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Photo DUPUY, Léon. 

DUPUY, Léon. 

Exposé de la méthode de Hansen pour le calcul des perturbations spéciales des petites planètes. 

[Paris], [Baillière], [1874].
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150 €

First edition.
Article published in the Memoirs of the Physical and Natural Sciences Society of Bordeaux.TX on this fundamental problem of celestial mechanics which preoccupied mathematicians and astronomers at the end of the 19th century. Discussion on Hansen's method which is a perturbation theory approach to the three-body problem.

Photo KALLARD, Thomas. 

KALLARD, Thomas. 

Exploring Laser Light - Laboratory exercises and lecture demonstrations performed with low-power helium-neon gas lasers. 

New York, Optosonic press, 1977.
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40 €

First edition.

Photo HUMBOLDT, Frédéric Alexandre. 

HUMBOLDT, Frédéric Alexandre. 

Expériences sur le Galvanisme et en général sur l'irritation des fibres musculaires et nerveuses. 

Paris, Didot Jeune Chez J.F. Fuchs, 1799.
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500 €

First edition in french.
French translation by Nicolas Jadelot of Humboldt's work on galvanism. Humboldt confirms Galvani's interpretation that animal electricity is irreducible to that of physicists. It contributes to the genesis of the idea that living beings can be described as galvanic organisms.

Photo FRANKLIN, Benjamin. 

FRANKLIN, Benjamin. 

Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique. 

Paris, Durand, 1752.
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1700 €

First edition of the French translation given by François-Thomas Dalibard after the original English edition published in London in 1751.
Franklin's major scientific work, on electricity, proving that lightning is electrical and deducing the positive and negative nature of an electrical charge.
It is the correspondence between Benjamin Franklin and Peter Collinson which is at the origin of this publication.

Photo POLINIERE, Pierre. 

POLINIERE, Pierre. 

Expériences de Physique. 

Paris, Jean de Laulne, 1709.
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950 €

First edition.
Pierre Polinière is considered the founder of experimental physics in France. After studying mathematics with Pierre Varignon (1654 – 1722), Polinière opened a physics course at the college of Harcourt, it was one of the first public courses given in Paris. His public demonstration sessions were very successful and did much to disseminate the scientific method of experimental research. His experiments were very popular and, among the spectators, we found all of Paris, and even the young Louis XV in 1722.
In 1706 during an experiment before the Academy of Sciences, Polinière discovered electroluminescence. This discovery is contemporary but independent of that of Hauksbee in London.
The protocol of the experiment is described here in the chapter “Phosphorus through Movement”.

Photo BRUN, Charles-Marie. 

BRUN, Charles-Marie. 

Étude sur la théorie mécanique de la chaleur. 

Paris, Librairie militaire de L. Baudoin, 1893-1895.
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350 €

Rare first edition.
Only one copy of the first volume in public libraries (Bibliothèque polytechnique. ccfr. Only the second volume in worldcat).

Photo BERTHELOT, Marcelin. 

BERTHELOT, Marcelin. 

Essai de mécanique chimique fondée sur la thermochimie. 

Paris, Dunod, 1879.
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400 €

First edition, with the rare supplement.
"A monumental work in which Berthelot "laid the foundation of thermochemistry" (Zeitlinger). His researches began a new epoch, and in this work he introduced the terms exo- and endo-thermic. Although a number of chemists before him had made contributions regarding the evolution and absoption of heat in chemical reactions, it was Berthelot whose experimental determinations cover almost the whole range of chemical reaction." ... "Most copies lack the important and rare Supplément" (Neville).

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BRUNHES. 

Esquisse des progrès de la physique dus aux savants de la Bourgogne. 

Paris, s.n., [1891].
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50 €

Rare offprint.

Photo POUILLET, Claude-Servais-Matthias. 

POUILLET, Claude-Servais-Matthias. 

Élémens de physique expérimentale et de météorologie. 

Paris, Béchet jeune, 1827-28-29-30.
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300 €

First edition.

Claude Pouillet (1790-1868) was a French physicist and politician, renowned for his scientific research and physics courses he gave jointly with Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850, French chemist and physicist) at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris.
This book gathers together all the lessons given, whose subjects are the main fields of study of physics such as heat, gravity, magnetism, electricity, the actions of molecules, the structure of bodies, elasticity , sound, optics, etc.

Photo MASSUET, Pierre. 

MASSUET, Pierre. 

Élémens de Philosophie moderne qui contiennent la pneumatique, la métaphysique, la physique expérimentale, le système du monde, suivant les nouvelles découvertes. 

