1. Early Physics. 1896-1942.
This series documents the history of nuclear physics, radiation, and radium studies from 1896 up to, but not including, the Manhattan Project. The core of Series 1 comprises a collection of original editions and secondary references tracing the sequence of discoveries that revealed the feasibility of the release of energy on a large scale by means of a fission chain reaction in uranium.
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The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 2. 113-243 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. January 15, 1939.
Includes "The Isotopic Constitution of Uranium and the Half-Lives of the Uranium Isotopes. I" by A.O. Nier-A CRUCIAL PAPER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. Nier here reports his study of Uranium isotopes as a tool for geological dating; he finds only 3 isotopes, determines their relative abundances, and calculates their half-lives; most importantly, Nier used a mass spectrograph for the separations and he was in a position to respond to the urgent need, recognized just weeks later, for separated isotopes to determine which isotope fissioned with slow neutrons; sufficient material was not available until early 1940 to prove conclusively that U-235, not U-238, fissioned with thermal neutrons.
Includes "The Isotopic Constitution of Uranium and the Half-Lives of the Uranium Isotopes. I" by A.O. Nier-A CRUCIAL PAPER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. Nier here reports his study of Uranium isotopes as a tool for geological dating; he finds only 3 isotopes, determines their relative abundances, and calculates their half-lives; most importantly, Nier used a mass spectrograph for the separations and he was in a position to respond to the urgent need, recognized just weeks later, for separated isotopes to determine which isotope fissioned with slow neutrons; sufficient material was not available until early 1940 to prove conclusively that U-235, not U-238, fissioned with thermal neutrons.
0202.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 3. 245-322 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. February 1, 1939.
Includes contributions by W.F. Libby, H.A. Bethe, E. Segre, and Glenn T. Seaborg.
Includes contributions by W.F. Libby, H.A. Bethe, E. Segre, and Glenn T. Seaborg.
0203.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 4. 323-424 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. February 15, 1939.
Contains THE FIRST PUBLICATIONS ON FISSION FROM U.S. RESEARCHERS. The short notes describe hastily done experiments to confirm the news that Bohr brought to the U.S. of the Meitner-Frisch explanation (fission) of the Hahn-Strassman experiments. Included are: "Droplet Fission of Uranium and Thorium Nuclei" by Philip Abelson; and "Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegrations and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr, his first note on the recent discovery of fission, in which he predicts, correctly, that U-235 will fission with slow (thermal) neutrons, but that U-238 will not.
Contains THE FIRST PUBLICATIONS ON FISSION FROM U.S. RESEARCHERS. The short notes describe hastily done experiments to confirm the news that Bohr brought to the U.S. of the Meitner-Frisch explanation (fission) of the Hahn-Strassman experiments. Included are: "Droplet Fission of Uranium and Thorium Nuclei" by Philip Abelson; and "Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegrations and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr, his first note on the recent discovery of fission, in which he predicts, correctly, that U-235 will fission with slow (thermal) neutrons, but that U-238 will not.
0204.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 5. 425-512 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. March 1, 1939.
Includes: "Disintegration of Uranium" by D.R. Corson & R.L. Thornton-the first direct observation with a cloud chamber; "Radioactive Recoils from Uranium by Neutrons" by Edwin McMillan; "Further Observations on the Splitting of Uranium and Thorium" by R.B. Roberts, R.C. Meyer, & P. Wang-discovery of the delayed neutron emission, important for the control of fission reactors; and, "The Fission of Uranium" by Anderson, Booth, Dunning, Fermi, Glasoe, & Slack-here Fermi reports his first experiment; 16 days later, in a letter to the Navy seeking funding, Fermi pointed out the possibility of the liberation of huge quantities of energy from fission reactions. Also includes H.A. Bethe's "Energy Production in Stars," announcing the discovery of the CNO cycle.
Includes: "Disintegration of Uranium" by D.R. Corson & R.L. Thornton-the first direct observation with a cloud chamber; "Radioactive Recoils from Uranium by Neutrons" by Edwin McMillan; "Further Observations on the Splitting of Uranium and Thorium" by R.B. Roberts, R.C. Meyer, & P. Wang-discovery of the delayed neutron emission, important for the control of fission reactors; and, "The Fission of Uranium" by Anderson, Booth, Dunning, Fermi, Glasoe, & Slack-here Fermi reports his first experiment; 16 days later, in a letter to the Navy seeking funding, Fermi pointed out the possibility of the liberation of huge quantities of energy from fission reactions. Also includes H.A. Bethe's "Energy Production in Stars," announcing the discovery of the CNO cycle.
0205.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 6. 515-608 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. 1939.
