ANSTED, D. T. ( DAVID THOMAS ANSTED 1814-1880 ) / TENNANT, PROFESSOR ( JAMES TENNANT, 1808-1881) / MITCHELL, WALTER REV. .

Geology, Mineralogy, and Crystallography : Being A Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive View of Inorganic Nature ; The form and classification of crystals, and a chemical arrangement of minerals By D.T. Ansted, Professor Tennant, and Walter Mitc

London : Houlston and Stoneman, 65, Paternoster Row ; Wm. S. orr And Co, Amen Corner, MDCCCLV. [1855 ] . 0. First edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo.8.0" x 5.5" x 1.25". pp.xx/pp.587 . Black calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Corners and hinges carefully strengthened. No ownership or Library marks. Clean throughout, with folding map frontis and numerous illustrations within the text. A very good book.

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Book number: 49683

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: 50930 Geology, Mineralogy, and Crystallography Houlston and Stoneman Ansted, D.T. ( David Thomas Ansted 1814-1880 ) / Tennant, Professor ( James Tennant, 1808-1881) / Mitchell, Walter Rev. . Science: : 19th Century

BLOMFIELD, REV. E. [ REVEREND EZEKIEL BLOMFIELD 1778–1818 ] .

A General View of the World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New. In Two Volumes. By The Rev E. Blomfield .

Bungay [ Suffolk ]: Printed And Published By C. Brightly And T. Kinnersley, 1805 - 1807. 0. A very good two volume set in original matching flame calf bindings. Illustrated with 39 full-page engravings; one table, and 19 maps. 4to. 10.75" x 8.25" x 3.0". Each front board with red leather name label: "J. Hunby St. Osyth. 1807." Hinges cracked and edges rubbed, but boards firmly attached. Each volume with a flat spine, gilt volume number and original red leather title label: "Blomfield's Geography". Printed title with engraved vignette and light offsetting from the frontis. Clear English text throughout. Some intermittent foxing, but overall a clean set. Vol. I. : Title page dated 1807. pp.5/pp.3-254/pp.571/[1pp. - blank], 5 full-page engravings (including frontis), 1 folding table, 1 folding-maps and 5 full-page maps. Vol. II. : Title page dated 1805. [2pp.]/pp.573-827/pp.695/[29pp. - Index], 33 full-page engravings (including frontis), 2 folding-maps and 11 full-page maps ** " Ezekiel Blomfield (1778–1818) was a Congregational minister, author and compiler of religious works and works on natural history. His parents were Stephen Blomfield (born c.1740, died 27 November 1809) and Elizabeth Blomfield (née Luiss (Lewis), born c.1750, died 17 March 1799). Ezekiel was the youngest of four children. He was born on 28 October 1778 at North Walsham, Norfolk then moved with his parents to Norwich. He died on 14 July 1818 at Great Glemham, Suffolk and was buried on 21 July 1818 in the grounds of the Meeting House at Wortwell, Norfolk." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 45174

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: 45174 Reverend Ezekiel Blomfield C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley Bungay a General View of the World Science: : 19th Century

CLARK, PROFESSOR THOMAS (1801- 1867) - SIGNED LETTER.

A Practical View of the Amendments Needful in the existing Weights And Measures of the United Kingdom. (Being an Article from No. 31 of the Westminster Review) .

Glasgow : Printed and Published at the Glasgow Argus Office, D. Robertson, Glasgow; Wm. Tait, Edinburgh, 1833 . 0. An original 19th century pamphlet . Inside the front cover (and on the recto of the last leaf) is the original postal cover with an intact red wax seal and the address: "Mr. R. Heward, Westminster Review Office, Strand, London - Single Sheet", post-marked "5 No 5 1833". pp.30. 9.0" x 5.5" Curiously there is also a letter from Dr. Thomas Clark, Professor of Chemistry Marischal College, Aberdeen (dated Oct 2nd 1833) to 3 blank leaves (verso of the advertisement, the space after the text on p.30, and the recto of the last leaf) * Referenced by: OCLC 17758640 / Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 27884. ** "THOMAS CLARK (1801-1867) - Known as "Hot Blast" Clark! A Scottish chemist, he was born at Ayr on the 31st of March 1801. In 1826 he was appointed lecturer on chemistry at the Glasgow mechanics' institute, and in 1831 he took the degree of M.D. at the university of that city. Two years later he became professor of chemistry in Marischal College, Aberdeen, but was obliged to give up the duties of that position in 1844 through ill-health, though nominally he remained professor till 1860. His name is chiefly known in connexion with his process for softening hard waters, and his water tests, patented in 1841. The last twenty years before his death at Glasgow on the 27th of November 1867 were occupied with the study of the historical origin of the Gospels.

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Book number: 46700

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: 48280 Professor Thomas Clark Signed Hot Blast Clark Published at the Glasgow Argus Office D. Robertson Wm. Tait Mr. R. Heward, Westminster Review Office, Science: : 19th Century

GALLOWAY, ROBERT .

A Manual Of Qualitative Analysis. By Robert Galloway, F.C.S., Fourth Edition. Revised and Enlarged.

