SCIENCE
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER: MAX PLANCK — ANNOUNES THE RECIPIENT’S APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO THE WILHELM SOCIETY ADDING: “I HOPE THAT YOU [WILL] ACCEPT…”
PLANCK, MAX. (1858–1947). Nobel Prize–winning German physicist who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. Typed Letter Signed “Planck” on Der Prasident de Kaiser [The President / the Emperor Wilhelm Society], [Germany] imprinted letterhead. One page, quarto. July 27, 1932.
P.T. BARNUM ~ WANTS TO HAVE TELEPHONES INSTALLED IN HIS CONNETICUT HOME
BARNUM, P(HINEAS) T(AYLOR). (1810-91). American showman, businessman and entertainer; Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus founder. Autograph Letter Signed “P. T. Barnum” on his imprinted Marin[a] stationery. One page, octavo, Bridgeport, Connecticut, May 16, 1889.
GEORGE BUSH — ON THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ASTRONAUT ED WHITE — THE 1ST AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE TRAGIC APOLLO 1 FIRE
BUSH, GEORGE HERBERT WALKER. ( 1924-2018). Forty-first President of the United States (1989-93). Typed Letter Signed, “George Bush”, on imprinted Congress of the United States House of Representatives letterhead. One page, quarto. “Washington, D.C.”, March 11, 1969.
JOSEPH LISTER ~ AWARDS A CERTIFICATE ATTESTING TO PARTICIPATION IN HIS LECTURES ON SURGERY
LISTER, JOSEPH. (1827-1912). Father of modern antiseptic surgery. Partially-printed Document Signed “Joseph Lister” on University of Edinburgh letterhead. One full page, octavo. ’28 March 1873′. Partially-printed Certificate signed as Professor of Clinical Surgery.
THOMAS EDISON ~ SIGNED CHECK
EDISON, THOMAS A. (1847-1931). American inventor. Partly-Printed Check Signed, “Thos. A. Edison”. One page, oblong octavo. West Orange, New Jersey, September 27, 1928.
HE INSPIRED EDISON TO DEVELOP THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB!
FARMER, MOSES G. (1820-1893). American electrical engineer and inventor; built a platinum filament incandescent light in 1859 and lit the parlor of his home with incandescent lamps, thus being the first house in the world to be lit by electricity. His excessively-scarce Signature “Moses G. Farmer”.
CHARLES DARWIN ~ PREPARES TO MAKE REVISIONS TO HIS NEW BOOK: “THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION” AND INQUIRES OF HIS LONDON PUBLISHER, JOHN MURRAY, ON THE SALES AND REMAINING COPIES OF: “ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION”
DARWIN, CHARLES. (1809-1882). British naturalist and evolutionist. Choice and Important Autograph Letter Signed, “Ch. Darwin”. To John Murray, his London publisher. [Wednesday 25th March 1868].