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189161761London: Longmans Green & Co. 1891. 8vo. viii 426 2 pp. plus 24 pp. publisher’s ads. With 232 woodcut engraved text illustrations & diagrams. Green embossed publisher’s cloth ruled borders at upper & lower fore-edges rebacked black & gilt morocco spine label still G copy w/ former exlib ownership stamps on interior pages. Second edition of this well-illustrated and informative Victorian handbook on use of the magic lantern and many other scientific optical instruments in creating effects for scientific study as well as for exhibition and instruction. Included are significant sections on manipulating the magic lanterns creating glass slides carriers & special effects; colour theory and instruments depicting colour polarizing apparatus magnetism revealed by optical projection and more. Longmans, Green & Co., hardcover
18905061Paris: Octave Doin 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 400 pages 32pp of ads.; x-library with markings. Also Ex Libris J. H. Kellogg M.D. of Battle Creek with his bookplate and his emboss on the title-page. Very Scarce. <br/><br/> Octave Doin hardcover
18932111902160201065Shoeido 1893. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shoeido paperback
185355797London: John Weale 59 High Holborn 1853. 12mo. vi 170 pp. Engraved frontisp. 1 engraved plates numerous text illustrations & diagrams. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards leather corners red & gilt morocco spine label expertly rebacked endpapers renewed still VG copy. Second edition revised and explained of this concise handbook on mathematical optical surveying and astronomical instruments. Heather describes the use of Gunter’s lines Beam compasses slide rules telescopes camera obscura and camera lucida theodolites Hadley’s Sextant’s and many others. John Weale, 59, High Holborn, hardcover
189313042New York: Charles F. Tretbar. Very Good. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author. Clean reddish-brown cloth with gilt lettering and black ornamental border. Text tight clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W instruments. Collect and repair instruments and learn the original method of playing them. Endpapers age toned. Music Musical Instruments; B/W Illus.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 170 pages; Signed by Author . Charles F. Tretbar hardcover
183838922Weimar: Bernhard Friedrich Voigt 1838. 8vo. 239 1 pp. Numerous tables. Six large folding engraved plates some hand-coloured w/ instruments and cartographic details. Contemporary quarter-tree-calf over chppng ft of spine mnr splttng to hnges foxing to textblk mnr creasng to Plate VI still good reference copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce work on surveying detailing the equipment and leveling instruments w/ details on cartography. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, unknown
184743534London Richard and John E. Taylor 1847. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1847 - Part I. Pp. 111-117 a. 2 engraved plates. Faint dampstains to upper margins of plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing. The self-registering instruments referred to are the barometrograph thermograph declination-magnetograph and the electrograph. - The instrumental developments by Ronalds and Brooke establishedthe standard technique employed for magnetic observatory recording for more thana century.He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in February 1844 for being the "Inventor or Improver of several Electrical Meteorological & Mechanical Instruments" some of these depicted here. Ronalds was a pioneer and inventor of the elextric telegraph and he worked with meteorological systems. He collected a famous library now in the Institute of Electrical Engineers: Catalogue of Books and Paers relating to Eæectricity etc.incl. the Ronalds Library. Compiled by Francis Ronalds. 1880.Wheeler Gift No 2873. - Ronald Library p.438. </em> unknown
1843biblio254<p><i>Printed for the Proprietor. London. 1843. Octavo. Unpaginated 114pp. Contemporary full tree calf. Gilt lettering motifs floral embellishment rules and dentelles. Head and tail of spine partially relaid and tooled. Brass clasp. Marbled endpapers. Bumped to corners. Some browning. "Made and Sold by T Bedwell Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Maker" tipped in to title page over Joseph Long. Final page partially relaid.</i></p><p><i>Joseph Long mathematical optical and hydrometer instrument maker. The mathematical instrument maker Thomas Bedwell was established in the sixteenth century</i><i>.</i></p> Printed for the Proprietor. hardcover
188855798Troy NY: Published by W. & L.E. Gurley 1888. 12mo. viii 9-362 pp. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. 100s of text illustrations & diagrams. Brick-red coloured pebbled publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover very minor shelfwear slight rubbing front inner hinge starting still VG copy w/ former ownership markings & annotations on ffep. Twenty-seventh edition of this excellent handbook and catalogue from the largest manufacturer of engineering and surveying instruments in the United Stated during the 19th-century helping to fuel the massive expansion of railroads and development across the West. The company produced levels chains railroad compasses solar compasses surveyor’s compasses transits and more. Published by W. & L.E. Gurley, hardcover
