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History Of Science And Technology
12 December 2017 • New York
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Sale Number: N09686
71 lots
37. A New and Correct Chart Shewing the Variations of the Compass in the Western & Southern Oceans as Observed in the year 1700 by his Ma[jes]tie's Command by Edm[und] Halley...Tabula haec hydrographica variationum magneticarum index... London: Sold by R. Mount and T. Page on Tower Hill, [1702]. WITH LETTERPRESS INSTRUCTIONS: HALLEY, E. The Description and Uses of a New and Correct Sea-Chart of the Western and Southern Ocean, Shewing the Variations of the Compass. [London]: R. and W. Mount, and T. Page, [1712].
Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
38. newton, isaac
Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
39. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, Regiæ Societatis typographos, 1726
Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
40. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [Trans. A. Motte]. ... To which are added, The Laws of the Moon's Motion, according to Gravity. By John Machin. London: for Benjamin Motte, 1729
Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
41. "Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum." In: Verhandlungender Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 1900. Nr. 17, Jahrg. 2. Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1900.
Estimate: 25,000 – 35,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
42. Autograph note signed, Berlin-Grunewald, 26 May 1938
Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
43. Signed photograph of Bohr giving a lecture at age 75
Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
44. An archive of 4 typed letters signed from Albert Einstein and 2 autograph letters signed from Margot Einstein, all to Walter Kaufmann, primarily on the topic of Kaufmann's musical career. Caputh bei Potsdam, 1 October 1930 & 1 June 1931; Coq-sur-Mer, Brussels, 25 April, 1933; and Princeton, New Jersey, 23 January, 1938.
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
45. Autograph letter signed "A. Einstein" to Dr. Rudolf Ehrmann, 22 March, 1943.
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
46. Typed letter signed to Herbert Kondo, Princeton, New Jersey, 26 August 1949.
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
47. Photographic portrait of Albert Einstein by Trude Fleischmann, taken ca 1946, Einstein holding his beloved pipe in his right hand.
Estimate: 20,000 – 25,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
48. Typed letter signed to Miss Linda Crouse of New York, NY, November 29, 1952.
Estimate: 30,000 – 40,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
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