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Please Note: We are offering a 1980 facsimile reprint of the 1928 first edition. ix, 246 pages. Index. 500 black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Bound in chocolate brown cloth adorned with gilt. "A short treatise on locks to elucidate the John M. Mossman Collection of locks in the Museum of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in the City of New York, including some of the 'Mossman Papers'." - subtitle. "Most of the locks in the collection date from 1850 to 1912, almost corresponding to the life span of Mr. Mossman." - Foreword. Issued without dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A most handsome copy of this wonderful reference. Book
444 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Explores what innovative farmers and scientists are doing now - as well as during the past fifty years - so strengthen and purify the soil on which we - and the plants and animals we live on - depend; how new, healthier, and more productive ways have been found to raise food crops, thus eliminating reliance on petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides with their serious side effects." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear and no tears to dust jacket preserved in a clear protective cover. Nice copy of the increasingly scarce hard cover version of this classic work on healthy soil enrichment. Book
P., Bachelier, 1828 pour le premier et 1826 pour les autres. Trois volumes in-8, reliés demi basane blond, dos à nerfs (reliure moderne) pour les deux premiers, et plein veau d'époque avec dos long orné pour le 3°, couvertures conservées pour les 2 premiers volumes ; VIII-2 pp-432 pp-15 planches, XV-509 pp-2 ff-13 planches, 6 pp-1 ff-516 pp-14 planches. Quelques rousseurs sur les toutes premières pages du troisième tome. Très bon papier pour les autres. Hauteur des deux premiers vol : 21 cm et du troisième : 20 cm. Le premier vol. est en deuxième édition, les autres en 1° édition.
In -8°, pp. 152; manca legatura.
1 foglio sciolto , cm 50x36, che contiene la spiegazione di come regolare gli orologi pubblici in Toscana e a Firenze, con una Tavola del tempo medio a mezzodi vero per l’anno 1861.
696pp + 4 fldg plates + 782pp + 3 fldg plates VG/none 2nd edition, 2 vols, quarter vellum, covers rubbed, small owner stamps on endpapers and titles, traces of rubber erasure on title of vol 1 with minimal loss not affecting printing. Some foxing throughout but overall a very good set. Classic treatise on mechanics, Poisson's most famous work, in French. 2a edizione, 2 voll, quarto pergamena, copertine sciupate, piccoli timbri ex-proprietario alle sguardie e frontespizi, abrasione da cancellatura sul frontespizio del volume 1 con minima perdita non intaccante la stampa. Fioriture all'interno ma nel complesso in condizioni piu' che buone. Famoso trattato di meccanica di Poisson, in francese.
In-8°, XII, pp.404 (1), legatura in tela, prima edizione. Schiff era un fisico teorico che, dopo aver completato il dottorato, lavorò come ricercatore associato per due anni presso l'Università della California e il California Institute of Technology. Dal 1940 al 1945 fu membro della facoltà dell'Università della Pennsylvania. Dal 1945 al 1947, ha lavorato presso il Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory e si è unito alla facoltà di fisica presso la Stanford University nel 1947. Nel 1948, Schiff divenne uno dei direttori iniziali di Varian Associates che fornì supporto tecnico alla compagnia, insieme a Edward Ginzton, William Hansen e Marvin Chodorow. Alla fine del 1959 e del 1960 Schiff e il collega fisico George Pugh scrissero articoli che sostenevano l'uso di giroscopi orbitanti per testare la relatività generale. Schiff ha collaborato con i colleghi docenti di Stanford Bob Cannon e Bill Fairbank per condurre ricerche che hanno fornito parte della fondazione della Gravity Probe B (GP-B) per testare la teoria della relatività di Einstein. Fu il primo preside del Senato della Facoltà a Stanford. In-8°, XII, pp. 404 (1) cloth binding, first edition Schiff was a theoretical physicist who, after completing his doctorate, worked as a research associate for two years at the University of California and the California Institute of Technology. From 1940-1945 he was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1945-1947, he worked at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and joined the physics faculty at Stanford University in 1947. In 1948, Schiff became one of the initial directors of Varian Associates who provided technical support to the company, along with Edward Ginzton, William Hansen, and Marvin Chodorow. In the late 1959 and 1960 Schiff and fellow physicist George Pugh wrote papers which advocated using orbiting gyroscopes to test general relativity. Schiff teamed with fellow Stanford faculty Bob Cannon and Bill Fairbank to conduct research that provided part of the foundation for the Gravity Probe B (GP-B) to test Einstein's theory of relativity. He was the first chairman of the Faculty Senate at Stanford.
