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
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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.
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