(Ray, John). Seward, A. C

John Ray: A Biographical Sketch Written for the Centenary of the Cambridge Ray Club and Read, in Part, at the Dinner in the Hall of Trinity College on 16 March 1937. [Together with]: The Menu and Two Copies of the Seating Chart

[Cambridge]: Privately printed, (1937). (1937). [Cambridge]: Privately printed, (1937). (1937). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The binding is bumped with the spine & extremities darkened & the spine chipped. The rear wrap is creased with a chip to its front edge. 42 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait plate. Good.

Accompanying the pamphlet is the original dinner menu, bound in cream wrappers with a sepia-toned portrait of Ray mounted on the front wrap. One leaf of the menu lists the courses of the dinner and the wines to accompany them. The other leaf lists the order of the toasts to be proposed and Seward's reading. Also included are 2 identical four-page leaflets, each with an alphabetical list of the guests and a seating chart showing where they are to be seated. Good .

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Book number: 29632

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CLUB; CENTENARY DINNER; JOHN RAY: A Biographical Sketch written for the Centenary of the Cambridge Ray Club and read, in part, at the dinner in the Hall of Trinity College on 16 March 1937; A. C. SEWARD; PORTRAIT; MENU; GUEST

Reyneau, P. O.; and Seelye, H. P

Economics of Electrical Distribution

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1922. 1922. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1922. 1922. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth. There is some very light rubbing to the binding with 2 small dents to the front cover. viii & 209 pages. Illustrated in black & white with mathematical formulas, graphs & tables. There is an ink name on front endpaper & the top corners of the preliminary pages are slightly miscut. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 26268

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMICS OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION; P. O. REYNEAU; H. P. SEELYE; MACHINERY; POWER PLANTS; DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS; VOLTAGE; POWER CIRCUITS; LIGHTING CIRCUITS; UNDERGROUND LINES; GRAPHS; TABLES; FIRST EDITI

Van Rijn, J. Constant. Dutch-American engineer who founded the Rotron Manufacturing Company in Woodstock, NY.

Typed Letter Signed by the Dutch Engineer and Refugee J. Constant Van Rijn Who Settled in Woodstock, Ny During Wwii and Went on to Found Rotron.

Woodstock, New York, February 25, 1957. 1957. - Over 65 words typed on Van Rijn's personal 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide stationery with "J. Constant Van Rijn / Engineer / Woodstock, New York" embossed at top left. In his letter, addressed to the progressive educator Harold Rugg, van Rijn informs him that a mutual acquaintance F.L. Kunz will be giving a lecture at Onteora and offers to call on Rugg if the latter would be interested in going. Signed in full "J. Constant van Rijn". Folded for mailing with a couple of small chips and heavy creases to the bottom edge. Good. The Dutch engineer J. Constant van Rijn settled in Woodstock, New York as a refugee from WWII. He used a chicken coop as his office in 1947 and a barn for engineering work. Having incorporated the Rotron Manufacturing Company in 1949, by 1961 Van Rijn was employing many Woodstock artists to work in his new facility and commissioned their work for the company's lobby and offices. From 1947 on, Rotron provided reliable fans and blowers to the military and aerospace industries, developing a variety of innovative fans and air-movers. The company's products, used on aircraft and defense platforms worldwide, were designed to withstand shock, vibration, humidity, salt from sea-based operations, extreme temperatures, water and electromagnetic interference. One of the best-known educators during the Progressive era of education, Harold Rugg (1886-1960) was a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University. A Civil Engineer, he had become interested in how students learn and pursued a doctorate in education. He was responsible for producing the very first series of school textbooks from 1929 until the 1940's. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 97396

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; ROTRON MANUFACTURING COMPANY; FANS; AIR-MOVERS; J. CONSTANT VAN RIJN; WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; TLS; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; HAROLD RUGG; DUTCH REFUGEE; BUSINESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; DEFENSE INDUSTRY; AEROS

Roberts, Brian.

The Arctic Ocean: Report of a Conference at Ditchley Park 14-17 May 1971.

Enstone, Oxfordshire, U.K.: The Ditchley Foundation, 1971. 1971. Enstone, Oxfordshire, U.K.: The Ditchley Foundation, 1971. 1971. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped with the edges of the wraps darkened. 49 pages. Near fine.

Ditchley Paper No. 37.

In his introduction the Provost of Ditchley, H. V. Hodson, describes this conference as one of the most contentious ever staged by the foundation. It comprised battles between "business men on the one hand and scientists and lawyers on the other, with political interests straddling the balance, between exploitation and defence of the environment. But it seemed to me to be most comprehensively described as an argument between optimists and pessimists: between those who held that resources of the Arctic area will not only be exploited but can be exploited with secure protection against environmental damage, including social injury to the indigenous peoples, and those who really believe this to be impossible, and the inevitable result of attempting it to be the risk of a grave ecological and human wound. Very good .

