London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. Hardcover. First Edition. 916, 48 pp. 4to. Blue library binding, ex-Library with Royal College Naval Library bookplate on front pastedown, borrower's card slot glued to front pastedown, due date sheet pasted to first free endpaper. No other library markings present other than the number "53" in white ink at base of spine. Clean within.
Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit propose electron spin in the first paper, Thomas provides a corrective factor of 1/2 to Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit's original formula. Bohr, Kronic, and Slater comment on Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit's theory. Very Good. More about ELECTRON SPIN: “Spinning Electrons and the Structure of Spectra” and “The Motion of the...

London: Royal Society of London, 1884/1890. Hardcover. First Edition. vii, 495, viii, 561, xxiv pp. 8vo. Green cloth bindings with burgundy title patch and gold titling to spine of each volume, call number handwritten in white ink at base of each spine. Wear and scuffing to both from library use. Ex-library with bookplate and library stamp on title page of each volume, some library stamps within. Numerous plates illustrate articles.
Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster (1851–1934) studied the curved trajectory of cathode-ray particles (which he hypothesized were electrically charged atoms) in a magnetic field, and formulated an algebraic relationship between their charge/mass (e/m) ratio and their velocity. Later, in 1890 he estimated the upper and lower bounds for this ratio. This was the first step towards... More about FIRST STEPS TOWARD DISCOVERY OF THE ELECTRON: “Experiments on the Discharge of Electricity...

London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. Hardcover. First Edition. xl, 732 pp. 4to. Terracotta color publisher's binding with gold and black embossed titling and borders to cover board and spine. Ex-Library with Royal College Naval Library bookplate on front pastedown, borrower's card slot glued to front pastedown, due date sheet pasted to first free endpaper. No other library markings present other than the number "53" in white ink at base of spine. Clean within.
In the first paper van den Broek proposes the concept of "atomic number." to explain how the periodic table should be organized. In the second paper Soddy agrees with van den Broek and coins the term "Isotope." In the third paper Rutherford agrees with van den Broek and Soddy. Also contains three... More about ATOMIC NUMBERS & FIRST USE OF TERM "ISOTOPE" : “Intra-Atomic Charge;”...

Various: Various, 1968-1979. Various. As. A collection of 5 separate copies of "Charlotte's Web" in foreign language editions, all signed by E. B. White. Titled as follows: "Charlotte's Web" [Paperback, Fine, Dutch Language (Amsterdam: A.J.G. Strengholt, 1968)]. "Charlotte's Web" [Hardcover, Fine in Fine Dust Jacket; First Persian Language Edition (Tehran, Iran: Zar Press, 1971)]. "Fantastika Wilbur " [Hardcover, Fine, no Dust Jacket as issued; Swedish Language (Oslo: Raben & Sjorgen, 1973)]. "Charlotte's Web" [Paperback, Fine, Greek Language (Greece, 1977)]. "Paukova Mreza" [Paperback, Fine, Bosnian Language (Zagreb: Biblioteka Vjeverica, 1979)].
All are signed by E. B. White on the first free endpaper. Ever the humorist, White has signed the Greek Language edition "E. M. Oyatt," the spelling of his name in Greek. From the Estate of... More about Charlotte's Web [5 Foreign Editions SIGNED by E.B. White

London: Royal Society of London, 1801. Quarter Leather. First Edition. iii-[viii], [1]-227, [1]-26, [iii]-iv, [1], [229]-420, [11] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Walloston's paper outlines his development of the meniscus lens, a lens when used with the camera obscura flattened the image projected causing less distortion from the actual item being projected.This complete volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. Very Good. More about "On a Periscopic Camera Obsura and Microscope." (Philosophical Transactions of the...

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896. Wraps. As. 95, [2] pp. 12mo. Light wear and scuffing to covers, some chipping at edges, encased in custom mylar dust jacket. Folding plate illustration at rear. Text in German. Very Good. More about Theoria Generationis (1759

Oxford, England: The Clarendon Press, 1909. Wraps. First Edition. 47, [5] pp. Folio. Explanatory text and two chromocollotype plates (one double) in wraps, along with 4 pages of black & white photographs of cave paintings from which some of these illustrations were derived. Cave paintings copied by M. Helen Tongue for this publication. Published with 54 individual color plates and map as to where the paintings were found (all present and in Fine condition) that accompany the volume and all are housed in a the original cardboard clamshell box. Box has considerable wear and repairs with splitting at edges, fair condition at best.
Also contains, "Notes on the Bushmen" by E. & D. Bleek, pp. 36-44. Very Good. More about Bushman Paintings

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 52, No. 2, September 1950. pp. 491-505. 4to. Ex-Library. Red cloth library binding with gold embossed titling to spine, call number pasted at base, library stamp at head and foredge of text block. Library bookplate on front pastedown, card pocket at rear. Very clean within.
Alan Turing's (1912-1954) last paper. Turing gained posthumous fame for his work in early computer theory and the practical application of those theories in the development of the Colossus computer that was responsible for the breaking the German Enigma codes during World War II. After the War, Turing began to contemplate his earlier paper, "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," (Proceedings of... More about The Word Problem in Semi-Groups With Cancellation

Philadelphia, PA: A. J. Holman Company, 1971. Full Leather. As. 280, 166 [Concordance], 22, [8] maps pp. 8vo. Flexible black leather binding with gold embossed titling to spine, all edges gilt, black ribbon marker. Black leather binding. Housed in custom clamshell box.
A unique, humorous, and poignant item, E. B. White's (1899-1985) personal Bible. Unique in that White has signed the Bible on the second free endpaper, humorous in that he has filled out the pre-printed gift presentation page to himself on May 28, 1975, on the occasion of "his buying a new Bible," and poignant that the only indication of any use is his recording of the death of his wife on the pre-printed page for family information: "Katharine Sergeant White July 20, 1977."... More about The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Guillermo Kraft, 1958. Full Leather. Fifth Edition. xix, 421, [2] pp. Folio. Originally published in wraps, this edition has been encased in a special binding of leather and horsehair that resembles a saddle or saddlebag. Leather exhibits wear and some losses to spine and corners, the horsehair portions are in very good condition. On color illustration is loose and laid in. Text in Spanish.
A dictionary of terms relating to ranching, horsemanship, Gauchos, and life on the ranches of Argentina in a fascinating binding. Originally published in 1943, this Fifth Edition was produced in an edition of 3,150 copies, this being #2555. Very Good. More about Vocabulario y Refranero Criollo por Textos y Dibujos Originales

Braunschweig & Berlin, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn/Julius Springer, 1921-1922. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume 7: vi, 414 pp. 8vo; Volume 8: iv, 419 pp. 8vo; Volume 9: iv, 412 pp, 8vo. Each volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. All text in German.
The Stern-Gerlach Experiment, conducted by Otto Stern (1888-1969) and Walter Gerlach (1889-1979) at the University of Frankfurt in 1922 was the first experiment to demonstrate the basic principles of quantum mechanics (physical phenomena at the atomic scale) and even went so far as to demonstrate... More about Stern-Gerlach Experiment: Zeitschrift für Physik (Volumes 7, 8, 9

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1962. Hardcover. First Edition. 68 pp. Light scuffing to dust jacket closed tear at head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name in ink on second free endpaper. Very Good / very good. More about Elementary Particles: A Short History of Some Discoveries in Atomic Physics