Description:
International Atomic Energy Agency, 1968. 343 pp., paper wrappers, library handstamps edges, else textually clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
An extremely unusual portrait photograph - possibly unique - of Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), the discoverer of radioactivity, printed from a negative produced by exposure to radioactivity, not visible light by [Radioactivity]
by [Radioactivity]
![An extremely unusual portrait photograph - possibly unique - of Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), the discoverer of radioactivity, printed from a negative produced by exposure to radioactivity, not visible light by [Radioactivity]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/009/685/1253685009.0.m.jpg)
An extremely unusual portrait photograph - possibly unique - of Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), the discoverer of radioactivity, printed from a negative produced by exposure to radioactivity, not visible light
by [Radioactivity]
- Used
This experimental image (102 × 76 mm) is mounted on plain card (121 × 190 mm); both are in fine condition. The card is warmly inscribed (we believe to Becquerel himself) by its maker, one Julius Hartmann of Michelstadt, Hesse. He refers to it as a 'Radiographie'. On the verso he describes in detail how the image was produced. The stylized portrait of Becquerel in a laboratory setting, beneath which is the letter R within a pentagram emitting rays, was produced on a zinc plate by his brother, Professor A. Hartmann of Darmstadt (Friedrich Ludwig Albert Hartmann, 1868-1928, a professor of drawing and painting at Darmstadt, Germany, from 1902). The zinc plate was placed between a sensitized photographic plate and a layer of ground uranium ore ('faute de Radium') on a sheet of lead, and exposed for 69 hours! This gelatin silver print was produced from the resulting negative. Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896; he received the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with Marie and Pierre Curie for his work, and the SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after him. His relatively early death has been attributed to his handling of radioactive materials.
-
Bookseller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
Isotope Studies on the Nitrogen Chain
by International Atomic Energy Agency.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.; Joint Commission on Applied Radioactivity
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Item Price
-
$5.58
Show Details
Item Price
$5.58
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Radioactivity in the Marine Environment
by Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment of Committee on Oceanography National Research Council
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780309018654 / 030901865X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Claremont, California, United States
- Item Price
-
$17.50
Show Details
Description:
National Academy of Sciences, 1971. 1st . Hardcover. VG+. 4to. Ex. lib. (Caltech). Contains chapters on sources of marine radioactivity, oceanic distributions of radionuclides from nuclear explosions, marine chemistry, sediments and radioactivity, accumulation of radionuclides by marine organisms and ecological interactions.
Item Price
$17.50
Becquerel Rays. By Joseph John Thomson, D.Sc., F.R.S. An original article from the Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1903
by RADIOACTIVITY
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wem, Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$16.18
Show Details
Description:
Harper's Monthly Magazine, London, 1903. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 5 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Inventory No: 514179..
Item Price
$16.18
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Radioactivity in the Marine Environment
by Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment of the Committee on Oceanography, and National Research Council
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - very good
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition, First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780309018654 / 030901865X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
$35.00
Show Details
Description:
Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. very good. 272 pages. Illustrations. Rreferences Inde, Minor wear and soiling to boards. Contains chapters on sources of marine radioactivity, oceanic distributions of radionuclides from nuclear explosions, marine chemistry, sediments and radioactivity, accumulation of radionuclides by marine organisms, and ecological interactions of marine radioactivity.
Item Price
$35.00
Research in the Effects and Influences of the Nuclear Bomb Test Explosions, Vol. 2
by Committee for Compilation of Report on Research in the Effects of Radioactivity
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
$60.00
Show Details
Description:
Tokyo: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1956. 825-1842p. VOLUME TWO ONLY. A very good copy, the spine of which is very slightly cocked and with a 1 1/2" tear in the back paste-down endpaper, in a good d.j., the spine of which is a little dark and there is minor edgewear.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall.
Item Price
$60.00
Sur la source de l'energie dans les corps radio-actifs.
by CROOKES, WILLIAM. - CROOKES ON RADIOACTIVITY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Item Price
-
$143.90
Show Details
Description:
1899. (Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1899. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 128, No 3. Pp. (137-) 192. Entire issue offered). Crooke's paper: pp. 176-178. First appearance of Crooke's statement that radioactivity seems to violate the principle of the conservation of energy."Despite his speculative powers, Crookes at first took a conservative view of this new science, for he could not believe that radioactive elements decayed spontaneously, since this seemed to imply a violation of the conservation of energy. It was his view, expressed between 1898 and 1900, that the source of activity was external to the radioactive element. He imagined that radium, say, had the ability to act as a Maxwellian demon and select from the atmosphere those air particles which were moving more swiftly than the average, absorb some of their energy, and eject them at a lower speed. This theory, which never received full publication, contravened the second law of…
Read More Item Price
$143.90
Sur les Corps radioactifs, présentée par M. H. Becquerel.
