Lot n° 254
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BECQUEREL (Henri). Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de - Lot 254
BECQUEREL (Henri). Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière, activité radiante spontanée ou radioactivité de la matière. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1903. In-4, red half-maroquin, cover (Modern binding).
First edition, illustrated with 13 plates, of this major work in which Becquerel sets out the conclusions of his seven-year experiment on radioactivity. It lists over 200 memoirs on the same subject published since his first work on radioactivity in 1896.
We know that the rays emitted by uranium were named Becquerel rays in his honor.
From the collection of Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences de l'Institut de France (volume 46).
P.M.M., 393. - In French in the text, n°332.
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