Brown, James Campbell

A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by the Late James Campbell Brown

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1913. 1913. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1913. 1913. Good. - Octavo, red cloth. The binding is rubbed & unevenly darkened with the cloth worn at the corners of the covers & some light staining to the bottom edge of the rear cover. The spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped & frayed. xxix, [iii] & 543 pages. Black-and-white textual illustrations. The portrait frontispiece is lacking. The pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. There is a light vertical crease to each of the first few leaves & there is occasional staining & soiling. Good.

First edition.

The portrait called for on the title page is lacking. Good .

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Book number: 29716

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; HISTORY OF SCIENCE; A HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY From the Earliest Times to the Present Day; James Campbell Brown; illustrations; first edition; 1st edition.

Brown, John S

A Study of Coastal Ground Water / with Special Reference to Connecticut. Prepared in Cooperation with the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. 1925. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. 1925. Good. - Octavo, printed orange stapled wraps. An owner's name & address are stamped at the foot of the front wrap & the top half of the wrap has come unglued. There are 2 tiny stains to the rear wrap & the bottom 2 inches of the wrap are detached. vii & 99 pages. The top corners of the last 20 pages are lightly creased. Photographic illustrations, diagrams & maps, with a folding black-and-white map in a pocket at the rear. Good.

Department of the Interior / United States Geological Survey. Water- Supply Paper 537. Good .

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Book number: 17450

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: GEOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL GROUND WATER; CONNECTICUT; WATER SUPPLY PAPER, JOHN S. BROWN; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS; MAP; FOLDING MAP; A STUDY OF COASTAL GROUND WATER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CONNECTICUT.

Bullard, Fred M

Volcanoes / in History, in Theory, in Eruption

(Austin, TX): University of Texas Press, (1962). (1962). (Austin, TX): University of Texas Press, (1962). (1962). Good. - Octavo, vermilion cloth. The binding is rubbed, bumped & lightly soiled with light staining to the rear cover & 2 small stains to the front cover. xvi & 441 pages. Color frontispiece & black-and-white photographic illustrations, maps & diagrams, including a folding diagram & a folding map. There is an ink name on the front endpaper & a few small stains to the title. The front edge of the folding diagram is creased. Good.

From the library of geographer Vincent Kotschar with his name on the front pastedown & his markings in the text. Good .

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Book number: 4947

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES; VULCANOLOGY; ERUPTIONS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; FRED M. BULLARD; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; DIAGRAMS; GEOGRAPHER; VINCENT KOTSCHAR.

Redmond, Kent C. and Smith, Thomas M

Project Whirlwind: The History of a Pioneer Computer

(Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980). (1980). (Bedford, MA): Digital Press, (1980). (1980). Fine. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], gray cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed. xiv, [i] & 280 pages. Black-and-white Illustrations & diagrams. Near fine.

First edition.

"Whirlwind--the first high-speed electronic digital computer able to operate in 'real time'--contributed much to today's computer technology. It was the first computer with synchronous parallel logic and the first to use random-access magnetic- core memory. This signficant first-generation computer was developed under the leadership of Jay W. Forrester and Robert R. Everett at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.." [dust wrapper copy]. Fine .

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Book number: 8277

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTERS; COMPUTING; PIONEER COMPUTER; WHIRLWIND; PROJECT WHIRLWIND: THE HISTORY OF A PIONEER COMPUTER; HISTORY OF COMPUTERS; KENT C. REDMOND; THOMAS M. SMITH; JAY W. FORRESTER; ROBERT R. EVERETT; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG

Carter, John D. (1874-1945).

Memorial Minute of John D. Carter Prepared by Lansdowne Monthly Meeting.

Lansdowne, PA: Lansdowne Monthly Meeting, circa [1940s]. [1940s]. - Octavo, 4-page leaflet printed in black on cream-colored paper. The corners of the pages are creased & there is a small area of very light staining to the blank fourth page. Very good. John D. Carter [1874-1945] was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a research chemist with the firms Carter & Scattergood of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Quartz Company. He was a keen ornithologist and a devoted member of the Society of Friends. For many years he served as Clerk of his local Meeting at Lansdowne, his Quarterly Meeting and the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Very good .

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Book number: 37445

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; RESEARCH CHEMIST; ORNITHOLOGIST; QUAKER; MEMORIAL MINUTE OF JOHN D. CARTER PREPARED BY LANSDOWNE MONTHLY MEETING; SOCIETY OF FRIENDS; CLERK OF HIS LOCAL LANSDOWNE MEETING; CARTER & SCATTERGOOD OF PHILADELPHIA; PHILADELPHIA QUARTZ C

Caven, Robert Martin.

Joseph Priestley 1733--1804.

London: The Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1933. 1933. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The wraps are darkened along the spine with a small area of light soiling to the front wrap. The bottom corner of the front wrap is lightly creased. 25 pages plus colophon. 6 pages of black-and-white illustrations & 1 textual illustration in black & white. Very good.

This lecture on the British chemist Joseph Priestley was delivered before the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland, London on 13th March, 1933, the Bicentenary of Priestley's birth. Very good .

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Book number: 35505

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; BRITISH CHEMIST; 18TH CENTURY CHEMIST; JOSEPH PRIESTLEY 1733--1804; LECTURE; ROBERT MARTIN CAVEN; BICENTENARY OF JOSEPH PRIESTLEY'S BIRTH; INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; ILLUSTRATIONS; PORTRAIT.

Goddard Space Flight Center

Advanced Scanners and Imaging Systems for Earth Observations: The Report of a Working Group Sponsored by Goddard Space Flight Center on Behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Which Met at Cocoa Beach, Florida, December 11-15, 1972. Prepared by Goddard Space Flight Center

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1973. 1973. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1973. 1973. Good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed tan & cream wraps. The wraps are soiled with the corners lightly creased. There is an owner's ink name in the top corner of the front wrap & the bottom inner corner of the rear wrap is torn. xvii & 604 pages. The bottom corners of the pages in the first half of the book are lightly creased. Illustrated with black-and- white diagrams, graphs & tables. Good. Good .

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Book number: 9097

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; SPACE EXPLORATION; SCANNERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE EXPLORATION; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; ADVANCED SCANNERS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Whitney, Willis R. (1868-1958). American chemist and developer of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company.

Magazine Portrait Inscribed and Signed by American Chemist Willis R. Whitney, Developer of the General Electric Research Laboratory.

Circa [1930]. [1930]. Circa [1930]. [1930]. Good. - A black-and-white, 7-1/8 inch high by 4-3/4 inch wide portrait has been clipped from a magazine and mounted on a piece of tan card 8-5/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Inscribed and signed on the mount below the portrait: "To Seymour Halpern / with good wishes / Willis Rodney Whitney". The bottom margin of the mount is creased & darkened & there is a piece out of its bottom right corner. Good.

The portrait is a three-quarter length view of Whitney standing at a work bench and working on what appears to be a wireless telegraph. The portrait is inscribed to future Congressman Seymour Halpern, then a young autograph collector.

Willis Rodney Whitney [1868-1958] was an American chemist. He began his career at the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, specializing in electrochemistry and developing an electrochemical theory of corrosion. From 1900 Whitney was working part-time as an advisor at the newly founded research laboratory of General Electric. He eventually moved into a full-time job at the GE labs. BY 1915 he had about 250 staff members, Irving Langmuir and William David Coolidge among them. They worked on vacuum-and gas- filled lamps, the wireless telegraph and X-ray technology.

The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Good .

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Book number: 35009

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MAGAZINE PORTRAIT INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AMERICAN CHEMIST WILLIS R. WHITNEY, DEVELOPER OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORY; SIGNED PORTRAIT; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; GENERA

(Chow, J. C.; Shaw, G. A.; Kostishack, Daniel F.; Savoye, E. D.; Burke, Barry E.; etc.).

