Hansteen Untersuchungen über den Magnetismus 1819
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MAGNETISM. HANSTEEN, CHRISTOPHER. Untersuchungen über den Magnetismus der Erde... Übersetzt von P. Treschow Hanson... I (all published, lacks as usual the rare atlas volume). Christiania (gedruckt bey Jacob Lehman und Chr. Gröndahl) 1819.
4:o (270x215 mm.). (7), VIII-XXX), (1)-502, (2), (1)-148 pp. 5 folding engraved plates (all).
Uncut and unopened in contemporary marbled wrappers, worn, partly defective spine. First edition.
A revision of Hansteen's prize essay presented to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences in 1811, this work is of special importance for its fifth chapter dealing with the mathematical theory of magnetism. Despite disproving the explanation which Hansteen gave of magnetic forces, Gauss admitted that the Danish scientist had been his inspiration. This copy lacks the atlas volume containing 7 maps. A second text volume, planned but never written, was to contain a theory of the aurora borealis and its influence upon magnetism.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6402
Datum:
2015-06-16