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173435013Paris: Clouzier Bordelet Gissey. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1734. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 19 engraved plates. 40 398 8; 8 382 24 pages including half-titles. 2 volumes. 12mo 165x94 mm contemporary mottled calf gilt; some plates toned dampstaining in lower outer corners of Volume 2 opening leaves. Paris: Gissey et al. 1734 Fourth edition of a work originally published in 1709 based on the author's lectures at the University of Paris containing detailed descriptions of 116 experiments. An account of various electrical experiments with magnets. Pierre Poliniere was one of the earliest in France to present public lectures on experimental natural philosophy and one of the first on the continent to advocate Newton's theory of colour. His Experiences de physique of 1709 contains a hundred experiments to do with the weight and elasticity of air chemistry hydrostatics sound magnetism light and colour. DSB XI 67-68. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. . Clouzier, Bordelet, Gissey hardcover
ria9780702081637_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
1950041078New York: Scientific American Inc. 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good . 64 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine Slight Rubbing Faint Center Crease Abrasion Along Bottom Edge Of Center Of Front Cover. <br/> <br/> Scientific American, Inc. unknown
1950041080New York: Scientific American Inc. 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Illustrated Wrappers. Good. 64 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Good Only Wear Splits Along Spine Edge. Prof Reinhold Heinrich Henry Furth 1893 - 1979 Was A Czech-Born Physicist Noted For His 1951 Baas Lecture Physics And Social Equilibrium. He Is Also Remembered For His 1934 Theory That Stars Are Composed Of Antiparticles. He Was Co-Author With Albert Einstein Of The Theory Of Brownian Movement 1925. He Was Born In Prague On 20 October 1893 And Was Educated There At The Austrian State Gymnasium. He Then Attended The Charles University Of Prague Gaining A Doctorate In 1916. From 1931 To 1938 He Was Professor Of Experimental Physics At The University Of Prague. Shortly Before The Outbreak Of The First World War He Moved To Scotland Becoming A Research Fellow At Edinburgh University. In 1943 He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh. His Proposers Were Max Born Robert Schlapp Ivor Etherington And James Pickering Kendall. In 1965 He Won The Society'S Keith Medal. In 1947 He Left Edinburgh To Become A Reader In Theoretical Physics At Birkbeck College In London. <br/> <br/> Scientific American, Inc. unknown
175735010Venice: Bartolomeo Baronchelli. Good with no dust jacket. 1757. Paperback. B&W Illustration; c1700 pages; xlviii 568 8; xii 536; viii 220 viii 364 pages including engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. 4 parts in 3 volumes. Folio 395x260 mm contemporary paste-paper wrappers quite worn and most likely original with portions missing from spines and some chipping along cover edges Volume 2 front cover detached with title adhered other front covers partly detached; scattered foxing; uncut. Vác Piarist ownership inscription dated 1805 on titles later Hungarian stamp on versos. NOTES; The first 2 volumes reprint Petau's 1627 treatise on chronology De doctrina temporum the third his 1630 Uranologion. Houzeau & Lancaster 12840. Uranologion brings together works by famous ancient astronomers such as Hipparchus c. 190 BC c. 120 BC Geminus 1st century BC and Ptolemy 90 168 AD. Latin language text. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. . Bartolomeo Baronchelli, paperback
1964049719New York City Nyq: Dover Publications 1964. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Charts Tables Drawings. X 336 Large Catalog At End. Soft Cover. First Published In 1957 This Is The First Printing Of The Corrected Edition 1964 No Isbn Some Other Ubiquitous Dover Editions Are Also Corrected Often By The Author And Are The Last And Best Editions; But Dover Does Not Indicate Printings So It Is Difficult To Differentiate First From Other Early Dover Printings. <br/> <br/> Dover Publications paperback
1959BOOKS026216INY:: Macmillan. Cover stained; end-pages & edges foxed else G Hardback; text. 1959. ISBN: unmarked; owner's name; no DJ. xiii 442 pp. Catalogs: AERODYNAMICS. Keywords: AERODYNAMICS HELICOPTERS AIRCRAFT. Macmillan hardcover
1999Q-0395934311Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1999-11-23. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt paperback
I19G-00979Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt unknown
1998Q-0395935423Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1998-08-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt paperback
