BECQUEREL, (ANTOINE CÉSAR). - PIONEER-INVESTIGATION ON PIEZOELECTRICITY.

Expériences sur le Développement de l'électricité par la pression; Lois de ce développement.

(Paris, Crochard, 1823). No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 23 (Premier Cahier), With halftitlepage to vol. 23. Pp. 5-112. (Entire issue offered). Becquerel's paper: pp. 5-43 and 1 engraved plates showing apparatus. Slightly brownspotted.

First appearance of a pioneer-paper on Piezoelectricity in which Becquerel for the first time treats the phenomena - creation of electricity by pressure - in a quantitative way.

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