Contributors include I.I. Rabi, E. Segre, Y. Nishina, and others.
Contributors include I.I. Rabi, E. Segre, Y. Nishina, and others.
0206.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 7. 609-686 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. April 1, 1939.
Includes: "The Delayed Neutron Emission which Accompanies Fission of Uranium and Thorium" by Roberts, Hafstad, Meyer, and Wang-more details to follow their previous note. Other contributors to this issue include Glenn T. Seaborg, Edward Teller, G. Gamow, and I.I. Rabi.
Includes: "The Delayed Neutron Emission which Accompanies Fission of Uranium and Thorium" by Roberts, Hafstad, Meyer, and Wang-more details to follow their previous note. Other contributors to this issue include Glenn T. Seaborg, Edward Teller, G. Gamow, and I.I. Rabi.
0207.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 8. 687-800 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. April 15, 1939.
Includes: "Production of Neutrons in Uranium Bombarded by Neutrons" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and H. B. Hanstein - the discovery of the instantaneous neutron emission that accompanies fission, with the first crude estimate that 2 neutrons per fission are produced; and, "Instantaneous Emission of Fast Neutrons in the Interactions of Slow Neutrons with Uranium" by Leo Szilard and Walter H. Zinn - where it is estimated, by another experiment, that 2 neutrons per fission are produced and that the vast majority of emitted neutrons are instantaneous, not delayed.
Includes: "Production of Neutrons in Uranium Bombarded by Neutrons" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and H. B. Hanstein - the discovery of the instantaneous neutron emission that accompanies fission, with the first crude estimate that 2 neutrons per fission are produced; and, "Instantaneous Emission of Fast Neutrons in the Interactions of Slow Neutrons with Uranium" by Leo Szilard and Walter H. Zinn - where it is estimated, by another experiment, that 2 neutrons per fission are produced and that the vast majority of emitted neutrons are instantaneous, not delayed.
0208.
THE PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 9. 803-882 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. May 1, 1939.
Includes: "Delayed Neutron Emission from Uranium" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack, reporting the instantaneous-to-delayed neutron ratio and the slow neutron fission cross section.
Includes: "Delayed Neutron Emission from Uranium" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack, reporting the instantaneous-to-delayed neutron ratio and the slow neutron fission cross section.
0209.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 10. 883-989 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. May 15, 1939.
Includes "Energy Distribution of Uranium Fission Fragments" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack. This is the first evidence that fission fragments divide into two mass groups; the now familiar bimodal distribution curve is shown; a good estimate of the kinetic energy per fission is determined from measurements.
Includes "Energy Distribution of Uranium Fission Fragments" by E.T. Booth, J.R. Dunning, and F.G. Slack. This is the first evidence that fission fragments divide into two mass groups; the now familiar bimodal distribution curve is shown; a good estimate of the kinetic energy per fission is determined from measurements.
0210.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 11. 991-1150 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. June 1, 1939.
Includes "Simple Capture of Neutrons by Uranium" by H.L. Anderson and E. Fermi-the first attempt to evaluate the relative rates of neutron capture vs. fission with thermal neutrons by calculation of cross sections from data.
Includes "Simple Capture of Neutrons by Uranium" by H.L. Anderson and E. Fermi-the first attempt to evaluate the relative rates of neutron capture vs. fission with thermal neutrons by calculation of cross sections from data.
0211.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 55. Second Series. Number 12. 1151-1300 pages plus Table of Contents. 4to,
printed wrappers. Lancaster & New York: American Physical Society. June 15, 1939.
Contributions by I.I. Rabi, H.A. Bethe, Glenn T. Seaborg, W.F. Libby, et al.
Contributions by I.I. Rabi, H.A. Bethe, Glenn T. Seaborg, W.F. Libby, et al.
0212.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 1. 124 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster &
New York: American Physical Society. July 1, 1939.
Includes report on the "Initial Performance of the 60-Inch Cyclotron of the William H. Crocker Radiation Laboratory, University of California" by Ernest O. Lawrence, Luis W. Alvarez, et al.
Includes report on the "Initial Performance of the 60-Inch Cyclotron of the William H. Crocker Radiation Laboratory, University of California" by Ernest O. Lawrence, Luis W. Alvarez, et al.
0213.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 2. 125-218 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. July 15, 1939.
Includes "Study of Uranium Thorium Fission Produced by Fast Neutrons of Nearly Homogeneous Energy" by S. Millman, P. Kusch, and I.I. Rabi.
Includes "Study of Uranium Thorium Fission Produced by Fast Neutrons of Nearly Homogeneous Energy" by S. Millman, P. Kusch, and I.I. Rabi.
