WIlliam Herschel. "Untersuchungen über die wärmende und die erleuchtende Kraft der farbigen Sonnenstrahlen; Versuch über die nichht-sichbaren Strahlen der Sonne und deren Brechbarkeit; und Einrichtung grosser Teleskope Sonnenbeobachtungen." Published in the Annalen der Physik, published in Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1801. Band. 7, Zweites Stück.We offer the entire volume for the half-year, 644pp, 4 plates. The Herschel paper occupies pp 137-156, with two engraved plates. Very nice copy. This is the first German edition of Herschel's ephocal discovery (of 1880, "An Investigation of the Powers of Prismatic Colours to Heat and Illuminate Objects") of a light beyond red, now called the "infared" $250
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