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Book number: 34444

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ARCTIC REGIONS; THE ARCTIC OCEAN: REPORT OF A CONFERENCE AT DITCHLEY PARK 14-17 May 1971; BRIAN ROBERTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; POLLUTION; CONSERVATION; POLITICS; BUSINESS.

Robinson, Michael H.; and Olazarri, Jose

Units of Behavior and Complex Sequences in the Predatory Behavior of Argiope Argentata (Fabricius): ·Araneae: Araneidae)

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. 1971. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. 1971. Very good. - Quarto, soft cover bound in blue & white wraps. The front wrap is slightly darkened & the corners of wraps are very slightly creased. 36 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & diagrams. Very good.

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 65. Very good .

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Book number: 5541

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ZOOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY; ARACHNIDS; SPIDERS; ARGIOPE ARGENTATE; FABRICIUS; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; MICHAEL H. ROBINSON; JOSE OLAZARRI; UNITS OF BEHAVIOR AND COMPLEX SEQUENCES IN THE PREDATORY BEHAVIOR OF ARGIOPE ARGENTATA (FABRICIUS):

Roller, Duane

The Terminology of Physical Science

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1929. 1929. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1929. 1929. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in tan & brown pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped with creasing to the top corners & with some minor soiling. There is a light vertical crease to the front wrap. 115 & [1] pages. The top page corners are creased. Good.

First edition.

Recognized as an outstanding publisher of scholarly literature, the University of Oklahoma Press was founded in 1929 by William Bennett Bizzell, fifth president of the University of Oklahoma. This pamphlet was its first publication and was the first of a series designed to make real the aim of the Press [quoted on the title page]:"The Page is Everyman's University".

Duane Roller was the winner of the 1947 Oersted Medal which recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics.

Rare. Good .

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Book number: 30207

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; THE TERMINOLOGY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE; DUANE ROLLER; OERSTED MEDAL-WINNER; FIRST PUBLICATION OF UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Rossi, Bruno B.; and Staub, Hans H.

Ionization Chambers and Counters. Experimental Techniques.

New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1949. 1949. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1949. 1949. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly rubbed. xviii & 243 pages, illustrated with diagrams and graphs. The top edge of the book is lightly soiled. Very good. First edition. "This volume is one of a series which has been prepared as a record of the research work done under the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission." - from the Preface. Very good .

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Book number: 98567

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; IONIZATION CHAMBERS AND COUNTERS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; BRUNO N. ROSSI; HANS H. STAUB; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; DIAGRAMS; GRAPHS; ILLUSTRATIONS; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Safford, Truman Henry

On the Right Ascension of the Pole Star, As Determined from Observation. By Truman Henry Safford, Assistant at the Observatory of Harvard College. [from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. VI. ] Printed from the Sturgis Fund, for the Observatory of Harvard College

Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Printers to the University, 1864. 1864. Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Printers to the University, 1864. 1864. Very good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in the original stitched self-wraps. The front cover is darkened and slightly soiled. 13 pages. There is a vertical crease down the middle of the booklet, else very good. Very good .

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Book number: 17463

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ASTRONOMY; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; RIGHT ASCENSION OF THE POLE STAR; OBSERVATION; HARVARD COLLEGE; TRUMAN HENRY SAFFORD; OBSERVATORY; STURGIS FUND; CAMBRIDGE; WELCH, BIGELOW; URSAE MINORIS.

Schade, Otto H.,

Image Gradation, Graininess and Sharpness in Television and Motion-Picture Systems. Part III: The Grain Structure of Television Images. (in Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Journal, Vol. 61, No. 2, August 1953.

Easton, PA: SMPTE, Inc. 1953. 1953. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. The bottom corner of the front wrap is stained with some tiny chips. Pages 97-212. Photographic illustrations, diagrams & tables. There is a small stain to the bottom corner of the inside front wrap with progressively smaller stains to the bottom corners of the first few leaves The item has a slight musty odor. Good. Parts I and II of the paper were published in earlier issues of the Journal. Part III runs from page 97 to page 164 of this issue. Otto H.Schade [1903-1981] was a noted televison pioneer, best known for his work on evaluating the gradation, graininess and sharpnesss in film and television images, and for his aperture theory that mathematically modeled the system performance of photographic lenses, films, television tubes and electrical circuits. Born in Germany, Schade emigrated to the United States in 1926. In 1931 he joined the Radio Corporation of America [RCA] where he worked for the rest of his career. From 1944-1957 he developed a unified theory of image analysis and specification, including practical methods for measuring the optical transfer function and noise in optical, photographic and electronic imaging systems. He received 85 patents and numerous awards. Good .