0214.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 3. 219-290 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. August 1, 1939.
Includes "Neutron Production and Absorption of Uranium" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Acknowledging that large errors may have been associated with the previous estimate of two neutrons per fission, a new apparatus is used to determine if an excess of neutrons results from the interaction of thermal neutrons with Uranium. The authors "conclude that a nuclear chain reaction could be maintained. . . ."
Includes "Neutron Production and Absorption of Uranium" by H.L. Anderson, E. Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Acknowledging that large errors may have been associated with the previous estimate of two neutrons per fission, a new apparatus is used to determine if an excess of neutrons results from the interaction of thermal neutrons with Uranium. The authors "conclude that a nuclear chain reaction could be maintained. . . ."
0215.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 4. 291-385 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. August 15, 1939.
Contributors include J.L. Lawson, R.P. Feynman, Edward Teller, and Luis W. Alvarez.
Contributors include J.L. Lawson, R.P. Feynman, Edward Teller, and Luis W. Alvarez.
0216.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 5. 387-486 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. September 1, 1939.
Includes "Mechanism of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr and John Archibald Wheeler. This is the first quantitative development of theory to calculate: 1) available energy for the various possible fission fragments; 2) binding energy of neutrons in fission fragments; and 3)energy of beta emission. Threshold energies of neutrons to produce fission are calculated and negative values are found for U-234 and U-235.
Includes "Mechanism of Nuclear Fission" by Niels Bohr and John Archibald Wheeler. This is the first quantitative development of theory to calculate: 1) available energy for the various possible fission fragments; 2) binding energy of neutrons in fission fragments; and 3)energy of beta emission. Threshold energies of neutrons to produce fission are calculated and negative values are found for U-234 and U-235.
0217.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 6. 487-617 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. September 15, 1939.
Includes contributions by R.A. Millikan, E.P. Wigner, Edward Teller, Luis Alvarez, and others.
Includes contributions by R.A. Millikan, E.P. Wigner, Edward Teller, Luis Alvarez, and others.
0218.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 7. 619-707 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. October 1, 1939.
Includes "Emission of Neutrons by Uranium" by W.H. Zinn and Leo Szilard. This reports a more elaborate experiment by a different method to confirm that the absorption of one thermal neutron by Uranium produces, on net, more than one neutron. These results prompted Szilard to draft the letter, signed by Einstein, that reached the president a few weeks later. After this issue, the open publication of research came to a virtual halt.
Includes "Emission of Neutrons by Uranium" by W.H. Zinn and Leo Szilard. This reports a more elaborate experiment by a different method to confirm that the absorption of one thermal neutron by Uranium produces, on net, more than one neutron. These results prompted Szilard to draft the letter, signed by Einstein, that reached the president a few weeks later. After this issue, the open publication of research came to a virtual halt.
0219.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 8. 709-861 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. October 15, 1939.
0220.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 9. 863-964 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. November 1, 1939.
0221.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 10. 965-1068 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. November 15, 1939.
0222.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 11. 1069-1173 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. December 1, 1939.
0223.
The PHYSICAL REVIEW. Volume 56. Second Series. Number 12. 1175-1264 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. Lancaster
& New York: American Physical Society. December 15, 1939.
0224.
LES PRIX NOBEL EN 1901. 92; 7; 13 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Imprimerie
Royale. 1904.
THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZE. W.C. Roentgen is recipient of the prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays. Fine photogravure portrait of Roentgen, with facsimile signature.
THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZE. W.C. Roentgen is recipient of the prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays. Fine photogravure portrait of Roentgen, with facsimile signature.
0225.
LES PRIX NOBEL EN 1903. 92; 15; 14; 8 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm:
Imprimerie Royale. 1906.
HENRI BECQUEREL, PIERRE CURIE & MARIE CURIE share the prize in Physics. Includes Becquerel's speech "Sur une Proprieté Nouvelle de la Matiere, la Radio-Activité," and Pierre Curie's "Conference Nobel."
HENRI BECQUEREL, PIERRE CURIE & MARIE CURIE share the prize in Physics. Includes Becquerel's speech "Sur une Proprieté Nouvelle de la Matiere, la Radio-Activité," and Pierre Curie's "Conference Nobel."
0226.
LES PRIX NOBEL EN 1940-1944, 158 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Stockholm: Imprimerie Royale. 1946.
Nobel prize in physics for I.I. Rabi ("pour la methode de resonance qu'il a decouverte en vue de l'enregistrement des proprietés magnetiques des noyaux atomiques"), and in chemistry for George Hevesy ("pour ses travaux sur l'emploi des isotopes en qualité d'indicateurs lors de l'etude des processus chimiques").