by CURIE, P. (PIERRE) et Mme S. CURIE. - RADIOACTIVITY IS AN INTRINSIC ATOMIC PROPERTY
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Item Price
-
$359.75
Show Details
Description:
1902. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1902. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", tome 134, No 2. Pp. (69-) 132. With titlepage to volume 134. (Entire issue offered). The Curie's paper: pp. 85-87. A stamp to titlepage. Sewing loosening. First appearance of an importent paper on the radioactive elements, in which Pierre and Marie Curie were the first to show, that the radioactive emissions from uranium and thorium was an INTRINSIC PROPERTY OF THEIR ATOMS.
Item Price
$359.75
Mémoire sur une nouvelle action de la lumière.
by NIEPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR, (CLAUDE FELIX ABEL). - DISCOVERING "CHEMICAL RAYS" (RADIOACTIVITY)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Item Price
-
$503.65
Show Details
Description:
1857. (Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1857. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 45, No. 20. Pp. (785)-832. Entire issue offered. Niepce de Saint-Victor's paper: pp. 811-815, First apperance of the first paper relating to his discovery of INVISIBLE "CHEMICAL" RAYS, and which, 30 years later, by Henry Becquerel was "re-discovered" as radioactivity (1896).The results of these investigations lead to these statement: Some compounds exposed to light exhibit in the dark the same effect as that produced by the direct action of light. - Cardboards impregnated with both uranium nitrate and tartaric acid are "active" - The "activity" remaining on the exposed cardboard is revealed by its action on a photographic plate - The effect is not due to phosphorescence - The activity is attributed to invisible "chemical" rays.It is amazing how closely these experiments resembled those performed by Henri Becquerel 30 years later."When the work of Abel Niepce de…
Read More Item Price
$503.65
Mémoire sur une nouvelle action de la lumière. (+) Deuxième mémoire sur une nouvelle action de la lumière. (+) Cinquième mémoire sur une nouvelle action de la lumière inconnue. (+) Sur une noublle action de la lumière.Sixième Mémoire. (4 papers).
by NIEPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR, (CLAUDE FELIX ABEL). - DISCOVERING "CHEMICAL RAYS" (RADIOACTIVITY)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Item Price
-
$647.55
Show Details
Description:
1857. (Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1857, 1858, 1861, 1867. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 45, No. 20, Tome 46, No 9, Tome 53, No 1, Tome 65, No. 12. Pp. (785-832), (431-478), (1-) 40, (481-) 536. (4 entire issues offered). Niepce de Saint-Victor's papers: pp. 811-815, 448-452, 33-35, 505-507. First apperance of these 4 papers relating his discovery of INVISIBLE "CHEMICAL" RAYS, and which, 30 years later, by Henry Becquerel was "re-discovered" as radioactivity (1896).The results of these investigations lead to these statement: Some compounds exposed to light exhibit in the dark the same effect as that produced by the direct action of light. - Cardboards impregnated with both uranium nitrate and tartaric acid are "active" - The "activity" remaining on the exposed cardboard is revealed by its action on a photographic plate - The effect is not due to phosphorescence - The activity is attributed to invisible "chemical" rays.It is amazing…
Read More Item Price
$647.55
Rayons émis par les composés de l'uranium et de thorium. Presentée par M. Lippmann. Séance du Mardi 12 Avril 1898).
by CURIE, (MARIE) SKLODOWSKA. - RADIATION IS AN ATOMIC PROPERTY - COINING THE TERM 'RADIOACTIVITY'
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Item Price
-
$935.35
Show Details
Description:
1898. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1898. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 126, No 15). Entire issue offered. With htitle and titlepage to vol. 126. Pp. 1059-1110. Curie's paper: pp. 1101-1103. Clean and fine. A punched stamp in lower margin of title-page. First printing of this milestone paper, being the first "Note" from Marie Curie about "radioactivity". This same "Note" contains a the fundamental observation: "Two uranium ores... are much more active than uranium itself. This fact... leads one to believe that these ores may contain an element much more active than uranium." This paper gives the first proof of the fact that radiation is an atomic property."Henri Becquerel, discovered (1896) that uranium salts shielded from light for several months spontaneously emit rays related in their effects to Roentgen rays. Mme. Curie became enthusiastic about this subject filled with the unknown and, as she later acknowledged, involving no…
Read More Item Price
$935.35