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Oct. 09, 2024
Becquerel, Henri: Manuskript-Fragment
Est: €800 - €1,200
Becquerel, Henri, franz. Physiker, Entdecker der Radioaktivität, Nobelpreisträger gemeinsam mit Pierre und Marie Curie, Namensgeber der Maßeinheit für Atomzerfall (1852-1908). Eigh. Manuskript (Fragment). 1 S. (21 Zeilen) auf liniiertem Papier. Quer-4to (19,5 x 22,5 cm). O. O. u. J. -- Wissenschaftlicher Text mit Korrekturen und Anmerkungen zu den Themen Masse und Geschwindigkeit, mit mehrmaligem Bezug auf den Atomphysiker Ernest Rutherford. - Transkription beiliegend.
Bassenge Auctions
Sep. 05, 2024
Physics.- Radioactivity.- Becquerel (Henri) Six papers documenting Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity and the properties of uranium, Paris, Gauthier-Villars & Son, 1896.
Est: £200 - £300
Physics.- Radioactivity.- Becquerel (Henri) Six papers documenting Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity and the properties of uranium, in Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, vol.122 (January-June), comprising, Sur le radiations émises par phosphoresence (pp.420-421); Sur quelques invisibles émises par les corps phosphoresents (pp.501-502); Sur quelques proprietes nouvelles des radiations invisibles émises par divers corps phosphoresents (pp.559-564); Sur la radiations invisibles émises par les sels d'uranium (pp.689-694); Sur les proprietes differents des radiations invisibles émises par les sels d'uranium... (pp.762-767); and Émission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium métallique (pp.1086-1088), half-title, ink stamp to half-title and title, lightly browned, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, split to leather of spine, joints splitting, but holding (strengthened internally), corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [G&M 2001; Norman 157; cf.PMM 393], 4to, Paris, Gauthier-Villars & Son, 1896. *** Becquerel's work suggested to Pierre and Marie Curie the importance of further investigations into uranium ore, with the resulting discovery of Radium. The trio shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 14, 2024
BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908)
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) French physicist and engineer, the first person to discover radioactivity. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903. A good autograph manuscript, unsigned, incorporating several explanatory drawings, two pages (written to the first and fourth sides of the bifolium), n.p., n.d. (circa 1895), in French. Becquerel's manuscript is entitled Historique des machines, and particularly concerns direct current dynamo-electric machines, and was most likely prepared as an aide-memoire for one of his first physics courses at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. Becquerel has listed the names of various famous inventors alongside the dates of their discoveries and summary notes, several with explanatory scientific drawings alongside, including Faraday ('1831 Anneaux de fer......d'une bobine'; Translation: '1831 Iron rings......a coil'), Pixii ('En 1832......aimants dans un disque bois mobile devant des bobines'; Translation: 'In 1832......magnets in a moveable wooden disk in front of coils'), Ritchie ('bobines mobiles'; Translation: 'moving coils'), Clarke, Nollet, Siemens, Wilde ('aimants et electro aimants'; Translation: 'magnets and electro magnets'), Ladd, Pacinotti, Gramme, Varley, Wheatstone, Alteneck and Edison. To the foot of the first page appear various scientific equations and drawings in pencil, most crossed through. A good manuscript featuring the names of many inventors and physicists who inspired and influenced Becquerel. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Hippolyte Pixii (1808-1835) French instrument maker who built an early form of alternating current electrical generator based on the principle of electromagnetic induction discovered by Faraday. Edward Samuel Ritchie (1814-1895) American inventor and physicist who made important contributions to science and navigation. Hyde Clarke (1815-1895) English engineer, philologist and author. Floris Nollet (1794-1853) Belgian physicist, engineer and inventor who designed plans for large-scale generators. Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Henry Wilde (1833-1919) English electrical engineer who invented the dynamo-electric machine. William Ladd (1815-1885) English manufacturer of microscopes and other scientific instruments including the Dynamo-Magneto-Electric machine (1867). Antonio Pacinotti (1841-1912) Italian physicist, best known for inventing an improved form of direct-current electrical generator (1860). Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901) Belgian electrical engineer, inventor of the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point (1871). C. F. Varley (1828-1883) English engineer particularly associated with the development of the electric telegraph and the transatlantic telegraph cable. Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) English scientist and inventor who made many scientific breakthroughs during the Victorian era. Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1845-1904) German electrical engineer, one of the closest aides of Werner von Siemens. Thomas Edison (1847-1931) American inventor of the electric light bulb among many other items.