Nobel prize in physics for I.I. Rabi ("pour la methode de resonance qu'il a decouverte en vue de l'enregistrement des proprietés magnetiques des noyaux atomiques"), and in chemistry for George Hevesy ("pour ses travaux sur l'emploi des isotopes en qualité d'indicateurs lors de l'etude des processus chimiques").
0227.
RADIUM, LE: Publication Mensuelle. Directeur Henri Farjas. 1er Annee. No. 1-No. 6 (all published). Together, 6 issues.
16 pages each. Many illustrations from photographs. 4to, contemporary cloth-backed
boards. Paris: Henri Farjas. Janvier-Juin 1904.
COMPLETE FILE of this extremely rare journal, the first devoted to the study of Radium, and the immediate predecessor of the more well-known journal of similar title (see next item). The full title of the present journal appears in issues 2-6 as Le Radium. La Radioactivité et les Sciences qui s'y rattachent. Publication Mensuelle Illustree.
COMPLETE FILE of this extremely rare journal, the first devoted to the study of Radium, and the immediate predecessor of the more well-known journal of similar title (see next item). The full title of the present journal appears in issues 2-6 as Le Radium. La Radioactivité et les Sciences qui s'y rattachent. Publication Mensuelle Illustree.
0228.
RADIUM, LE: La Radioactivité et les Radiations qui s'y rattachent et leurs Applications. Comité de Direction: d'Arsonval -H. Becquerel -A. Beclere -R. Blondlot -Ch.Bouchard
-P.Curie -Danysz -Debierne -Ch. Fery -Finsen -Ch. Ed. Guillaume -Oudin -Rubens -Rutherford.
Tome Premiere, No. 1-6. 212 pages. Illustrated. 4to, contemporary cloth-backed boards,
bound with the preceding item. Paris: Masson et Cie. 15 Juillet-15 Decembre 1904.
0229.
RAMSTEDT, EVA. "De sista arens framsteg pa radioaktivitetens omrade." IN: Kosmos, Band I, pp. 160-169. 219 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards.
Stockholm: Norstedt & Soener. 1921.
0230.
ROMER, ALFRED, Editor. Radiochemistry and the Discovery of Isotopes. 261 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Dover. 1970.
26 classic papers, including 18 printed here in English translation for the first time.
26 classic papers, including 18 printed here in English translation for the first time.
0231.
RUSSELL, A.S. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Radioactive Substances. 173 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, paper spine-label. FIRST EDITION. London: John
Murray. 1922. QC721 .R9 1922
0232.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. The Collected Papers. Published Under the Scientific Direction of Sir James Chadwick. 3 volumes. 931; 590;
428 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jackets. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. London:
George Allen and Unwin. 1962-1963-1965. Q113 .R87 1962
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RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Collision of Alpha Particles with Light Atoms. pp.(537)-616. 8vo, unbound. FIRST EDITION. London: Taylor & Francis. 1919.
PMM 411. Rutherford's first announcement that alpha particles in collision with nitrogen atoms liberated nuclei of hydrogen atoms from the nitrogen. This was the FIRST INSTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL TRANSMUTATION OF ONE ELEMENT INTO ANOTHER, AND A GIANT STEP TOWARD NUCLEAR FISSION. Comprises Philosophical Magazine (Sixth Series) June 1919.
PMM 411. Rutherford's first announcement that alpha particles in collision with nitrogen atoms liberated nuclei of hydrogen atoms from the nitrogen. This was the FIRST INSTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL TRANSMUTATION OF ONE ELEMENT INTO ANOTHER, AND A GIANT STEP TOWARD NUCLEAR FISSION. Comprises Philosophical Magazine (Sixth Series) June 1919.
0234.
RUTHERFORD ERNEST. The Natural and Artificial Disintegration of the Elements. An Address on the Occasion of the CEntenary Celebration of the Founding of the Franklin
Institute and the Inauguration Exercises of the Bartol Research Foundation. 24 Pages.
8vo, stiff printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Franklin Institute. 1924. QC721 .R93 1924
0235.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. The Newer Alchemy. Based on the Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture delivered at Newnham College Cambridge
November 1936. 67 pages. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York:
Macmillan. 1937. QD466 .R87
0236.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Radioactive Substances and their Radiations. 699 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1913. QC795 .R86
0237.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Radioactive Transformations. 287 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Scribner's. 1906. QC721 .R95 1906
"Contains the subject matter of eleven lectures delivered under the Silliman Foundation at the Yale University, March 1905."
