Lot 504
Atomic Theory.- Bohr (Niels) The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Development of Atomic Theory, in Nature, no.3050, vol.121, , 1928.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Atomic Theory.- Bohr (Niels) The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Development of Atomic Theory, in Nature, no.3050, vol.121, comprising pp. 580-592, extract bound without wrappers in modern red cloth, 4to, 1928.
⁂ First appearance of this highly important paper in which Bohr stated his 'complimentarity' principle - that objects have certain pairs of complementary properties which cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously.
Description
Atomic Theory.- Bohr (Niels) The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Development of Atomic Theory, in Nature, no.3050, vol.121, comprising pp. 580-592, extract bound without wrappers in modern red cloth, 4to, 1928.
⁂ First appearance of this highly important paper in which Bohr stated his 'complimentarity' principle - that objects have certain pairs of complementary properties which cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously.