(20th Century Science) | A group of 19 books, pamphlets, and periodicals

(20th Century Science)

A collection of 19 books, pamphlets and periodicals on various scientific subjects. The authors include Neils Bohr, Gustav Ludwig Hertz with James Franck, Otto Hahn, Hendrik Anton Lorentz, Adriaan Daniël Fokker, Ernst Mach, and others. The collection comprises:

Bohr, Neils. Über die Serienspektra der Elemente. Braunschweig: Druck von Friedr. Viewig & Sohn, 1920. 8vo (9 x 6¼ in.; 230 x 158 mm); creasing to corners. Wrappers; covers chipped and detatched. Presentation inscription to front cover.

Bohr, Neils. Festskrift udgviet af Københavns Universitet... Atomteori og naturbeskrivelse. Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1929. 8vo. Wrappers; lightly soiled with some minor creasing to edges.

Hertz, Ludwig, and James Franck. Über Zusammenstösse zwischen Elektronen und den Molekülen des Quecksilberdampfes und die Ionisierungsspannung desselben. Braunschweig: Druck von Friedr. Viewig & Sohn, 1914. 8vo. Wrappers; a few spots and a creased corner.

Hahn, Otto. Beiheft zur Medizinischen Klinik. 1907. Heft 2. Berlin: 1907. 8vo, offprint containing the article, "Der Zerfall der radioaktiven Elemente." Marbled paper with gilt spine label.

Warburg, Otto; Otto Hahn; et al. Die Naturwissenschaften,.. 12 Dezember 1924. [Berlin: Julius Springer Verlag, 1924]. 4to. Drab paper wrapper; lacks the publisher's wrapper. This issue contains Warburg's landmark article, “Über den Stoffwechsel der Carcinomzelle,” which would earn its author the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

(Brill, Otto); Dr. Heinrich Fresenius; et al., 3 pamplets comprising: "Chemische und physikalisch-chemische Untersuchung des Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden: nebst Untersuchungen über dessen Radioaktivität." Weisbaden: C. W. Kreidel's Verlag, 1907; "Chemische und physikalisch-chemische Untersuchung des Glashäger Mineralbrunnens sowie Untersuchung desselben auf Radioaktivität." C. W. Kreidel's Verlag, 1907; "Chemische Untersuchung der Neuen Quelle zu Brambach im Vogtlande sowie Untersuchung derselben auf Radioaktivität." C. W. Kreidel's Verlag, 1911. 8vos. Wrappers. Describing the results of investigations by the Chemischen Laboratorium Fresenius into levels of radioactivity found in various German mineral springs. The first and third pamphlets are stamped "Otto Brill" on the front cover. 

Lorentz, Dr. Hendrik Anton. A group of 6 issues from the series on theoretical physics titled, "Lessen Over Theoretische Natuurkunde," including: Vol. I, "Stralingstheorie," by Dr. A. D. Fokker, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1919; Vol. II, "Theorie der Quanta" by Dr. G. L. de Haas and Lorentz, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1919; Vol. III, "Aethertheorieen en Aethermodellen" by Dr. H. Bremekamp, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1920; Vol. V, "Kinetische Problemen," by Dr. E. D. Bruins and J. Reudler. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1921; Vol. IV, "Thermodynamica" by T. C. Clay-Jolles, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1921; Vol VI, "Het Relativiteitsbeginsel..." by Dr. A. D. Fokker, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1922. 8vo. Wrappers; some wrappers chipped, spotted, or faded, and with one cover detatched.

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Group lots sold not subject to return.