Ramsay William 1852 1916 (35 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 24x16cm, 39 pages. Some wear. Corner bumps. Good. ["Ramsay was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 'in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air' along with his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for their discovery of argon. After the two men identified argon, Ramsay investigated other atmospheric gases. His work in isolating argon, helium, neon, krypton, and xenon led to the development of a new section of the periodic table.." - wikipedia].…

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Thick 8vo. xcii, 1284, 111, [1], 32 pp. Plates, figures, list of members, ads. Original full orange/brown blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Rubber-stamp on title. Presentation slip from BAAS tipped-in. Near fine. Some featured papers within this volume: William Mitchinson Hicks (1850-1934), On Boltzmann's Theorem :: Joseph John Thomson, M.A., F.R.S. (1856-1940), Report on Electrical Theories :: Sir William Thomson (1824-1907), On Constant Gravitational Instruments for measuring Electric Currents and Potentials :: Sir William Thomson, On a method of multiplying Potential from a hundred to several thousand Volts. :: Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919)], A Theorem relating to the Time-moduli of Dissipative Systems. :: C. Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), On Malvern, Queen of Inland Heath Resorts, and on improved Hygrometric Observations. :: Lord Rayleigh, On an improved Apparatus for Christiansen's Experiment. :: Lord Rayleigh, Optical Comparison of Methods for observing small Rotations. :: Lord Rayleigh, On the Accuracy of Focus necessary for sensibly perfect Definition. :: William Ramsay (1852-1916) & J. Tudor Cundall, On the Non-existence of Gaseous Nitrous Anhydride. :: William Ramsay, On some Actions of a Grove's Gas-Battery. :: Sir Henry E. Roscoe (1833-1915), On the Spontaneous Polymerisation of Volatile Hydrocarbons at the ordinary atmospheric temperature. :: Richard Owen (1804-1892), American Evidences of Eocene Mammals of the 'Plastic Clay' Period. :: O.C. Marsh (1831-1899), Discovery of Anurous Amphibia in the Jurassic Deposits of America. :: O.C. Marsh, On the Size of the Brain in Extinct Animals. :: Francis Galton (1822-1911), Address. These papers and many, many more are found within this annual. *[Fuel Cells] "Despite their modern high-tech aura, fuel cells actually have been known to science for more than 150 years. Though generally considered a curiosity in the 1800s, fuel cells became the subject of intense research and development during the 1900s. . . . William Robert Grove (1811 -1896), a Welsh lawyer turned scientist, won renown for his development of an improved wet-cell battery in 1838. The "Grove cell," as it came to be called, used a platinum electrode immersed in nitric acid and a zinc electrode in zinc sulfate to generate about 12 amps of current at about 1.8 volts." :: Smithsonian Institution. // The Transactions are then divided into Sections: A: Mathematical and Physical Science; B: Chemical Science; C: Geology; D: Biology, Zoology & Anatomy; E: Geography; F: Economic Science and Statistics; G: Mechanical Science; H: Anthropology. Both Sir William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh won Nobel Prizes [1904].…

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Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Printing. First separate appearance of this scientific paper reporting discovery of the first inert gas, for which Rayleigh and Ramsay were awarded the Nobel prize. Royal 8vo (322 x 242mm): [4],43,[1]pp, with tables and five text woodcut illustrations. Original forest green publisher's cloth, covers framed in blind, upper cover lettered in gilt, yellow coated end papers. Publisher catalog slip laid-in. Wanting the plain-paper dust jacket. A Fine, bright copy, pristine inside and out. Dibner 50 (for original periodical appearance). Originally published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, in 1895. Both Rayleigh and Ramsay claimed priority for the discovery of argon; they eventually agreed to submit a jointly authored paper. Both later won the Nobel prize (Rayleigh for Physics, Ramsay for Chemistry), and their discovery was a major factor in both awards. "Rayleigh and Ramsay had noted that nitrogen obtained from the air had a density greater than that of nitrogen liberated from its compounds by about one-half percent. This led to the isolation of the first of the inert gases, which they called argon," after the Greek word aergón ("inert, inactive") (Dibner). Ramsay later investigated other atmospheric gases, isolating helium, neon, krypton, and xenon, which pioneered a new section of the periodic table. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).…

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On both sides of a 11.5 x 15 cm piece of card. Printed in black ink, and completed in manuscript. An interesting piece of University of London ephemera. Aged and worn. The front is headed 'UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.' and records that Lake has paid his fee of thirty-six guineas. At bottom left: 'This Ticket must be presented for signature to the Professors of the Classes for which it is issued.' On the reverse is a grid, with the signatures of: 'M. J. M. Hill' [ Micaiah John Muller Hill (1856-1929) ] for 'Pure Mathematics'; 'Alfred W. Porter [ Alfred William Porter (1863-1939) ] for 'Mechanics'; 'Fred. T. Truton [ Frederic Thomas Truton (1863-1922) ] for 'Physics'; 'W. Ramsay' [ Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916) and 'N T M Wilsmore [ Norman Thomas Mortimer Wilsmore (1868-1940) ] for 'Chemistry'; and 'W G Hartog' [ Willie Gustave Hartog ] for 'French'.…

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296 x 230 mm. 4to. Pages 71-122; 123-156. 8 figs., numerous tables, 2 folding lithographic plates; numerous tables, 5 folding lithographic plates. Dis-bound. Young and Ramsay in partnership at University College, Bristol, published an exhaustive series of researches concerning the vapor pressures of liquids, thereby clarifying Kopp's quantitative laws held at all pressures. In 1885 Ramsay and Young derived an empirical equation that relates the ratio of absolute temperature of two liquids at a given vapor pressure. The significance is that this ratio is constant at all vapor pressures and that the ratio of the boiling points of two similar substances is the same, no matter what the external pressure. These papers "are of as much importance now as when first published, for they deal with fundamental properties determined with the highest degree of accuracy." - DNB (Young). William Ramsay is best known for his discovery and isolation of the family of inert gases of the atmosphere. For this experimental work, along with the theoretical work that situated these elements in the periodic system, Ramsay was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Ramsay: DNB, 1912-1921, pp. 444-446; DSB, XI, pp. 277-284. Young, DNB, 1931-1940, pp. 932-933; DSB, XIV, pp. 560-562.…