Published by Hachette Livre Bnf, 2020
ISBN 10: 2329469632 ISBN 13: 9782329469638
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Condition: New.
Published by Geneva, l'Imprimerie de la Bibliotheque Universelle., 1824
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [Ampère, André-Marie] (1775-1836) "Precis de la Theorie des Phenomenes electro-dynamiques, et Description d'un appareil electro-dynamique; par Mr. Ampere. Brochure avec fig. Paris 1824. Crochard, et Bachelier, Libraires." "extrait" Pp 192-198 in "Bibliothèque universelle des sciences, belles lettres et arts. Sciences et arts." Geneva, l'Imprimerie de la Bibliotheque Universelle, volume 27, 1824; 336pp, 2 folding plates, 4 folding tables. [++] Bound in paper covered boards, gilt stamped title on spine. Provenance: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, and also from "Kong. Bergwerks Bibliothek", (Royal Mining Library) with their two small stamps on the title page. Ex-library: paper call number on bottom spine, and aside from these two bits there are no other markings. The binding is tight, the book strong and squared, and the text is very fresh and crisp. VG copy. [++] This is a "precis" ("summary", "review") and extrait (of but not by Ampere) of some of the history and developments summarized from a longer paper of Ampere's (in Annales de Physique et Chimie, series 2/26 parts 2 and 3, published in Paris by Crochard) of what would be his monumental "Memoire sur la theorie mathematique des phenomenes electroynamiques uniquement deduite de l'experience" ".in which he investigates mathematically the relations between electric currents, presents law of electrical action.and elaborates his theory of magnets as assemblages of electric currents"--(Parkinson, Breakthroughs, 1827). The much longer 1824 papers were a significant step toward the unification of the theories of electricity and magnetism, and it set the stage for further developments in electromagnetic theory by Ampère himself as well as by others, including Faraday and Maxwell. [++] Other papers in this volume include: Thomas Tredgold, "Principes de l'art de rechauffer et de aerer les edifices publics." (heating buildings); translation of Humphry Davy's "Sur la corrision du doublage des navires en cuivre."; Pictet, "Sur l'hygrometre de De Saussure"; and others.