Bound Caltech Physicist Robert Vose (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 993 Pp. First Printing. Specially Bound In Red Cloth, Gilt, With Name R. V. Langmuir At Bottom, The Personal Copy Of Robert Vose Langmuir (-1993) Of Caltech, Who Invented The Mass Spectrometer, Later Headed The Construction Of The First Synchrotron To Operate In The United States, And Discovered The Radioactive Isotope K37. The Original Printed Blue Wrappers Are Lacking. There Is A Printed Alphabetical List Of Witnesses On P. 993, But This Copy Has A Penciled List In Page Order, On P 992, And A Few Penciled Notes On Nuclear Physics On The Last Blank Page, All Probably By Langmuir. At Least One Advance Copy Was Passed Around Caltech Prior To Publication, As We Sold Such A Copy With Pencil Initials Of Those Who Were Intended To Receive It. Association Copy - Not Signed.