SCHLEIDEN, M J

The Plant a Biography . In Thirteen Lectures.

1853. Hardcover. Book, Second Eng edn, Bailliere, London, 1853. 8vo, 2p cat, viii, 422p, 12p cat. Seven colour plates & 16 wood engs. Slight foxing mainly to back of frontispiece, else nr fine nice copy in original blind-stamped blue cloth gilt. Very Good.

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SCROPE, G POULETT F.R.S., F.G.S.

The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central France.

1858. Hardcover. Book, 2nd edn, enlarged and improved, Murray, London, 1858. 8vo, xviii, 258p. 17 plates, many folding, and 2 folding coloured maps. Inscr. Nr fine copy in attractive recent 1/4 calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards. English geologist and political economist whose volcanic studies helped unseat the Neptunist theories that all the world's rocks were formed by sedimentation from the oceans. Very Good.

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PLINY. PLINII SECUNDUS.

Naturalis Historiae.

1668. Hardcover. Book, 8vo, 3 vols. [16] + 838 + (134)p; 917 + [69]p; 853 + [83]p; each volume including engraved title by Wingendorp, Lugd Batav et Roterdami, apud Hackios, 1669 (1668 on 2 printed titles). Finely printed Variorum edition of this great natural science classic. During the Middle Ages Pliny the Elder's Natural History was one of the main sources of available scientific knowledge. His views on geography, zoology, botany, medicine, mineralogy and astronomy continued to exercise considerable influence for centuries to come. Near fine clean set in original full vellum, old lettering on spines slightly faded. Near Fine.

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SIMONIN, L & BRISTOW, H W F.R.S.

Mines and Miners or Underground Life.

1868, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, MacKenzie, London, [1868]. Large 8vo, [ii], xx, 522p, xii, 2p cat. Small inscr, spotting to prelims, inner hinges strengthened, backstrip very neatly (almost invisibly) laid down, all edges gilt, VG in original pictorial cloth gilt. Complete with frontispiece, 16 colour plates, 14 coloured geological maps, 165 figs & 2 folding plates. Authoritative work on C19 mines and mining. Very Good.

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SINGER, CHARLES

Studies in the History and Method of Science

. Hardcover. Book, 2nd edn, Dawson, London, 1955. large format, xiv, 304p. Plates. Inscription neatly cut from free endpaper else nr fine in original cloth gilt. Includes Saint Hildegard, Vitalism, early renaissance anatomy, cramp-rings and Witch Mania. Scarce. Very Good.

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SPON, ERNEST

Workshop Receipts for the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics & Scientific Amateurs

1883. Hardcover. Book, London & NY, E & F N Spon, 1883. 8vo, iv, 450p, 16p cat. Text illus. Nr fine bright copy in original pictorial brown cloth gilt. Near Fine.

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SQUIRE, PETER (CHEMIST ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE QUEEN)

The New London Pharmacopoeia ... arranged in Tabular form with the Edinburgh and Dublin Pharmacopoeias...

1851, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Churchill, London, 1851. Sm 4to, xxiv, 174p, 25p Appendix. Inner hinges strengthened, neatly rebacked in matching cloth, VG in original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered on front board. Inscribed 'Dr Mayor (?) with the Author's kind regards'. Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

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SYDENHAM, P H

Measuring Instruments: Tools of Knowledge and Control

1979, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Peregrinus & Science Museum, london, 1979. History of Technology Series 1. Tall 8vo, xviii, 512p, text illustrations. Near fine in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Very Good.

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TEGG, THOMAS

A Young Man's Book of Knowledge

1825. Hardcover. Book, Sixteenth edn, enlarged, London for the editor, 1825. With a treatise on Short-Hand, & a general index. 8vo, viii, 348p, 4p index. Frontispiece, 2 folding plates of Stenography or short-hand. Original printed boards, neatly rebacked with marbled paper, new endpapers. VG copy of a scarce book. Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Education

THACKRAH - MEIKLEJOHN, A.

THE LIFE, WORK AND TIMES OF CHARLES TURNER THACKRAH, SURGEON AND APOTHECARY OF LEEDS 1795-1833

. Hardcover. Book, 1957 reprint of 1832 edn 'The Effects of Arts, Trades and Professions on Health and Longevity.' with a life of the author. Nr fine in VG unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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THOMPSON, SIR BENJAMIN COUNT OF RUMFORD F.R.S.

Experiments to determine the Force of fired Gunpowder.

1797. Hardcover. Book, 4to, from Phil. Trans. 1797, p222-292, 3 tables, 2 fldg plates including one of a cannon. (Preceded by 3p 'On the action of nitre upon gold & platina' by Smithson Tennant). Neatly rebound at some time in cloth, gilt lettering on spine, by Henry Sotheran. Sl browning to first page & plates, red edges. DNB: Count Rumford founded the Royal Institution in 1799. He made mechanical inventions with a view to ameliorating domestic life, and was the first to determine that 'heat is a mode of motion', after observing 'the immense amount of heat generated when cannon were bored'. Very Good.

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THOMSON, THOMAS

An Attempt to Establish the First Principles of Chemistry by Experiment

1825, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 2 vols, London for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1825. Tall 8vo, xxiv, 478p; viii, 532p. Tables. Original 1/4 cloth, paper boards & paper labels (slight wear), very neat repair to top of spine & inner hinges of vol 1. Small inscr, minor wear to edges of boards, a VG clean set in a marbled paper slip-case. An important attempt to classify the atomic weights of the elements & the composition of salts by a strong supporter of John Dalton. Scarce. Very Good.

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THORPE, SIR EDWARD F.R.S.

A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. (7 vols)

. Hardcover. Book, 7 vols, Revised & Enlarged, thick 8vo, Longmans, Green & Co, 1921 - 1927. Complete set wiith index. Five vols in original red cloth gilt, two vols rebound to match. Vol II worn & hinge cracked. Some tears to cloth, small stamp of Government Chemist, internally clean, a good set. DNB: Thorpe was the Government Chemist 1894-1909. Good.

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TRAVERS, MORRIS W (F.R.S.)

A Life of Sir William Ramsay K.C.B., F.R.S.

1956, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Arnold, London, 1956. viii, 308p. Portrait frontispiece & plates. Minor neat repair to head/tail dustwrapper, nr fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. DNB: Ramsay was Nobel Prize winner and discoverer of the inert/rare gases, and 'the greatest chemical discoverer of his time'. Very Good.

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TUTTON, A E H.

The Natural History of Ice and Snow Illustrated from the Alps.

1927, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Kegan Paul, London, 1927. 8vo, xvi, 319p. 48 plates. Bkplt. VG in original cloth gilt. Not in Neate or Perret. Glaciology & mountaineering. Very Good.

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