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Book number: 96012

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; ENGINEERING;TELEVISION PIONEER; RCA ENGINEER; OTTO H. SCHADE; IMAGE GRADATION, GRAININESS AND SHARPNESS IN TELEVISION AND MOTION-PICTURE SYSTEMS. PART III: THE GRAIN STRUCTURE OF TELEVISION IMAGES; SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEE

Scheele, Carl Wilhelm; et al.

The Early History of Chlorine.

Edinburgh [Scotland]: The Alembic Club, 1905. 1905. - Octavo, blue cloth. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped. There are some tiny white marks to the covers & their edges are darkened. The spine is darkened with its head & tail lightly chipped. 48 & [1] pages plus a 2-page publisher's catalog & colophon. The endpapers are darkened with light offsetting to the pastedowns. The fore-edge is foxed. Good.

Alembic Club Reprints No. 13. Papers by Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1774), C. L. Berthollet (1785), Guyton de Morveau (1787), J. L. Gay-Lussac and A. J. Thenard (1809). Good .

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Book number: 35531

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; 18TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; THE EARLY HISTORY OF CHLORINE; CARL WILHELM SCHEELE; C. L. BERTHOLLET; GUYTON DE MORVEAU; J. L. GAY-LUSSAC; A. J. THENARD; ALEMBIC CLUB REPRINTS NO. 13.

(Schellbach, Karl Heinrich); Poinsot, Louis (1777-1859).

Neue Theorie Der Drehung Der Korper. Von Poinsot. Ubersetzt Von K.H. Schellbach.

Berlin: U.W. Hayn, 1851. 1851. - Small quarto, 10-3/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed tan wraps. The edges of the creased covers are chipped and stained, with a few tiny tears. There is an annotation in black ink on the front cover and a number penned in blue at the top. The spine has largely perished. 54 pages, illustrated with 21 figures within the text. The edges of the pages are slightly darkened and creased, with occasional stains. The rear cover and last leaf are nearly detached. First edition in German of the French mathematician Poinsot's "New Theory of Body Rotation" translated into German by K.H. Schellbach. The French Mathematician and physicist Louis Poinsot (1777-1859) was the inventor of geometrical mechanics. Starting his career as a civil engineer, Poinsot developed a true passion for abstract mathematics and left to become a secondary school teacher. He moved up to become inspector general of the Imperial University of France and then as an assistant teacher at the Ecole Polytechnique, publishing several works on geometry and mechanics. Poinsot was elected to fill the place of the late Joseph-Louis Lagrange at the Academie des Sciences in 1813. In 1848, Poinsot was awarded as an Officer of the Legion of Honor, and in 1852 was chosen as a member of the Senate. He was later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1858. Fair .

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Book number: 96526

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; MECHANICS; NEW THEORY OF BODY ROTATION; LOUIS POINSOT; NEUE THEORIE DER DREHUNG DER KORPER; KARL HEINRICH SCHELLBACH; 1ST EDITION IN GERMAN; FIRST GERMAN EDITION; FIGURES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Schlegel, Dorothy M

Gem Stones of the United States. Contributions to Economic Geology. Geological Survey Bulletin 1042-G

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1957. 1957. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1957. 1957. Good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are soiled & slightly darkened with the corners lightly creased. There are some pencil notes on the front wrap and a pen mark to the rear wrap. iii & pages 203- 253. The page corners are slightly creased & there is occasional foxing & soiling. Good. Good .

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Book number: 4181

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: GEOLOGY; GEMS; GEM STONES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; BULLETIN; DOROTHY M. SCHLEGEL.

Silberman, Donn M. (Chair/Editor); and Katzir, Abraham (Biomedical Optics Series Editor).

Proceedings of Ophthalmic Lens Design and Fabrication II, 24-25 January 1994, Los Angeles, California. Progress in Biomedical Optics. Spie (the International Society for Optical Engineering). Volume 2127.

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 an early ink price has been partially erased from the top corner of the front cover. vii, [i] & 150 pages, with textual illustrations and diagrams. The corners of the pages are lightly bumped. Very good. SPIE is the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Very good .

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Book number: 97035

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; OPTICS; PROCEEDINGS OF OPHTHALMIC LENS DESIGN AND FABRICATION II; SPIE OPTICAL ENGINEERING PRESS; THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS; OPTOELECTRONIC SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; DONN M. SILBERMAN; ABRAHAM KATZIR; 20TH CEN

(West, C.E.; Macgowan, D.J.; Hayes, Isaac L.; Towbridge, W.P.; Weinland, D.F.; and Lyell, Charles). Silliman, Benjamin; Silliman, B. Jr.; and Dana, James D.

