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ZEUNER, Gustav.

Théorie mécanique de la chaleur, avec ses applications aux machines.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1869.

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150 €

WERTHEIM, Guillaume.

Mémoires de Physique mécanique.

Paris, Bachelier, 1848.

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75 €

First edition.

This book is a collection of several texts dealing in particular with elasticity on the cohesion of metals, on the sounds produced by electric current or on the balance of homogeneous solid bodies.

VON NEUMANN, John.

Les fondements mathématiques de la mécanique quantique.

Paris, Félix Alcan, 1946.

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First french edition. (with label of presses universitaires de france. 1947 on the title page)
John von Neumann (1903-1957) was an American mathematician and physicist of Hungarian origin. He made major contributions to theoretical computer science, game theory, and quantum mechanics. The work lays the rigorous mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics using operator theory in Hilbert spaces and had a fundamental impact on the development of modern physics.

VILLAT, Henri || KRAVTCHENKO, Julien.

Leçons sur les Fluides Visqueux.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1943.

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90 €

Henri Villat (1879-1972) was a French mathematician and fluid mechanician, a member of the Institute and professor at the Sorbonne.

This book, published during World War II, is an essential resource for engineers and researchers in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, crucial fields for military and civil applications of the time. It addresses the theory of viscous flows and the concept of the boundary layer.

VIGNAUX, Maurice.

Le Billard.

Paris, Delarue, [v. 1890].

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50 €

Maurice Vignaux (1846-1916), French billiards champion and emblematic figure of the sport, is the author of this technical treatise. The work Le Billard (Billiards) is a reference manual that explains the theoretical foundations and playing techniques, including geometry and mechanics concepts applied to billiards. It is aimed at both novice and advanced players, with illustrations of complex shots and game rules. The work, prefaced by Desnar, is a valuable historical source for studying the history of billiards and its evolution as a precision sport in the 19th century.

VERDET, Emile.

Oeuvres de E. Verdet, publiées par les soins de ses élèves.

Paris, Béchet Jeune, 1868-1872.

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200 €

First collective edition of the works of Emile Verdet.

Tome 1. Notes et mémoires
Tome 2. Cours de physique T1
Tome 3. Cours de physique T2
Tome 4. Première partie. Conférences de Physique faite à l'Ecole normale première partie
Tome 4. Deuxième partie. Conférences de Physique faite à l'Ecole normale seconde partie
Tome 5. Leçons d'optique physique. Tome premier
Tome 6. Leçons d'optique physique. Tome second
Tome 7. Théorie mécanique de la Chaleur. Tome I
Tome 8. Théorie mécanique de la Chaleur. Tome II.

VARIGNON, Pierre || PUJOL (Abbé).

Traité du mouvement et de la mesure des eaux coulantes et jaillissantes.

Paris, Pissot, 1725.

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200 €

First edition.
The work is based on the posthumous manuscripts of Pierre Varignon, edited by Abbé Pujol. Varignon addresses in particular the problem of the Torricelli flow.

VARIGNON, Pierre.

Projet d’une nouvelle mechanique: avec un Examen de l'opinion de M. Borelli.

Paris, Veuve d’Edme Martin, Jean Boudot & Estienne Martin, 1687.

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VARIGNON, Pierre.

Traité du mouvement des eaux coulantes et jaillissantes. Avec un traité préliminaire du mouvement général.

Paris, PIssot, 1725.

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750 €

First edition.
Posthumous work published by Abbé Pujol, pupil of Varignon. Pierre Varignon was the first to use differential calculus in certain areas of physics. He is one of the fathers of modern kinematics.

ULLMO, Jean.

Les idées d'Eddington sur l'intéraction électronique et le nombre 137.

Paris, Hermann, 1934.

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20 €

TYNDALL, John.

La Chaleur, Mode de Mouvement.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1874.