"Contains the subject matter of eleven lectures delivered under the Silliman Foundation at the Yale University, March 1905."
0238.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Radio-activity. 399 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1904. QC721 .R97 1904
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPORTANT BOOKS IN MODERN SCIENCE. Rutherford here published his "proposal of a new theory of atomic disintegration and of the nuclear nature of the atom. He reports on his discovery and naming of alpha, beta, and gamma rays" (Horblit) and puts forward the revolutionary theory that radio-activity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. Horblit, 100 Books Famous in Science No. 91; Dibner 51; PMM 411.
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPORTANT BOOKS IN MODERN SCIENCE. Rutherford here published his "proposal of a new theory of atomic disintegration and of the nuclear nature of the atom. He reports on his discovery and naming of alpha, beta, and gamma rays" (Horblit) and puts forward the revolutionary theory that radio-activity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. Horblit, 100 Books Famous in Science No. 91; Dibner 51; PMM 411.
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RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. Die Radioaktivitaet. Unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers ergaentzte autorisierte deutsche
Ausgabe. 597 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Berlin:
Springer. 1907. QC795 .R87 1907
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RUTHERFORD, ERNEST. "Der Unterscheid zwischen radioaktiver und chemischer Verwandlung." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik, Erster Band, 1905, 103-127 pp. IV,
464 pages. 8vo, buckram. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. 1905.
FIRST APPEARANCE of this seminal paper on radioactive transformations and their relationship to chemical changes. The present volume also includes "Literatur der Radioaktivitaet vor dem Jahre 1904" by M. Ikle, one of the earliest attempts at a general bibliography of radioactivity.
FIRST APPEARANCE of this seminal paper on radioactive transformations and their relationship to chemical changes. The present volume also includes "Literatur der Radioaktivitaet vor dem Jahre 1904" by M. Ikle, one of the earliest attempts at a general bibliography of radioactivity.
0241.
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST, JAMES CHADWICK & C.D. ELLIS. Radiations from Radioactive Substances. 588 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1930.
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RUTHERFORD, ERNEST, JAMES CHADWICK & C.D. ELLIS. Radiations from Radioactive Substances. 588 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Cambridge: University Press. 1951. QC795 .R85
Corrected re-issue of the 1930 edition.
Corrected re-issue of the 1930 edition.
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RUTHERFORD, ERNEST & T. ROYDS. "Die Natur des aus radioaktiven Substanzen stammenden a-Teilchens." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 6, No. 1(1909): pp. 1-7. IV, 656
pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1910.
Report on the nature of alpha particles as radioactive decay products. This volume also includes Curie, "Ueber das Atomgewicht des Radiums;" Meyer, "Bericht ueber das Uran und seine ersten Zerfallsprodukte," etc.
Report on the nature of alpha particles as radioactive decay products. This volume also includes Curie, "Ueber das Atomgewicht des Radiums;" Meyer, "Bericht ueber das Uran und seine ersten Zerfallsprodukte," etc.
0244.
RUTHERFORD AND BOLTWOOD: Letters on Radioactivity. Edited by Lawrence Badash. 378 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New Haven: Yale. 1969. QC16.R8 A43
The collected correspondence of these two pioneering researchers.
The collected correspondence of these two pioneering researchers.
0245.
RYDBERG, J.R. Contributions al la Connaissance des spectres lineaires. pp. 505-520; 677-700. 8vo, unbound, laid into plain blue wrappers. FIRST EDITIONS.
Stockholm. 1893.
Comprise Oefversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Foerhandlingar 1893, Nos. 8 & 10.
Comprise Oefversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Foerhandlingar 1893, Nos. 8 & 10.
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RYDBERG, J.R. Die Gesetze der Atomgewichtszahlen. 18 pages + table. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet. 1886. QD467 .R92 1886
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RYDBERG, J.R. Om de Kemiska Grundaemnenas Periodiska System. 31 pages. 2 plates. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet. 1885. QD467 .R922 1885
0248.
SANDERS, L.A. Universeele Atoom-Theorie. 80 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. 's-Gravenhage: Uitgeverij Pax. 1940.
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SARMENTO DE VASCONCELOS E CASTRO, JOSE. Consideracoes sobre um novo Sistema coerente de Unidades, baseado na equivalencia
entre a Massa e a Energia, e na Relacao de Planck. 24 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Porto: Empresa Industrial Grafica. 1945.
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the Author.
Presentation copy, signed & inscribed by the Author.
0250.