Unclassified: Ccd Imager Technology Transfer Seminar 13 December 1989: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory.

Lexington, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. 1989. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Spiral bound clear stiff plastic over stiff printed white wraps. There are minor indentations to the rear cover. 405 pages, profusely illustrated throughout including many full-page illustrations and diagrams. Very good. Additional material is laid in at the front, including a 47-page stapled program description "MIT Lincoln Laboratory Advanced Electro-Optical Technology Program (WPD - S617)". The 8-1/2 inch high by 11 inch wide program includes a "Program Overview" by J. C. Chow, "Advanced CCD Technology for Visible / UV" by Barry E. Burke; and "Advanced Processing Technology for Step-Stare Sensor" by G. A. Shaw. Also laid in is a mechanically reproduced map with directions to the Lincoln Laboratory and a 2-page "Agenda" for the "MIT Lincoln Laboratory Satellite Survivability Program: Grumman Visit". There are a couple of tiny tears to the edges of the map. An integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled capacitors under the control of an external circuit, "CCD" (charge-coupled device) is a major technology used in digital imaging. Although largely replaced by CMOS sensors over the last several years, CCD image sensors are still used in some professional, medical, and scientific applications where high quality image data is required. Located in Lexington, Massachusetts, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory is chartered and funded by the Department of Defense as a research and development center to come up with applications of advanced technology to problems of national security. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 97190

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LINCOLN LABORATORY; CCD IMAGER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SEMINAR 13 DECEMBER 1989; UNCLASSIFIED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; J.C. CHOW; J.A. SHAW; DANIEL F. KOSTISHACK; E. D. SAVOYE; BARRY E. BURKE; ADVANCED ELE

Clark, Ronald W.

The Survival of Charles Darwin: A Biography of a Man and an Idea.

New York: Random House, (1984). (1984). - Octavo, gray boards backed with dark blue cloth & titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust wrapper is lightly rubbed & there are tiny chips to the top of its front panel & the head of its spine. x & 449 pages. 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The top edge of the book is lightly foxed. Very good. First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 36381

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; EVOLUTION; THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN AND AN IDEA; THE BEAGLE; THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES; BISHOP WILBERFORCE; T. H. HUXLEY; WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN; LYSENKO; GREGOR MENDEL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Clarke, Arthur C.; von Braun, Dr. Wernher; Knutson, Roy K.; Allen, E.W.; Berkner, Dr. Lloyd V.; Boushey, Brig. Gen. H.A.; Doolittle, Dr. James H.; Douglas, Donald W.; Ehricke, Krafft A., et al.

The Next Ten Years in Space 1959-1969. Staff Report of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration. 86th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 115.

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1959. 1959. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1959. 1959. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wrappers titled on the front cover. The covers are slightly creased with minor staple holes to the top left corner of the front cover. viii & 221 pages, with a few black & white illustrations and diagrams. Very good. First edition. A nice association copy from the library of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation with the stamp on the front wrapper stating: "Return to Central File JUN26 1959 / Missile & Space Systems". Arthur C. Clarke predicts: "In the decade 1960-1970 I think we may expect the following with a very high degree of assurance..Automatic probes to the Moon, Mars, Venus. Establishment of meteorological and communication satellites, possibly manned, certainly visited by servicing teams. Manned flights around the Moon, without landing. Robot landings on Moon. Flight tests of nuclear propulsion devices..The TV satellite is mightier than the ICBM; this is the fact which I would earnestly bring to the attention of your committee. Very good .

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Book number: 98556

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; SPACE EXPLORATION; THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN SPACE 1959-1969; STAFF REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASTRONAUTICA SNA SPACE EXPLORATION: 86TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION. HOUSE DOCUMENT NO. 115; MISSILE & SPACE SYSTEMS; GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CO

Colwell, Robert N.; and Lent, Jerry D.

