Lot 718

RONTGEN, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen. [etc.]

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RÖNTGEN, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923).  Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen. (Vorläufige Mittheilung.). [Pages 132-141 in: Sitzungsberichte der Physik.-Med. Gesellschaft zu Würzburg ... Jahrgang 1895]. Würzburg: Verlag und Druck der Stahel'schen K. B. Hof- und Universitäts- Buch- und Kunsthandling, 1896. [Bound with:]  Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen. II Mittheilung. (Als Beitrag eingereicht.). [Pages 11-16 in: Sitzungsberichte der Physik.-Med. Gesellscahft zy Wüurzburg ... Jahrgang 1896.]  Würzburg: Verlag und Druck der Stahel'schen K. Hof-und Universitäts- Buch- und Kunstanlung, 1897. Half tone plate of an X-Ray of a hand, captioned, "Hand des Anatomen Geheimrath von Kölliker. Im Physikal. Institut der Universität Würzburg mit X-Strahlen aufgenommen von Professor Dr. W. C. Röntgen." Two works in one volume, large 8vo (217 x 150mm). Contemporary half brown morocco and pebbled boards. With Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's Eine neue art von Strahlen ... 3. Auflage (Würzburg, 1896, offprint, original wrappers, third edition, with signature "Röntgen '96" on upper wrapper, possibly in Röntgen's hand [see illustration], in modern cloth slipcase). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. EARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF X-RAYS. cf. Dibner Heralds 162; Garrison-Morton 2683; Norman 1841-1842; PMM 380: "[The importance of X-Rays] in surgery, medicine and metallurgy is well known. Incomparably the most important aspect of Röntgen's experiments, however, is his discovery of matter in a new form, which has completely revolutionized the study of chemistry and physics." (2)

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