CYRILLE PIERRE THEODORE; DUNMORE, JOHN; SINCLAIR, KEITH VAL; LAPLACE

Laplace in New Zealand, 1831

New Zealand, Heritage Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0908708459) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. During the course of an expedition around the world in the corvette "Favorite", Captain Cyrille-Pierre-Theodore Laplace visited the Bay of Islands, where he and his officers carried out detailed scientific work. Their observations of the land and its native inhabitants. CONDITION Card wraps, 155 pages with illus of early contact. Unread copy. As New.

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Pierre S. de Laplace (Autor), R. von Mises (Herausgeber)

Philosophischer Versuch über die Wahrscheinlichkeit

, Deutsch Harri GmbH,  Auflage: 2. A. (1. Januar 1996). 211, 19 x 12 x 1,5 cm, Softcover. Zustand: 2. Wer hat sich nicht im Mathematikunterricht mit den Wahrscheinlichkeitenbeim Würfeln oder Werfen einer Münze amüsiert? In seinem Werk "Philosophischer Versuch über die Wahrscheinlichkeit"l egt Laplace die Grundlagen für die Berechnung dieser Ereignisse dar. Ferner zeigt er auf, wie leicht sich Menschen aus ihren Alltagserfahrungen heraus von falschen Wahrscheinlichkeiten leiten lassen und dehnt seine Berechnungen auf die ethischen Wissenschaften aus. Der "Essai" enthält die berühmte klassische, mehr als 100 Jahre lang benutzte Definition der Wahrscheinlichkeit. Ferner umfasst er die exakte Formulierung des klassischen mechanischen Determinismus. Die Anwendung der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung auf naturwissenschaftliche Fragestellungen erwies sich als fruchtbar, während ihre Anwendung auf Zeugenaussagen und Gerichtsurteileerfolglos bleiben musste. ISBN: 3817132336. Gewicht/weight: 2000 gr.

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KIRWAN Richard & LAVOISIER [NéE PAULZE] Marie-Anne Pierrette & LAVOISIER Antoine Laurent & MORVEAU Guyton de & LAPLACE Pierre Simon de & MONGE Gaspard & BERTHOLLET Claude Louis & FOURCROY Antoine François de