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50 €

Second edition.
John Tyndall (1820–1893) was a prominent Irish physicist, best known for his work on light scattering (the Tyndall effect) and his investigations into radiant heat. He was also a prolific science popularizer and a passionate advocate for scientific inquiry. This work is a French translation of his seminal work on the nature of heat as a mode of motion (the kinetic energy of particles). He played a crucial role in disseminating the concepts of thermodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases.

TYNDALL, John.

La lumière - six leçons faites en Amérique dans l'hiver de 1872-1873.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1875.

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50 €

First edition in French.

TYNDALL, John.

La chaleur, mode de mouvement.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1887.

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50 €

Second French edition, translated from the fourth English edition, by M. The Abbot Moigno.

TYNDALL, John.

Le son.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1869.

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50 €

First edition French.

TILLIEUX, Jean.

Essai d'un traité élémentaire de physique : Selon les théories modernes.

Paris, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, 1925.

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30 €

Third edition renewed.

THOMPSON, Silvanus.

Radiations visibles et invisibles conférences faites à l’institution royale de Grande-Bretagne.

Paris, A. Hermann & fils, 1914.

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60 €

Second edition.

THOMPSON, Silvanus.

L’électro-aimant et l’électro-mécanique.

Paris, J. Fritsch, 1895.

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30 €

First french edition.

STURM, Charles.

Cours de mécanique de l'École Polytechnique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1883.

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30 €

Charles Sturm (1803-1855), a renowned mathematician, also taught mechanics at the École Polytechnique. His Cours de mécanique de l'École Polytechnique (Course in Mechanics of the École Polytechnique) is a fundamental didactic textbook that significantly influenced the training of French engineers and scientists in the 19th century. The work reflects the rigor of the teaching provided at the École Polytechnique and Sturm's pedagogical quality.

SOMMERFELD, Arnold.

La constitution de l'atome et les raies spectrales.

Paris, Albert Blanchard, 1923.

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SODDY, Frederick.

Le Radium interprétation et enseignements de la radioactivité.

Paris, Félix Alcan, 1919.

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45 €

SMITH, Robert.

Cours complet d'optique [...] contenant la Théorie, la Pratique les Usages de cette Science Avec des Additions considérables sur toutes les nouvelles découvertes qu'on a faites en cette matière depuis la publication de l'Ouvrage Anglois.

Avignon & Paris, Girard & F. Seguin & J. Aubert, 1767.

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750 €

First edition in French.
This work, one of the most of the most useful contemporary treatises of this kind, was drawn largely from Newton's work on optics.

SMITH, Percey Franklin || LONGLEY, William Raymond.

Éléments de mécanique rationnelle.

Paris, Vuibert, 1941.

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30 €

Percey F. Smith (1867-1956) and William Raymond Longley (1880-1946) were American mathematicians and professors at Yale University. Their work is recognized in the teaching of higher mathematics. This work, translated into French, is a didactic manual on the fundamental principles of rational mechanics, a branch of theoretical mechanics that uses mathematics to describe the motion of bodies.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Élémens de Physique théorique et expérimentale, pour servir de suite à la description & l'usage d'un cabinet de physique expérimentale.

Paris, P. Fr. Gueffier, 1777.

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650 €

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Sigaud de La Fond (1730-1810) was a French physicist and teacher who was, with his master Nollet, one of the promoters of experimental Physics and his teaching, notably by creating the first "physics cabinets".

Very good copy.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Dictionnaire de physique.

Paris, Rue et Hotel serpente, 1781-1782.

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750 €

First edition.
Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Jean-René.

Précis historique et expérimental des phénomènes électriques, depuis l'origine de cette découverte jusqu'à ce jour.

Paris, Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1785.

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100 €

SECCHI, P. Angelo.

L'Unité des forces physiques. Essai de philosophie naturelle.

Paris, F. Savy, 1874.

