HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-1894). Gesammelte Werke, Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1895-94, 3 volumes, 8° (216 x 138mm.), FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, photogravure portrait, one folding plate, contemporary half morocco and marbled boards (spines faded).

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HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-1894). Gesammelte Werke, Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1895-94, 3 volumes, 8° (216 x 138mm.), FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, photogravure portrait, one folding plate, contemporary half morocco and marbled boards (spines faded).

拍品專文

First collected edition of Hertz's complete scientific writings, edited by Philipp Lenard. The second volume contains Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der elektrischen Kraft, one of the most influential books in modern science which laid the foundation of modern wireless telegraphy and telephony.