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[ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY]. Beitrage zur Fixsternenkunde [3 scholarly papers extracted from the 1846 Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bohmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften] by Doppler, Christian

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Title: [ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY]. Beitrage zur Fixsternenkunde [3 scholarly papers extracted from the 1846 Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bohmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften]
Author: Doppler, Christian
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
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Description: Prague: Gottlieb Haase & Sons, 1846. First Edition. Very good. 4to. Together 3 papers in one volume. 1) Methode, die scheinbaren Durchmesser sammtlicher Fixsterne in Bogenmass zu bestimmen (pp. 623-634). 2). Gedanken uber die Moglichkeit, die absoluten Entfernungen und absoluten Durchmesser der Fixsterne auf rein optischem Wege zu bestimmen (pp. 635-641). 3). Methode, die Geschwindigkeit, mit der die Lichtmolekel bei der Wahrnehmung der Fixsterne am Orte des Beobachters schwingen, zu bestimmen (pp. 642-646, with one full-page diagram). Minor spotting to first few leaves. Modern quarter-calf over marbled boards, title-label on upper cover. THE FIRST PROPOSAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY TO DETERMINE THE SIZE, DISTANCE, AND BEHAVIOR OF FIXED STARS. This volume brings together three papers by Christian Doppler that build on his 1842 discovery of what we now call the "Doppler Effect." Instead of just developing his great theory further, these papers show Doppler trying to solve the most basic and most daunting practical astronomical problems. Doppler's principle "provided the science of astrophysics with one of its most important tools for measuring the size and the structure of the universe" (DSB). In the first paper, Doppler presents a method to determine the apparent diameter of all fixed stars in an arc. In our opinion, the most striking idea comes in his second paper. Here he proposes using photography -- specifically Daguerreotype plates -- as a tool for astronomy. Doppler argues that Daguerrotype plates are far more sensitive to light than the human eye -- possibly tens of thousands of times more. Instead of endlessly improving telescopes, he suggests capturing images of stars on photographic plates and then enlarging those images with microscopes. This would make it possible to study stars that otherwise look like tiny, indistinct points. This is a major conceptual leap. Doppler is essentially saying that observation should not rely on the eye alone, but on recorded images that can be examined, measured, and reanalyzed. He also points toward early forms of photometry, suggesting that brightness could be measured more accurately from photographic images than by human judgment. Even though the technology at the time was not yet adequate, the idea clearly anticipates how the entire field of astronomy would later develop. The third paper returns to theory, expanding his earlier work by showing that motion affects not just the color (frequency) of light, but also its strength (intensity). This helps connect what astronomers observe more directly to the physical behavior of light. Taken together, these papers show Doppler pushing astronomy in a new direction. He moves it away from simple observation and toward measurement, instruments, and especially photography, laying out ideas that would later become central to modern astrophysics.

Le Florentin by Becat, Paul-Emile

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Title: Le Florentin
Author: Becat, Paul-Emile
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Description: Paris: Editions Philibert, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Aeg. Fine. Becat, Paul-Emile. 9.5 x 6 cm. Complete deck of cards, No. 2072 of 12,000. Le Florentin is a particularly interesting series because, as is traditional with playing cards, the images are reversible so every card in the royal suite has two interpretations depending on which way up you hold them that seamlessly flow into one another. Possibly the most prolific illustrator of erotic literature ever to have graced the genre, Paul-Émile Bécat was born and grew up in Paris and studied at l’École de Beaux-Arts under Gabriel Ferrier and François Flameng, first exhibiting at the Salon de Paris in 1913. Printed by Draeger Freres. Without case.

Imagination and idealism in the Medical Sciences by Herter, Christian A.

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Title: Imagination and idealism in the Medical Sciences
Author: Herter, Christian A.
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Description: Chicago: American Medical Association, 1910. First edition. 1910 LECTURE BY PIONEERING AMERICAN PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS INSCRIBED TO NOTED ARTIST WHO WOULD LATER MARRY HIS DAUGHTER. 7 3/4 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover, inscribed on front free endpaper to Sergeant Kendall from C. A. Herter, Jan 27, 1910. 40 pp. Light wear to spine ends and cover corners, light foxing to endpapers, very good in custom archival mylar cover. The text is an address delivered to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, September 23, 1909, at the opening of the medical school. The lecture is an inspirational talk to the new medical school class regarding the importance of research in the advancements of medical practice, and reflects his training under William Welch at Johns Hopkins CHRISTIAN ARCHIBALD HERTER (1865 - 1910) was an American physician and pathologist noted for his work on diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. He was co-founder of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Christian Archibald Herter was born in Glenville, Connecticut. His father, also Christian Herter, was a notable and wealthy artist and interior designer, head of the Herter Brothers. He was privately educated and began his medical degree at the early age of 15. By the age of 18, he had received an MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He studied pathology under William H. Welch at Johns Hopkins University and traveled to Zurich to study under Auguste-Henri Forel. Herter initially practiced mainly neurological medicine in New York City. His experience was captured in The Diagnosis of Diseases of the Nervous System, a manual he wrote for "students and practitioners" in 1892. Herter's interest in laboratory medicine led him to relinquish his medical practice and build a laboratory in the fourth floor of his house on 819 Madison Avenue. In 1897, he was appointed professor of Pathological Chemistry at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. His lectures were published in 1902. Herter returned to his alma mater in 1903 as Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. It was during this time that he researched diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. His work on celiac disease, which he called "intestinal infantilism", led to the eponym Gee-Herter disease. His important contribution was to highlight the retarded growth of affected children. Herter's theory as to the cause - that it was due to overgrowth and persistence of gram-positive bacterial flora normally belonging to the nursling period - failed to gain acceptance. However, he did correctly identify that any "attempt to encourage growth by the use of increased amounts of carbohydrates" led to relapse. This would later be discovered to be due to the gluten content of wheat. PROVENANCE: WILLIAM SERGEANT KENDALL (1869 - 1938), was an American painter, most famous for his paintings of children, his subjects often being his three young daughters with his wife. His life seems inconsistent with his art as his family life was full of turmoil, due to his romantic connection with his under-aged pupil, Christine Herter (daughter of the author), whom he married following the dissolution of his first marriage in 1921. Kendall's works hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He also was the Dean of the School of Fine Arts at Yale from 1913 to 1922.

Liber Psalmorum iuxta antiquissimam latinam versionem nunc primum ex Casinensi Cod. 557

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Title: Liber Psalmorum iuxta antiquissimam latinam versionem nunc primum ex Casinensi Cod. 557
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description: Roma: Fridericus Pustet, 1912. Curante Ambrosio M. Amelli. [xxxv] 174 [1]p., plus 4 b/w facsimile plates of the manuscript, red buckram, ex libris (Collectanea biblica latina cura et studio monachorum S. Benedicti, 1).

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