Amsterdam, Z. Chatelain et fils, 1752.
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550 €

First edition of this work, which deals mainly with physics, presented in the form of questions / answers.
Metaphysics, mathematics and therefore physical: of bodies (matter and vacum, porosity, hardness, ..., movement, inertia, shocks, mechanics, friction, pulley levers, gravity, Newtonian attraction , Electricity, fluids, optics, telescopes, planets, etc.).
Fine copy of this richly illustrated book with two frontispieces and 29 plates.

Photo EINSTEIN, Albert. 

EINSTEIN, Albert. 

Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1903.
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300 €

First edition.
Fourth article written by Albert Einstein and published in Annalen der Physik vol.11 in 1903 Einstein continued the work of Botlzman and Maxwell on the conditions for realizing the second law of thermodynamics according to probabilistic mathematics.

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CHERUBIN D'ORLEANS, Père. 

Effets de la force de la contiguité des corps par lesquelles on répond aux expériences de la crainte du Vuide, & à celles de la Pesanteur de l'Air. 

Paris, Etienne Ducastin, 1689.
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950 €

First edition, re-issue with cancel title (first issue 1679 with the imprint of Couterot, an other in 1689 of Lucas).
In this work, Chérubin d'Orléans discuss of the air-pump experiments of Pascal and Torricelli. He thought that vaccuum doesn't exist.

Photo REYNIER, Jean-Louis-Antoine. 

REYNIER, Jean-Louis-Antoine. 

Du Feu et de quelques-uns de ses principaux effets. 

Lausanne, Mourer, 1787.
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600 €

First edition.
Reynier makes "fire" in this work, an essential constituent of the material which ensures its cohesion.
His theory announces, following Lavoisier, the replacement of the phlogiston theory by the caloric theory.
Our modern gaze would find that by replacing “fire” with “energy”, Reynier demonstrates many interesting intuitions here. As such it is often cited by Bachelard in his “Psychoanalysis of Fire”.

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LENDY. 

Dissertations sur quelques points de physique, ou nouvel exposé des causes de plusieurs phénomènes dont la solution est encore problématique. 

Paris, Madame Huzard, An X [1802].
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450 €

Rare work. Only two copies located in French libraries (ccfr).
The book contains two essays. The first on capillarity the second on how the sun warm us.
We joint a letter from the author.

Photo GERDIL, Hyacinthe-Sigismond. 

GERDIL, Hyacinthe-Sigismond. 

Dissertations sur l'incompatibilité de l'attraction et de ses différentes loix, avec les phénomènes et sur les Tuyaux capillaires. 

Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1754.
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900 €

Born in Savoy, in 1718 Gerdil was appointed Cardinal in 1777, and could have been Pope after the death of Pie VI, without the Austrian veto who does not want a French Pope.
This is not only a theologian, a philosopher, a moralist, a jurist, but also a mathematician and physicist. He has published several essays on the highest questions of mathematics and physics.

In "Essays on the incompatibility ...", are explained, according Montucla, the best objections against the Newtonian theory on attraction.
Not more than Fontenelle and Mairan, Gerdil rejects Newton's calculations, but it pushes the cause he assigns to the phenomena.

At this "dark and mysterious" attraction he opposes the clarity with which the tendency to conceive of bodies towards each other, under the mass of material, by which the motion is communicated successively and continuously from one to another.

RARE FIRST EDITION. Very good copy.

Photo SAVERIEN, Alexandre. 

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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650 €

First edition.

Photo OZANAM, Jacques. 

OZANAM, Jacques. 

Dictionnaire Mathématique, ou idée Générale des Mathématiques.
Dans lequel sont contenus les termes de cette science, outre plusieurs termes des Arts & des autres sciences, avec des raisonnemens qui conduisent peu à peu l'esprit à une connoissance universelle des Mathématiques. 

Amsterdam, Huguetan, 1691.
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400 €

A reprint of the first edition, published the same year by Michallet in Paris.
The dictionnary is divided into sections dealing with subjects such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, cosmography, astronomy, navigation, optics, perspective, mechanics, hydrostatics, architecture, fortification and music.

Photo SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan. 

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.

Photo CLÉMENT & DÉSORMES, BECQUEREL. 

CLÉMENT & DÉSORMES, BECQUEREL. 

Détermination expérimentale du Zéro absolu de la chaleur et du caloriques spécifique des Gaz in. "Journal de Physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts, avec des planches et des arts". 

Paris, Vve Courcier, 1819.
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Important memory of Clement and Désormes : "Détermination expérimentale du Zéro absolu de la chaleur et du calorique spécifique des Gaz".
This work was submitted to the Academy of Sciences in 1812, but didn't win the price and wasn't printed in the memory of the academy. It thus appears here for the first time .
It deal with the determination of the absolute zero and the specific heat of gas.
Presentation copy of Antoine César Becquerel to his grandson Henry with this : "Donné à mon petit fils henry, qu'il conserve cela en souvenir de mes trois premiers mémoires publiés en 1819 et du tendre attachement que je lui porte".
These three memories on mineralogy are in pages 235-240, 308-309, 462-467.