200768344Princeton University Press. Good with no dust jacket; Ex-library stamps and labels from Yale library. . Previous owner name inside. Clean text pages. No DJ. 18-8. 2007. Hardcover. Princeton Series in Astrophysics; 9.21 X 6.14 X 0.79 inches; 200 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover
1994AS-49New York: Oxford University Press 1994. Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields Eugene N. Parker here offers the first in-depth treatment of the magnetohydrodynamic theory of spontaneous magnetic discontinuities. In detailing his theory of the spontaneous formation of tangential discontinuities current sheets in a magnetic field embedded in highly conducting plasma Parker shows how it can be used to explain the activity of the external magnetic fields of planets stars interstellar gas clouds and galaxies as well as the magnetic fields in laboratory plasmas. 420 pgs. Illustrated. Upper spine edge slightly bumped. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1948026063Pasadena / San Francisco: California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press 1948. First Edition with Original Photograph . Wrappers. Very Good . 13" Tall. 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usualy Found. With The Program For The Event "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory" With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches. With An Original Photograph 10 1/8" X 8" Showing The Hundreds In The Audience Some Quite Distinguished Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope. Also With Three Large Photographs Of Palomar Astronomical Staff: 1. 29 Men Pencil "Astrophysics Shop & Engineers" On Back Fragment Of Paper Identifying Many Of Those In The Photo; 2. Photo Of 7 Men In Front Of The Palomar 48" Schmidt Telescope Including Ira S Bowen Max Mason Rudolph Minkowski Don Henderson Bob Harrington Al Wilson; 3. 16 Men In Caltech Library Ink Notes On Reverse Dated March 1955 Names And Locates "Staff Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories" Including Guido Munch Allan Sandage G W Pettit Horace Babcock Rudolf Sic Minkowski Seth B Nicholson Robert S Richardson Donald Osterbrock Olin C Wilson William A Baum Fritz Zwicky Milton Humason Ira S Bowen Jesse L Greenstein Walter A Baade Armin Deutsch. With 4. Frontiers In Space An Official Publication Of Palomar Undated Probably 1950'S. Also With 5. Engineering And Science Two Issues May 1949 And April 1959 With Articles On Palomar. Also With 6. 1950 Handout "Facts About Palomar" Mimeo 7 Pp. Also With 7. 4 Pp Booklet "The Palomar Observatory Of The California Institute Of Technology" Undated But Circa 1950. With 8. Program First Day Of Issue Of The Commemorative Stamp" August 30 1948 With An Attached First Day Cover. Also With 9. Giants Of Palomar: Drawings By Dr. R W Porter 1983. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press unknown
1948024946Pasadena / San Francisco: California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press 1948. First Edition with Original Photograph . Soft cover. Very Good . 13" Tall. 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used Slight Fading. Wear At Ends Of Spine With Minute Losses Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usually Found. With The Program For The Event "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory" With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches This Copy With The Original Car Pass For The Event A Plasticized Card "Card Pass / Palomar / June 3 1948 With The Caltech Logo All Printed In Blue On Glossy Card Stock. With An Original Photograph 10 1/8" X 8" Showing The Hundreds In The Audience Some Quite Distinguished Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press paperback
1964034999Los Angeles: Lorrin L. Morrison / Henry Markham Page 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. Xvii 226 Pp. Hardcover Issue Black Cloth Gilt In Clear Plastic Dust Jacket. An Excellent Early History Knowledgeable And Detailed. Near Fine Book No Marks Near Fine Clear Glassine Dj With Single 3" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Foredge Of Front Cover 1/2" Closed Tear At Top No Fraying Or Chipping. <br/> <br/> Lorrin L. Morrison / Henry Markham Page hardcover
ria9780192846280_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students in physical sciences and engineering this book provides a broad introduction to the physics of synchrotron light. The book is multi-disciplinary covering topics from electrodynamics to part paperback