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Jul. 13, 2023
BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908)
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) French physicist, the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903. An interesting Autograph Manuscript Signed ('Henri Becquerel'; in the title), two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1903), in French. The manuscript, featuring numerous corrections and deletions, is entitled 'Sur le rayonnement penetrant du Polonium, Note de M. Henri Becquerel' (Translation: 'On the penetrating radiation of Polonium, Note by Mr. Henri Becquerel') and makes references to his experiments of 1899 and 1901, focusing on Polonium, whose radiation (which he names 'beta radiation') differs from his first observations, stating, in part, 'J'ai reconnu recemment.....dans le rayonnement du Polonium, a cote de la radiation observable caracteristique de ce corps, l'existence d'un rayonnement penettrant produisant des effets secondaires sur les metaux qu'il rencontre et qu'il traverse. J'ai montre egalement que la radiation caracteristique observable est identique aux rayons alpha du radium, qu'elle est caracterisee par des radiations possedant la meme deviabilite....laquelle est inverse de celles des rayons cathodiques, et enfin - qu'elle s'affaibilt avec le temps comme le rayonnement des corps actives.....En particulier les produits ayant servi a mes premieres experiences et qui avaient ete presentes par Marie Curie en 1899, ont perdu presque totalement la faculte d'emettre des rayons alpha. Ces produits etant deja.....affaiblis en 1901....servi a mettre en evidence l'existence d'effets secondaires, effets dus a la radiation persistante. En repetant les memes experiences avec les produits......plus actifs, quoique affaiblis certains.....Je me demandais alors si les particules persistantes....la radiation alpha.....elles ne subsisteraient pas independamment de celles-ci; j'ai alors recommence les experiences de 1901 avec les amas produits que je cumule car inertes de par la diffusion des rayons alpha, et j'ai obtenu des champs semblables a celles de 1901. J'ai alors recommence les experiences de 1901 avec les anciens produit que je.....cette observation.....faits important 1. l'independance entre le rayonnement penetrant et les rayons alpha, et 2. la permanence, de....penetrants, et ce fait permet de ranger definitivement le Polonium dans la classe des corps radioactifs, au lieu de le considerer comme corps acheve dont l'intensite disparait avec le temps. Ainsi dans le meme corps il peut exister deux types de conditions independantes….Il convient de supposer que.....du Polonium, les rayons beta.....il semble donc que les 3 types de radiations que.....et des rayons......a admettre une dependance entre les rayons alpha, beta et y du rayonnement actifs et l'independance qui vient d'etre etablie est de nature a considerer que produisent certains.....sur la cause de la radioactivite' (Translation: 'I have recently recognised…..in the radiation from the Polonium, alongside the observable radiation characteristic of this body, the existence of a penetrating radiation producing secondary effects on the metals which it encounters and which it crosses. I have also shown that the observable characteristic radiation is identical to the alpha rays of radium, that is characterised by radiations possessing the same variability….which is the opposite of those of the cathode rays, and finally - that it is weakened with time like the radiation of active bodies….In particular the products having been used for my first experiments and which had been presented by Marie Curie in 1899, have almost completely lost the ability to emit alpha rays. These products already being….weakened in 1901…..served to highlight the existence of secondary effects, effects due to the persistent radiation. By repeating the same experiments with the products…..more active, although some weakened…..I wondered then if the persistent particles…..the alpha radiation….would not remain independently of these; I then repeated the experiments of 1901 with the product clusters that I accumulated because they are inert due to the diffusion of alpha rays, and I obtained fields similar to those of 1901; I then started again the experiments of 1901 with the old products….important facts 1. The independence between the penetrating radiation and the alpha rays, and 2. The permanence of penetrants, and this fact makes it possible to classify polonium definitively in the class of radioactive bodies, instead of considering it as a finished body whose intensity disappears with time. Thus, in the same body there can exist two types of independent conditions….It should be assumed that….of Polonium, beta rays….so it seems that the 3 types of radiation that….and rays…..to admit a dependence between the alpha, beta and y rays of the radiation assets and the independence which has just been established is of a nature to consider that some produce…..on the cause of the radioactivity'). A working manuscript of excellent content for its discussion of polonium and radioactivity, which was presented to the Academy of Sciences. Some light age wear and three tears to the upper edge, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise VG
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Mar. 10, 2022
Physics.- Radioactivity.- Becquerel (Henri) Six papers documenting Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity and the properties of uranium, Paris, Gauthier-Villars & Son, 1896.