SAVIDGE, EUGENE COLEMAN, M.D. The Philosophy of Radio- activity or Selective Involution. 151 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Jenkins. 1914. QC721 .S28 1914
A curious treatise, mixing medicine, physics, and mysticism, by a leading cancer researcher of the day.
A curious treatise, mixing medicine, physics, and mysticism, by a leading cancer researcher of the day.
0251.
SHIPLEY, MAYNARD. The Wonders of Radium. 64 pages. 16mo, printed blue wrappers. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius. 1926.
Little Blue Book No. 1000.
Little Blue Book No. 1000.
0252.
SILBERSTEIN, L. Report on the Quantum Theory of Spectra. 42 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Adam Hilger. 1920. QC454.A8 S5 1920
0253.
SIMONS, LENNART. Measurements of the Neutron-Proton Scattering Cross-Section. 16 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Munksgaard. 1940.
0254.
SLATER, MISS. J.M.W. Some Recent Developments in Radioactivity, and their Bearing on General Scientific
Views. 14 pages. 4to, unbound. (Birmingham). 1913.
"A paper read at Birmingham before the Association of Science Teachers, May 31, 1913."
"A paper read at Birmingham before the Association of Science Teachers, May 31, 1913."
0255.
SLUITER, C.H. Electronen en Atomen. Handleiding ter Aanvulling van het Middelbaar en Voorbereidend
hooger Onderwijs in Natuur-en Scheikunde. 51 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Groningen: Nordhoff. 1928.
0256.
SMYTH, HENRY DE WOLF. "From X-Rays to Nuclear Fission." IN: American Scientist, Volume 35, Number 4, pp. 485-501. pp. 435-584 Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. New Haven: Society of the Sigma Xi. October 1947.
Good short history of atomic physics from 1895-1939.
Good short history of atomic physics from 1895-1939.
0257.
SMYTH, HENRY DEWOLF & C.J. BRASEFIELD. The Secondary Spectrum of Hydrogen and the Occurence of H3+. pp. (443)-447 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. N.p.: NAS. 1926.
Offprint from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 7. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Professor Richardson with the Authors' compliments."
Offprint from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 7. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Professor Richardson with the Authors' compliments."
0258.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Chemistry of the Radio-Elements. 92 pages + folding table of half-lives. 8vo, flexible cloth. FIRST EDITION. London:
Longmans. 1911. QC795 .S6 1911
0259.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Chemistry of the Radio-Elements. Part 1. Second Edition (Revised and Largely Rewritten). 151 pages. Folding table.
8vo, cloth. London: Longmans. 1914. QC795 .S6 1914
All published. This is a completely rewritten version of the complete 1911 edition, which became Part 1 retroactively when a Part 2 was published at the end of 1913. The present edition takes into account the new theory of isotopic elements.
All published. This is a completely rewritten version of the complete 1911 edition, which became Part 1 retroactively when a Part 2 was published at the end of 1913. The present edition takes into account the new theory of isotopic elements.
0260.
SODDY, FREDERICK. "Der gegenwaertige stand der Radioaktivitaet." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 3, n. 1(1906): pp. 1-23. IV, 506
pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1907.
Excellent survey of early radioactivity investigations. Volume also includes Soddy's "Die Entwickelung der Elemente," pages 247-263.
Excellent survey of early radioactivity investigations. Volume also includes Soddy's "Die Entwickelung der Elemente," pages 247-263.
0261.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Interpretation of Radium. Being the Substance of Six Free Popular Experimental Lectures Delivered at the University
of Glasgow, 1908. 256 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Putnam's. 1909. QC721 .S65 1909
0262.
SODDY, FREDERICK. Radio-Activity: An Elementary Treatise, from the Standpoint of the Disintegration
Theory. 214 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: "The Electrician". 1904. QC721 .S67 1904
FIRST BOOK BY SODDY, in which he attempts "to give a connected account of his remarkable series of investigations which have followed M. Becquerel's discovery, in 1896, of a new property of the element uranium." At the end are five pages of illustrated ads for spinthariscopes and radium compounds.
FIRST BOOK BY SODDY, in which he attempts "to give a connected account of his remarkable series of investigations which have followed M. Becquerel's discovery, in 1896, of a new property of the element uranium." At the end are five pages of illustrated ads for spinthariscopes and radium compounds.
0263.
SODDY, FREDERICK. Die Radioaktivitaet vom Standpunkt der Desaggregationstheorie elementar dargestellt. Unter Mitwirkung von Dr. L.F. Guttman. Uebersetzt von Prof. G. Siebert. 216 pages.
Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Leipzig: Barth. 1904.
0264.
