Lot 388
Physics, a quantity, including Thomson, J.J.
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Conduction of Electricity through Gases. 1903. First edition, original cloth; [Pamphlets and Extracts] 108 pamphlets and extracts in 3 volumes, including Thomson, W. & P.G. Tait Sketch of Elementary Dynamics. 1864, 8vo, 2 volumes half calf, one lacking spine, 3rd volume original cloth; Tyndall, J. Six Lectures on Light. 1873, 8vo, original cloth, worn; Williamson, G. Memorials... of James Watt. 1856. 4to, plates, contemporary boards, uncut, new paper label; Kahlbaum, G.W.A. The Letters of Faraday and Schoenbein 1836-62. 1899. 8vo, portraits, original cloth; Soddy, F. The Interpretation of the Atom. 1932. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; McLachlan, N.W. Theory and Application of Mathieu Functions. 1947. First edition, presentation copy signed by the author, original cloth; Bohr, A. & B.R> Mottleson. Collective and individual-particle aspects of Nuclear Structure. Copenhagen, 1953, 8vo, original wrappers, slightly rubbed; Physical Papers, so titled on spine Collection of extracts from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, by J.J. Thomson, H.L. Calendar, E.H. Griffiths, J.W. Captstick & others, bound in 3 volumes, 4to, plates, cloth, slight wear; British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Fifty-Eighth Meeting. [including Charles Babbage paper, p.616] 1889. 2 copies, original cloth; Whewell, W. History of the Inductive Sciences. 1857. 3 volumes, 8vo, calf gilt; and others; sold not subject to return