189547419Jena: Carl Zeiss 1895. First Edition. Large slim octavo 27cm.; publisher's brown cloth over blue textured paper upper cover lettered in gilt; 4122pp.; steel-engraved text illus. throughout. Boards a bit rubbed and slightly bowed small spot of glue residue at top fore-edge corner of upper cover original gilt quite dulled though Parisian distributor's gilt-lettered cancel still brilliant contemporary American ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. Overall Very Good internally fine. Quite an attractive and uncommon trade catalog issued by the still-extant microscope manufacturer. This issue not separately catalogued in OCLC COPAC or KVK as of January 2020. Carl Zeiss unknown
188543551New York: F.W. Devoe & Co. 1885. 8vo. 6 264 pp. Engravd frntsp. 100s of woodcut engravd illusts. & diagrams. Embssd green cloth silver dividers on frnt cvr burgundy lettrng gilt lettrng spine bk cvr mnr bmpng to crnrs edgewear still a VG copy. First edition of this nicely illustrated catalogue of mathematical and scientific instruments including ellipsographs pantographs hand levels pocket levels sextants transits astronomical theodolites telescopes map cases and more. Also there are substantial sections on continuous profile books portfolios and many other items of interest for cartographers and engineers surveying railroad routes. Of particular interest are the substantial catalogues of art architecture and scientific books as well as architectural models. F.W. Devoe & Co., hardcover
189852564Denver CO: Wm. Ainsworth 2151 Lawrence St. 1898. Oblong 8vo. 24 pp. Text illustrations & diagrams throughout. Pink-coloured printed softcovers cover art of assayers scale on front and back covers minor shelfwear minor tidemark to upper fore-edges slight sunning still VG- copy w/ original printed mailing envelope addressed to Joe Seliger 1868-1947 former stenographer secretary and metalworker for Honeyman Hardware Co. Portland OR. First edition of this very rare catalogue detailing the precision balances for mineral assayers manufacturers chemists jewelers and pulp paper makers. Ainsworth 1850-1917 began as a fine watchmaker steam engineer toolmaker and distiller who moved to Denver in 1877 where he initially began working for A.B. Ingols Jewelry. By the 1880s he was operating a jewelry store repairing balance scales for miners and assayers because at the time these were produced in England and required months of turnaround time for them to be shipped back and repaired prior to Ainsworth. Ainsworth developed his own excellent balance as presented in this catalogue which featured a shortened balance beam speeding up the assaying process and were much preferred by Western assay offices and miners. He continued to operate as a watchmaker and clock repairer but by 1895 began producing Brunton’s newly patented Pocket Transit which together with the balances proved to be a very successful combination with his first Catalogues A & B depicting both products issued in 1898. The company would continue to grow after his death and would be purchased by Xavier Science Corporation and now owned by the Denver Instrument Company. No copies located in Worldcat; See: John Shannon & Geraldine Shannon The Assay Balance: Its Evolution and the History of the Companies That Made Them -- William Ainsworth Robert A. Paselk Scientific Instrument Museum Humboldt State Univ. Dept. of Chemistry 1999. Wm. Ainsworth, 2151 Lawrence St., paperback
183655778London: Sold for the Author by Messrs. Troughton and Simms 136 Fleet Street 1836. 8vo. xi 1 118 pp. 10 pp. of tables plus 7 1 pp. catalogue. With numerous woodcut engravings text diagrams illustrations. Quarger-blue publisher’s cloth over gray boards printed label mounted front cover minor edgewear slight bumping to corners minor dustsoiling inner hinges expertly repaired still a VG presentation copy from the author to William Figg 1800-1866 well-known Lewes Sussex surveyor who includes pencil note corrections on last page. Second edition revised of this informative work by the author details the use of the Land Chain Surveying Cross Prismatic Compass Theodolite Spirit Level Sextant Transit Instrument and others. Simms 1803-1865 a surveyor and civil engineer of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and formerly with the Ordnance Survey was the son of William Simms d.1860 scientific instrument maker with Edward Troughton joined the Southern Eastern Railway Company as resident engineer in 1836 and oversaw the construction of the Bletchingley and Saltwood tunnels. Sold, for the Author by Messrs. Troughton and Simms, 136 Fleet Street, hardcover
185529821Paris 1855. Image size 156 x 198 sheet size 197 x 238. Printed on china paper and laid down to mounting sheet. Signed by the artist. <br /> <br /> This humourous scene depicts six musicians plyaing the violin flute double bass trombone and clarinet. A double bass player offers amorous advances to a young lady holding a tray of drinks a dog and cat play in the foreground and there is a general sense of confusion in the music performance.<br /> <br /> Mount browned. unknown