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London: Macmillan, 1991. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF IIJIMA'S 1991 DISCOVERY OF CARBON NANOTUBES. Allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure of unusual properties, Iijima's discovery has had a "tremendous impact" and "generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures", fueling "intense research in the area of nanotechnology" (Monthioux, CARBON 44, 2006, 4; Nature Physics Portal). In this paper, the Japanese physicist Sumio Iijima announces his "preparation of nanometre-size, needle-like tubes of carbon — now familiar as 'nanotubes'. Used in microelectronic circuitry and microscopy, and as a tool to test quantum mechanics and model biological systems, nanotubes seem to have unlimited potential" (ibid). CONDITION & DETAILS: London: Macmillan. First edition in original wraps. Complete single issue. 4to. 11 x 8.5 inches (275 x 213mm). Tightly bound and bright and clean throughout. Very good condition.
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Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon in Nature 354, 1991, pp. 56-58
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Experiences sur les Vegetaux, Specialement Sur la Propriete qu' ils possedent a un haut degre, soit d' ameliorer l' Air quand ils sont au soleil, soit de le corromprwe la nuit, ou lorsqu'ils sont a l'ombre; auxquelles on a joint Une Methode nouvelle de juger du degre de salubrite de l' Atmosphere [1st French edition of Experiments upon Vegetables, Translated by Ingen-Housz, 1780] [LANDMARK DISCOVERY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS]
by IngenHousz, Jan [Ingen-Housz and Ingenhousz]
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Paris: Theophile Barrois, 1780. 1st French Edition. First French edition published a year after the original and translated by the author. LANDMARK WORK MARKING THE DISCOVERY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS by JAN INGEN-HOUSZ. In 1772, a paper by Joseph Priestley's presented a wealth of achievements, but "the most surprising of... was the discovery of the 'restoration' of air by vegetation" (Priestley, 166). Though he announced the discovery that plants restored air that had been vitiated by combustion, putrefaction, and respiration, Priestley didn't yet recognize "the agency of light in the process; he didn't understand that plants used the 'fixed air' in the atmosphere in a complex process of photosynthesis" (Schofield, The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley). One year prior to Priestley's publication, however, he met privately with the Dutch born physician and chemist Jan Ingen-Housz who, at the very least, was inspired by Priestley's discovery that plants produce and absorb oxygen from the atmosphere.…
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