Est: £300 - £400
Physics.- Radioactivity.- Becquerel (Henri) Six papers documenting Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity and the properties of uranium, in Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Vol.122 (January-June), comprising, Sur le radiations émises par phosphoresence (pp.420-421); Sur quelques invisibles émises par les corps phosphoresents (pp.501-502); Sur quelques proprietes nouvelles des radiations invisibles emises par divers corps phosphoresents (pp.559-564); Sur la radiations invisibles émises par les sels d'uranium (pp,689-694); Sur les proprietes differents des radiations invisibles émises par les sels d'uranium... (pp.762-767); and Émission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium metallique (pp.1086-1088), half-title, ink stamp to half-title and title, lightly browned, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, split to leather of spine, joints splitting, but holding (strengthened internally), corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [G&M 2001; Norman 157; cf.PMM 393], large 4to, Paris, Gauthier-Villars & Son, 1896. ⁂ Becquerel's work suggested to Pierre and Marie Curie the importance of further investigations into uranium ore, with the resulting discovery of Radium. The trio shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 03, 2020
BECQUEREL ANTOINE HENRI: (1852-1908)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
BECQUEREL ANTOINE HENRI: (1852-1908) French Physicist. Becquerel is credited as the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Awarded for his works in this field with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, together with Marie and Pierre Curie. An extremely rare manuscript document by Becquerel, being scientific notes, including formulas and calculations, one page, oblong 4to, ruled paper, n.p., n.d., in French. The manuscript includes Becquerel´s notes concerning X-rays, electrolysis, atoms and electrons, with formulas and equations. A document of very rare and interesting scientific content. Uneven bottom edge, otherwise VG
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Jul. 09, 2019
BECQUEREL, Henri (1852-1908). ‘Sur les radiations emises par phosphorescence.’...
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
BECQUEREL, Henri (1852-1908). ‘Sur les radiations emises par phosphorescence.’ – ‘Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les corps phosphorescents.’ – ‘Sur quelques proprieties nouvelles des radiations invisibles emises par divers corps phosphorescents.’ – ‘Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium.’ – ‘Sur les proprieties differentes des radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, et du rayonnement de la paroi anticathodique d'un tube de Crookes.’ – ‘Emission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium metallique.’ In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, vol. 122, pp. 420-421, pp.501-503, pp.559-564, pp.689-694, pp.762-767, 1086-1088. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1896. First edition, journal issue, of the six articles documenting Becquerel’s important research on uranium. Inspired by Röntgen's discovery of x-rays in late 1895, Becquerel undertook his own investigations. In February 1896, he announced to the French Academy of Sciences that fluorescent crystals of potassium uranyl sulfate had exposed a photographic plate wrapped in black paper after both had lain for several hours in direct sunlight. His investigations suggested to the Curies the importance of further investigations of uranium ore, with the result that they discovered radium. The present volume of Comptes rendus contains well over 100 papers devoted to various aspects of x-rays and radioactivity. Garrison-Morton 2001; Norman 157. Quarto (258 x 215mm). Half-title. Original grey half cloth over marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg (stamp).
Christie's
Mar. 11, 2019
BECQUEREL, HENRI. 1852-1908. "Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière: activité radiante spontanée ou radioactivité de la matière." [Offprint from:] Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de l'Institute de France, 46. Paris:
Est: $500 - $800
BECQUEREL, HENRI. 1852-1908. "Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière: activité radiante spontanée ou radioactivité de la matière." [Offprint from:] Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de l'Institute de France, 46. Paris: Firmin-Didot & Cie., 1903. 4to (281 x 229 mm). Original blue wrappers. 13 plates from photographs. Creasing to spine, a few tears to paper of spine, chip to bottom corner of one plate. Housed in custom slipcase.FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Becquerel's seminal publication on radioactivity. This work constitutes a chronological narrative of his findings starting in 1896, the year he discovered spontaneous radioactivity, up until 1903, the year he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie. "Becquerel continued to work on the subject until 1903 [when] ... he published the above massive volume of some 360 pages, which is his definitive work, containing a chronological narrative of his investigations, his mature conclusions and a bibliography of 214 treatises on radio-activity" (PMM 393). Dibner 163. Norman 158.
