-27. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1935.
FIRST REPORT ON THE ARTIFICIAL CREATION OF ISOTOPES WITH AN ACCELERATOR. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
FIRST REPORT ON THE ARTIFICIAL CREATION OF ISOTOPES WITH AN ACCELERATOR. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0159.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. & J.W. BEAMS. "Element of Time in the Photoelectric Effect." pp. (477)-485. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1928.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 32, No. 3. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 32, No. 3. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0160.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. & J.W. BEAMS. On the Nature of Light. pp. (207)-212. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: National Academy of Science. 1927.
Establishes experimentally upper limits to the possible magnitudes of the length of time elapsing during the process of absorption of a quantum of energy photo-electrically by an electron, and the so-called length of a light quantum. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
Establishes experimentally upper limits to the possible magnitudes of the length of time elapsing during the process of absorption of a quantum of energy photo-electrically by an electron, and the so-called length of a light quantum. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0161.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. & M. STANLEY LIVINGSTON. "Production of High Speed Light Ions without the Use of High Voltages." pp. 19-35. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1932.
FIRST REPORT OF THE INVENTION OF THE CYCLOTRON, a major step towards the release of atomic energy. The cyclotron was used by Lawrence to initiate and study nuclear reactions of many kinds, and was an indispensable tool in the development of the atomic bomb, not to mention all subsequent work in nuclear physics. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
FIRST REPORT OF THE INVENTION OF THE CYCLOTRON, a major step towards the release of atomic energy. The cyclotron was used by Lawrence to initiate and study nuclear reactions of many kinds, and was an indispensable tool in the development of the atomic bomb, not to mention all subsequent work in nuclear physics. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0162.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST O. & DAVID H. SLOAN. "Production of Heavy High Speed Ions without the Use of High Voltages." pp. (2021)- 2032. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1931.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 38, No. 11. LAWRENCE'S FIRST PAPER ON ION ACCELERATION, offering improvements on Wideroe's linear accelerator, yielding for heavier ions an acceleration corresponding to 1.26 mv. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrappers.
Offprint from Physical Review, Vol. 38, No. 11. LAWRENCE'S FIRST PAPER ON ION ACCELERATION, offering improvements on Wideroe's linear accelerator, yielding for heavier ions an acceleration corresponding to 1.26 mv. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrappers.
0163.
LAWRENCE, JOHN H., PAUL C. ABERSOLD & ERNEST O. LAWRENCE. "Comparative Effects of X-Rays and Neutrons on Normal and Tumor Tissue." pp. (543)-557. Illustrated. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: National
Academy of Sciences. 1936.
First demonstration of the greater biological effect, per unit ionization, of neutrons versus X-rays. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
First demonstration of the greater biological effect, per unit ionization, of neutrons versus X-rays. Bernard Jaffe's copy, signed by him on the front wrapper.
0164.
LIND, SAMUEL C. The Chemical Effects of Alpha Particles and Electrons. 182 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Chemical Catalog Company. 1921. QC795 .L56
0165.
(LIND, SAMUEL COLVILLE). Journal of Chemical Education. Lind Jubilee Symposium. Development of Radiation Chemistry. 25 leaves. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers. N.p.: American Chemical Society. 1959.
History of radiochemistry and Lind Festschrift.
History of radiochemistry and Lind Festschrift.
0166.
LINDSAY, ROBERT, Editor. Early Concepts of Energy in Atomic Physics. 402 pages. 8vo, cloth. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross. 1979. QC173 .E2
Reprints with explanatory notes various classic papers.
Reprints with explanatory notes various classic papers.
0167.
LIVINGSTON, M. STANLEY. Particle Accelerators: A Brief History. 122 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: Harvard. 1969. QC786 .L53
0168.
LODGE, SIR OLIVER. Atoms and Rays. An Introduction to Modern Views on Atomic Structure and Radiation. 222 pages. 12mo,
cloth. London: Ernest Benn. 1931. QC171 .L8 1931
0169.
LODGE, SIR OLIVER. Radioaktivitaet und Kontinuitaet. Zwei Vortaege. 217 pages. Small 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Leipzig:
Ambrosius Barth. 1914.
0170.
LORENTZ, DR. H.A. Stralingstheorie (1910-1911). Bewerkt door Dr. A.D. Fokker. 77 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Leiden:
E.J. Brill. 1919. QC475 .L6 1919
5 chapters, each in turn devoted to the radiation theories of Kirchhoff, Boltzmann, Wien, Jeans, and Planck.
5 chapters, each in turn devoted to the radiation theories of Kirchhoff, Boltzmann, Wien, Jeans, and Planck.
0171.
LORING, F.H. Atomic Theories. Second Edition, Revised. 218 pages. 8vo, cloth. London: Methuen. 1923. QC173 .L85 1923
0172.
MAKOWER, WALTER. The Radioactive Substances. Their Properties and Behaviour. 301 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. New York: Appleton. 1908. QC795 .M2 1908
0173.
MAKOWER, WALTER & HANS GEIGER. Practical Measurements in Radio-activity. 151 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Longmans. 1912. QC795.42 .M26
This is the first general manual for making radioactive measurements, and the first separately printed account of the instrument now known as the "Geiger Counter." For biography of Geiger, see DSB V, 330-333.
This is the first general manual for making radioactive measurements, and the first separately printed account of the instrument now known as the "Geiger Counter." For biography of Geiger, see DSB V, 330-333.
0174.
MARCKWALD, W. Autograph letter signed, to the noted gemologist George F. Kunz. 2 pages, on 2 4to sheets. Berlin. March 14, 1904.
Marckwald was the discover of ionium. Here he sends Kunz a sample of radium telluride for his exhibit, presumably at the American Museum of Natural History. He discusses the scarcity of Joachimsthal pitchblende, and remarks on the difficulty of purchasing commercial radium samples. Text in German, with accompanying English translation.
Marckwald was the discover of ionium. Here he sends Kunz a sample of radium telluride for his exhibit, presumably at the American Museum of Natural History. He discusses the scarcity of Joachimsthal pitchblende, and remarks on the difficulty of purchasing commercial radium samples. Text in German, with accompanying English translation.
0175.
MARKE, A.W. Atomer og Molekyler. Traek af den Moderne fysik. 203 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. Kobenhavn: P. Hasse. 1931. QC173 .M34 1931
0176.
MAYER, HANS. Die Neuren Strahlungen. Kathoden-, Kanal, Roentgen-Strahlen und die radioaktive Selbstrahlung (Becquerelstrahlen).