Photo MARAT, Jean-Paul. 

MARAT, Jean-Paul. 

Découvertes de M. Marat sur la lumière constatées par une suite d'expériences nouvelles qui ont été faites un très-grand nombre de fois sous les yeux de MM. les Commissaires de l'Académie des Sciences. 

Londres et Paris, Jombert, 1780.
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3000 €

First edition of this rare work by Marat on light.
In fact, the french revolutionary published several scientific works in his youth.
In this treatise on light, Marat discusses Newton's doctrine on the decomposition of sunlight by the prism.

Photo BULOS, Jean Antonin. 

BULOS, Jean Antonin. 

De la chaleur dans ses applications aux arts et aux manufactures. 

Paris, Urbain Canel, 1825.
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60 €

First edition.

Photo BONNEFOY, Jean Baptiste. 

BONNEFOY, Jean Baptiste. 

De l'Application de l'électricité à l'art de guérir. 

Lyon, Aimé de la Roche, 1782.
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180 €

Rare first edition. Not in Wheeler"s Gift.
Jean Baptiste Bonnefoy (1756-1790) Boy surgeon, then surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon, member of the College of Surgery, is the author of various medical memoirs. He had some relations with mesmerism whose ideas he shared, which is particularly evident in this work.

Bound after:
BONNEFOY, De l'influence des passions de l'âme dans les maladies chirurgicales, [Sl], 1786. 88 pages.

Photo DEGUIN, Nicolas. 

DEGUIN, Nicolas. 

Cours élémentaire de physique, à l'usage des collèges et des autres établissemens d'instruction publique. 

Paris, Belin-Mandar, 1841.
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75 €

Third edition of these basic physics lessons, by Nicolas Deguin (1809-1860) who was professor of Physics at the Faculty of Science in Besançon.

Photo CHAM. 

CHAM. 

Cours de Physique. 

Paris, Maison Martinet, [v.1861].
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50 €

Cham, pseudonym of Amédée de Noé (1818-1879), is a French illustrator, caricaturist and playwright known and recognized.
This book is atypical and at the opposite of those received in schools!
It is a collection of very humorous illustrations, which are about the principles of Physics. With its simple, fast, sharp and precise style, Cham manages to make readers laugh about serious areas in the different fields of this science.

Photo [COURS DE PHYSIQUE]. 

[COURS DE PHYSIQUE]. 

Cours de physique. 1ère Section, suivi d'un Cours de 2ème Division. 

s. l, s. n, [vers 1912].
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50 €

Lithographic course of General Physics, with a lot of diagrams.

The course of physics of 1st Section is organized around the following parts: Units of measurement, Notions of mechanics, Gravity, Hydrostatic, The density of solid and liquid bodies, Areometry, Hydrodynamics, Compressibility of gases, Acoustics, The notions of potential, The measurement of surfaces and angles, Heat, Calorimetry, The notions of thermodynamics, Changes of state of bodies and Steam.

The 2nd division physics course has the following plan: Gas liquefaction, hygrometry, meteorology, sound, optics, refraction of light, optical instruments, radiation studies , Photometry and Notions of Physical Optics.

Photo CROS, G. 

CROS, G. 

Cours de physique pour les classes de Mathématiques A et B. Programme du 14 mai 1912. 

s.l., s.n., 1912.
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20 €
Photo DESAGULIERS, John Theophilus. 

DESAGULIERS, John Theophilus. 

Cours de Physique expérimentale,.... Traduit de l'anglois par le R. P. Pezenas. 

Paris, Jacques Rollin & Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1751.
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900 €

First edition in French.

John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), one of the founders of modern Freemasonry.
This book, published in London between 1725 and 1727, is based on Newton's theories, of which Desaguliers was a fervent defender and propagator of his scientific, philosophical and political ideas.

Photo PEYRÉ, J.M.M. 

PEYRÉ, J.M.M. 

Cours de Physique destiné à MM. les élèves de l'école royale spéciale militaire - premier cahier. 

Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1830.
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40 €

Rare first edition.

Photo JAMIN, Jules Celestin. 

JAMIN, Jules Celestin. 

Cours de physique de l'école polytechnique. 

Paris, Gauthiers-Villars, 1885-1891.
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200 €

Fourth edition.
Physics course at the Polytechnic School divided into 12 booklets and 2 supplements (the third supplement is absent here).

Photo SMITH, Robert. 

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.

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