HORROCKS, JEREMIAH - HORROX - WHATTON, REV A B

The Transit of Venus Across the Sun: a Translation of the Celebrated Discourse Thereupon by Jeremiah Horrox, to which is Prefixed a Memoir of his Life and Labours by the Rev A B Whatton

1859. Hardcover. Book, First edn, second issue with variant title page, London, William Macintosh, n.d. [ ca 1859]. Sm 8vo, xvi, 216p, 3 diagrams (one folding). Preface i-xvi, Memoir of Jeremiah Horrox p1-107, The Transit of Venus over the Sun p 109-216. Inscr, with extensive annotation in margins (mainly in the Memoir) in light pencil, 2 mounted newspaper cuttings, but still a nice clean copy. Neatly recased at some time, with neat repairs to head & tail of spine, new eendpapers, in the original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettered 'Horrox's Memoirs'. DNB: 'When Curate of Hoole, Horrocks predicted and observed the transit of Venus across the sun 24 Nov 1639'. Very scarce astronomy. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001982

Catalogue: History of Science

HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL

The Coins of England a Sketch of the Progress of the English Coinage from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

1848. Hardcover. Book, 5th edn, London, Longman et al, 1848. 8vo, xviii, 136p. Col title & 23 colour plates 'printed in gold, silver & copper' on a blue background. The 'Victoria Crown Piece by Barclay's process' plate is also present. Original dark red calf, expertly rebacked at some time, marbled endpapers, with coin and onlay decoration on front board. Bookplate of Charles W Whistler. Minor wear, minor browning, damp stain to top of Barclay's plate. VG nice example of Victorian colour printing. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001444

Catalogue: History of Science

IMISON, JOHN & WEBSTER, THOMAS.

Elements of Science and Art being a familiar introduction to Natural Philosophy and Chemistry.

1808. Hardcover. Book, 2 vols, new edn enlarged and adapted by Thomas Webster, London, Cadell & Davies et al, 1808. 8vo, x, 581p, 8 eng plates ( 2 plate 4); xii, 611p, 24 eng plates. Plates dated 1803. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, green gilt labels. Hinges cracking, slight wear, stain to spine vol 1, else VG clean set. A very comprehensive overview of the physics and chemistry known at that time. DNB 'Imison was a Manchester mechanic and printer'. Scarce. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002099

Catalogue: History of Science

JACOBI, C T

Printing. A practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books.

1908. Hardcover. Book, Fourth edn, Bell, London, 1908. Sm 8vo, xxii, 424p inc cat. With 16 paper samples. Minor ink mark to front board else nr fine copy in original decorative cloth. Jacobi was Managing Partner of the Chiswick Press. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001648

Catalogue: History of Science

JOHNSON, CUTHBERT WILLIAM

On Fertilizers [ On Fertilisers ]

1839, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, Ridgeway, London, 1839. 8vo, 16p cat, xvi, 462p, 1p cat. Nr fine copy, half-calf, marbled boards & endpapers. DNB - 'Agricultural writer & Barrister who published 'The Farmers' Encyclopedia' in 1842'. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 001325

Catalogue: History of Science

JONES, THOMAS RYMER F.Z.S.

A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom and Manual of Comparative Anatomy.

1841, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Van Voorst, 1841. Tall 8vo, xvi, 732p, 4p cat. 336 text engravings. Very neatly rebacked at some time with original spine cloth laid down, new endpapers, bkplt. VG in original cloth gilt. Jones was the first professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, and professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002123

Catalogue: History of Science

JOYCE, REV J

Scientific Dialogues intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: in which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are fully Explained

1850. Hardcover. Book, New ed, London, Allman, n.d. [ca 1850]. Sm 8vo, eng frontis, eng title, xii, 533p. 185 woodcuts in the text. Inscr. Slight wear head & tail of spine else VG in original cloth gilt. Gilt vignette on upper board & spine. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001715

Catalogue: History of Science

Mots-clés: Physics

KNECHT, E AND FOTHERGILL, J

The Principles and Practice of Textile Printing

1912, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Griffin, 1912. 8vo, 615p. Neatly recased with new endpapers & neat repairs to head & tail of spine, VG nice copy. Complete with fldg plates, text illustrations and 86 colour-printed mounted textile samples in excellent condition. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001964

Catalogue: History of Science

LAVOISIER, ANTOINE-LAURENT.