Complet en 2 tomes, Tome I: 323pp + 36 planches dépliantes, Tome II: 303pp.+ 15pp. de tableaux + 20 planches dépliantes, 4e édition, 25cm., reliures cart. d'époque uniformes et en bon état (plats marbrés, dos en cuir avec titre doré), feuilles de garde marbrées, peu de rousseurs, bon état, W100209
P., Morel, 1863 et 1867. In-4 relié demi chagrin, dos à nerfs, XLVIIII-727 pages avec des figures dans le texe, et un volume in folio relié demi-chagrin pour l'atlas contenant 41 planches gravées montées sur onglet. Quelques rousseurs au début et à la fin du volume de texte. 1° édition pour le texte, seconde pour l'atlas.
In 8° (19,5x12,1 cm); 284 pp. e 8 c. di tav. più volte ripiegate. Legatura coeva in mezza-pelle con fregi in oro al dorso (titolo impresso a secco ma scolorito). Piatti foderati con carta marmorizzata coeva. Tagli spruzzati in azzurro. Un leggerissimo ed ininfluente alone al margine basso delle prime 20 venti carte e nelle ultime 4 carte, mai fastidioso od intenso. Prima edizione francese che presenta in prima edizione le aggiunte di Molard, di questo importante trattato del grande politico ed economo inglese Thomas William Coke, I conte di Leicester (Londra, 6 maggio 1754 - Longford, 30 giugno 1842). L'autore divenne celebre per la rivoluzione agricola che impose alle sue estese proprietà agricole nel territorio del Norfolk che ebbero un tale impulso sulla produzione agricola da esser da molti paragonata agli effetti produttivi avuti della rivoluzione industriale sulla produttività inglese. Uomo di grande ingegno fu anche un appassionato bibliofilo. La sua opera è considerata come una delle principali della storia dell'agricoltura moderna. Questa edizione francese si avvale delle aggiunte di Molard che fu "Saggio emerito de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Direttore del Conservatorio Reale di Arti e Mestieri e membro onorario del Comitato consultivo delle Arti e Manifatture. L'opera, in questa prima edizione francese è arricchita di 8 belle tavole più volte ripiegate con immagini di innovative macchine agricole. Il volume oltre a trattare delle migliori tecniche di irrigazione ed al funzionamento di numerosi nuovi macchinari descrive anche la migliore organizzazione dei giardini e tratta anche dell'allevamento delle pecore. Numerosi poi sono le parti dedicate all'influenza delle nuove tecniche agricole sull'economia dei paesi che la applicano. Esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione e assai poco comune.
3 volumes In-4, 623-627-566p. très bel exemplaire en excellente condition. Avec plus de 4200 figures dans le texte et de nombreuses planches en couleurs hors texte, certaines dépliantes, d'autres animées.
Fine Fine Turkmen Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Introduction in Turkmen, facsimile in Arabic. [2], 28, 256 p., color facsimiles of the earliest of all copies, dating 1206 (preserved in the Library of Topkapi Serai, Istanbul, No. 3472), color ills. [The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices] Adatdan dasari mehanik gurallayn maglumaty hakda kitap. Al-Jazari was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing 'The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'. Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, (lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks') in 1206, where he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them. The only biographical information known about him is contained in his famed Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. Like his father before him, he served as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace, the residence of the Mardin branch of the Artuqids which ruled across eastern Anatolia as vassals of the Zengid dynasty of Mosul and later of Ayyubid general Saladin. Al-Jazari was part of a tradition of artisans and was thus more a practical engineer than an inventor who appears to have been "more interested in the craftsmanship necessary to construct the devices than in the technology which lay behind them" and his machines were usually "assembled by trial and error rather than by theoretical calculation." His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices appears to have been quite popular as it appears in a large number of manuscript copies, and as he explains repeatedly, he only describes devices he has built himself. According to Mayr, the book's style resembles that of a modern "do-it-yourself" book. Some of his devices were inspired by earlier devices, such as one of his monumental water clocks, which was based on that of a Pseudo-Archimedes. He also cites the influence of the Banu Musa brothers for his fountains, al-Saghani for the design of a candle clock, and Hibatullah ibn al-Husayn (d. 1139) for musical automata. Al-Jazari goes on to describe the improvements he made to the work of his predecessors, and describes a number of devices, techniques and components that are original innovations which do not appear in the works by his precessors. The most significant aspect of al-Jazari's machines are the mechanisms, components, ideas, methods, and design features which they employ. (Source: Wikipedia). There are 50 devices that Al Jazari designed and explained how they function in his book and created technical drawings of them in such detail that allow to reconstruct in its original size, make, model and full functionally. This nice facsimile edition, fully executed in color, is based on a manuscript present in the Library of Topkapi Palace, (ms. no. 3472). It is dated 1206, andaccording to the foreword, is the earliest extant copy of al-Jazarî's work.