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35 €

Father Angelo Secchi (1818-1877) was an Italian Jesuit, director of the Rome Observatory, and a renowned astronomer and physicist, corresponding member of the Institute of France. His work L'Unité des forces physiques (The Unity of Physical Forces) is an essay on natural philosophy that explores the concept of unity and interconnectedness of the various forces known in physics at his time. Secchi, a pioneer in stellar spectroscopy, sought to establish a unified vision of the physical world, a central theme in 19th-century science. This second, revised and considerably augmented edition, published based on Dr. Deleschamps' Italian translation, demonstrates the interest in his ideas in France.

SECCHI, Angelo.

Le Soleil. Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1870.

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200 €

First edition.

Angelo Secchi (1818-1877) was a prominent Italian Jesuit priest and astronomer, director of the Roman College Observatory. A pioneer of stellar spectroscopy, he is recognized as one of the pioneers of spectroscopy. His work on the Sun was revolutionary, using spectroscopic techniques to study its composition and structure. This work is a synthesis of the knowledge of the time about our star, integrating modern discoveries and the Sun's relationships with other celestial bodies.

Numerous figures in the text, some with color highlights. Two fold-out color spectrum plates.

SAVERIEN, Alexandre.

Dictionnaire universel de Mathématique et de Physique, où l'on traite de l'origine, du progrès de ces deux Sciences des Arts qui en dépendent, des diverses révolutions qui leur sont arrivées jusqu'à notre temps; avec l'exposition de leurs Principes, l'analyse des sentimens des plus célèbres Auteurs sur chaque matière.

Paris, Jacques Rollin, 1753.

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450 €

First edition.

SAVERIEN, Alexandre.

Dictionnaire universel de Mathématique et de Physique, où l'on traite de l'origine, du progrès de ces deux Sciences des Arts qui en dépendent, des diverses révolutions qui leur sont arrivées jusqu'à notre temps; avec l'exposition de leurs Principes, l'analyse des sentimens des plus célèbres Auteurs sur chaque matière.

Paris, Rollin & Jombert, 1753.

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450 €

First edition.

SAVARY, Félix.

Mémoire sur l'Aimantation (publié dans Annales de Chimie et de Physique - Tome XXXIV).

Paris, Crochard, 1827.

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80 €

First edition.
Memoir read at the Academy of Sciences on July 31, 1826. Savary works on electrodynamics and in particular on the law of Biot and Savart.

We find in the same volume an article by Antoine Becquerel, "Chemical decompositions operated with electric forces at very low voltage".

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Physics

ZEUNER, Gustav.

Théorie mécanique de la chaleur, avec ses applications aux machines.

WERTHEIM, Guillaume.

Mémoires de Physique mécanique.

First edition. This book is a collection of several texts dealing in particular with elasticity on the cohesion of metals, on the sounds produced by electric current or on the balance of homogeneous solid bodies.

VON NEUMANN, John.

Les fondements mathématiques de la mécanique quantique.

VILLAT, Henri || KRAVTCHENKO, Julien.

Leçons sur les Fluides Visqueux.

VIGNAUX, Maurice.

Le Billard.

VERDET, Emile.

Oeuvres de E. Verdet, publiées par les soins de ses élèves.

VARIGNON, Pierre || PUJOL (Abbé).

Traité du mouvement et de la mesure des eaux coulantes et jaillissantes.

First edition.The work is based on the posthumous manuscripts of Pierre Varignon, edited by Abbé Pujol. Varignon addresses in particular the problem of the Torricelli flow.

VARIGNON, Pierre.

Projet d’une nouvelle mechanique: avec un Examen de l'opinion de M. Borelli.

First edition.

VARIGNON, Pierre.

Traité du mouvement des eaux coulantes et jaillissantes. Avec un traité préliminaire du mouvement général.

First edition.Posthumous work published by Abbé Pujol, pupil of Varignon. Pierre Varignon was the first to use differential calculus in certain areas of physics. He is one of the fathers of modern kinematics.