Bonhams
Nov. 12, 2014
Henri Becquerel
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
French physicist (1852-1908) whose experiments with uranium salts led to the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity; for this breakthrough he shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie. Desirable unsigned handwritten scientific research notes, one page, 8.75 x 6.25, no date. Becquerel pens research notes about ions, electrolysis, atoms, molecules, and positive charges of the ions and how they react, including several formulas, such as: "e/e=l," and "n=r10 to the power of 19." He then explains how "e/u = 10 to the power of 7, 2x 1000...of the electrolysis v( S 10 to the power of 4 ), l/2000 of the atom dissolving middle body." In fine condition. Manuscripts by Becquerel discussing his work on radioactivity are of great rarity.
RR Auction
Mar. 23, 2013
Becquerel, Antoine Henri, Physiker (1852-1908).
Est: CHF350 - CHF500
Becquerel, Antoine Henri, Physiker (1852-1908). Visitenkarte mit eigenh. Widmung. Dat. 29. Oktober 1906. Beidseitig beschrieben. 'Enfin, mon cher ami, vous voici notre confrère.'
Koller Auctions
Nov. 13, 2012
Henri BECQUEREL (1852-1908) Expérience sur la
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
Henri BECQUEREL (1852-1908) Expérience sur la radioactivité: déviabilité des rayons secondaires produits par le rayonnement bêta, 1903-1904 Tirage argentique d'époque 8,4 x 10,5 cm «A la suite...
Millon & Associes
Nov. 09, 2011
BECQUEREL, HENRI
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
RECHERCHES SUR UNE PROPRIÉTÉ NOUVELLE DE LA MATIÈRE. ACTIVITÉ RADIANTE SPONTANÉE OU RADIOACTIVITÉ DE LA MATIÈRE. IN : MÉMOIRE DE L'ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE. TOME XLVI. PARIS, FIRMIN-DIDOT ET CIE, 1903. édition originale. In-4 (283 x 220 mm) de (2) ff., 360 pp., (2) ff. et 13 planches photographiques hors texte. reliure de l'éditeur. Cartonnage bleu à la Bradel ; boîte de demi-chagrin vert, dos lisse fileté or, signée des ateliers Laurenchet.
Sotheby's
Feb. 14, 2010
BECQUEREL, HENRI. 1852-1908.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
"La radio-activité de la matière." In: Le Radium. Paris: Paul Dupont, January 1904. Volume 1, issue 1. 16 pp. Photographic illustrations. 4to. Original front wrapper inlaid in modern wrappers, solander box. Light toning at extremities and to front wrapper. First edition of the first number of the earliest journal focusing solely on the study of radium. The front wrapper and title reproduce a photograph of Marie and Pierre Curie together with Becquerel in their laboratory on rue Lhomond, while an article reports on the Nobel Prize shared by the three - Becquerel for his work on rays emitted by uranium, and the Curies for their discoveries relating to quartz and electricity. This issue also contains an abridgment of Becquerel's 1902 paper reviewing research into radioactivity since his discovery of the phenomenon in 1896.
Bonhams
Jun. 16, 2008
Henri BECQUEREL (1852-1908) physicien, il
Est: €3,000 - €3,500
Henri BECQUEREL (1852-1908) physicien, il découvrit la radio-activité
Piasa
Oct. 04, 2002
WAALS, Johannes Diderik van der (1837-1923). Autograph letter signed ("JD van der Waals") to Henri Becquerel (1852-1908). Amsterdam 22 June 1898. 3 pages, in French, 8 o, single folded sheet, with envelope. English translation included.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
A highly technical scientific letter, full of scientific formulae, directly concerning Waals field of research, written to Becquerel, who received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1903. The letter criticizes a formula on the mixtures of a gas authored by Daniel Berthelot and introduced to the Academy des Sciences by Becquerel in 1898. "I have always believed that as far as the value of a12 is concerned, nothing can be concluded a priori. From the principle of symmetry it follows only that the second term of A has to contain the coefficients p and q in the same manner-but, as for the value of a12 it could be something completely different than Va1a2. The molecular attraction does not depend simply on the molecular weight, but possesses something specific for which we have not yet discovered the cause but which, however, exists." A letter with highly desirable content linking two physicists of the first rank. Van der Waals letters are very scarce on the market.
Christie's