Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 93

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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
KIRCHHOFF, GUSTAV. Vorlesungen über mathematische Physik . . . Mechanik. ix, [1], 466 pages, plus prospectus leaf bound before page 1. 8vo, 237x163 mm, contemporary 1/2 cloth, joints partly cracked; contents partly toned. Stamp of Andor Fenyvesi, his signature dated 1913. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1876
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first edition. Three further volumes (on optics, electricity and magnetism, and heat) were published in 1891-94. 'Kirchhoff's most important contribution to astronomy was his development of spectroscopic analysis with Bunsen and their subsequent determination of the chemical composition of the Sun'—BEA, pages 641-43. DSB VII, 379-83.