65 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Maehr.-Ostrau: R. Papauschek. 1904. QC475 .M43 1904
0177.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Medical Uses of Radium. Summary of Reports from Research Centres for 1931. 56 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers.
London: HMSO. 1932.
0178.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Medical Uses of Radium. Summary of Reports from Research Centres for 1934. 45 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed
wrappers. London: HMSO. 1935.
0179.
MEITNER, LISE. "Der Zusammenhang zwischen B- und y-Strahlen." IN: Ergebnisse der exakten Naturwissenschaften. Dritter Band (1924): pp. (160)-181.
(IV), 404 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Berlin: Springer. 1924.
Dibner 168. In this classic paper, Meitner signals the study of nuclear change by means of the bombardment of atoms of many elements by alpha particles.
Dibner 168. In this classic paper, Meitner signals the study of nuclear change by means of the bombardment of atoms of many elements by alpha particles.
0180.
MEITNER, LISE & O.R. FRISCH. On the Products of the Fission of Uranium and Thorium under Neutron Bombardment. 14 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Munksgaard. 1939.
0181.
MEITNER, LISE & OTTO R. FRISCH. "Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: A New Type of Nuclear Reaction." IN: Nature, Volume 143, pp. 239-240. 1080 pages + Index. 4to, buckram. London: Macmillan. January 7-June 24, 1939.
FIRST EDITION AND APPEARANCE OF ONE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS EVER PUBLISHED, IN WHICH NUCLEAR FISSION IS FIRST RECOGNIZED AND NAMED. PMM 422; Smyth, p. 10 ff. Meitner and Frisch here report their interpretation of the recent results achieved by Hahn & Strassmann with the following now-famous lines: "It seems therefore possible that the uranium nucleus has only small stability of form, and may, after neutron capture, divide itself into two nuclei of roughly equal size. . . ." Meitner and Frisch christened the "new type of nuclear reaction 'Nuclear Fission.'" The present volume also includes other important related contributions by Meitner, Frisch, and Niels Bohr.
FIRST EDITION AND APPEARANCE OF ONE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS EVER PUBLISHED, IN WHICH NUCLEAR FISSION IS FIRST RECOGNIZED AND NAMED. PMM 422; Smyth, p. 10 ff. Meitner and Frisch here report their interpretation of the recent results achieved by Hahn & Strassmann with the following now-famous lines: "It seems therefore possible that the uranium nucleus has only small stability of form, and may, after neutron capture, divide itself into two nuclei of roughly equal size. . . ." Meitner and Frisch christened the "new type of nuclear reaction 'Nuclear Fission.'" The present volume also includes other important related contributions by Meitner, Frisch, and Niels Bohr.
0182.
MEYER, KIRSTINE. Radium og Radioaktiver Stoffer samt nyere Opdagelser angaaende Straaler. 98 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed boards. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske
Boghandel. 1904.
0183.
MEYER, R.J. Bibliographie der seltenen Erden Ceriterden, Yttererden und Thorium. 78 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Hamburg & Leipzig:
Leopold Voss. 1905. Z5524.C41 M5 1905
0184.
MEYER, STEFAN & EGON R.V. SCHWEIDLER. Radioaktivitaet. 541 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. Berlin:
Teubner. 1916. QC776 .M48
JAMES CHADWICK'S COPY, signed by him on the front free endpaper.
JAMES CHADWICK'S COPY, signed by him on the front free endpaper.
0185.
MOSELEY, H.G.J. "The High Frequency Spectra of the Elements." IN: Phil. Mag. 26: pp. 1024-34; 27: 703-13. 1 plate. The complete nos. 156 & 160.
8vo, printed wrappers, housed in protective cloth case provided. FIRST EDITION. London:
Taylor & Francis. 1913-1914.
PMM 407. Moseley's work, first reported here, gave experimental confirmation that it is nuclear charge (atomic number), not atomic weight, that determines the properties of the elements. "Considered by Rutherford as 'a born experimenter,' Moseley in his brief life established one great fact-the primacy of atomic number. On this basis all later developments in nuclear physics and atomic chemistry have been built." -Williams, p. 380.
PMM 407. Moseley's work, first reported here, gave experimental confirmation that it is nuclear charge (atomic number), not atomic weight, that determines the properties of the elements. "Considered by Rutherford as 'a born experimenter,' Moseley in his brief life established one great fact-the primacy of atomic number. On this basis all later developments in nuclear physics and atomic chemistry have been built." -Williams, p. 380.
0186.
MOTT, N.F. & H.S.W. MASSEY. The Theory of Atomic Collisions. 283 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1933. QC794.6.C6 M6
0187.
MUNOZ DEL CASTILLO, JOSE. Radiactividad y Radibiologia. Curso profesado en Facultad Medicina. 677 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Madrid:
Liberia International. 1919.
0188.
NAHMIAS, MAURICE E. Le Cyclotron. La Desintegration de la Matiere et la Radiobiologie. Preface de Frederic Joliot.
254 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Editions de la
Revue d'Optique Theorique et Instrumentale. 1945. QC544.C85 N3 1945
The first significant work on cyclotrons published in France. Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the Author.
The first significant work on cyclotrons published in France. Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the Author.
0189.
NAHMIAS, MAURICE E. Machines Atomiques. Cyclotron et autres Accelerateurs Piles Atomiques. Edition Remaniée et Completée de l'Ouvrage 'Le Cyclotron' (1945). 310 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Editions de la Revue d'Optique Theorique
et Instrumentale. 1950. QC786 .N3 1950
0190.
NEWLANDS, JOHN A.R. On the Discovery of the Periodic Law, and on Relations Among the Atomic Weights. viii, 39 pages + Spon's 16-page catalogue. 2 folding tables. 12mo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
London: Spon. 1884.
J.A.R. Newlands is credited with taking the pioneering step toward the discovery of the periodic law. "In 1864 he arranged the elements in the order of increasing atomic weights, and noticed that after each interval of eight elements, similar physical and chemical properties reappeared. . . but for this law of octaves he gained nothing but public ridicule from the English Chemical Society." -Weeks. In 1884, Newlands collected his papers on the subject into the present monograph in an attempt to support his priority over Mendeleev.
J.A.R. Newlands is credited with taking the pioneering step toward the discovery of the periodic law. "In 1864 he arranged the elements in the order of increasing atomic weights, and noticed that after each interval of eight elements, similar physical and chemical properties reappeared. . . but for this law of octaves he gained nothing but public ridicule from the English Chemical Society." -Weeks. In 1884, Newlands collected his papers on the subject into the present monograph in an attempt to support his priority over Mendeleev.