Essai sur le Phlogistique, et sur la constitution des Acides

S.n., Paris 1788, in-8 (12,5x20cm), xij ; 344 pp.; (4 p.), relié. Edition originale et unique parution de la traduction et analyse critique par les plus grands scientifiques français sous la direction de Mme Lavoisier de ce texte publié en anglais l'année précédente sous le titre An Essay on Phlogiston and the Constitution of Acids. L'ouvrage est constitué de douze sections, toutes suivies de notes critiques par Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Pierre Simon de La Place, Gaspard Monge, Claude Louis Berthollet et Antoine François de Fourcroy. Reliure de l'époque en demi basane havane, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin noir, plats de papier à la colle. Mors très habilement restaurés. Intérieur frais hormis deux traces laissées par des signets aux pages 68-69 et 176-177. Rare envoi autographe de Mme Lavoisier à Joseph Louis de Lagrange, illustre mathématicien et fidèle ami de M. Lavoisier. Précieux témoignage du rôle prépondérant que joua Mme Lavoisier dans la « révolution chimique » à l'aube de la Révolution française. Le phlogistique est une théorie chimique apparue à la fin du XVIIème siècle - conçue par Johann Becker et développée par Georg Ernst Stahl - postulant l'existence d'un « élément flamme » inhérent aux corps inflammables et libéré lors de la combustion. Cette hypothèse fut totalement réfutée par Lavoisier qui mit en évidence le rôle de l'oxygène dans le processus de la combustion, créant ainsi la théorie de l'oxydation. Irrité par le scepticisme de Lavoisier à l'égard du phlogistique, l'éminent chimiste irlandais Richard Kirwan publia ce texte intitulé Essay on Phlogiston. « (...) Les chimistes français ralliés à Lavoisier décidèrent de répondre en faisant traduire en français An Essay on Phlogiston. » (Keiko Kawashima, « Madame Lavoisier et la traduction française de l'Essay on phlogiston de Kirwan » in Revue d'histoire des sciences, 2000) Notre ouvrage, loin d'être une simple traduction du travail de Kirwan, emprunte donc la forme d'un véritable manifeste dans lequel les plus grands chimistes du temps s'élèvent contre la théorie phlogistique, déconstruisant un à un les arguments de ses adeptes. L'immense succès de cette traduction française conduit Kirwan à tenter de réfuter les objections de Lavoisier et ses collaborateurs. Il publia en 1789 une deuxième édition de son ouvrage, traduisant les notes françaises de ses détracteurs en anglais et y ajoutant ses propres réfutations. Il se convertit finalement aux idées des antiphlogisticiens, fondatrices de la chimie organique moderne. Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze - Mme Lavoisier - eut un rôle décisif dans la carrière de son mari qui lui enseigna la chimie à sa demande ; elle devint dès lors son assistante, notant les expériences entreprises par Lavoisier et leurs résultats. Bien vite, elle occupa une place dépassant celle de l'épouse dévouée, devenant traductrice mais également autrice : plusieurs notes de cet Essai sur le phlogistique sont de sa plume. Summum de son implication, c'est elle - en sa qualité d'habile illustratrice - qui dessina toutes les planches du Traité élémentaire de chimie (1789), y apposant cette fois sa signature « Paulze Lavoisier Sculpsit ». Notre exemplaire est enrichi d'un rare envoi autographe « du traducteur » - Mme Lavoisier - à Joseph Louis de Lagrange (1736-1813), l'un des meilleurs amis de son mari. C'est Lavoisier qui aiguisa l'intérêt de Lagrange pour cette nouvelle science qu'était la chimie. Ensemble, ils participèrent à l'élaboration du système métrique uniformisant les poids et les mesures, qui vit le jour durant la Révolution. Travaillant pour le gouvernement révolutionnaire, Lagrange eut plus de chance que son ami chimiste qui, victime de la Terreur, fut exécuté. Apprenant que Lavoisier a été guillotiné, le mathématicien déclara : « Il a fallu un instant pour couper la tête de Lavoisier, et un siècle ne suffira pas pour produire une tête si bien faite ». - S.n., Paris 1788, in-8 (12,5x20cm), xij ; 344 pp.; (4 p.), relié. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Essai sur le Phlogistique, et sur la constitution des Acides [Essay on Phlogiston] n. p. | Paris 1788 | 8vo (12.5 x 20 cm) | xij ; 344 pp.; (4 p.) | contemporary half sheep First edition and sole publication of the French translation and critical analysis under the direction of Madame Lavoisier of this text published in English the previous year under the title An Essay on Phlogiston and the Constitution of Acids. The work is made up of twelve sections, all followed by critical notes by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Pierre Simon de Laplace & Gaspard Monge & Claude Louis Berthollet & Antoine François de Fourcroy. Contemporary half light brown sheep over marbled paper boards, smooth leather spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, morocco leather title piece. Very skillfully restored joints. Interior in very good condition except for two marks left by bookmarks on pages 68-69 and 176-177. Rare autograph inscription by Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier to Joseph Louis de Lagrange, prominent mathematician and loyal friend to Antoine Lavoisier. Valuable record of the leading role played by Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier in the ""chemical revolution"" at the dawn of the French Revolution. Phlogiston theory emerged at the end of the 17th century - conceived by Johann Becker and developed by Georg Ernst Stahl - postulating the existence of a ""flame element"" inherent in combustible bodies and released during combustion. This hypothesis was completely refuted by Lavoisier, who revealed the role of oxygen in the combustion process, thus inventing the theory of oxidation. Irritated by Lavoisier's skepticism with regard to phlogiston theory, the eminent Irish chemist Richard Kirwan published this text titled Essay on Phlogiston. ""[...] The French chemists who rallied around Lavoisier decided to respond by translating An Essay on Phlogiston into French."" (Keiko Kawashima, ""Madame Lavoisier et la traduction française de l'Essay on phlogiston de Kirwan"" in Revue d'histoire des sciences, 2000). This text, far from being a simple translation of Kirwan's work, adopted the form of a manifesto in itself in which the greatest chemists of the day contested phlogiston theory, dissecting its advocates' arguments one by one. The huge success of the French translation led Kirwan to attempt to refute the objections of Lavoisier and his collaborators. In 1789, he published a second edition of his work, translating the French notes written by its detractors into English and adding his own refutations. He finally converted to the ideas of the anti-phlogisticians, the founders of modern organic chemistry. Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze - Mme Lavoisier - played a key role in the career of her husband, who taught her chemistry at her request; she then became his assistant, recording the experiments he carried out and their results. She very quickly took on a role that went beyond that of the devoted wife, becoming a translator but also a writer: many of the notes in the Essai sur le phlogistique were written by her. At the height of her involvement, it was she - in her capacity as a skilled illustrator - who drew all the plates in Traité élémentaire de chimie (1789), appending her signature ""Paulze Lavoisier Sculpsit"" on this occasion. This specimen includes a rare autograph inscription ""by the translator"" - Mme Lavoisier - to Joseph Louis de Lagrange (1736-1813), one of her husband's closest friends. It was Lavoisier who aroused the interest of Lagrange in the new science of chemistry. Together they participated in the development of a metric system that standardized weights and measures, which came to light during the Revolution. Working for the revolutionary government, Lagrange had more opportunities than his chemist friend, who was executed as a victim of the Terror. When he learned that Lavoisier had been killed at the guillotine, the mathematician declared: ""It took them only an instant to cut off Lavoisier's head, and one hundred years might not suffice to reproduce its like.""