A Test of the Concept and Practical Application of Multiband Reconnaissance. By Robert N. Colwell : Jerry D. Lent. A Report of Research Performed Under Nasa Grant Ngr/05-003-080 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Space Sciences and Application. By Personnel of the School of Forestry, University of California. Final Report. 30 September 1967.

California: School of Forestry, University of California, 1967. 1967. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Spiral bound glossy dark green wraps titled in silver on the front cover. The edges and corners of the covers are lightly bumped & creased. The pagination is as follows: ii [i.e. iv] leaves, 62 numbered & [21] unnumbered leaves, illustrated with graphs and photographs. The front edge of the title page is creased and lightly chipped. Ex-library, de-acquisitioned by the "Engineering Library Fairfield Camera & Instrument Corp." with their stamp in red on the title page and verso of the last page, and an empty pocket at the rear. The book has a very slight musty odor, else Very good. A forester and specialist in remote sensing Dr. Robert N. Colwell adapted aerial image-reading to forestry, map making, land planning and other fields. Appointed associate director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at Berkeley in 1969, Dr. Colwell coordinated a multicampus study of California's crops and natural resources using satellite images. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 97263

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; MAPMAKING; NASA; A TEST OF THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF MULTIBAND RECONNAISSANCE; SCHOOL OF FORESTRY; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY AT BERKELEY; ROBER

(The Babcock & Wilcox Company)

The Stirling Water-Tube Boiler

New York: The Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1922. 1922. New York: The Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1922. 1922. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], blue cloth titled in gilt with a vignette in gilt on the front cover. The spine is slightly faded & there is a tiny chip to the bottom edge of the rear cover. 105 pages. Illustrated in black & white with tables & photographic illustrations. Near fine. Very good .

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Book number: 26824

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; STEAM BOILERS; STIRLING WATER-TUBE BOILER; BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; INSTALLATION; OPERATION; INTEGRAL ECONOMIZER UNIT; SUPERHEATERS; CIRCULATION; ILLUSTRATIONS; FUELS; TABLES.

(Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company).

Westinghouse Automatic Alternating-Current Feeder Reclosing Equipment. Instruction Book.

East Pittsburgh, PA: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, circa [1920s]. [1920s]. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, printed tan stapled wraps. The top edge of the front cover is lightly darkened with minor faint creases to the covers. 13 & [3] pages of text, illustrated with 6 folding diagrams. The front edges of two diagrams are creased. Very good. Additionally laid in is a folded 13 inch high by 19 inch wide blueprint, numbered "482430" depicting Westinghouse's "Induction Regulator Diagram of Connections". The top edge of the blueprint sheet is roughly cut. Very good .

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Book number: 97164

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC ALTERNATING-CURRENT FEEDER RECLOSING EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTION BOOK; INSTRUCTION MANUAL; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS; BLUEPRINT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; INDUCTION REGULATOR DIAGRAM OF CONNECTIONS;

(John A. Roebling's Sons Company)

Wire in Electrical Construction

Trenton, NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company, (1916). (1916). Trenton, NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company, (1916). (1916). Good. - Small octavo, maroon cloth. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with slight bubbling to the cloth along the top edge of the front cover. The spine is faded with a handwritten title. [vii] & 147 pages. Illustrated with numerous tables. Small stickers have been mounted on the front edges of 2 pages with pencil notations to one of the pages. A previous owner's initials have been stamped on the front endpaper. The book is lightly cracked at page 80. Good. Good .

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Book number: 26024

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; WIRE IN ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION; JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS COMPANY; ELECTRICAL WIRES; CABLES; COPPER WIRE; STEEL WIRE; BRONZE WIRE; ALUMINUM WIRE; TRANSMISSION OF POWER; INSULATED WIRE; TABLES.