1801 · Berlin
by Soldner, Johann
Berlin: bey dem Verfasser, 1801. Soldner, Johann Georg von (1776-1833). Ueber die Ablenkung eines Lichtstrals von seiner geradlinigen Bewegung, durch die Attraktion eines Weltkörpers . . . In Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1804 (1801): 161-172. Whole volume, 8vo. [4], 268pp. 2 folding plates. Berlin: bey dem Verfasser, und in Commission bey G. A. Lange, 1801. 200 x 115 mm. Half sheep, marbled boards ca. 1801, minor worming in front cover, lightly rubbed but sound. Fine copy. Small ownership stamp on title, occasional marginal annotations. First Edition. Soldner's paper represents "the earliest work on the deflection of light in the gravitation field (truncated)