ULLMO, Jean.

Les idées d'Eddington sur l'intéraction électronique et le nombre 137.

TYNDALL, John.

La Chaleur, Mode de Mouvement.

TYNDALL, John.

La lumière - six leçons faites en Amérique dans l'hiver de 1872-1873.

First edition in French.

TYNDALL, John.

La chaleur, mode de mouvement.

Second French edition, translated from the fourth English edition, by M. The Abbot Moigno.

TYNDALL, John.

Le son.

First edition French.

TILLIEUX, Jean.

Essai d'un traité élémentaire de physique : Selon les théories modernes.

Third edition renewed.

THOMPSON, Silvanus.

Radiations visibles et invisibles conférences faites à l’institution royale de Grande-Bretagne.

Second edition.

THOMPSON, Silvanus.

L’électro-aimant et l’électro-mécanique.

First french edition.

STURM, Charles.

Cours de mécanique de l'École Polytechnique.

SOMMERFELD, Arnold.

La constitution de l'atome et les raies spectrales.

First french edition.

SODDY, Frederick.

Le Radium interprétation et enseignements de la radioactivité.

SMITH, Robert.

Cours complet d'optique [...] contenant la Théorie, la Pratique les Usages de cette Science Avec des Additions considérables sur toutes les nouvelles découvertes qu'on a faites en cette matière depuis la publication de l'Ouvrage Anglois.

First edition in French. This work, one of the most of the most useful contemporary treatises of this kind, was drawn largely from Newton's work on optics.

SMITH, Percey Franklin || LONGLEY, William Raymond.

Éléments de mécanique rationnelle.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Élémens de Physique théorique et expérimentale, pour servir de suite à la description & l'usage d'un cabinet de physique expérimentale.

First editionSigaud de La Fond (1730-1810) was a French physicist and teacher who was, with his master Nollet, one of the promoters of experimental Physics and his teaching, notably by creating the first "physics cabinets".Very good copy.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Dictionnaire de physique.

First edition.Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Jean-René.

Précis historique et expérimental des phénomènes électriques, depuis l'origine de cette découverte jusqu'à ce jour.

SECCHI, P. Angelo.

L'Unité des forces physiques. Essai de philosophie naturelle.

SECCHI, Angelo.

Le Soleil. Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes.

SAVERIEN, Alexandre.

First edition.

SAVERIEN, Alexandre.

First edition.

SAVARY, Félix.

Mémoire sur l'Aimantation (publié dans Annales de Chimie et de Physique - Tome XXXIV).

First edition.Memoir read at the Academy of Sciences on July 31, 1826. Savary works on electrodynamics and in particular on the law of Biot and Savart.We find in the same volume an article by Antoine Becquerel, "Chemical decompositions operated with electric forces at very low voltage".

First edition.

This book is a collection of several texts dealing in particular with elasticity on the cohesion of metals, on the sounds produced by electric current or on the balance of homogeneous solid bodies.

First edition.
The work is based on the posthumous manuscripts of Pierre Varignon, edited by Abbé Pujol. Varignon addresses in particular the problem of the Torricelli flow.

First edition.
Posthumous work published by Abbé Pujol, pupil of Varignon. Pierre Varignon was the first to use differential calculus in certain areas of physics. He is one of the fathers of modern kinematics.

First edition in French.
This work, one of the most of the most useful contemporary treatises of this kind, was drawn largely from Newton's work on optics.

First edition

Sigaud de La Fond (1730-1810) was a French physicist and teacher who was, with his master Nollet, one of the promoters of experimental Physics and his teaching, notably by creating the first "physics cabinets".

Very good copy.

First edition.
Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

First edition.
Memoir read at the Academy of Sciences on July 31, 1826. Savary works on electrodynamics and in particular on the law of Biot and Savart.

We find in the same volume an article by Antoine Becquerel, "Chemical decompositions operated with electric forces at very low voltage".