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Joseph-Louis de La Grange (Lagrange), Pierre Simon de La Place (Laplace) et al.

MELANGES DE PHILOSOPHIE ET DE MATHEMATIQUE DE LA SOCIETE' ROYALE DE TURIN. Miscellanea Taurinensia Tomus IV; pour les années 1766-1769.

Torino, 1771. Un volume (18x25 cm) di 205-(3)-345(3) pagine. In barbe. Cartonato grigio d'attesa coevo. Usure alla legatura. MANCA la prima segnatura, comprendente il titolo e la presentazione ai lettori; il volume conserva la pagina di occhiello con una firma di possesso (Mr. le Dr. Allionj) al verso. Minime tracce del tempo all'interno. MANCANO in fine le quattro tavole incise fuori testo. COPIA DI LAVORO (no return) venduta nello stato e con le mancanze descritte. Compaiono in questo quarto tomo delle Melanges alcune importanti prime edizioni di studi matematici di La Grange "Sur la methode des variations" (p. 16 della seconda parte); "Solution d'un probleme d'Arithmétique" (p. 41); "Recherches sur le mouvement d'un corps qui est attirè vers deux centres fixes (p. 188). Di Laplace viene pubblicato "Recherches sur le calcul integral aux differences infiniment petits, et aux differenves finies" (p. 273). Tra gli altri autori, D'Alembert e Condorcet.

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LAPLACE, Cyrille Pierre Théodore.

Campagne de circumnavigation de la frégate l'Artémise, pendant les annéees 1837, 1838, 1839 et 1840, ... Tome premier[-sixième]. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1841-1854. 6 volumes. 8vo. With 2 large folding engraved maps and 31 steel-engraved views. With the maps coloured in outline or partly coloured, and with the routes indicated and coloured. Contemporary boards, covered with the publisher's original green printed paper.

