Nobel Prize 1936; The Discovery of Cosmic Rays

 

HESS, Victor Francis. “Uber Beobachtungen der durchdringenden Strahlung bei sieben Freiballonfahrten”, in Physikalische Zeitschrift Vol. 13, 1912, Pp. 1084-9, offered in the entire volume of xxv, (1), 576pp   Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1912. Royal8vo. Bound in two contemporary half cloth with white paper title label to spine. In . Library stamp to title pages. Otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 1084-91. [Entire volume 1: XXV, (1), 576 pp + XXII plates; Pp. 577-1228 + XXXV plates.    

• First printing of Hess's paper in which the discovery of cosmic rays first was introduced. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936.