Hueter, Theodor F.; and Bolt, Richard H.

Sonics: Techniques for the Use of Sound and Ultrasound in Engineering and Science.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. / London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, (1955). (1955). - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. xi, [i] & 456 pages, illustrated with diagrams. A previous owner's name and annotation are penned at the top of the front endpaper. There is offsetting to the endpapers and the book has a slight musty odor. Good. First edition. Good .

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Book number: 97329

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; SONICS; TECHNIQUES FOR THE USE OF SOUND AND ULTRASOUND IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE; THEODOR F. HUETER; TICHARD H. BOLT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; DIAGRAMS.

Humphreys, Alexander Crombie (1851-1927). President of Stevens Institute of Technology.

Autograph Letter Signed by the President of Stevens Institute of Technology Alexander Crombie Humphreys.

Hoboken, NJ: February 2, 1903. 1903. - More than 60 words penned on two sides of of a folded sheet of creamy white "Stevens Institute of Technology" letterhead. Measuring 8 inches high by 5 inches wide, the letter is addressed to lecture tour manager Major James B. Pond. Stevens writes to Pond thanking him in advance for sending a copy of his book, "Eccentricities of Genius". Signed "Alex C Humphreys". Pond has stamped the word "BOOK" on the letter indicating that he has sent the book. The letter has been folded for mailing else fine. Alexander Crombie Humphreys (1851-1927) was an engineer who in 1902 was unanimously chosen to be the second President of Stevens Institute of Technology. As President he oversaw enormous growth in the school. Very good .

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Book number: 96398

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: ALEXANDER CROMBIE HUMPHREYS; STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEER; MAJOR POND; SCIENCE; WATER-GAS PLANT; SCOTTISH AMERICAN; MECHANICAL ENGINEER; ECCENTRICITIES OF GENIUS; BAYONNE AND GREENVILLE GAS LIGHT COMPANY; HUMPHREYS AND GLASGOW; AUTOGRAPH;

Hurd, Paul D., Jr.; and Linsley, E. Gorton

Parasitic Bees of the Genus Holcopasites Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972. 1972. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972. 1972. Very good. - Quarto, soft cover bound in blue & white wraps. The edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. Title & 41 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 114. Very good .

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Book number: 5688

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ZOOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY; PARASITIC BEES OF THE GENUS HOLCOPASITES ASHMEAD (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA); TAXONOMY; HYMENOPTERA; BEES; PARASITIC BEES; PARASITES; HOLCOPASITES ASHMEAD; APOIDEA; ILLUSTRATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; ARIZONA; PAUL D. HURD, JR.; E. GOR

Huxley, Thomas Henry

Critiques and Addresses

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. 1873. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. 1873. Good. - Octavo, burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed and stained and the spine is faded. There is evidence of early worming to the front joint and hinge as well as to the foreedge. xiv & 317 pages plus 4 pages of publisher's ads. The top edges of the half title and title pages are creased. There is some spotting to the bottom and foreedges of the book. Good.

First American edition.

Subjects include addresses on "Administrative Nihilism", "The School Boards: What they can do, and what they may do", "Medical Education", "the Formation of Coal", "Coral and Coral Reefs", "The Methods and Results of Ethnology", "Palaeontology and the Doctrine of Evolution", "Darwin's Critics", "The Genealogy of Animals", etc. Good .

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Book number: 29251

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY; EVOLUTION; CRITIQUES AND ADDRESSES; BIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY; SCHOOL BOARDS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; DARWINISM; ADMINISTRATIVE NIHILISM; FORMATION OF COAL; PALAEONTOLOGY AND EVO

Hyzer, William G

Photographic Instrumentation / Science and Engineering: Its Military Equipments, Techniques and Applications. October 1965. Prepared Under Naval Contract #Now 63-0524f for Naval Air Systems Command / Published by Direction of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1965. 1965. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1965. 1965. Good. - Thick quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and spine. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with some light dampstaining to the bottom edges & bottom corners of the covers. There is a small stain to the spine. [29] pages [prelims] plus 9 separately paginated chapters. The inner edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are stained with an owner's address stamp & ink date on the front endpaper. The bottom corners of the pages are lightly rippled. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, tables including a folding table, diagrams & photographic illustrations. The book has a slight musty odor. Good. Good .

