4to. 24 pp. Gray printed wrappers. Very good. Becquerel worked on the optical and magnetic properties of crystals, discovering the rotation of the plane of polarization by a magnetic field. This pamphlet also deals with phosphorescence. View More...
Reprint, with corrections. 246 x 165 mm. 8vo. xii, 422 pp. 234 figs. (13 on plates), tables, indexes. Black cloth, gilt spine. Ownership signature, rubber stamp and blind stamp. Very good. View More...
THIRD EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. [2], lxii, 510, [2]; [2], 452, [2] pp. 6; 12 engraved folding plates; scattered foxing, not affecting legibility. Later quarter gilt-stamped calf over beige paper-backed boards, green place-keeping ribbons. Near fine. Hauy (1743-1822) was a renowned French crystallographer and mineralogist who "worked primarily in descriptive, physical, and theoretical mineralogy." He expanded d'Isle's studies on various forms of the same crystal species, concluding that "the primitive form of crystals of a certain species results as a nucleus from the cleavage of all their se... View More...
Publisher:
Braunschweig:, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1910. : 1910
Seller ID: S13113
8vo. [viii], 112 pp. 48 figs. (incl. 1 folding table). Original orange printed wrappers mounted on later black boards [probably the work of W. Fornoff as evidenced by his mark]. Rubber-stamp on title of "Prof. Bechhold." and (on front pastedown) W. Fornoff, [buchbinder], Frankfurt am Main. First edition of the author's contribution using crystallization microscope as applied to liquid crystals, his most important and earlier discovery. His father introduced him to the microscope, and Otto later "spent a large amount of time and energy developing and improving (in a series of implementations) ... View More...
Publisher:
Offprint from Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, vol. 73, no. 1, 1930. Leipzig:, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., 1930. : 1930
Seller ID: S7077
Offprint. 8vo. 97-112 pp. 3 figs., tables. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Very rare. An important early work by the two-time Nobel prize winner. Linus Pauling was one the twentieth century's greatest chemists, and his efforts culminated in the 1954 Nobel Prize for chemistry for his research on the nature of the chemical bond. His second Nobel Prize came in 1963 for his tireless efforts in the name of peace. View More...
