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Roger Bacon Essays / Contributed by Various Writers on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Birth
Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914. 1914. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914. 1914. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with the head of the spine lightly chipped. viii, 425 & [1] pages. There is offsetting to the endpapers & pastedowns with some rippling to the endpapers & half-title. There is scattered light foxing. Good.
First edition.
The fourteen essays are in the languages of the contributors. Four are in German, two in French and the remainder in English.
The bookplate of Edward Andrew Donaldson is mounted on the front pastedown. Good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; ROGER BACON ESSAYS Contributed by Various WriterS on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Birth; A. G. LITTLE; PHILOSOPHY; LATIN VULGATE; PHILOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; CHEMISTRY; ALCHEMY; MEDICINE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITIO
Voices of Freedom: Published by Simon Wiesenthal Center in Honor of 1984 Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian Laureates Dr. Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner
(Los Angeles, CA): Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1984. 1984. (Los Angeles, CA): Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1984. 1984. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with the spine & extremities slightly darkened. There is a small light stain to the bottom edge of the front wrap with 2 small blue pencil marks to the rear wrap. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic portraits. The corners of the first few leaves are lightly bumped. Very good.
Brief autobiographical essays by Sakharov and Bonner are followed by numerous tributes and commentaries with a section on "The Struggle of Soviet Jewry" and information on the work of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; PHYSICIST; RUSSIAN SCIENTIST; ANDREI SAKHAROV; SOVIET UNION; COMMUNISM; VOICES OF FREEDOM: Published by Simon Wiesenthal Center in honor of 1984 Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian Laureates Dr. Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner; TRIBUTES; THE STRUGGLE
Cut Signature of the English Chemist John Thomas Cooper.
Circa [1840's]. [1840's]. Circa [1840's]. [1840's]. Good. - John Thomas Cooper's autograph penned on a 7/8 inch high by 2-3/4 inch wide slip of paper cut from a longer letter, mounted on 1-1/8 inch high by 3-1/8 inch wide piece of paper cut from an autograph album. Slightly soiled with minor glue stains. Good. The English chemist John Thomas Cooper (1790-1854) was a noted lecturer, chemical analyst and supplier of chemicals at the time interest in the study of chemistry was growing. He devised and collaborated on the production of tools and techniques, including the development of a hydrometer and an oxy-hydrogen microscope, among others. A number of times, he appeared in court as an expert witness. Good .
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Memoire Sur le Principe Des Forces Vives Dans Les Mouvemens Relatifs Des Machines" by Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis [Published in "Memoires Presentes Par Divers Savans a L'Academie Royale Des Sciences de L'Institut de France,... Tome Troisieme"]. [Together with]: J.L. Woisard's "Recherches Sur la Determination Des Fonctions de Deux Variables Dont Les Coefficiens Differentiels Du Premier Ordre Sont Donnes Implicitement", Michel-Auguste Ostrogradsky's "Memoire Sur la Propagation Des Ondes Dans Un Bassin Cylindrique", Coraboeuf's "Memoire Sur Les Operations Geodesiques Des Pyrenees Et la Comparaison Du Niveau Des Deux Mers", C.A. Morlet's "Memoire Sur la Determination de L'Equateur Magnetique, Et Sur Les Changemens Quis Sont Survenus Dans le Cours de Cette Courbe Depuis 1776 Jusqu'a Nos Jours", E. Soubeiran's "Memoire Sur Les Arseniures D'Hydrogene", Couverchel's "Memoire Sur la Maturation Des Fr
Paris: Imprime par autorisation du Roi a l'Imprimerie Royale [by Gauthier-Villars], 1832. 1832. 1ST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK BY GASPARD-GUSTAVE DE CORIOLIS AFTER WHOM THE CORIOLIS EFFECT BECAME KNOWN - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in printed light blue paper wraps, titled in black on the front cover and the spine, with a list of works printed by the firm of Gauthier-Villars on the rear cover. The covers are heavily chipped with a large piece out from the top corner of the rear cover. A diagonal tear across the rear cover has been repaired with archival document tape. viii & 625 deckle-edged pages, illustrated with 1 full-page and 9 folding plates bound in at the rear. The overlapping edges of the leaves are slightly chipped and creased, else an otherwise bright unopened and uncut volume. The ten works contained within this volume are as follows: 1. Woisard, Jean-Louis. "Recherches sur la determination des fonctions de deux variables dont les coefficiens differentiels du premier ordre sont donnes implicitement". This work consists of pages [1]-22. An obituary published in volume 3 of "The Foreign Review, and Continental Miscellany", published in London in 1829, summarized Woisard's life: "In the 30th year of his age died at