VERSUCH EINER ANALYTISCHEN BEHANDLUNG BELIEBIG BEGRENZTER UND ZUSAMMENGESETZTER LINIEN, FLÄCHEN UND KÖRPER; nebst einer Anwendung davon auf verschiedene Probleme der Geometrie descriptive und Perspective. Aus den Abhandlungen der königl. böhm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. [Offprint] With 27 geometrical illustrations on 3 folded lithographic plates.

Prag: Druck und Papier [Printing and paper] Gottlieb Haase Söhne - 1839.,

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Author

Christian Doppler

Publishers

Prag: Druck und Papier [Printing and paper] Gottlieb Haase Söhne, 1839.

Size

4mo (25,5,7:21,6 cm). [2 leaves (pre-title, title)], p. [1-3], p. 4-78; 3 folded plates. Lithography and letterpress on machine paper, in contemporary brochure on light grey stock without title printing.

Keyword

Mathematik, Astronomie, Meteorologie, Physik & Chemie

Languages

English

Description

Inscription copy of this rare first separate printing of an important early paper on analytical geometry by Austrian mathematician and physicist Christian Doppler, famous for the »Doppler effect«, his observations on wave frequency utilised mainly in astronomy and acoustics. – Contents, Edition: Present essay was Doppler's first accepted for publication in the periodical of the renown Bohemian Society of Sciences and founded his membership with this institution. – Provenance: With author's dedication on rear side of front cover to an unknown addressee: „Als ein geringes Grüßen meiner besonderen Hochachtung übersendet Ihnen diesen literarischen Versuch / Der Verfasser.“ (Sending this literary attempt as a small greeting expressing my special esteem / The Author). – Rarity: JAP/APO (1988ff.) record only one copy at auction (2009). - Reference: Kayser VII, 225; Poggendorff I, 594; Wurzbach 3, S. 370ff.; Schuster, Doppler, S. 51.