HERTZ, Heinrich (1857-1894). Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft, Leipzig: J.A. Barth, 1892, 8°, FIRST EDITION (small stamp on title), modern cloth-backed marbled boards, original wrappers bound in (inner hinges of first few leaves reinforced, 2 leaves detatched). [Honeyman 1668; Norman 1061; PMM 377; Sparrow 101] Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans (bookplate); JCL (endpapers).

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HERTZ, Heinrich (1857-1894). Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft, Leipzig: J.A. Barth, 1892, 8°, FIRST EDITION (small stamp on title), modern cloth-backed marbled boards, original wrappers bound in (inner hinges of first few leaves reinforced, 2 leaves detatched). [Honeyman 1668; Norman 1061; PMM 377; Sparrow 101] Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans (bookplate); JCL (endpapers).

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The first collected edition of Hertz's papers on electrical waves, originally published in the Annalen der Physik und Chemie between 1887 and 1890. His experiments proving that electrical waves could be projected through space led to the development of the wireless telegraph. This edition has explanatory notes and an introduction by Hertz.

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