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INSCRIBED AMPÈRE, ANDRÉ-MARIE. Bound volume containing 3 pamphlets on electrodynamics, the first inscribed and signed by Ampère. 8vo, later 19th-century 1/2 red morocco gilt, stamped "S[chuyler] S[kaats] Wheeler at bottom of spine, extremities rubbed; contents variously browned or foxed. Paris, 1822-24-26
From the series of papers by Ampère describing his groundbreaking investigations into electrodynamics, which were inspired by Hans Christian Oersted's 1820 discovery of electromagnetism. DSB I, 143-45; none in Wheeler Gift. Exposé des Nouvelles Découvertes sur l'Électricité et le Magnétisme. [4], 91 pages. Paris: (L.-T. Cellot for) Méquignon-Marvis, 1822. first edition. Half-title inscribed and signed by ampère to Johann Georg Tralles (1763-1822), Secretary of the Mathematical Section of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. Précis de la Théorie des Phénomènes Électro-Dynamiques . . . pour servir de Supplément à son Recueil d'Observations électro-dynamiques et au Manuel d'Électricité dynamique de M. Demonferrand. Folding engraved plate. 67 pages. Paris: (Feugueray for) Crochard & Bachelier, 1824. first edition. Description d'un Appareil Électro-Dynamique . . . Deuxième Édition. Folding engraved plate. 32 pages. Paris: (Huzard-Courcier for) Bachelier, 1826.
