(19th Century Science) | A group of books, journals, and pamphlets on science and math

(19th Century Science)

Various scientific works of the nineteenth century

A group of 7 miscellaneous mathematic and scientific books, journals, and pamphlets, comprising:

Hamilton, Sir William Rowan, et. al., 3 issues of The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 25, Nos. 163, 166, and 169, London, July, October, and December, 1844, each containing an article by Sir William Rowan Hamilton, these being the first appearance in print about his mathematical discovery, which would later be expanded into his 1853 treatise "Lectures On Quatrernions...", 8vo, publisher's blue paper wrappers, light soiling and wear

Hunter, Henry (trans.), Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Physics and Philosophy, London, 1802, 2 vols., 8vo, full diced russia gilt, with wear to the boards and cracked hinges

Galois, Evarist, Oeuvres Mathematiques... avec un introduction par Emile Picard, Paris, 1897, 8vo, lithographed frontispiece portrait, recent morocco-backed marbled paper boards, with original wrappers bound in

Cournot, M. A. A., Traité élémentaire de la théorie des fonctions et du calcul infinitésimal, Paris, 1841, 2 vols., 8vo, first edition, red morocco presentation binding with in gilt-stamped emblem of Lycée Monge, light wear and staining to the boards

Hertz, Prof. H., Siztungberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. VI. VII. Berlin, February, 1888, containing Hertz's article, "Über die Ausbreitungsgeschwindigkeit der elektrodynamischen Wirkungen," publisher's orange paper wrappers, unopened, losses to wrapper edges

Clausius, Rudolf, Über den zweiten Hauptsatz der mechanischen Wärmetheorie... Braunschweig, 1867, 8vo, plain paper wrappers, lightly creased and soiled