0191.
NORLING, FOLKE. "De nya elementarpartiklarna och deras roll i den moderna kaernforskning." IN: Kosmos, Band 16, pp. 55-100. 246 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards.
Stockholm: Norstedt & Soener. 1938.
Also includes Anna Beckman's report on the awarding of the 1938 Nobel prize in physics to Enrico Fermi.
Also includes Anna Beckman's report on the awarding of the 1938 Nobel prize in physics to Enrico Fermi.
0192.
OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT. The Flying Trapeze: Three Crises for Physicists. 65 pages. 12mo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Oxford U. Press. 1964. QC71 .O7
The Whidden Lectures for 1962.
The Whidden Lectures for 1962.
0193.
PAULI, WOLFGANG. Collected Scientific Papers. Edited by R. Kronig and V.F. Weisskopf. 2 volumes. 1133; 1408 pages. Thick 4to, cloth.
FIRST EDITION. New York: Interscience. 1964. QC3 .P3
0194.
PAULI, WOLFGANG. Ueber die Intensitaeten der im Elektrischen Feld erscheinenden Kombinationslinien. 20 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Bianco
Lunos. 1925.
0195.
PEIERLS, R.E. The Laws of Nature. 284 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York:
Scribner's. 1956. QC23 .P4
0196.
PERRIN, JEAN. Les Atomes. 291 pages. 8vo, newer cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION. Paris:
Felix Alcan. 1913. QC173 .P4 1913
Perrin (1870-1942) is known for his work on cathode rays, the Brownian motion, and for his calculation of the Avogadro number. "At the turn of the century there was still considerable doubt as to whether matter was really composed of atoms. . . it was Perrin's experiments which finally convinced the world that atoms existed." -Williams, p. 414.
Perrin (1870-1942) is known for his work on cathode rays, the Brownian motion, and for his calculation of the Avogadro number. "At the turn of the century there was still considerable doubt as to whether matter was really composed of atoms. . . it was Perrin's experiments which finally convinced the world that atoms existed." -Williams, p. 414.
0197.
PETTERSSON, HANS. Kuenstliche Verwandlung der Elements (Zertruemerung der Atome). Aus dem Schwedischen uebersetzt von Elisabeth Kirsch. 159 pages. Illustrated. 8vo,
cloth-backed boards. Berlin & Leipzig: De Gruyter. 1929. QC721 .P4 1929
0198.
PETTERSSON, HANS. "The Reflexion of a-particles against Atomic Nuclei." IN: Arkiv foer Matematik, Astronomi och Fysik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien.
Band 19, Haefte 2. Irregular pagination. 8vo, printed wrappers. Stockholm: Almquist
& Wiksells. 1925.
0199.
PETTERSSON, HANS & GERHARD KIRSCH. Atomzertruemmerung. Verwandlung der Elemente durch Bestrahlung mit a-Teilchen. 247 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. 1926. QC794.6.R3 P48
0200.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 1. 112 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster &
New York: American Physical Society. January 1, 1939.
Includes: "Energy Production in Stars" by H.A. Bethe (Boorse & Motz, paper 90); and "Radioactivity Induced by Nuclear Excitations: I. Excitations by Neutrons" by M. Goldhaber, R.D. Hill, and Leo Szilard.
Includes: "Energy Production in Stars" by H.A. Bethe (Boorse & Motz, paper 90); and "Radioactivity Induced by Nuclear Excitations: I. Excitations by Neutrons" by M. Goldhaber, R.D. Hill, and Leo Szilard.
0201.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 2. 113-243 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. January 15, 1939.
Includes "The Isotopic Constitution of Uranium and the Half-Lives of the Uranium Isotopes. I" by A.O. Nier-A CRUCIAL PAPER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. Nier here reports his study of Uranium isotopes as a tool for geological dating; he finds only 3 isotopes, determines their relative abundances, and calculates their half-lives; most importantly, Nier used a mass spectrograph for the separations and he was in a position to respond to the urgent need, recognized just weeks later, for separated isotopes to determine which isotope fissioned with slow neutrons; sufficient material was not available until early 1940 to prove conclusively that U-235, not U-238, fissioned with thermal neutrons.
Includes "The Isotopic Constitution of Uranium and the Half-Lives of the Uranium Isotopes. I" by A.O. Nier-A CRUCIAL PAPER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. Nier here reports his study of Uranium isotopes as a tool for geological dating; he finds only 3 isotopes, determines their relative abundances, and calculates their half-lives; most importantly, Nier used a mass spectrograph for the separations and he was in a position to respond to the urgent need, recognized just weeks later, for separated isotopes to determine which isotope fissioned with slow neutrons; sufficient material was not available until early 1940 to prove conclusively that U-235, not U-238, fissioned with thermal neutrons.
0202.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 3. 245-322 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. February 1, 1939.
Includes contributions by W.F. Libby, H.A. Bethe, E. Segre, and Glenn T. Seaborg.
Includes contributions by W.F. Libby, H.A. Bethe, E. Segre, and Glenn T. Seaborg.
0203.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 4. 323-424 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. February 15, 1939.
Contains THE FIRST PUBLICATIONS ON FISSION FROM U.S. RESEARCHERS. The short notes describe hastily done experiments to confirm the news that Bohr brought to the U.S. of the Meitner-Frisch explanation (fission) of the Hahn-Strassman experiments. Included are: "Droplet Fission of Uranium and Thorium Nuclei" by Philip Abelson; and "Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegrations and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr, his first note on the recent discovery of fission, in which he predicts, correctly, that U-235 will fission with slow (thermal) neutrons, but that U-238 will not.
Contains THE FIRST PUBLICATIONS ON FISSION FROM U.S. RESEARCHERS. The short notes describe hastily done experiments to confirm the news that Bohr brought to the U.S. of the Meitner-Frisch explanation (fission) of the Hahn-Strassman experiments. Included are: "Droplet Fission of Uranium and Thorium Nuclei" by Philip Abelson; and "Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegrations and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr, his first note on the recent discovery of fission, in which he predicts, correctly, that U-235 will fission with slow (thermal) neutrons, but that U-238 will not.
0204.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 5. 425-512 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. March 1, 1939.