XXXIX, [1 blank], 343, [1 blank], [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 467, [1 blank], [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 548, [1], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 464, [3], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], III, [1 blank], 542, [2]; [3], [1 blank], 400 pp.First and only complete edition, containing about 2800 pages of official reports of one of the most important 19th-century circumnavigations of the globe, especially valuable for its information on Tahiti and Hawaii, and for its detailed view of the political manoeuvrings of the various colonial powers with each other and with the indigenous populations, both in the Pacific and elsewhere. The 31 stunning steel-engravings ("fine quality": Forbes) enrich the account greatly. Besides the well-known Pacific views (Hawaii, Tahiti, Tasmania, the Philippines, Vietnam) they include mosques at Karikal and Kolkotta in India and views of Oman, Mocha, Brazil, Peru, California and much more. Laplace also provides valuable information about trade on the coasts of the Arabian peninsula (including Muscat, al-Muka and Bandar-Abbas) and Iran. This was Laplace's second circumnavigation of the globe, sailing in the ship l'Artémise, beginning in 1837, five years after he returned from his voyage in La Favorite. The world map shows the routes of both voyages (the second map shows the Indian subcontinent and surroundings in more detail). With 19th-century (Danish?) Royal stamps. With the 4 plates in vol. VI browned and the text leaves in vol. IV somewhat foxed (plus an occasional quire in vol. V and the beginning of vol. VI), but otherwise in very good condition, only slightly trimmed at the foot and fore-edge and with nearly all bolts unopened, preserving many deckles. A very detailed account of one of the most important circumnavigations of the globe, with 31 stunning steel engravings.l Dunmore II, pp. 317-340; Forbes 1298; Hill 981; Howgego L13; Sabin 38983.

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LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon.

Essai philosophique sur les probabilités. Tomes I et II. Collections Les Maitres de la Pensée Scientifique.

Paris, Ghautier-Villars et Cie., 1921,. 175x110mm, 101 + 108 pages, broché. Bon état.

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Exposition du système du monde. Cinquième édition, revue et augmentée par l'auteur.

Paris, Bachelier, 1824. viii-418-[1-1 bl.] pp. (rouss. Rousseurs, brunis, mouillures dans la marge supérieure aux dern. Ff.). Une des rééditions augmentées (originale en 1796) de cet ouvrage relatif à la mécanique céleste et au système solaire dû à l'astronome, mathématicien et physicien Laplace (1749-1827). Il le remit sans cesse sur le métier et il s'agit ici de la dernière édition publiée de son vivant. Illustré d'un portrait-frontispice gravé sur cuivre. Ex-libris Guillaume Hofmann. Ref. COPAC. Manque à Bn-Opale plus dans ce format. Vol.: 1 Reliure demi-chagrin bordeaux à coins moderne, dos à 5 nerfs, tranches anciennement cailloutées, Size: Bon exemplaire.

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Laplace, Pierre-Simon,

Exposition du Systeme du Monde (in French).

Paris, Duprat, AN VII (1799). 2nd. Very Good. Edges and corners worn, contents tight and bright. Laplace's famouns work - classic history of astronomy on the origin and. formation of the solar system. One of the most successful popularizations of science every composed. Five books (livre) contained in one volume.

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LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON (MARQUIS DE),

Exposition du système du monde. Par Pierre Simon Laplace, de l'Institut Nationale de France, et du Bureau des Longitudes.