London: John Churchill And Sons, New Burlington Street, MDCCCLXIV. A very good tight binding. 8vo. pp.16/pp.331 . Original cloth binding rebacked at some time in the past. Original yellow endpapers. Library label to the verso of the front board: "Worcestershire Medical Society - Presented by J. D. Jeffery Esq." Also small ink stamps to endpapers and title-page. Clean text throughout. VG. ** " John David Jeffery was born on 20 December 1810 in Starcross, Devon, his father, Samuel, was 31 and his mother, Louisa, was 24. He married Elizabeth Bridget Beevor on 22 July 1843 in Salcombe Regis, Devon. They had four children during their marriage. He died on 19 January 1882 in Worcester, Worcestershire, at the age of 71." ** Robert Galloway was a teacher at Queenwood College, Stockbridge, Hampshire and Professor of Chemistry at the Royal College of Science, Dublin, Ireland.

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Book number: 47708

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: 49189 Worcestershire Medical Society J.D. Jeffery Science: : 19th Century

GIBERNE, AGNES (1845 -1939) / PRITCHARD, CHARLES (1808 - 1893) .

The Ocean Of Air : Meteorology For Beginners By Agnes Giberne ; With A Preface By The Late Rev. C. Pritchard., D.D., F.R.S. ETC. Fifth Thousand .

London: Seeley And Co. Limited, Essex Street, Strand, 1894 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 7.5" x 5.25" x 1.25". 8vo. pp.xiv/[2pp.]/pp.340 + [16] leaves of plates. Red leather prize binding for Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith. A very good and tight binding, just light rubbing to the edges. Gilt crest to front board. Spine with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and black leather title label. Marbled page edges and matching endpapers. Prize label to verso of the front board for "W. Ayres" dated July 27th 1896, and signed by "C. J. Smith Head Master" ** "Reverend Charles Pritchard (29 February 1808 – 28 May 1893) was a British astronomer, clergyman, and educational reformer. He founded the Clapham Grammar School in 1834 and included sciences in the curriculum.." - See Wikipedia *** "Rev. C. J Smith was the first headmaster of the newly opened Latymer Upper School, 1895 .

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Book number: 50696

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: 52161 Giberne, Agnes Seeley and Co. Limited Rev. C. J Smith Rev. C. Pritchard Science: : 19th Century

LEITCH, WILLIAM .

God's Glory in the Heavens by William Leitch. Third Edition .

London And New York: Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 1866 . 0. ** "Published by Alexander Strahan of London on November 22nd 1862, God's Glory In The Heavens was an anthology of essays about astronomy and space written between late 1859 and late 1862 by William Leitch, Principal of Queen's College in Kingston Ontario, Canada. First Edition of God's Glory in the Heavens. The original essays appeared more-or-less monthly in Strahan's magazine Good Words beginning in the second week of 1860 and then appeared periodically through 1861 and 1862. The original title in the Good Words magazine was God's Glory In The Heavens – The Teachings of the Stars. The book was originally to have appeared in late 1860 with the full title, God's Glory In The Heavens; or, Something of the Wonders of Astronomy. It was evidently delayed by Leitch's appointment to Queen's College and his subsequent trips to Canada, especially in 1861. When the book was finally published the title had been reduced to the more ambiguous, but simpler, God's Glory In The Heavens." - See Wikipedia *** This evidently *very* scarce book holds a very special place in the history of astronomy, and space exploration. As the Wikipedia article for its author William Leitch points out: Space historian Robert Godwin published in October 2015 his discovery that Leitch gave the first modern scientific explanation of the potential for space exploration using rockets (1861). He was said to be "a distinguished astronomer, naturalist and mathematician", and his proposal for rocket spaceflight came four decades prior to more well-known proposals by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1903), Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1913), Robert H. Goddard (1914), and Hermann Oberth (1923). Leitch's rocket spaceflight description was first provided in his 1861 essay "A Journey Through Space", which was later published in his book God's Glory in the Heavens (1862). This description correctly attributed rocket thrust to the "internal reaction" (Newton's laws of motion) and correctly identified that rocket thrust is most effective in the vacuum of space. Despite the title, this is not a 'religious' book, but a still very readable trip around the solar system as it was known then." - Withnail Books **** Charles Fountain Page (1831 -1912) was a director and chairman of the family business: Briton Brush Company of Wymondham.

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Book number: 51002

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: Alexander Strahan Science: : 19th Century

PARK, BENJAMIN .

The Age of Electricity: From Amber-Soul to Telephone

London: Published by Cassell and Company, Limited, (no date c.1886) . 0. First edition. [Publication from date from 'Preface' - 1886]. pp.8/pp.381/[16pp. - Adverts] Modern red cloth binding. Briight gilt titles to spine: "The Age of Electricity - Benjamin". Later black endpapers. Engraved frontis plus a further 4 full page plates (all lightly soied and foxed). Clear English text well illustrated with numerous illustrations in the text. With an errata slip and a 16-page advertisement for works published by Cassell & Co. A well preserved book. ** "Park Benjamin (1849–1922) was an American patent lawyer and writer. He was born in New York City, graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1867, resigned from the Navy in 1869, and graduated at the Albany Law School in the following year. He was associate editor of The Scientific American from 1872 to 1878 and subsequently edited Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics and Cyclopaedia of Modern Mechanism. He is also famous as the father-in-law of operatic tenor Enrico Caruso." - See Wikipedia .

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Book number: 46721

Catalogue: Science: : 19th Century

Keywords: 48306 the Age of Electricity: From Amber-Soul to Telephone Cassell and Company, Science: : 19th Century