Includes: "Disintegration of Uranium" by D.R. Corson & R.L. Thornton-the first direct observation with a cloud chamber; "Radioactive Recoils from Uranium by Neutrons" by Edwin McMillan; "Further Observations on the Splitting of Uranium and Thorium" by R.B. Roberts, R.C. Meyer, & P. Wang-discovery of the delayed neutron emission, important for the control of fission reactors; and, "The Fission of Uranium" by Anderson, Booth, Dunning, Fermi, Glasoe, & Slack-here Fermi reports his first experiment; 16 days later, in a letter to the Navy seeking funding, Fermi pointed out the possibility of the liberation of huge quantities of energy from fission reactions. Also includes H.A. Bethe's "Energy Production in Stars," announcing the discovery of the CNO cycle.
Includes: "Disintegration of Uranium" by D.R. Corson & R.L. Thornton-the first direct observation with a cloud chamber; "Radioactive Recoils from Uranium by Neutrons" by Edwin McMillan; "Further Observations on the Splitting of Uranium and Thorium" by R.B. Roberts, R.C. Meyer, & P. Wang-discovery of the delayed neutron emission, important for the control of fission reactors; and, "The Fission of Uranium" by Anderson, Booth, Dunning, Fermi, Glasoe, & Slack-here Fermi reports his first experiment; 16 days later, in a letter to the Navy seeking funding, Fermi pointed out the possibility of the liberation of huge quantities of energy from fission reactions. Also includes H.A. Bethe's "Energy Production in Stars," announcing the discovery of the CNO cycle.
0205.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 6. 515-608 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. 1939.
Contributors include I.I. Rabi, E. Segre, Y. Nishina, and others.
Contributors include I.I. Rabi, E. Segre, Y. Nishina, and others.
0206.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 7. 609-686 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. April 1, 1939.
Includes: "The Delayed Neutron Emission which Accompanies Fission of Uranium and Thorium" by Roberts, Hafstad, Meyer, and Wang-more details to follow their previous note. Other contributors to this issue include Glenn T. Seaborg, Edward Teller, G. Gamow, and I.I. Rabi.
Includes: "The Delayed Neutron Emission which Accompanies Fission of Uranium and Thorium" by Roberts, Hafstad, Meyer, and Wang-more details to follow their previous note. Other contributors to this issue include Glenn T. Seaborg, Edward Teller, G. Gamow, and I.I. Rabi.
0207.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 8. 687-800 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. April 15, 1939.
Includes: "Production of Neutrons in Uranium Bombarded by Neutrons" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and H. B. Hanstein - the discovery of the instantaneous neutron emission that accompanies fission, with the first crude estimate that 2 neutrons per fission are produced; and, "Instantaneous Emission of Fast Neutrons in the Interactions of Slow Neutrons with Uranium" by Leo Szilard and Walter H. Zinn - where it is estimated, by another experiment, that 2 neutrons per fission are produced and that the vast majority of emitted neutrons are instantaneous, not delayed.
Includes: "Production of Neutrons in Uranium Bombarded by Neutrons" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and H. B. Hanstein - the discovery of the instantaneous neutron emission that accompanies fission, with the first crude estimate that 2 neutrons per fission are produced; and, "Instantaneous Emission of Fast Neutrons in the Interactions of Slow Neutrons with Uranium" by Leo Szilard and Walter H. Zinn - where it is estimated, by another experiment, that 2 neutrons per fission are produced and that the vast majority of emitted neutrons are instantaneous, not delayed.
0208.
THE PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 9. 803-882 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. May 1, 1939.
Includes: "Delayed Neutron Emission from Uranium" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack, reporting the instantaneous-to-delayed neutron ratio and the slow neutron fission cross section.
Includes: "Delayed Neutron Emission from Uranium" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack, reporting the instantaneous-to-delayed neutron ratio and the slow neutron fission cross section.
0209.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 10. 883-989 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. May 15, 1939.
Includes "Energy Distribution of Uranium Fission Fragments" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack. This is the first evidence that fission fragments divide into two mass groups; the now familiar bimodal distribution curve is shown; a good estimate of the kinetic energy per fission is determined from measurements.
Includes "Energy Distribution of Uranium Fission Fragments" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack. This is the first evidence that fission fragments divide into two mass groups; the now familiar bimodal distribution curve is shown; a good estimate of the kinetic energy per fission is determined from measurements.
0210.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 11. 991-1150 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. June 1, 1939.
Includes "Simple Capture of Neutrons by Uranium" by H.L. Anderson and E. Fermi-the first attempt to evaluate the relative rates of neutron capture vs. fission with thermal neutrons by calculation of cross sections from data.
Includes "Simple Capture of Neutrons by Uranium" by H.L. Anderson and E. Fermi-the first attempt to evaluate the relative rates of neutron capture vs. fission with thermal neutrons by calculation of cross sections from data.
0211.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 12. 1151-1300 pages plus Table of Contents. 4to,
printed wrappers. Lancaster & New York: American Physical Society. June 15, 1939.
Contributions by I.I. Rabi, H.A. Bethe, Glenn T. Seaborg, W.F. Libby, et al.
Contributions by I.I. Rabi, H.A. Bethe, Glenn T. Seaborg, W.F. Libby, et al.
0212.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 1. 124 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster &
New York: American Physical Society. July 1, 1939.
Includes report on the "Initial Performance of the 60-Inch Cyclotron of the William H. Crocker Radiation Laboratory, University of California" by Ernest O. Lawrence, Luis W. Alvarez, et al.
Includes report on the "Initial Performance of the 60-Inch Cyclotron of the William H. Crocker Radiation Laboratory, University of California" by Ernest O. Lawrence, Luis W. Alvarez, et al.
0213.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 2. 125-218 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. July 15, 1939.
Includes "Study of Uranium Thorium Fission Produced by Fast Neutrons of Nearly Homogeneous Energy" by S. Millman, P. Kusch, and I.I. Rabi.
Includes "Study of Uranium Thorium Fission Produced by Fast Neutrons of Nearly Homogeneous Energy" by S. Millman, P. Kusch, and I.I. Rabi.
0214.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 3. 219-290 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. August 1, 1939.
Includes "Neutron Production and Absorption of Uranium" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Acknowledging that large errors may have been associated with the previous estimate of two neutrons per fission, a new apparatus is used to determine if an excess of neutrons results from the interaction of thermal neutrons with Uranium. The authors "conclude that a nuclear chain reaction could be maintained. . . ."
Includes "Neutron Production and Absorption of Uranium" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Acknowledging that large errors may have been associated with the previous estimate of two neutrons per fission, a new apparatus is used to determine if an excess of neutrons results from the interaction of thermal neutrons with Uranium. The authors "conclude that a nuclear chain reaction could be maintained. . . ."
0215.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 4. 291-385 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. August 15, 1939.
Contributors include J.L. Lawson, R.P. Feynman, Edward Teller, and Luis W. Alvarez.
