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1982048402Washington Dc: National Academy Of Sciences 1982. First Separate Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Pp 82-119. Printed Wrappers. First Separate Edition. Fine. Ownership Signature Of A Jpl Astronomer And Halley Watch Manager Ray Newburn Jr. <br/> <br/> National Academy Of Sciences paperback
1936052485U. S. Department Of Commerse Bureau Of Standards 1936. First Separate Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Offprint Pp. 213-225 Of Bureau Of Standards Journal Of Research Vol. 15 March 1936 <br/> <br/> U. S. Department Of Commerse, Bureau Of Standards paperback
1907039054Washington: The Carnegie Institution Of Washington 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good . Viii 160 Pp. Brown Wrappers Softcover Issue. Light Wear No Marks Or Stains Or Fading. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Hostility To C. S. Pierce And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. Source: Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> The Carnegie Institution Of Washington paperback
1907039053Washington: The Carnegie Institution Of Washington 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Viii 160 Pp. Blue Cloth Hardcover Issue. Light Wear Slight Bumping To Corners With Pronounced Larger Bump To Lower Front Tip. Ownership Signature Of John E. Willis David White Co. Later Of The Naval Observatory At Washington Inventor Of The Pendelum Astrolabe. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Hostility To C. S. Pierce And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. Source: Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> The Carnegie Institution Of Washington hardcover
1803002528London: J. Johnson 1803. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 443 pages 3/4 calf top cover detached; ex libris James Shuter with his leopard bookplate. <br/><br/>Illustrated with copper-plates. "He was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich." J. Johnson hardcover
1999AS-52Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press 1999. Comptrehensive highly acclaimed graduate text written by two pioneers in the field provides a comprehensive introduction to the observations theories and consequences of stellar winds. The rates of mass loss and the wind velocities are explained from basic physical principles. This text also includes chapters clearly explaining the formation and evolution of interstellar bubbles and the effects of mass loss on the evolution of high- and low-mass stars. Each topic is introduced simply to explain the basic processes and then developed to provide a solid foundation for understanding current research. This authoritative textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers seeking an understanding of stellar winds and more generally supersonic flows from astrophysical objects. It is based on courses taught in Europe and the United States over the past twenty years and includes seventy problems for coursework or self-study. 438 pp. Illustrated. Small slight crease to lower rear corner; minimal shelfwear. No spine cracks or creases. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge University Press Paperback
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1967AS-54London U.K.: Chapman & Hall 1967. Classic preeminent text is the first definitive book published on Interstellar Grains. This book discusses the author's theories research and observational data of Interstellar Garins. Topics covered include: Theory of light scattering by spherical grains; Interstellar reddening and polarisation observations; Interstellar condensation theories of grain formation; Condensation of graphite grains; Frequency distribution of ice grain sizes; Physical properties of interstellar grains; Optics of grains; Alignment of non-sherical grains. 154 pp. Illustrated. Minor rubbing to dustjacket edges; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
1334031398.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1334033250.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1334032874.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1968484355Manchester: Manchester University Press 1968. Hardcover in good condition. Signed and dedicated by author on FEP. Ex-university library. From Somerville College Oxford. Boards are lightly marked and worn. Sticker residue on spine foot. Stamps on page block and endpapers. Library plate on front pastedown. Label residue on FEP. Pen on copyright page. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good. Used. Manchester University 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
1983033903Pasadena : National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 2 Volumes Jpl Publication 83-16 Parts I And Ii Preprint. As New In Original Brown Card Covers. Handwritten "Preprint" On Vol I And "Preprint-Old Ephemeris" On Vol Ii Written By Ray Newburn Head Of Theinternational Halley Watch. <br/> <br/> National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory paperback
1981033872Pasadena: National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Preprint Fine No Wear Ownership Signature Of Newburn. Accepted For Publication In The Astronomical Journal November 1980 <br/> <br/> National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory paperback
1994AS-21San Francisco CA.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1994. Text contains contributed technical papers by world renown scientists on topics dealing with: disk accretion winds and non-stationary mass flows magnetic and x-ray binaries evolutionary processes etc. 452 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name blacked out on lower rear endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Hardcover
168035009Amsterdam:: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1680. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations and diagrams. 8 309 7 pages. 4to 198x152 mm modern 1/2 green calf; scattered foxing title soiled and moderately wrinkled with small label remnant in gutter dampstaining in lower margins in second half of volume. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. . Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, hardcover
176935028Paris: Guillyn. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1769. Second Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 7 folding engraved plates on 6 leaves the often errant plate 4 is present Lvi xlix 3 393 3 pages. 8vo 198x122 mm contemporary sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece spine ends with shallow wear cover corners worn through 19th-century Ricasoli-Firidolfi armorial bookplate on title verso slightly wrinkling the paper. NOTES: Second edition of an introduction to Newtonian mathematics and physics originally published in 1747. Pages 327-59 contain a summary of the author's 1748 prize essay on the effects of attraction on capillary phenomena "the most successful of Sigorgne's efforts to apply the concept of universal gravitation" DSB. Babson 112; DSB XII 430; Wallis 150.001. . Guillyn hardcover
1983033880Pasadena: National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Preprint Fine No Wear. Later Published In The Astronomical Journal. <br/> <br/> National Aeronautics And Space Administration / Jet Propulsion Laboratory paperback
1994029681Kluwer Academic Publishing: 1994. 572 pages. "This book reveals the remarkable revolution which has occurred in Infrared Astronomy in recent years as the result of technology breakthroughs in the development and availbilty in tiny imaging devices knwon as "arrays". The book is the preceedings of a conference at the University of California Los Angeles in July 1993. Only a few years ago none of these studies would ahve been possible." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with Dust Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kluwer Academic Publishing: Hardcover
1904025549London: Isbister & Co.: 1904. First published April 1892 this book is the fifth printing from June 1904 one of 8000 copies printed 371 pages illustrated. "'The object of the book is to give the gernal reader some sketches of specillay interesting matters relating to the different heavenly bodies. They may be regarded as supplementary to a treatise on elementary astronomy such as in my little volume "Starland."" VERY GOOD HARDCOVER blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine. Light wear to the corners of the book internally a nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Isbister & Co.: Hardcover
1922037007250 Pp. : Pacific Press Publishing Association 1922. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Color And B/W Plates B.W Illustrations Throughout. 250 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Yellow And Black. Illustrated Endpapers. An Older Child's Introduction To Astronomy. No Names Or Marks Lightly Used Hinges Tight. <br/> <br/> Pacific Press Publishing Association hardcover
1996x-0792337883Kluwer Academic Pub 1996. Hardcover. New. 381 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.00 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
199170379New York Toronto London Sydney And Auckland: Bantam Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. 1/3 Cloth. 0553077406 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in a Near Fine lightly edge-worn dust-jacket; The book tells the story of how ancient prophet-scientists from Stonehenge to the Grand Canyon used shamanism to understand the moon and the cosmos.; 8vo; 223 pages; FSA . Bantam Books hardcover
174835302Paris: Estienne. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1748. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; History of the sky or the origin of idolatry and the despised philosophy is research on the formation of celestial bodies & any nature. New edition. Sound copies in calf with spines nicely worked in gilt. Nouvelle édition. Marbled eps. A number of plates some a little bit weird. 6.5 x 4". . Estienne hardcover