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Book number: 12360

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; MILITARY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION / SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: Its Military Equipments, Techniques and Applications; WILLIAM G. HYZER; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; DIAGRAMS.

Jaffe, Bernard

Crucibles: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Chemists

New York: Tudor Publishing Co. (1936). (1936). New York: Tudor Publishing Co. (1936). (1936). Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Lightly rubbed & dusty; spine & extremities somewhat faded. viii, [i], 377 & [1] pp. Illustrated in B&W with frontispiece, plates & full-page illustrations [portraits] & textual diagrams. Occasional soiling. Good.

Seventh printing. Good .

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Book number: 7151

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTS; BIOGRAPHIES; REFERENCE; BERNARD JAFFE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PORTRAITS. (Science). (Chemistry). CRUCIBLES: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Chemists. Jaffe, Bernard.

(Johnson, Douglas)

Geomorphology of the Central Appalachians. Prepared Under the Direction of Douglas Johnson, Columbia University. (International Geological Congress XVI Session, United States, 1933. Guidebook 7: Excursion a-7)

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. 1932. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. 1932. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed yellow wraps. The covers are soiled with a couple of stains and a tiny tear to the front edge of the rear cover and a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the front cover. iii, [i] & 50 pages, illustrated with a full-page plate, a folding plate and numerous full-page & textual illustrations. There is a small dampstain to the front edge of the last 4 leaves. Good. Good .

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Book number: 17436

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; AMERICANA; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; CENTRAL APPALACHIANS; INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS; GUIDEBOOK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ROCK FORMATION; DOUGLAS JOHNSON; MOUNTAINS; HARPERS FERRY; WEST VIRGINIA; HARRISON; HUDSON RIVER.

Kingslake, Rudolf.

Optical System Design.

New York, etc.: Academic Press, 1983. 1983. - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Grayish-brown cloth in a printed brown dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed with a couple of tiny tears to the bottom edges of both the front and rear panels. 323 pages, with textual diagrams. A previous owner's name and address are penned on the front endpaper with the remnant of an old price sticker still adhering to the top of the endpaper. The book has a very slight musty odor. Very good. First printing. Very good .

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Book number: 97496

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL SYSTEM DESIGN; OPTICS; RUDOLF KINGSLAKE; DIAGRAMS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ACADEMIC PRESS.

Knittl, Dr. Zdenek

Optics of Thin Films (an Optical Multilayer Theory)

London/New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1976). (1976). London/New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1976). (1976). Very good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly creased & chipped with light soiling to the rear panel. 548 pages. Illustrated with diagrams, tables & mathematical formulas. The endpapers & fore-edge are slightly soiled. The book has a slight musty odor, else very good. Very good .

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Book number: 14040

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; PHYSICS; OPTICS OF THIN FILMS (AN OPTICAL MULTILAYER THEORY); ZDENEK; KNITTL; DIALECTRIC LAYERS; OPTICS OF METALS; DIALECTRIC DESIGN UNITS; SYNTHESIS OF TUNED MULTILAYERS; INHOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; THICK LAYERS; PERTURBATIONS; DIAGRAMS; TABLES.

Kornberg, Arthur

Enzymatic Synthesis of Dna

NY/London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1961. 1961. NY/London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1961. 1961. Good. - (CIBA Lectures in Microbial Biochemistry). Small octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a small stain to rear cover. ix & 103 pp. B&W illustrations, diagrams & tables. From the library of the Sloan-Kettering Institute Walker Laboratory with label removed from spine, library stamps, ink notation & bookplate on front endpapers & label & pocket on rear endpapers. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 1975

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; MEDICINE; BIOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; POLYMERS; DNA; ARTHUR KORNBERG; LECTURE; CIBA LECTURES IN MICROBIAL BIOCHEMISTRY; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Kotschar, Vincent

Map Projections and Their Applications. (2 Volumes)

[New York: Columbia University, 1952]. 1952]. [New York: Columbia University, 1952]. 1952]. Fine. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Bound in plain tan library cloth. There are a couple of small stains to the covers and some minor wear to the head and tail of the spines. 229 consecutively numbered pages consisting of retained carbon copies, illustrated with numerous tipped-in diagrams, charts, and illustrations throughout. Near fine internally.