Contributors include J.L. Lawson, R.P. Feynman, Edward Teller, and Luis W. Alvarez.
0216.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 5. 387-486 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. September 1, 1939.
Includes "Mechanism of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr and John Archibald Wheeler. This is the first quantitative development of theory to calculate: 1) available energy for the various possible fission fragments; 2) binding energy of neutrons in fission fragments; and 3)energy of beta emission. Threshold energies of neutrons to produce fission are calculated and negative values are found for U-234 and U-235.
Includes "Mechanism of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr and John Archibald Wheeler. This is the first quantitative development of theory to calculate: 1) available energy for the various possible fission fragments; 2) binding energy of neutrons in fission fragments; and 3)energy of beta emission. Threshold energies of neutrons to produce fission are calculated and negative values are found for U-234 and U-235.
0217.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 6. 487-617 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. September 15, 1939.
Includes contributions by R.A. Millikan, E.P. Wigner, Edward Teller, Luis Alvarez, and others.
Includes contributions by R.A. Millikan, E.P. Wigner, Edward Teller, Luis Alvarez, and others.
0218.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 7. 619-707 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. October 1, 1939.
Includes "Emission of Neutrons by Uranium" by W.H. Zinn and Leo Szilard. This reports a more elaborate experiment by a different method to confirm that the absorption of one thermal neutron by Uranium produces, on net, more than one neutron. These results prompted Szilard to draft the letter, signed by Einstein, that reached the president a few weeks later. After this issue, the open publication of research came to a virtual halt.
Includes "Emission of Neutrons by Uranium" by W.H. Zinn and Leo Szilard. This reports a more elaborate experiment by a different method to confirm that the absorption of one thermal neutron by Uranium produces, on net, more than one neutron. These results prompted Szilard to draft the letter, signed by Einstein, that reached the president a few weeks later. After this issue, the open publication of research came to a virtual halt.
0219.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 8. 709-861 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. October 15, 1939.
0220.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 9. 863-964 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. November 1, 1939.
0221.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 10. 965-1068 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. November 15, 1939.
0222.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 11. 1069-1173 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. December 1, 1939.
0223.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 12. 1175-1264 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. December 15, 1939.
0224.
LES PRIX NOBEL EN 1901. 92; 7; 13 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Imprimerie
Royale. 1904.
THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZE. W.C. Roentgen is recipient of the prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays. Fine photogravure portrait of Roentgen, with facsimile signature.
THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZE. W.C. Roentgen is recipient of the prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays. Fine photogravure portrait of Roentgen, with facsimile signature.
0225.
LES PRIX NOBEL EN 1903. 92; 15; 14; 8 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm:
Imprimerie Royale. 1906.
HENRI BECQUEREL, PIERRE CURIE & MARIE CURIE share the prize in Physics. Includes Becquerel's speech "Sur une Proprieté Nouvelle de la Matiere, la Radio-Activité," and Pierre Curie's "Conference Nobel."
HENRI BECQUEREL, PIERRE CURIE & MARIE CURIE share the prize in Physics. Includes Becquerel's speech "Sur une Proprieté Nouvelle de la Matiere, la Radio-Activité," and Pierre Curie's "Conference Nobel."
0226.
LES PRIX NOBEL EN 1940-1944, 158 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Stockholm: Imprimerie Royale. 1946.
Nobel prize in physics for I.I. Rabi ("pour la methode de resonance qu'il a decouverte en vue de l'enregistrement des proprietés magnetiques des noyaux atomiques"), and in chemistry for George Hevesy ("pour ses travaux sur l'emploi des isotopes en qualité d'indicateurs lors de l'etude des processus chimiques").
Nobel prize in physics for I.I. Rabi ("pour la methode de resonance qu'il a decouverte en vue de l'enregistrement des proprietés magnetiques des noyaux atomiques"), and in chemistry for George Hevesy ("pour ses travaux sur l'emploi des isotopes en qualité d'indicateurs lors de l'etude des processus chimiques").
0227.
RADIUM, LE: Publication Mensuelle. Directeur Henri Farjas. 1er Annee. No. 1-No. 6 (all published). Together, 6 issues.
16 pages each. Many illustrations from photographs. 4to, contemporary cloth-backed
boards. Paris: Henri Farjas. Janvier-Juin 1904.
COMPLETE FILE of this extremely rare journal, the first devoted to the study of Radium, and the immediate predecessor of the more well-known journal of similar title (see next item). The full title of the present journal appears in issues 2-6 as Le Radium. La Radioactivité et les Sciences qui s'y rattachent. Publication Mensuelle Illustree.
COMPLETE FILE of this extremely rare journal, the first devoted to the study of Radium, and the immediate predecessor of the more well-known journal of similar title (see next item). The full title of the present journal appears in issues 2-6 as Le Radium. La Radioactivité et les Sciences qui s'y rattachent. Publication Mensuelle Illustree.
0228.
RADIUM, LE: La Radioactivité et les Radiations qui s'y rattachent et leurs Applications. Comité de Direction: d'Arsonval -H. Becquerel -A. Beclere -R. Blondlot -Ch.Bouchard
-P.Curie -Danysz -Debierne -Ch. Fery -Finsen -Ch. Ed. Guillaume -Oudin -Rubens -Rutherford.
Tome Premiere, No. 1-6. 212 pages. Illustrated. 4to, contemporary cloth-backed boards,
bound with the preceding item. Paris: Masson et Cie. 15 Juillet-15 Decembre 1904.
0229.
RAMSTEDT, EVA. "De sista arens framsteg pa radioaktivitetens omrade." IN: Kosmos, Band I, pp. 160-169. 219 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards.
Stockholm: Norstedt & Soener. 1921.
0230.
ROMER, ALFRED, Editor. Radiochemistry and the Discovery of Isotopes. 261 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Dover. 1970.
26 classic papers, including 18 printed here in English translation for the first time.
26 classic papers, including 18 printed here in English translation for the first time.
0231.
RUSSELL, A.S. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Radioactive Substances. 173 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, paper spine-label. FIRST EDITION. London: John
Murray. 1922. QC721 .R9 1922
0232.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. The Collected Papers. Published Under the Scientific Direction of Sir James Chadwick. 3 volumes. 931; 590;
428 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jackets. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. London:
George Allen and Unwin. 1962-1963-1965. Q113 .R87 1962
0233.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Collision of Alpha Particles with Light Atoms. pp.(537)-616. 8vo, unbound. FIRST EDITION. London: Taylor & Francis. 1919.
