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Autograph Note on Printed Document Signed, 4 to, Sep, 20, 1873.
AIRY GEORGE, BIDDEL (1801-1892) English mathematician and astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich at the location of the prime meridian.
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Magnificent Manuscript and Printed Document Signed, oblong folio, with attractive borders and red wax seal, Paris, during its session of April 30, 1808.
AMPERE, ANDRE-MARIE (1775-1836). French physicist and mathematician who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism. The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is named after him.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, on Smithsonian Institution stationery Washington, D.C Feb 9, 1882.
BAIRD, SPENCER (1823-1887) American ornithologist and ichthyologist
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Two Signed Photographs, 12mo, March 17, 1978, Feb 3, 1979. n.p.
BARDEEN, JOHN (1908-1991) American physicist and electrical engineer, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, 7pp., Glen Echo, March 28, 1909.
BARTON, CLARA (1821-1912) American humanitarian and nurse, best remembered for founding the American Red Cross.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 4 pp 8vo, Glen Echo , May 5, 1906.
BARTON, CLARA (1821Ð1912) American teacher and humanitarian best known for organizing the the American Red Cross.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 2 pp on one folded small 8vo sheet of monogrammed stationery with his initials embossed, Paris, July 12, 1874
BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-78). French physiologist, considered the founder of experimental medicine because of his work on digestive processes, especially the functions of the liver and pancreas.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 8vo, Paris, April 2, 1888.
BERTHELOT, MARCELLIN (1827-1907). French chemist and politician He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances and so utterly disproved the theory of vitalism. He is considered as one of the greatest chemists of all time.
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Autograph Letter Signed, two pages 8vo, Blandford Square, London, 14th May n.y.
BLACKWELL ELIZABETH (1821-1910). English born, American educated first woman doctor in the United States. She was the first woman to graduate from medical school with an medical degree, was a a pioneer in educating women in medicine, and was prominent in the emerging women's rights movement.
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A.L.S., in German, 12mo, 2 pp,TŸbingen, Oct. 15, 1962.
BLOCH, ERNST (1885-1977) German philosopher who broke from an orthodox Marxist philosophy and developed a "Philosophy of Hope." He fled East Germany for West Germany in 1962.
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A.L.S., in German, 4to, n.p. (TŸbingen), May 2, 1962.
BLOCH, ERNST (1885-1977) German philosopher. He broke from an orthodox Marxist philosophy and developed a "Philosophy of Hope." Bloch fled East Germany for West Germany in 1962.
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A.L.S., in German, small 8vo, 2 pp,TŸbingen, Nov 28, 1962.
BLOCH, ERNST (1885-1977) German philosopher who broke from an orthodox Marxist philosophy and developed a "Philosophy of Hope." He fled East Germany for West Germany in 1962.
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Rare Autograph Quotation Signed, in English, small oblong 8vo, Paris, December 20, 1951.
BOHR, NIELS (1885-1962). Danish physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in1922. He is the main contributor to the understanding of the structure of the atom as well as to the development of quantum mechanics.
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Four original handwritten signatures on one leaf, 1 page, 8vo on "Gl. Carlsberg / K¿benhavn" letterhead stationery, n.p., n.d.
BOHR, NIELS (1885-1962) Danish physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. He is the main contributor to the understanding of the structure of the atom as well as to the development of quantum mechanics.
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Typed Letter Signed, in Danish, 4to, Copenhagen, February 15, 1955. Also included is the rare 21 page carbon copy of the transcript to BohrÕs lecture, in English, ÒScience and the Unity of KnowledgeÓ given October 28, 1954, at the conference on the Unity
BOHR, NIELS (1885-1962) Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. He was also part of the team of physicists working on the Manhattan Project.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 4to, 6 rue Adolphe Yvon, October 4, 1928..
BONAPARTE, MARIE, PRINCESS (1882-1962) French psychoanalyst. She was a disciple of Sigmund Freud. Bonaparte was the granddaughter of Pierre Napoleon. She helped Freud escape from Vienna after the German invasion in 1938.
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Original Signed Drawing on 8vo, March 27, 1997, n.p.
BORLAUG, NORMAN (1914-2009) American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been deemed the father of the Green Revolution.
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Autograph Letter Signed. two pages 4to, Oxford, November 11, 1665.Ó
BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691). Important Irish-born English scientist who was a natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and gentleman scientist, also noted for his writings in theology. He is best known for the formulation of Boyle's law. Although his research and personal philosophy clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 8vo, on handsome "ElectrothŽrapie" name headed stationery, Paris, Oct. 24, 1903.
BRANLY, ƒDOUARD (1844-1940) French physicist, inventor of the "coherer" (1894), a primitive form of radio-wave detector that made wireless telegraphy possible.
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Signed Photograph , small 8vo. n.d. n.p.
BRATTAIN, WALTER HOUSER (1902-1987) American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor. They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention. He devoted much of his life to research on surface states.
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