The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Professors B. Silliman, B. Silliman, Jr. , and James D. Dana, in Connection with Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Prof. Louis Agassiz, of Cambridge, Dr. Wolcott Gibbs, of New York. Second Series, Vol. XXVI. -November, 1858.

New Haven: E. Hayes, Printer, 1858. 1858. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, light grey printed wraps. The edges of the covers are chipped with a few short tears. There is dampstaining along the front edge of the front cover and bottom inner corners of both covers. viii & 456 pages, illustrated with 2 folding charts.Both are charts of the "U.S. Coast Survey / A.D. Bache, superintendent", the first being "Sketches Nos. 1 to 5 / Showing the set of currents in Sandy Hook Bay". The other is a folding chart depicting the "Curves Illustrating the Descent of the Sounding Weight and Line in Deep Sea Soundings, 1858". There is dampstaining to the front edge of the first 74 pages and the top corner of several other pages. Good. Included is an article "On an Earthquake in Western New York" by C.E. West [pages 177 through 182]; an article "On Chinese Poisons" by D.J. Macgowan, M.D.; "Observations upon the Practicability of reaching the North Pole - with a map" by Isaac L. Hayes, M.D. [no map was published] [pages 305 through 323]; an article on "The Atlantic Cable" [pages 285 through 288]; an article on "Photography - Sensitiveness of Photographic Reagents" [page 397]; W.P. Towbridge "On Deep Sea Explorations" [pages 386-391; G.C. Swallow of Missouri on "The Rocks of Kansas" [pages 182 through 186]; "Sixth Supplement to Dana's Mineralogy" by the author [pages 345 through 364]; D.F. Weinland on the "Zoology of Hayti" (i.e. Haiti) [pages 210 through 214]; and Charles Lyell "On the Formation of Volcanic Cones" [pages 214 through 219]. Good .

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Book number: 96770

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FOLDING MAP; FOLDING CHART; PERIODICAL; PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SILLIMAN; B. SILLIMAN, JR.; ASA GRAY; JAMES D. DANA; LOUIS AGASIZ; WOLCOTT GIBBS; C.E. WEST; EARTHQUAKE IN WEST

(LeConte M.D., John; Haskins, R.W.; Blake, W.P.; Clark, H. James; Hayes, I.I.). Silliman, Benjamin; Silliman, B. Jr.; and Dana, James D.

The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Professors B. Silliman, B. Silliman, Jr. , and James D. Dana, in Connection with Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Prof. Louis Agassiz, of Cambridge, Dr. Wolcott Gibbs, of New York. Second Series, Vol. XXV. -May, 1858.

New Haven: E. Hayes, Printer, 1858. 1858. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, light grey printed wraps. Apparently bound by the publisher in the incorrect wrappers, with corrections penned in ink by an early owner to match the information on the title page. The edges of the covers are chipped with a few short tears. and the head & tail of the spine are chipped with a small piece out from the head of the spine. viii & 456 deckle-edged pages, illustrated with 3 folding charts from the "U.S. Coast Survey / A.D. Bache, superintendent". The charts depict: "Approximate Cotidal Lines / Sailing Lines and Lines of Equal Hieght of Tides / of the Atlantic Coast of the United States From Investigations in the Coast Survey. 1857", "Diagrams of Winds at San Diego and San Francisco California and Astoria Oregon, from Observations by the U.S. Coast Survey 1857", and "Measurement of Epping Base Maine 1857". Several page corners are slightly creased. Very good. Included is an article by John LeConte, M.D. "On the Influence of Musical Sounds on the Flame of a Jet of Coal-Gas" [pages 62 through 67]; R.W. Haskins, A.M. on "The Open North Polar Sea" [pages 84 through 91]; J.D. Dana's "Agassiz's Contributions to the Natural History of the United States" [pages 202 through 216 and 321 through 341]; W.P. Blake on "The Chalchihuitl of the ancient Mexicans: its locality and association, and its identity with Turquois" [pages 227 through 232]; H. James Clark's "Recapitulation of the 'Embryology of the Turtle' as given in Professor Agassiz's 'Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America" [pages 342 through 357]; I.I. Hayes on "The Passage to the North Pole" [pages 384 through 392]; and the "Fifth Supplement to Dana's Mineralogy; by the Author". Good .

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Book number: 96777

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FOLDING CHARTS; PERIODICAL; PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SILLIMAN; B. SILLIMAN, JR.; ASA GRAY; JAMES D. DANA; LOUIS AGASIZ; WOLCOTT GIBBS; JOHN LECONTE, M.D.; INFLUENCE OF MUSICAL