PMM 411. Rutherford's first announcement that alpha particles in collision with nitrogen atoms liberated nuclei of hydrogen atoms from the nitrogen. This was the FIRST INSTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL TRANSMUTATION OF ONE ELEMENT INTO ANOTHER, AND A GIANT STEP TOWARD NUCLEAR FISSION. Comprises Philosophical Magazine (Sixth Series) June 1919.
PMM 411. Rutherford's first announcement that alpha particles in collision with nitrogen atoms liberated nuclei of hydrogen atoms from the nitrogen. This was the FIRST INSTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL TRANSMUTATION OF ONE ELEMENT INTO ANOTHER, AND A GIANT STEP TOWARD NUCLEAR FISSION. Comprises Philosophical Magazine (Sixth Series) June 1919.
0234.
RUTHERFORD ERNEST. The Natural and Artificial Disintegration of the Elements. An Address on the Occasion of the CEntenary Celebration of the Founding of the Franklin
Institute and the Inauguration Exercises of the Bartol Research Foundation. 24 Pages.
8vo, stiff printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Franklin Institute. 1924. QC721 .R93 1924
0235.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. The Newer Alchemy. Based on the Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture delivered at Newnham College Cambridge
November 1936. 67 pages. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York:
Macmillan. 1937. QD466 .R87
0236.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Radioactive Substances and their Radiations. 699 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1913. QC795 .R86
0237.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Radioactive Transformations. 287 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Scribner's. 1906. QC721 .R95 1906
"Contains the subject matter of eleven lectures delivered under the Silliman Foundation at the Yale University, March 1905."
"Contains the subject matter of eleven lectures delivered under the Silliman Foundation at the Yale University, March 1905."
0238.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Radio-activity. 399 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1904. QC721 .R97 1904
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPORTANT BOOKS IN MODERN SCIENCE. Rutherford here published his "proposal of a new theory of atomic disintegration and of the nuclear nature of the atom. He reports on his discovery and naming of alpha, beta, and gamma rays" (Horblit) and puts forward the revolutionary theory that radio-activity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. Horblit, 100 Books Famous in Science No. 91; Dibner 51; PMM 411.
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPORTANT BOOKS IN MODERN SCIENCE. Rutherford here published his "proposal of a new theory of atomic disintegration and of the nuclear nature of the atom. He reports on his discovery and naming of alpha, beta, and gamma rays" (Horblit) and puts forward the revolutionary theory that radio-activity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. Horblit, 100 Books Famous in Science No. 91; Dibner 51; PMM 411.
0239.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Die Radioaktivitaet. Unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers ergaentzte autorisierte deutsche
Ausgabe. 597 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Berlin:
Springer. 1907. QC795 .R87 1907
0240.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. "Der Unterscheid zwischen radioaktiver und chemischer Verwandlung." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik, Erster Band, 1905, 103-127 pp. IV,
464 pages. 8vo, buckram. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. 1905.
FIRST APPEARANCE of this seminal paper on radioactive transformations and their relationship to chemical changes. The present volume also includes "Literatur der Radioaktivitaet vor dem Jahre 1904" by M. Ikle, one of the earliest attempts at a general bibliography of radioactivity.
FIRST APPEARANCE of this seminal paper on radioactive transformations and their relationship to chemical changes. The present volume also includes "Literatur der Radioaktivitaet vor dem Jahre 1904" by M. Ikle, one of the earliest attempts at a general bibliography of radioactivity.
0241.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST, JAMES CHADWICK & C.D. ELLIS. Radiations from Radioactive Substances. 588 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1930.
0242.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST, JAMES CHADWICK & C.D. ELLIS. Radiations from Radioactive Substances. 588 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Cambridge: University Press. 1951. QC795 .R85
Corrected re-issue of the 1930 edition.
Corrected re-issue of the 1930 edition.
0243.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST & T. ROYDS. "Die Natur des aus radioaktiven Substanzen stammenden a-Teilchens." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 6, No. 1(1909): pp. 1-7. IV, 656
pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1910.
Report on the nature of alpha particles as radioactive decay products. This volume also includes Curie, "Ueber das Atomgewicht des Radiums;" Meyer, "Bericht ueber das Uran und seine ersten Zerfallsprodukte," etc.
Report on the nature of alpha particles as radioactive decay products. This volume also includes Curie, "Ueber das Atomgewicht des Radiums;" Meyer, "Bericht ueber das Uran und seine ersten Zerfallsprodukte," etc.
0244.
RUTHERFORD AND BOLTWOOD: Letters on Radioactivity. Edited by Lawrence Badash. 378 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New Haven: Yale. 1969. QC16.R8 A43
The collected correspondence of these two pioneering researchers.
The collected correspondence of these two pioneering researchers.
0245.
RYDBERG, J.R. Contributions al la Connaissance des spectres lineaires. pp. 505-520; 677-700. 8vo, unbound, laid into plain blue wrappers. FIRST EDITIONS.
Stockholm. 1893.
Comprise Oefversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Foerhandlingar 1893, Nos. 8 & 10.
Comprise Oefversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Foerhandlingar 1893, Nos. 8 & 10.
0246.
RYDBERG, J.R. Die Gesetze der Atomgewichtszahlen. 18 pages + table. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet. 1886. QD467 .R92 1886
0247.
RYDBERG, J.R. Om de Kemiska Grundaemnenas Periodiska System. 31 pages. 2 plates. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet. 1885. QD467 .R922 1885
0248.
SANDERS, L.A. Universeele Atoom-Theorie. 80 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. 's-Gravenhage: Uitgeverij Pax. 1940.
0249.
SARMENTO DE VASCONCELOS E CASTRO, JOSE. Consideracoes sobre um novo Sistema coerente de Unidades, baseado na equivalencia
entre a Massa e a Energia, e na Relacao de Planck. 24 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Porto: Empresa Industrial Grafica. 1945.
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the Author.
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the Author.
0250.
SAVIDGE, EUGENE COLEMAN, M.D. The Philosophy of Radio- activity or Selective Involution. 151 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Jenkins. 1914. QC721 .S28 1914
A curious treatise, mixing medicine, physics, and mysticism, by a leading cancer researcher of the day.
A curious treatise, mixing medicine, physics, and mysticism, by a leading cancer researcher of the day.
0251.
SHIPLEY, MAYNARD. The Wonders of Radium. 64 pages. 16mo, printed blue wrappers. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius. 1926.
Little Blue Book No. 1000.
Little Blue Book No. 1000.
0252.