Metz, his native place, Jean Louis Woisard, professor of mathematics at the Royal College, and member of several philosophical societies. He entered the polytechnic school in his seventeenth year, and added to the reputation of his tutor, Lesage, by his rapid progress in mathematics; but the academy, in 1816, forced him to return to his family without having enjoyed, as much as he could have desired, the lessons of Monge, Legrange, &c. Throughout the whole of his short life he had many obstacles to contend with; but, in his ambition to shine in geometrical science, he surmounted them all, and distinguished himself by various lectures on scientific subjects, some of which have been published. His death was occasioned by an inflammation, caused by a too close attention to some improvements which he designed to introduce in artillery waggons." 2. Ostrogradsky, Michel-Auguste. "Memoire sur la propagation des ondes dans un bassin cylindrique". This work consists of pages [23]-44. Born in a thatched hut on his father's land, Michel-Auguste Ostrogradsky (aka Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski) (1801-1862) always carried a stone in his pocket to which was attached a string by which he could measure the depth of any well he came across. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of Kharkov. A student of Andrei Fedorovich Pavlosky and Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky, Ostrogradski was denied his doctorate following Osipovsky's dismissal when Golitsyn imposed the teaching of religion on science. He went on to study in Paris under some of the leading mathematicians of the period. He published the above paper "Memoir on wave propagation in a cylindrical vessel" in 1826 and subsequently "Demonstration d'un theoreme du calcul integral" proving the general divergence theorem. However, Gauss, not knowing of Ostrogradski's paper, proved special cases of the divergence theorem and the theorem came to be named after Gauss instead. 3. Coraboeuf, Jean-Baptiste. "Memoire sur les operations geodesiques des Pyrenees et la comparaison du niveau des deux mers". This work consists of pages [45]-131 plus a folding map (chart) bound in at the end of the volume. The French geographer Jean-Baptiste Coraboeuf (1777-1859) participated in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. He assisted with Nicolas-Antoine Nuet's calculations of the longitude of Alexandria and the latitude of Damietta, collaborating on the map of the Nile delta. His name, along with other members of the Science and Arts Commission, is engraved on the ruins of the temple of Philae. Coraboeuf was one of the surveying officers in charge of the triangulation of the Pyrenees and participated in drawing up a map. Following the dissolution of the body of geodesic engineers in 1831, he transferred to the general staff and was responsible for correcting the calculations on the "France2" map. 4. Morlet, C.A. "Memoire sur la determination de l'equateur magnetique, et sur les changemens qui sont survenus dans le cours de cette courbe depuis 1776 jusqu'a nos jours". This work consists of pages [132]-183 plus a folding map bound in at the end of the volume. 5. Soubeiran, Eugene. "Memoire sur les arseniures d'hydrogene". This work consists of pages [184]-205 plus a plate bound in at the end of the volume. The author of this paper on Hydrogen Arsenides, the French scientist Eugene Soubeiran (1797-1859), was chief pharmacist at Paris' La Pitie Hospital and subsequently became director of the Pharmacie Centrale. Chosen as assistant professor of pharmacy, he was then appointed the Chair of Physics at the Ecole de Pharmacie. He went on to obtain his medical degree and was appointed chair of Pharmacy at the Faculty of Medicine. One of three researchers to independently discover chloroform, he was the first to publish his findings. 6. Couverchel, Jean-Francois. "Memoire sur la maturation des fruits". This work consists of pages [206]-248. A pharmacist, Jean-Francois Couverchel (1792-1856) was a member of the Academy of Medicine and the Society of Pharmacy in Paris. 7. Poncelet, Jean-Victor; and Lesbros, Joseph-Aime. "Experiences hydrauliques sur les lois de l'ecoulement de l'eau a travers les orifices rectangulaires verticaux a grandes dimensions". This work consists of pages 249-502 plus 7 folding plates bound in at the end of this volume. The French engineer and mathematician Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788-1867) served as Commanding General of the Ecole Polytechnique. He is best known for his work in projective geometry and collaborated with Charles Julian Brianchon in making a significant contribution to Feuerbach's theorem. His discoveries about projective harmonic conjugates relating the poles and polar lines to conic sections and the concept of parallel lines meeting at a point at infinity led to the principles of duality and continuity. Poncelet served as a military engineer during Napoleon's Russian campaign. He subsequently served as professor of mechanics at the Ecole d'Application in Metz, publishing "Introduction a la mecanique industrielle" and improving the design of water wheels and turbines. The Sorbonne created the position of "Chaire de mecanique physique et experimentale" specifically for him in 1837 and he was later appointed commanding general of the Ecole Polytechnique in 1848. Poncelet 's name is listed among those of notable French engineers and scientists displayed on the Eiffel Tower. 