SODDY, FREDERICK. Radioactivity and Atomic Theory. Facsimile Reproduction of the Annual Progress Reports on Radioactivity 1904-1920
to the Chemical Society. Edited with Commentary by Thaddeus J. Trenn. 517 pages. 4to,
cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. London: Taylor & Francis. 1975. QC795 .S62 1975
0265.
SODDY, FREDERICK. The Story of Atomic Energy. 136 pages. Illustrated. 4to, newer buckram. FIRST EDITION. London: Nova Atlantis. 1949. QC780 .S6 1949
0266.
SOLOMON, ARTHUR K. Why Smash Atoms? 174 pages. Illustrated by Katherine R. Campbell. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
Cambridge: Harvard. 1940. QC778 .S6
0267.
STRANSKY, SIEGMUND. Die Struktur der Atomkerne. 50 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION.
Leipzig & Wien: Franz Deuticke. 1932.
0268.
STUEWER, ROGER H., Editor. Nuclear Physics in Retrospect. Proceedings of a Symposium on the 1930's. 340 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Minneapolis. 1979. QC773 .S95 1977
Includes contributions by Bethe, Segre, Frisch, Wigner, et al.
Includes contributions by Bethe, Segre, Frisch, Wigner, et al.
0269.
SUE, PIERRE. Dix Ans d'Application de la Radioactivité Artificielle. Preface de Frederic Joliot-Curie. 258 pages. Small 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Paris: Societé d'Editions Scientifiques. 1948. QC795.55.A7 S84 1948
0270.
SZILARD, LEO. The Collected Works, Scientific Papers. Bernard T. Feld and Gertrud Weiss Szilard, Editors. Foreward by Jacques Monod. 737
pages. Numerous facsimile illustrations. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge:
MIT Press. 1972. QC3 .S97
0271.
TAFT, ROBERT B., M.D. Radium Lost and Found. Introduction by George E. Pfahler. 77 pages. Illustrated by Mercedes Hoshall. 8vo,
cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Charleston, S.C.: Furlong & Son. 1938. RM859 .T12 1938
The Author developed a "Radium Hound," actually a portable electroscope, to aid in the recovery of lost or stolen radium. In the present work, he recounts a number of case histories in a most amusing style. One need only note here that in 1938 a 100 milligram specimen of radium cost $12,000-a fact which justified heroic efforts in finding and recovering wayward radium samples-above and beyond the obvious public health factors. This is a very scarce book.
The Author developed a "Radium Hound," actually a portable electroscope, to aid in the recovery of lost or stolen radium. In the present work, he recounts a number of case histories in a most amusing style. One need only note here that in 1938 a 100 milligram specimen of radium cost $12,000-a fact which justified heroic efforts in finding and recovering wayward radium samples-above and beyond the obvious public health factors. This is a very scarce book.
0272.
THOMSON, J.J. Conduction of Electricity Through Gases. 566 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1903. QC711 .T5 1903
"The theory of the atom as the basis of the physical world was dissolved on the evening of April 29, 1897 when Thomson announced that cathode rays consisted of negatively charged particles of a mass no greater than a thousandth part of a hydrogen atom...Thomson concluded that in the process of electrification these negatively charged particles...were detached from the atom leaving the positively charged core and remaining particles...." -Dibner 165; PMM 386d.
"The theory of the atom as the basis of the physical world was dissolved on the evening of April 29, 1897 when Thomson announced that cathode rays consisted of negatively charged particles of a mass no greater than a thousandth part of a hydrogen atom...Thomson concluded that in the process of electrification these negatively charged particles...were detached from the atom leaving the positively charged core and remaining particles...." -Dibner 165; PMM 386d.
0273.
THOMSON, SIR J.J. The Electron in Chemistry. Being Five Lectures Delivered at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. 144 pages.
8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Franklin Institute. 1923. QD461 .T5
0274.
THOMSON, SIR J.J. Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analyses. 132 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Longmans. 1913. QC711 .T55 1913
Summary of 7 years research at the Cavendish Laboratory. Thomson's work on positive rays, in conjunction with F.W. Aston, was the beginning of the method of analysis now called mass spectrography. By means of the magnetic deflection of positive ions, Aston & Thomson demonstrated that neon (atomic weight about 20) had a minor component of mass 22, a major step toward the discovery of the nature of isotopes. See PMM 386 & 412.
Summary of 7 years research at the Cavendish Laboratory. Thomson's work on positive rays, in conjunction with F.W. Aston, was the beginning of the method of analysis now called mass spectrography. By means of the magnetic deflection of positive ions, Aston & Thomson demonstrated that neon (atomic weight about 20) had a minor component of mass 22, a major step toward the discovery of the nature of isotopes. See PMM 386 & 412.