These 2 volumes are the author's retained copies of his Columbia University Thesis, submitted in 1952. Cartographer Vincent Kotschar illustrated Karl Turekian's "Oceans" and William A. Hance's "Source Areas of Export Production in Tropical Africa". SCARCE. Fine .

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Book number: 7442

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CARTOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; MAPS; MAPMAKING; CHARTING; MAP PROJECTIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; THESIS; 2 VOLUMES; SCARCE; CARTOGRAPHER; VINCENT KOTSCHAR; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; 1952; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS; DEPICTIONS.

(Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent). Guerlac, Henry

Lavoisier -- the Crucial Year: The Background and Origin of His First Experiments on Combustion in 1772

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1961). (1961). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1961). (1961). Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed & the spine is faded. xix, [1] leaf & 240 pages. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The edges are very lightly foxed. Very good.

First edition, as issued without a dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 29611

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; HISTORY OF SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHEMIST; 18TH CENTURY CHEMIST;FRENCH CHEMIST; ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER; LAVOISIER -- THE CRUCIAL YEAR: The Background and Origin of His First Experiments on Combustion in 1772; HENRY GUERLAC; PNE

Legget, Robert F.; MacLean, The Rev. John Sandford Fleming; et al. Shortreed, Marcia; editor.

Sandford Fleming, Pioneer Engineer. : Sandford Fleming Foundation Inaugural Lectures Delivered at University of Waterloo, March 1977.

(Waterloo, Ontario, Canada): Sandford Educational Press, 1977. 1977. - Small quarto [9 inches high by approximately 8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The front cover is lightly foxed with a few small stains. There is some discoloration & minor soiling to the rear cover with a crease to its top corner. 63 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including facsimiles. Very good. "The University of Waterloo..has one of the largest and best engineering schools in Canada..An educational foundation was established in 1977 to promote cooperative education and to develop new modes of interaction between industry and universities to further improve engineering education.". The foundation was named after Sandford Fleming, described in Legget's lecture as "a statesman engineer" and "truly one of the real builders of Canada". For a few years Fleming was simultaneously the Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway from Halifax to Montreal, the Newfoundland Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Very good .

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Book number: 36963

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; CANADIAN ENGINEER; SANDFORD FLEMING, PIONEER ENGINEER; SANDFORD FLEMING FOUNDATION INAUGURAL LECTURES; UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA; ROBERT F. LEGGET; THE REV. JOHN SANDFORD FLEMING MACLEAN; MARCIA SHORTREED, EDITOR; ILLUS

(Leith, Charles Kenneth). McGrath, Sylvia Wallace

Charles Kenneth Leith: Scientific Adviser

Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1971). (1971). Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1971). (1971). Very good. - Octavo, greenish yellow cloth titled in black on spine, in dw. The covers are bumped & the dw is rubbed & somewhat faded. xii & 255 pp. There is light foxing to the fore-edge. B&W portrait frontispiece & B&W illustrations. Very good.

First edition

A study of the career of geologist Charles Kenneth Leith [1875-1956]. Leith was head of the University of Wisconsin Geology Department for thirty years. He served as a consultant for the location and valuation of ore deposits for several mining companies and served as mineral adviser to the U.S. Shipping Board and the War Industries Board during World War I. He organized studies of world mineral supplies in the 1920s and served on many government agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission, through the 1950s. Very good .

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Book number: 1503

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; GEOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN; SCIENTIFIC ADVISER; MINING; ORE; MINERALS; U.S. SHIPPING BOARD; WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD; ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION; CHARLES KENNETH LEITH; SYLVIA WALLACE MCGRATH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Lengyel, Bela A

Lasers: Generation of Light by Stimulated Emission

NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1962). (1962). NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1962). (1962). Very good. - (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics). Octavo, dark blue cloth, in dw. The covers are very lightly bumped & lightly spotted. The dw is lightly soiled. xi & 125 pp. B&W diagrams & photographic illustrations. Near fine internally.

Fifth printing. Very good .

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Book number: 1509

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; PHYSICS; TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; LIGHT GENERATION; OPTICS; LASERS; BELA A. LENGYEL.