Paris, De l'imprimerie du Cercle-Social, rue du Théâtre Français, No 4. L'an IV de la République Française (=1796). 8vo. In 2 vols. Half long grained red mor. over marbled brds., first quarter of 20th century. (314, IV (Index) ; 312, IV (Index) pp.). (Some spotting and foxing throughout; some vague watersp. Upper righthand corner of index leaf vol. II missing, with loss of printed surface .). (Ex Libris Dr. Theol. Ph. Bridel on paste down and ownership inscription in pencil on both half titles.). First edition. Good copy. Usual foxing and spotting inherent to paper used for this edition. DSB XV, p. 273 - 402, more specif. section 20, 341 - 345: 'Laplace was named to a committee to select teachers for the Paris region ..., and he gave a course of ten lectures. The first 8 describe elementary maths. ...The ninth describes the metric system. The tenth introduces probability, summarizing in in non technical language the highlights of his earlier work in that field; .. The program announced for his course had committed him to treat also of the differential and integral calculus, mechanics and astronomy. Time did not permit, and he would simply refer his auditors to a book that he had in preparation, to be entitled "Description du système du monde", ...the promised book proved to be one of the most succesfull popularizations of science ever composed. ... The "Système du monde" appeared in 1796. Book I begins with what any attentive observer may see if he will open his eyes to the spectacle of the heavens on a clear night with a view of the whole horizon. Book II, ..., sets out the "real" motions of planets, sattelites, and comets and gives the dimensions of the solar system. Book III is a verbal précis of the laws of motion as understood in 18th c. rational mechanics, ...In Book IV, Laplace in effect summarized his own work in gravitational mechanics. ...Only Book V contains material that Laplace had not written up in technical form or presupposed. It gives an overview of the history of astronomy and concludes with the speculation since called "Nebular hypothesis" and another on the nature of the universe in outer space.': PMM, compare 252: The "Exposition" was the non-mathematical forerunner of Laplace's "Mécanique Céleste". 'Laplace has been called the "Newton of France". ...Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. The Universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect, ...Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth - a problem which Euler and LaGrange had failed to solve. He proved that these irregularities are connected with certain solar actions and changes in the orbit of the earth. He also investigated the theory of the tides and calculated from them the mass of the moon.': Honeyman V, 1919: 'Laplace's classic work on the origin and formation of the solar system': Comp. Dibner, Heralds, 14: Roberts / Trent, p. 196f: Poggendorff vol. I, p. 1375:

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Laplace, Pierre Simon

Exposition du système dun Monde [quatrième édition, revue et augmentée par l'Auteur] [RARE QUARTO EDITION].

Paris, Courcier, 1813, 4ème édition, leather, title in gold on spine, 4to, vii+458 pp., one of the main works by this famous Franch mathematician and astronomer; first quarto edition (RARE); good condition (binding with minimal traces of use; interior clean, no annotations). . .

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LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827):

Exposition du monde. ( Coll.: Corpus des oeuvres de philosophie en langue française).

Paris, Fayard, 1984, in-8vo, 575 p., cartonnage original. / Hardcover.
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LAPLACE, CYRILLE PIERRE THEODORE;DUNMORE, JOHN; SINCLAIR, KEITH VAL

Laplace in New Zealand, 1831

Waikanae, Heritage Press. 1998. (ISBN: 0908708459) Soft cover. Book, 155 pages. tbo. Fine.

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Laplace, Pierre-Simon

Mechanik Des Himmels. Aus Dem Franzözischen [Franzozischen] übersetz [Ubersetz] Und Mit Erläuternden [Erlauternden] Anmerkungen Versehen, Von J.C. Burckhardt

Berlin, F. T. LaGarde, 1800. Hardcover. Except for some chipping of the backstrip, a very good, clean, copy in contemporary marbeled paper over boards. -02. 2 volumes. The Dictionary of Scientific Biography ranks Laplace "among the most influential scientists in all history," and this translation, the first into any language, of the first part of his most important work, the Traité de Méchanique Céleste (1799-), marks the beginning of the spread of that influence. Printing and the Mind of Man, 252. .

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Laplace, Pierre-Simon

Oeuvres Completes De Laplace Publiees Sous Les Auspices De L'academie Des Sciences, Par Mm. Les Secretaires Perpetuels, Tome Sixieme. VI.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1884. xi,509pp. Or.wrappers. Cover damaged (Spine repaired).uncutt

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Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Theodore

Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l'Inde et de Chine: v. 1

Archival Facsimiles Ltd. Hardcover ISBN: 1852970014, Condition: VeryGood.

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