Elements of Chemistry in a new sytematic order containing all the modern discoveries.

1799. Hardcover. Book, Fourth edn with considerable additions, Edinburgh, William Creech, 1799. Translated by Robert Kerr. 8vo, 592p, 2 folding tables and 13 folding plates. VG in contemporary polished full calf, neatly rebacked with lighter calf, original gilt label. Endpapers slightly browned with some neat old manuscript at rear. Lavoisier's great accomplishments in chemistry include his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion. He recognized and named oxygen (1778) and hydrogen (1783), and opposed the phlogiston theory. He helped construct the metric system, wrote the first extensive list of elements, and helped to reform chemical nomenclature. At the height of the French Revolution, he was charged with tax fraud and was guillotined. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002121

Catalogue: History of Science

LAWSON, WILLIAM; HUNTER, C & OTHERS

Ten Years of Gentleman Farming at Blennerhasset with co-operative Objects

1874, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Longmans Green, 1874. 8vo, viii, 408p. Colour plans. Nr fine in original decorative brown cloth gilt. INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED by the author (W Lawson). A scarce early experimental farming work set in West Cumberland, with the first steam plough etc. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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N° du livre: 002026

Catalogue: History of Science

LEWIS, C A ORGANISER OF PROGRAMMES BBC

Broadcasting from Within BBC

1924, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edition, Newnes, n.d. [Jan 1924]. 8vo, 176p. 17 plates. Minor browning else VG copy in original red cloth. The first book on the early history of the BBC. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001047

Catalogue: History of Science

Mots-clés: Wireless

LEWIS, WILLIAM F.R.S.

Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts: designed as an attempt to improve Arts, Trades and Manufactures

1765, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, for the Author, 1765. [Vol 1 on title - but all published]. [i], x, 646p, 12p index]. No imprimatur leaf. 6 plates including the fine frontispiece of a chemical laboratory, equipped with an array of Lewis's portable furnaces. With the bookplate of US Senator Samuel Powel. Some browning, text generally VG. Binding chipped & worn, hinges cracked, original full-calf gilt. Thornton & Tully p158 ' William Lewis has been neglected by historians. (This) his most important publication is mainly a description of the laboratory of an experimental chemist, and a comprehensive account of physics and chemistry'. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002137

Catalogue: History of Science

LEWIS, WILLIAM F.R.S.

An Experimental History of the Materia Medica, or of the Natural and Artificial Substances made use of in Medicine: containing a compendious view of their Natural History, an account of their Pharmaceutic Properties, and an Estimate of their Medicinal Powers.

1761, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, for the Author, 1761. 4to, xxii, [ii], 591p, [32p index]. Slight browning throughout, VG in fine recent half-calf binding, raised bands, gilt lettered. Bookplate of Francis Rigby Brodbelt M.D. with his signature on title. Thornton & Tully p158 ' William Lewis has been neglected by historians. he taught chemistry and was a pharmacologist, and with Alexander Chisholm issued the New Dispensatory in 1753'. His materia medica includes the heavy metals as well as natural substances. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002135

Catalogue: History of Science

LEWIS, H C AND CROSSKEY, H W.

Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain and Ireland.

1894, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Longmans Green, 1894. 8vo, lxxxii, 4669p. Illustrations and 10 folding coloured maps. Bkplt of R G West. Spine slightly worn, VG in half brown leather, marbled endpapers and two gilt labels. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002181

Catalogue: History of Science

Mots-clés: Glaciology.

SIR OLIVER LODGE, APPLETON, ECKERSLEY, FLEMING ET AL

Harmsworth's Wireless Encyclopedia written for Amateurs and Experimenters by Experts in all branches of Wireless Science, Containing Upwards of 5000 Illustrations

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 3 vols, first edn, London, Fleetway House, n.d. [1923 - 1924]. Sm 4to, xxxii, 736p; 737-1504p; 1505 - 2272p. Many fldg plates & diagrams, some in colour. Slight wear, neat private address stamp on pastedowns, a VG clean set in original blue cloth gilt. A scarce and important key text on early wireless science. A heavy set - please inquire for overseas shipping cost before ordering. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001665

Catalogue: History of Science