0275.
THOMSON, J.J. "Strahlen positiver Elektrizitaet." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 8, No.2 (1922): pp. 197-226. IV,
570 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1911.
FIRST EDITION of these landmark studies leading to the development of the mass spectrograph.
FIRST EDITION of these landmark studies leading to the development of the mass spectrograph.
0276.
TRAVERS, MORRIS W. The Experimental Study of Gases. With an Introductory Preface by William Ramsey. 323 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth.
FIRST EDITION. London: Macmillan. 1901. QD531 .T78 1901
Travers was co-discoverer, with Ramsey and Rayleigh, of the rare gases. The present work presents a detailed analysis of the methods used in their discovery.
Travers was co-discoverer, with Ramsey and Rayleigh, of the rare gases. The present work presents a detailed analysis of the methods used in their discovery.
0277.
TURNER, DAWSON. Radium. Its Physics & Therapeutics. 86 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
New York: William Wood. 1911. RM859 .T94 1911
0278.
URBAIN, GEORGES. Les Notions Fondamentales d'Element Chimique et d'Atome. 171 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1925. QD7 .U72 1925
0279.
UREY, H.C. On the Effect of Perturbing Electric Fields on the Zeeman Effect of the Hydrogen Spectrum. 19 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Bianco Lunos. 1924.
0280.
UREY, HAROLD C., F.G. BRICKWEDDE & G.M. MURPHY. "A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2." IN: The Physical Review, Volume 39, Number 1, pp. 164-165. 191 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Minneapolis: American Physical Society. January 1, 1932.
FIRST PUBLISHED REPORT OF THE EXISTENCE OF DEUTERIUM, appearing in the "Letters to the Editor" column. A detailed follow-up article appeared in the next issue.
FIRST PUBLISHED REPORT OF THE EXISTENCE OF DEUTERIUM, appearing in the "Letters to the Editor" column. A detailed follow-up article appeared in the next issue.
0281.
VEGARD, LARS. Materiens Byggnad och Atomernas Inre. Auktoriserad Oeversaettning fran Norskan av Paul Valberg. 87 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Uppsala: Lindblads Forlag. 1925.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of the current state of atomic physics and the Bohr atom.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of the current state of atomic physics and the Bohr atom.
0282.
WECKERING, RUDOLPH. Stereophysique. Nouvelles Theories sur la Constitution de la Matiere et l'Origine
des Rayonnements. 662 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Dunod. 1935. QD481 .W35
0283.
WEINBERG, STEVEN. The Discovery of Subatomic Particles. 206 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Scientific American. 1983. QC793.2 .W44 1983
An excellent history of the discovery of fundamental particles for lay readers.
An excellent history of the discovery of fundamental particles for lay readers.
0284.
WEIZSAECKER, C.F. VON. Die Atomkerne. Grundlagen und Anwendungen ihrer Theorie. 214 pages. Folding table. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. 1937. QC173 .W45 1937
0285.
WHYTE, LANCELOT LAW. Essay on Atomism: From Democritus to 1960. 108 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Middletown: Wesleyan U. Press. 1961. BD646 .W5
0286.
WIGNER, EUGEN. Gruppentheorie und ihre Anwendung auf die Quantenmechanik der Atomspektren. 332 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1931. QA171 .W5
Wigner's classic application of group theory to quantum mechanics. One of the many Jewish scientists who fled Germany with the rise of the Nazis, he became a leading theoretician on the Manhattan Project.
Wigner's classic application of group theory to quantum mechanics. One of the many Jewish scientists who fled Germany with the rise of the Nazis, he became a leading theoretician on the Manhattan Project.
0287.
WOHLFARTH, HORST, Editor. 40 Jahre Kernspaltung. Eine Einfuehrung in die Originalliteeratur. 379 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. 1979. QC790 .F67 1979
0288.
WOOD, ALEXANDER. The Cavendish Laboratory. 59 pages. Illustrated. 12mo, printed boards. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge. 1946. QC51.C3 W6
0289.
WURTZ, AD. The Atomic Theory. 344 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Appleton. 1881. QD461 .W942 1881
One of the best general surveys of the state of atomic theory at the end of the classical period.
One of the best general surveys of the state of atomic theory at the end of the classical period.
0290.
WYTZES, S.A. Een Bepaling van de Dracht der A-Deeltjes van Uraan I en Uraan II. 120 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: H.J. Paris. 1944. QD181.U7 W9 1944
0291.
YANG, CHEN NING. Elementary Particles. A Short History of Some Discoveries in Atomic Physics. 68 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Princeton University Press. 1963.
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