SILBERSTEIN, L. Report on the Quantum Theory of Spectra. 42 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Adam Hilger. 1920. QC454.A8 S5 1920
0253.
SIMONS, LENNART. Measurements of the Neutron-Proton Scattering Cross-Section. 16 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Munksgaard. 1940.
0254.
SLATER, MISS. J.M.W. Some Recent Developments in Radioactivity, and their Bearing on General Scientific
Views. 14 pages. 4to, unbound. (Birmingham). 1913.
"A paper read at Birmingham before the Association of Science Teachers, May 31, 1913."
"A paper read at Birmingham before the Association of Science Teachers, May 31, 1913."
0255.
SLUITER, C.H. Electronen en Atomen. Handleiding ter Aanvulling van het Middelbaar en Voorbereidend
hooger Onderwijs in Natuur-en Scheikunde. 51 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Groningen: Nordhoff. 1928.
0256.
SMYTH, HENRY DE WOLF. "From X-Rays to Nuclear Fission." IN: American Scientist, Volume 35, Number 4, pp. 485-501. pp. 435-584 Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. New Haven: Society of the Sigma Xi. October 1947.
Good short history of atomic physics from 1895-1939.
Good short history of atomic physics from 1895-1939.
0257.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF & C.J. BRASEFIELD. The Secondary Spectrum of Hydrogen and the Occurence of H3+. pp. (443)-447 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: NAS. 1926.
Offprint from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 7. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Professor Richardson with the Authors' compliments."
Offprint from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 7. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Professor Richardson with the Authors' compliments."
0258.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Chemistry of the Radio-Elements. 92 pages + folding table of half-lives. 8vo, flexible cloth. FIRST EDITION. London:
Longmans. 1911. QC795 .S6 1911
0259.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Chemistry of the Radio-Elements. Part 1. Second Edition (Revised and Largely Rewritten). 151 pages. Folding table.
8vo, cloth. London: Longmans. 1914. QC795 .S6 1914
All published. This is a completely rewritten version of the complete 1911 edition, which became Part 1 retroactively when a Part 2 was published at the end of 1913. The present edition takes into account the new theory of isotopic elements.
All published. This is a completely rewritten version of the complete 1911 edition, which became Part 1 retroactively when a Part 2 was published at the end of 1913. The present edition takes into account the new theory of isotopic elements.
0260.
SODDY, FREDERICK. "Der gegenwaertige stand der Radioaktivitaet." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 3, n. 1(1906): pp. 1-23. IV, 506
pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1907.
Excellent survey of early radioactivity investigations. Volume also includes Soddy's "Die Entwickelung der Elemente," pages 247-263.
Excellent survey of early radioactivity investigations. Volume also includes Soddy's "Die Entwickelung der Elemente," pages 247-263.
0261.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Interpretation of Radium. Being the Substance of Six Free Popular Experimental Lectures Delivered at the University
of Glasgow, 1908. 256 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Putnam's. 1909. QC721 .S65 1909
0262.
SODDY, FREDERICK. Radio-Activity: An Elementary Treatise, from the Standpoint of the Disintegration
Theory. 214 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: "The Electrician". 1904. QC721 .S67 1904
FIRST BOOK BY SODDY, in which he attempts "to give a connected account of his remarkable series of investigations which have followed M. Becquerel's discovery, in 1896, of a new property of the element uranium." At the end are five pages of illustrated ads for spinthariscopes and radium compounds.
FIRST BOOK BY SODDY, in which he attempts "to give a connected account of his remarkable series of investigations which have followed M. Becquerel's discovery, in 1896, of a new property of the element uranium." At the end are five pages of illustrated ads for spinthariscopes and radium compounds.
0263.
SODDY, FREDERICK. Die Radioaktivitaet vom Standpunkt der Desaggregationstheorie elementar dargestellt. Unter Mitwirkung von Dr. L.F. Guttman. Uebersetzt von Prof. G. Siebert. 216 pages.
Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Leipzig: Barth. 1904.
0264.
SODDY, FREDERICK. Radioactivity and Atomic Theory. Facsimile Reproduction of the Annual Progress Reports on Radioactivity 1904-1920
to the Chemical Society. Edited with Commentary by Thaddeus J. Trenn. 517 pages. 4to,
cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Taylor & Francis. 1975. QC795 .S62 1975
0265.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Story of Atomic Energy. 136 pages. Illustrated. 4to, newer buckram. FIRST EDITION. London: Nova Atlantis. 1949. QC780 .S6 1949
0266.
SOLOMON, ARTHUR K. Why Smash Atoms? 174 pages. Illustrated by Katherine R. Campbell. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
Cambridge: Harvard. 1940. QC778 .S6
0267.
STRANSKY, SIEGMUND. Die Struktur der Atomkerne. 50 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION.
Leipzig & Wien: Franz Deuticke. 1932.
0268.
STUEWER, ROGER H., Editor. Nuclear Physics in Retrospect. Proceedings of a Symposium on the 1930's. 340 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Minneapolis. 1979. QC773 .S95 1977
Includes contributions by Bethe, Segre, Frisch, Wigner, et al.
Includes contributions by Bethe, Segre, Frisch, Wigner, et al.
0269.
SUE, PIERRE. Dix Ans d'Application de la Radioactivité Artificielle. Preface de Frederic Joliot-Curie. 258 pages. Small 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Paris: Societé d'Editions Scientifiques. 1948. QC795.55.A7 S84 1948
0270.
SZILARD, LEO. The Collected Works, Scientific Papers. Bernard T. Feld and Gertrud Weiss Szilard, Editors. Foreward by Jacques Monod. 737
pages. Numerous facsimile illustrations. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge:
MIT Press. 1972. QC3 .S97
0271.
TAFT, ROBERT B., M.D. Radium Lost and Found. Introduction by George E. Pfahler. 77 pages. Illustrated by Mercedes Hoshall. 8vo,
cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Charleston, S.C.: Furlong & Son. 1938. RM859 .T12 1938
The Author developed a "Radium Hound," actually a portable electroscope, to aid in the recovery of lost or stolen radium. In the present work, he recounts a number of case histories in a most amusing style. One need only note here that in 1938 a 100 milligram specimen of radium cost $12,000-a fact which justified heroic efforts in finding and recovering wayward radium samples-above and beyond the obvious public health factors. This is a very scarce book.
The Author developed a "Radium Hound," actually a portable electroscope, to aid in the recovery of lost or stolen radium. In the present work, he recounts a number of case histories in a most amusing style. One need only note here that in 1938 a 100 milligram specimen of radium cost $12,000-a fact which justified heroic efforts in finding and recovering wayward radium samples-above and beyond the obvious public health factors. This is a very scarce book.