8. Saint-Hilaire, Isidore Geoffrey. "Recherches zoologiques et physiologiques sur les variations de la taille chez les animaux et dans les races humaines". This work consists of pages [503]-572. The French zoologist Isodore Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861) was an authority on deviation of animals structure from the norm. It was he who coined the term "ethologie" (ethology), the study and science of animal behavior in 1854. Saint-Hilaire followed in his father's footsteps, lecturing on ornithology and teaching zoology at the Athenee, and teratology at the Ecole pratique. Elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1833, he was appointed to act as deputy for his father at the faculty of sciences in 1837. Isodore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire founded the Societe zoologique d'acclimatation in 1854. He had conducted studies of omphalosites, celosomia, hemaphroditism and introduced the term "teratologie". His name was commemorated in that given to a species of turtle, the "Phrynops hilarii". 9. Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave de. "Memoire sur le principe des forces vives dans les mouvemens relatifs des machines". This work consists of pages [573]-607. The First edition of de Coriolis' important work on the theory of machines, particularly in regards to the problems relative to rotation. This work was a follow up to his earlier "Du Calcul de l'effect des machines" which then led to his subsequent work "Sur les equations du mouvement relatif des systemes des corps", published in 1935, where he described the "Coriolis Effect". His approach diverged from the Newtonian method prevalent in the 18th century and that of the 19th century. The French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792-1843) was the first to apply the term "travail" (work) to the transfer of energy by a force acting through distance. His work on supplementary forces detected in rotation led to his defining the "Coriolis effect". His 1829 textbook "Calcul de l'Effect des Machines" defined mechanics in ways which could easily be applied by industry and established the expression for kinetic energy in relation to mechanical work. His paper, "Sur le principe des forces vives dans les movemens relatifs des machines" (On the principle of kinetic energy in the relative motion in machines) was read to the Academie des Sciences in 1832, followed three years later by his paper on the equations of relative motion of a system of bodies, "Sur les equations du mouvement relatif des systemes de corps". In this latter work discussing the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, Coriolis divided these forces into two categories, the second of which would eventually be named after him. In 1836, Coriolis succeeded Claude-Louis Navier as chair of applied mechanics at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, taking Navier's place in the Academie des Science. He subsequently succeeded Dulong as Directeur des etudes in the Ecole Polytechnique. His name is inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. 10. Benoiston de Chateauneuf, Louis-Francois. "Memoire sur l'etat de la fecondite en Europe, au commencement du dix-neuvieme siecle". This work on the state of fertility in Europe consists of pages [608]-623. The French economist, statistician, historian, and demographer Louis-Francois Benoiston de Chateauneuf (1776-1856) studied at the Paris School of Medicine and at Val-de-Grace. He served at military surgeon from 1791, returning to Paris in 1810, taking up an administrative position at the Ministry of Finance. Under the guidance of the mathematician Simeon Denis Poisson, Benoiston de Chateauneuf undertook his first statistical reseach project, publishing a statistical article on the consumption of Parisian households. He went on to publish a thesis on foundlings which earned him the Montyon prize for statistitcs in 1824. With his friend Louis Rene Villerme, he was in charge of a study mission on public hygiene and the two men were subsequently elected members of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. He undertook surveys of the economic and moral state of the population in 1835 and 1837. In his "Human Comedy", Balzac refers to him as "one of the most courageous scientists who devoted himself to the arid and useful research of statistics". 11. A two page "Errata", consisting of pages [624]-625, complete this volume. RARE. Good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS; BIOLOGY; ALGEBRA; NATURAL HISTORY; NATURALISTS; MEDICINE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; RARE; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; ENGRAVINGS; FOLDING PLATES; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; GASPARD GUSTAVE DE CORIOLIS; MEMOIRE SUR LE PRINCIP
Respiration and the Lavoisier Tradition: Theory and Modification, 1777-1850.
Philadelphia, PA; The American Philosophical Society, 1972. 1972. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed olive green wrappers. There is light creasing to the bottom edges of the wraps & the top corner of the rear wrap. 41 pages. Illustrated in black & white with a few tables & diagrams. There is a small area of very light creasing to the bottom edges of the leaves. Very good.
First edition.
"Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. New Series--Volume 62, Part 3, 1972". Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATION AND THE LAVOISIER TRADITION: THEORY AND MODIFICATION, 1777-1850; ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH CHEMIST; CHARLES A. CULOTTA; RESPIRATORY COMBUSTION; NITROGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; BLOOD GASES; PULMONARY
Rapport Sur Les Progres de la Theorie de la Chaleur Par M.P. Desains. (Recueil de Rapports Sur L'Etat Des Lettres Et Les Progres Des Sciences En France).
Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1868. 1868. - Octavo, 10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide. Modern black cloth titled in gilt on the spine. [iv] & 114 pages. There is foxing to the first and last few pages. Very good. First edition. The French physicist Paul-Quentin Desains (1817-1885) distinguished himself at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand in Paris by taking first prize in physics. He made the acquaintance of La Provostaye while attending the Ecole Normale. Accepting a professorship at Caen in 1839, he returned to Paris in 1841 and went on to succeed La Provostaye at the Lycee Condorcet. Desains made many observations on terrestrial magnetism and made significant contributions to physics through his researches on radiant heat which he conducted with La Provostaye. Concluding that radiant heat was similar to light in that it was a disturbance set up in what was then referred to as the ether and was propagated in all directions by transverse waves. Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; PHYSICS; RADIANT HEAT; RAPPORT SUR LES PROGRES DE LA THEORIE DE LA CHALEUR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; PAUL-QUENTIN DESAINS; RECUEIL DE RAPPORTS SUR L'ETAT DES LETTRES ET LES PROGRES DES SCIENCES EN FRANCE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Prognostication
Oxford, U.K.: Old Ashmolean Reprints, (1926). (1926). Oxford, U.K.: Old Ashmolean Reprints, (1926). (1926). Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is darkened & soiled with the titling on the spine faded. The head of the spine & the top edge of the front wrap are chipped. xvi & 76 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white tables & diagrams. The contents are very good. Good.
Old Ashmolean Reprints III. A reprint originally prepared for a meeting of the British Association in 1926 and thereafter available from the editor. The book was originally published in London in 1555. Digges offers rules for forecasting the weather, as well as various disasters such as wars, death, drought and sickness, through the study of the planets and other natural phenomena. Good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; METEOROLOGY; SUPERSTITION; PROPHECY; WEATHER FORECASTING; PROGNOSTICATION; LEONARD DIGGES; SIXTEENTH CENTURY PUBLICATION; 16TH CENTURY PUBLICATION; OLD ASHMOLEAN REPRINTS; R. T. GUNTHER, EDITOR; PLANETS; ZODIAC; CONJUNCTION OF PLANETS; NATURAL PH
A Concise History of Astronomy. With a Foreword by Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
NY: Philosophical Library, (1951). (1951). - Octavo, blue cloth. Lightly bumped, rubbed & soiled. 320 pp. Very good. Good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; ASTRONOMY; REFERENCE; HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY; ASTRONOMISTS; PETER DOIG; HAROLD SPENCER JONES. (Science). (Astronomy). A CONCISE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY. With a Foreword by Sir Harold Spencer Jones. Doig, Peter.
The Year Round with the Stars
Skaneateles, NY: The Skaneateles Press, 1936. 1936. Skaneateles, NY: The Skaneateles Press, 1936. 1936. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed green wraps. The wraps are darkened & soiled with some small stains & with a piece out of the top corner of the front wrap. The bottom half inch of the wraps is detached. [vii] & 45 pages. There is a short tear to the front edge of each of the first 4 leaves & the page edges are slightly darkened. Illustrated with black-and- white maps of stars. There lower half of the pamphlet has been bent, leaving a light horizontal crease. Good. Good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; ASTRONOMY; STARS; CONSTELLATIONS; STAR MAPS; THE YEAR ROUND WITH THE STARS; LEWIS LOCKWOOD DOOLITTLE.
Twentieth Century Engineering.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1964). (1964). - Small quarto [9-1/2 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with creasing to the top inner corners of the wraps. Unpaginated. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Very good. First edition. Catalog for an exhibition shown at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City from June 30 through September 13, 1964. Arthur Drexler wrote the introduction. Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; TWENTIETH CENTURY ENGINEERING; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; ARTHUR DREXLER; LUDWIG GLAESER, EDITOR; EXHIBITION; THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK CITY; BRIDGES; ROADS; TUNNELS; DAMS; BUILDINGS; SPILLWAYS; EARTHWORKS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDI
The Type-Material of North American Clearwing Moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973. 1973. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973. 1973. Very good. - Quarto, soft cover bound in decorative blue & white wraps. Title & 34 pages. Very good.
