Bonhams: History of Science & Technology, 31199, New York

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October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Page Size: 270 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1152 FARADAY, MICHAEL. 1791-1867.

Autograph Letter Signed ("M. Faraday") to "C.C. Maxwell" ["J.C. Maxwell?"], on Galileo's work relating to gravity and motion,

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1153 PASTEUR, LOUIS. 1822-1895.

Memoire sur la Fermentation Appelee Lactique.In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances se L'Academie des Sciences, Tome XLV No. 22.

 Paris USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
1154 PASTEUR, LOUIS. 1822-1895.

Memoire sur la Fermentation Alcoolique. In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances se L'Academie des Sciences, Tome XLV No. 25.

 Paris USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1155

A segment of the Transatlantic Cable laid between Ireland and Newfoundland in 1858,

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
1156 DARWIN, CHARLES; ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE.

On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties. In: Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol III, No 9.

 London 1859 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,360.00
1157 MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH. 1834-1907.

Organicheskaya Khimia [Organic Chemistry].

 St. Petersburg: 1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1158 MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH. 1834-1907.

Organicheskaya Khimia [Organic Chemistry].

 St. Petersburg: 1863 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
1159 MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH. 1834-1907.

Osnovy khimii [Principles of Chemistry].

St. Petersburg: 1872-1873. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
1160 MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH. 1834-1907.

Oznovy khimii [Principles of Chemistry].

St. Petersburg: 1903 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
1161 ELLERY, ROBERT LEWIS JOHN.

Photo: of Moon, Ct Melbourne Telescope. Albumen print photograph, (19 x 24 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches), of the moon at 9 days,

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1162 HUNTER, JULIA. EDITH EVANS, illustrations.

Illustrated manuscript, "Scientific Toys. Made for amusement, but illustrating some important principles,"

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
1163 ANGSTROM, KNUT. 1857-1910.

Two works on solar radiation, inscribed by the author.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
1164 MICHELSON, ALBERT A.; AND EDWARD W. MORLEY.

On the relative motion of the earth and the luminiferous ether. In: The American Journal of Science, Third Series (1887), Vol 34, no 203, pp 333-345.

 New Haven 1887 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1165 HOLDEN, EDWARD SINGLETON. 1846-1914.

... Moon's age 23 d 8h.... Albumen contact print, 10 x 7 1/2 inches (25 x 19.5 cm),

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
1166 RONTGEN, WILHELM KONRAD. 1845-1923.

Uber eine neue Art von Strahlen. (Vorlaufige Mittheilung). WITH: "Eine neue Art von Strahlen. II. Mittheilung." Offprints from: Sitzungsberichten der Wurzburger Physik-medicinischen Gesellschaft.

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,632.00
1167 CURIE, MARIE. 1867-1934.

A collection of works on radium and radioactivity, including: 1. Treatise on Radioactivity.

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,328.00
1168 CURIE, MARIE. 1867-1934.

Blank Post Card Signed ("M. Curie") from the Institut du Radium Laboratoire Curie,

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
1169 CURIE, PIERRE. 1859-1906.

Autograph Letter Signed ("P. Curie") to Paul Appell ("Cher Doyen") making arrangements to discuss an appointment to the Sorbonne following his 1903 Nobel Prize,

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,864.00
1170 EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. 1847-1931.

Photograph Signed ("Thos A Edison") on the mount, , a three-quarters length portrait of Thomas Edison seated,

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,408.00
1171 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

Uber einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichte betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt [On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light]. In Annalen der Physik, 4th series, vol 17, part 6, pp 132-148.

 Leipzig 1905 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
1172 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein") in German to Johannes Stark complimenting his work on light emission and absorption of canal rays,

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 51,200.00
1173 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie. In: Annalen der Physik, 4th series, vol 49, pp 769-822.

 Leipzig 1916 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,096.00
1174 EDDINGTON, ARTHUR STANLEY; F.W. DYSON; C. DAVIDSON.

A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field.... In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series A, vol 220, pp 291-333.

 London 1920 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,328.00
1175 EDDINGTON, ARTHUR STANLEY; F.W. DYSON; C. DAVIDSON.

The Eclipse Volume of The Observatory: A Monthly Review of Astronomy, vol 42

 1919 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,408.00
1176 EINSTEIN, ALBERT and WILLEM DE SITTER; JOHN VON NEUMANN.

On the Relation Between the Expansion and the Mean Density of the Universe. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol 18, pp 213-214

 1932 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
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