George Ellery Hale, 15 Offprints

Hale,  George Ellery.  Collection of 15 offprints.  Various,  1902-1926.  15 offprints, all in wrappers, as follows:

Hale. "Visual Observations of the Solar Atmosphere”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #97, vol 12, pp 286-295, 1926. Fine. Signed “To Dr. T.R. Merton, with the regards of George E. Hale”. (Merton was an Oxfordian, and an independent scholar and (wealthy) gentleman working in astronomy and spectroscopy).

Hale (with George Luckey). “Some Vortex Experiments Bearing on the Nature of Sun-Spots and Flocculi”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #11, vol 1, 5pp, 1915. Fine.

Hale (with Ferdinand Ellerman). “The Minute Structure of the Solar Atmosphere”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #20, vol 2, 7pp, 1916. Fine.

Hale. “The Law of Sun-spot Polarity”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #86, vol 10, pp 53-55. Fine.

Hale. “A Test if  Electromagentic Theory of the Hydrogen Vortices Surrounding Sun-spots”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #95, vol 11, pp. 691-696, 1925. Fine.

Hale. “Invisible Sunspots”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #80, vol 8, pp 168-170, 1922. Fine.

Hale. “The Direction of Rotation of Sun-Spot Vorticies”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #10. Vol 1, 3pp, 1915.

Hale. “AN Attempt to Measure the Free Electricity in the Sun’s Atmosphere”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #3, vol 1, 5pp, 1915. Fine.

Hale. “Visual Observations of the Solar Atmosphere”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #97., Vol 12/5, pp 286-295. 1926. Fine.

Hale. “Some Opportunities for Astronomical Work with Inexpensive Apparatus”. Offprint, The Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 1908, 18pp. Removed from larger bound volume. Good+ copy (if not better).

Hale. “Stellar Evolution in the Light of Recent Research”. Washington, Offprint, Smithsonian Report for 1902, pp 149-183. Fine.

Hale. “The Possibilities of Instrumental Development”. Offprint, Smithsonian Report for 1923, pp 187-193. Removed from larger collection. Very good.

Hale. “The Rotation Period of the Sun as Determined from the Motions of the Calcium Flocculi”. Carnegie Institution, 1908. 54pp. Good+. Ex-library, with minimal markings, from the Franklin Institution, presented by the Carnegie.

(On the Hale Telescope). “Dedication of the Hale Telescope”, Richardson, R.S. With 4 other articles, including Walter Baade, “A program of Extragalactic Research for the 200-inch Hale Telescope”, John Anderson “Optics of the 200-inch Hale Telescope; Bruce Rule, “Engineering Aspects of the 200-inch Hale Telescope”, and one other. Offprint: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 80/355, August 1948. 8vo, pp 215-234. Wrappers. Fine.  

The group:  $500

Hale. "Visual Observations of the Solar Atmosphere”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #97, vol 12, pp 286-295, 1926. Fine. Signed “To Dr. T.R. Merton, with the regards of George E. Hale”. (Merton was an Oxfordian, and an independent scholar and (wealthy) gentleman working in astronomy and spectroscopy).

Hale (with George Luckey). “Some Vortex Experiments Bearing on the Nature of Sun-Spots and Flocculi”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #11, vol 1, 5pp, 1915. Fine.

Hale (with Ferdinand Ellerman). “The Minute Structure of the Solar Atmosphere”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #20, vol 2, 7pp, 1916. Fine.

Hale. “The Law of Sun-spot Polarity”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #86, vol 10, pp 53-55. Fine.

Hale. “A Test if  Electromagentic Theory of the Hydrogen Vortices Surrounding Sun-spots”, Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #95, vol 11, pp. 691-696, 1925. Fine.

Hale. “Invisible Sunspots”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #80, vol 8, pp 168-170, 1922. Fine.

Hale. “The Direction of Rotation of Sun-Spot Vorticies”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #10. Vol 1, 3pp, 1915.

Hale. “AN Attempt to Measure the Free Electricity in the Sun’s Atmosphere”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #3, vol 1, 5pp, 1915. Fine.

Hale. “Visual Observations of the Solar Atmosphere”. Offprint, Communications to the National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, #97., Vol 12/5, pp 286-295. 1926. Fine.

Hale. “Some Opportunities for Astronomical Work with Inexpensive Apparatus”. Offprint, The Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 1908, 18pp. Removed from larger bound volume. Good+ copy (if not better).

Hale. “Stellar Evolution in the Light of Recent Research”. Washington, Offprint, Smithsonian Report for 1902, pp 149-183. Fine.

Hale. “The Possibilities of Instrumental Development”. Offprint, Smithsonian Report for 1923, pp 187-193. Removed from larger collection. Very good.

Hale. “The Rotation Period of the Sun as Determined from the Motions of the Calcium Flocculi”. Carnegie Institution, 1908. 54pp. Good+. Ex-library, with minimal markings, from the Franklin Institution, presented by the Carnegie.

(On the Hale Telescope). “Dedication of the Hale Telescope”, Richardson, R.S. With 4 other articles, including Walter Baade, “A program of Extragalactic Research for the 200-inch Hale Telescope”, John Anderson “Optics of the 200-inch Hale Telescope; Bruce Rule, “Engineering Aspects of the 200-inch Hale Telescope”, and one other. Offprint: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 80/355, August 1948. 8vo, pp 215-234. Wrappers. Fine.  

The group:  $500