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 148. Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; ZOOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; SESIIDAE; MOTHS; CLEARWING MOTHS; NORTH AMERICA; TAXONOMY; W. DONALD DUCKWORTH; THOMAS D. EICHLIN; THE TYPE-MATERIAL OF NORTH AMERICAN CLEARWING MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA: SESIIDAE); SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOG
The Engineering Magazine; Devoted to Industrial Progress. Vol. IV. No. 6. March, 1893.
New York: The Engineering Magazine Company, 1893. 1893. - Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in buff paper wraps, titled with illustrations in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled, darkened and heavily chipped. The front cover is detached and sections of the spine have perished. pages [1]-30, [i]-[viii], 799-950 and [33]-88, with profuse textual illustrations and pictorial ads throughout. The pages are darkened and there is some dampstaining to the front edges of a few pages. There are penciled marks in the margins of the index to technical periodicals. A complete issue.
Among articles worth noting is an illustrated article on "Ship-Building on the Great Lakes" by Henry A. Griffin and a nineteenth century article on climate change by meteorologist Henry Allen Hazen (1849-1900) titled "Is the Climate Changing?".
The civil engineer Theodore Graham Gribble (1851-1947) who from 1886 to 1890 was the chief engineer to the Hawaiian Railways and Tramways, and later to the elevated railway of Chicago has contributed an article on the "American Annexation of Hawaii". In 1893, foreign residents of Honolulu, consisting mostly of Americans, instigated a coup d'etat against Queen Liliuokalani who reigned until then over the Kingdom of Hawaii. Using the unrest as a pretext they then urged John L. Stevens, the American foreign minister, to call in the U.S. marines to protect American interests, an action which effectively supported their rebellion. The Republic of Hawaii was thus born and annexation, their ultimate goal, finally occured in 1898. Fair .
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Second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. [in Volume 3 of the Report of the Secretary of the Interior].
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1882. 1882. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1882. 1882. Very good. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in charcoal gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly rubbed, bumped & soiled with a tiny hole to the front joint. lv, [1] & 588 pages, illustrated with 61 plates and a large color folding map in a pocket on the rear cover. The plates consist of the following: 7 color charts ("Scheme of Colors adopted for the Charts of the U.S. Geological Survey), 33 black & white plates including 14 that are folding, 7 color maps including 4 that are double-page and 14 charts, 6 of which have color. There is a small tear to the paper along the front hinge and a previous owner's name is penciled on the front endpaper. An unusually clean complete copy. Very good. First edition. Among the various reports are a "Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District" by Capt. C.E. Dutton, "The History of Lake Bonneville" by G.K. Gilbert, the "Geology of the Eureka District" by Arnold Hague, the "Geology of Leadville" by S.F. Emmons, the "Geology of the Comstock Lode" by G.F. Becker and a "History of the Comstock Lode" by Eliot Lord. Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; AMERICANA; SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GRAND CANYON; LAKE BONNEVILLE; EUREKA DISTRICT; COMSTOCK LODE; J.W. POWELL; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; GEOLOGY; CAPTAIN C.E. DUTTON; G.K. GILBERT; ARNOLD HAGUE; S.F. EMMONS;
Adaptive Optics in Astronomy. 17-18 March 1994, Kona, Hawaii. Proceedings: Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering. Volume 2201.
Bellingham, Washington: SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, (1994). (1994). - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed yellow wraps. The corners of the covers are lightly creased and the top corner of the front cover is rubbed. xiv & 1164 pages, with textual illustrations and diagrams. Very good. SPIE is the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Very good .
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Keywords: SCIENCE; OPTICS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS IN ASTRONOMY; PROCEEDINGS; SPIE OPTICAL ENGINEERING PRESS; THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS; OPTOELECTRONIC SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; MARK A. EALEY; FIRTZ MERKLE; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTU
Interpretation of Geologic Maps and Aerial Photographs
Ann Arbor, MI: Printed by Edwards Brothers, Inc. 1941. 1941. Ann Arbor, MI: Printed by Edwards Brothers, Inc. 1941. 1941. Good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in printed tan wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. There is light staining to the rear wrap with 3 small, light stains to the front wrap. The corners of the wraps are very lightly creased. vii & 99 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & diagrams. There is some very light staining to the front endpaper & its bottom corner is creased. There are very light vertical creases to a few rear leaves. Good.
First edition.
From the library of geographer Vincent F. Kotschar with his bookplate on the inside front wrap. Good .
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Keywords: GEOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MAPS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOURS; OUTCROP PATTERNS; RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING; DIAGRAMS; MAPS; A. J. EARDLEY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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