0272.
THOMSON, J.J. Conduction of Electricity Through Gases. 566 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1903. QC711 .T5 1903
"The theory of the atom as the basis of the physical world was dissolved on the evening of April 29, 1897 when Thomson announced that cathode rays consisted of negatively charged particles of a mass no greater than a thousandth part of a hydrogen atom...Thomson concluded that in the process of electrification these negatively charged particles...were detached from the atom leaving the positively charged core and remaining particles...." -Dibner 165; PMM 386d.
"The theory of the atom as the basis of the physical world was dissolved on the evening of April 29, 1897 when Thomson announced that cathode rays consisted of negatively charged particles of a mass no greater than a thousandth part of a hydrogen atom...Thomson concluded that in the process of electrification these negatively charged particles...were detached from the atom leaving the positively charged core and remaining particles...." -Dibner 165; PMM 386d.
0273.
THOMSON, SIR J.J. The Electron in Chemistry. Being Five Lectures Delivered at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. 144 pages.
8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Franklin Institute. 1923. QD461 .T5
0274.
THOMSON, SIR J.J. Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analyses. 132 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Longmans. 1913. QC711 .T55 1913
Summary of 7 years research at the Cavendish Laboratory. Thomson's work on positive rays, in conjunction with F.W. Aston, was the beginning of the method of analysis now called mass spectrography. By means of the magnetic deflection of positive ions, Aston & Thomson demonstrated that neon (atomic weight about 20) had a minor component of mass 22, a major step toward the discovery of the nature of isotopes. See PMM 386 & 412.
Summary of 7 years research at the Cavendish Laboratory. Thomson's work on positive rays, in conjunction with F.W. Aston, was the beginning of the method of analysis now called mass spectrography. By means of the magnetic deflection of positive ions, Aston & Thomson demonstrated that neon (atomic weight about 20) had a minor component of mass 22, a major step toward the discovery of the nature of isotopes. See PMM 386 & 412.
0275.
THOMSON, J.J. "Strahlen positiver Elektrizitaet." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 8, No.2 (1922): pp. 197-226. IV,
570 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1911.
FIRST EDITION of these landmark studies leading to the development of the mass spectrograph.
FIRST EDITION of these landmark studies leading to the development of the mass spectrograph.
0276.
TRAVERS, MORRIS W. The Experimental Study of Gases. With an Introductory Preface by William Ramsey. 323 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth.
FIRST EDITION. London: Macmillan. 1901. QD531 .T78 1901
Travers was co-discoverer, with Ramsey and Rayleigh, of the rare gases. The present work presents a detailed analysis of the methods used in their discovery.
Travers was co-discoverer, with Ramsey and Rayleigh, of the rare gases. The present work presents a detailed analysis of the methods used in their discovery.
0277.
TURNER, DAWSON. Radium. Its Physics & Therapeutics. 86 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
New York: William Wood. 1911. RM859 .T94 1911
0278.
URBAIN, GEORGES. Les Notions Fondamentales d'Element Chimique et d'Atome. 171 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1925. QD7 .U72 1925
0279.
UREY, H.C. On the Effect of Perturbing Electric Fields on the Zeeman Effect of the Hydrogen Spectrum. 19 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Bianco Lunos. 1924.
0280.
UREY, HAROLD C., F.G. BRICKWEDDE & G.M. MURPHY. "A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2." IN: The Physical Review, Volume 39, Number 1, pp. 164-165. 191 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Minneapolis: American Physical Society. January 1, 1932.
FIRST PUBLISHED REPORT OF THE EXISTENCE OF DEUTERIUM, appearing in the "Letters to the Editor" column. A detailed follow-up article appeared in the next issue.
FIRST PUBLISHED REPORT OF THE EXISTENCE OF DEUTERIUM, appearing in the "Letters to the Editor" column. A detailed follow-up article appeared in the next issue.
0281.
VEGARD, LARS. Materiens Byggnad och Atomernas Inre. Auktoriserad Oeversaettning fran Norskan av Paul Valberg. 87 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Uppsala: Lindblads Forlag. 1925.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of the current state of atomic physics and the Bohr atom.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of the current state of atomic physics and the Bohr atom.
0282.
WECKERING, RUDOLPH. Stereophysique. Nouvelles Theories sur la Constitution de la Matiere et l'Origine
des Rayonnements. 662 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Dunod. 1935. QD481 .W35
0283.
WEINBERG, STEVEN. The Discovery of Subatomic Particles. 206 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Scientific American. 1983. QC793.2 .W44 1983
An excellent history of the discovery of fundamental particles for lay readers.
An excellent history of the discovery of fundamental particles for lay readers.
0284.
WEIZSAECKER, C.F. VON. Die Atomkerne. Grundlagen und Anwendungen ihrer Theorie. 214 pages. Folding table. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. 1937. QC173 .W45 1937
0285.
WHYTE, LANCELOT LAW. Essay on Atomism: From Democritus to 1960. 108 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Middletown: Wesleyan U. Press. 1961. BD646 .W5
0286.
WIGNER, EUGEN. Gruppentheorie und ihre Anwendung auf die Quantenmechanik der Atomspektren. 332 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1931. QA171 .W5
Wigner's classic application of group theory to quantum mechanics. One of the many Jewish scientists who fled Germany with the rise of the Nazis, he became a leading theoretician on the Manhattan Project.
Wigner's classic application of group theory to quantum mechanics. One of the many Jewish scientists who fled Germany with the rise of the Nazis, he became a leading theoretician on the Manhattan Project.
0287.
WOHLFARTH, HORST, Editor. 40 Jahre Kernspaltung. Eine Einfuehrung in die Originalliteeratur. 379 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. 1979. QC790 .F67 1979
0288.
WOOD, ALEXANDER. The Cavendish Laboratory. 59 pages. Illustrated. 12mo, printed boards. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge. 1946. QC51.C3 W6
0289.
WURTZ, AD. The Atomic Theory. 344 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Appleton. 1881. QD461 .W942 1881
One of the best general surveys of the state of atomic theory at the end of the classical period.
One of the best general surveys of the state of atomic theory at the end of the classical period.
0290.
WYTZES, S.A. Een Bepaling van de Dracht der A-Deeltjes van Uraan I en Uraan II. 120 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: H.J. Paris. 1944. QD181.U7 W9 1944
0291.
YANG, CHEN NING. Elementary Particles. A Short History of Some Discoveries in Atomic Physics. 68 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Princeton University Press. 1963.
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