0282139672.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1985052245Cambridge University Press 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Xii 411 Pp. Illustrated Boards Hardcover. First Printing. Fine. Inscribed By Osterbrock To Fellow Jpl Astronomer Ray L. Newburn. Donald Edward Osterbrock 1924 - 2007 Was An American Astronomer Best Known For His Work On Star Formation And On The History Of Astronomy.Osterbrock Served With The Us Army In The Second World War Making Weather Observations In The Pacific. He Did Undergraduate Classes In Physics At The University Of Chicago As Part Of His Weather Training. He Was Then Educated At The University Of Chicago Where He Received Bachelor's And Master's Degrees In Physics And A Phd In Astronomy In 1952. He Was A Student Of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar While Working At University Of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory. His Work There With William Wilson Morgan And Stewart Sharpless When They Showed The Existence Of The Milky Way's Spiral Arms. He Became A Post-Doctoral Researcher Instructor And Assistant Professor At The California Institute Of Technology Until 1958. He Was Then Appointed Assistant Professor At The University Of Wisconsin-Madison Received Tenure There In 1959 And Was Promoted To Full Professor In 1961. He Was A Guggenheim Fellow For The Academic Year 1960-1961. In 1973 He Moved From Madison To The University Of California At Santa Cruz As Professor Of Astronomy And Astrophysics And Director Of Lick Observatory A Position He Held Until 1981. He Remained On The Faculty At Uc Santa Cruz Until His Retirement In 1993. Thereafter Emeritus Professor Osterbrock Continued To Make Daily Trips To His Office On Campus To Work On His Research To Keep Publishing And To Maintain An Active Role In The Astronomical Community. At The Time Of His Death He Had Authored 12 Monographs On Astronomy And The History Of Astronomy Including In 1989 The Influential Textbook Astrophysics Of Gaseous Nebulae And Active Galactic Nuclei And The Recently Updated And Revised 2Nd Edition 2006 Written Along With Gary Ferland Of The University Of Kentucky. Alongside His More Than 150 Articles On Astronomy And Astrophysics He Published 70 Historical Studies Biographical Memoirs And Obituaries Of Major Figures In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Astronomy And Numerous Book Reviews. Osterbrock's Research Included Work On The Nature Of Ionized Gases Around Hot Stars And Studying Active Galactic Nuclei Powered By Black Holes. Osterbrock Received Lifetime Achievement Awards From The American Astronomical Society And The Astronomical Society Of The Pacific. He Was President Of The American Astronomical Society From 1988 To 1990. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover
2001055883Princeton University Press 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xii 270 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Princeton University Press hardcover
1997048406Chicago Il: University of Chicago Press 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Few Photographs. X 384 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> University of Chicago Press hardcover
199700004606Chicago: University Of Chicago Press 1997. first printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. x 384pp illustrations mostly portraits 23cm tall octavo. Author's personalized inscription on endpaper dated 1997. Opposite title page is small ink stamp for Woodman Astronomical Library no other markings. University Of Chicago Press hardcover
1979034781McGraw Hill Company 1979. "Here is an encyclopedic presentation of facts data and background on the rockets missiles and spacecraft of the world with 861 photos side-views diagrams and other illustrations showing the broad range of missile as military weapons and research tool." FINE- HARDCOVER VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. McGraw Hill Company Hardcover
184231262New York: Dayton & Newman 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 252 pages. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Cloth is edge torn head of spine. Covers have shelf and edge wear. 50 C written in the upper corner of the right front flyleaf in pen. Moderate damp stains and toning to the text. Inscribed not signed by the author on the right front flyleaf - "Rev. C. P. Bernard With the Respects of the Author." A fair copy. Dayton & Newman hardcover
184254925Dayton & Newman New York 1842. Hardcover. Used - Good. NY: Dayton & Newman 1842. Copyright 1842. Stereotyped by Richard C. Valentine NY. Printed by George W. Wood & Co NY. 252 pages. 7.5x4.75" black cloth gold title blind stamped decorative panel on boards 'Elles & Middlebrook Binders' in border. 'L.J. Dudley' in ink on upper blank. Mason born Washington CT 1819 Yale 1839 abandoned graduate studies to join Maine boundary expedition 1840 published 'Observations on Nebulae' in Transactions of American Philosophical Society 'Introduction to Practical Astronomy' died Richmond VA 1840. Tips bit frayed cover rubbed spotted foxed else VG. Dayton & Newman, New York hardcover
2007064878Cambridge University Press 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Minor shelf wear. Front and back covers are a bit bowed. Otherwise a tight unmarked volume. B/w illustrations. Index. x 370 pp. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