xxviii, 237 p., 1 l. diagrs. on 4 fold. pl. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition in full calf Armorial binding: Academia Jacobi VI, Scotorum Regis Edinensis
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Introduction in English and Turkish; [360] p. color facsimiles of the earliest of all copies, dating 1206 (preserved in the Library of Topkapi Serai, Istanbul, No. 3472), color ills. The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices.= Olaganüstü mekanik araçlarin bilgisi hakkinda kitap. [FACSIMILE]. Al-Jazari was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing 'The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'. Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, (lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks') in 1206, where he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them. The only biographical information known about him is contained in his famed Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. Like his father before him, he served as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace, the residence of the Mardin branch of the Artuqids which ruled across eastern Anatolia as vassals of the Zengid dynasty of Mosul and later of Ayyubid general Saladin. Al-Jazari was part of a tradition of artisans and was thus more a practical engineer than an inventor who appears to have been "more interested in the craftsmanship necessary to construct the devices than in the technology which lay behind them" and his machines were usually "assembled by trial and error rather than by theoretical calculation." His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices appears to have been quite popular as it appears in a large number of manuscript copies, and as he explains repeatedly, he only describes devices he has built himself. According to Mayr, the book's style resembles that of a modern "do-it-yourself" book. Some of his devices were inspired by earlier devices, such as one of his monumental water clocks, which was based on that of a Pseudo-Archimedes. He also cites the influence of the Banu Musa brothers for his fountains, al-Saghani for the design of a candle clock, and Hibatullah ibn al-Husayn (d. 1139) for musical automata. Al-Jazari goes on to describe the improvements he made to the work of his predecessors, and describes a number of devices, techniques and components that are original innovations which do not appear in the works by his precessors. The most significant aspect of al-Jazari's machines are the mechanisms, components, ideas, methods, and design features which they employ. (Source: Wikipedia). There are 50 devices that Al Jazari designed and explained how they function in his book and created technical drawings of them in such detail that allow to reconstruct in its original size, make, model and full functionally. This nice facsimile edition, fully executed in color, is based on a manuscript present in the Library of Topkapi Palace, (ms. no. 3472). It is dated 1206, andaccording to the foreword, is the earliest extant ccopy of al-Jazarî's work.
Due voll., in -4°, pp. 1652, completo delle sue 36 tavole che includono 66 illustrazioni: il libro raduna due trattati (uno teorico e uno pratico) su acque pubbliche e private: il secondo lavoro fu interrotto dalla morte dell’autore. Prima edizione completa, cartonato editoriale. The first complete edition, editorial boards.
Ex-Lib stickers to spines, inside covers and FEP. All volumes are slightly shelfworn but still pretty handsome and internally all are clean, tight and bright Ex-Library
In -4°, pp. (28), 163, (1), 2 cc. di tavole ripiegate. Rilegato in cartone azzurrino, titolo manoscritto al dorso. Prima edizione dell’opera di Brunacci, professore e poi rettore all’Università di Pavia, sull’ariete idraulico, una pompa ideata per un concorso dell’accademia delle scienze di Berlino. Esemplare in parte intonso. The first edition of Brunacci’s work, teacher and then dean of Pavia University, on the hydraulic ram, a pump conceived for a contest from sciences academy of Berlin. Partiallly uncut copy.
First and only edition, 8vo, xxiv, 172, [4] pp., with half-title and 10 page list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates (one shaved close on outer edge), modern calf-backed marbled boards, label.
In -8°, pp. 32 e 3 tavole ripiegate incise su rame che raffigurano la mongolfiera e la sua struttura; cartonato coevo con titolo manoscritto al piatto superiore. Edizione originale di questo raro volume in cui si descrive la mongolfiera su cui Zambeccari, nel 1803, compì la sua ascensione, che fu la prima in Italia a essere fatta di notte. Original edition of this rare book in which Zambeccari outlines the balloon of his 1803 ascension, the first one ever made by night in Italy.
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In -8°, pp. X, 484; mezza pergamena. Con 250 illustrazioni nel testo. Prima edizione del lavoro fondamentale del fisico e pensatore ceco: la prospettiva di Mach sulla fisica e la meccanica avrebbe influenzato profondamente la circostanza scientifica corrente e successiva, fino ad Albert Einstein che, a proposito del contenuto di questo volume, avrebbe scritto nel 1916, che era senza meno “the common property of physicists”; sempre in questo volume è formulato quello che Einstein avrebbe battezzato in suo onore “il principio di Mach”, sulle proprietà inerziali di un corpo e la loro interazione con la “materia lontana”. Il nome di Ernst Mach è legato fra l’altro all’unità di misura a lui intitolata, ovvero il numero di Mach, che esprime in unità la velocità supersonica. First edition of the main work of Mach: his perspective on physics and mechanics had a deep influence on the scientific circumstance, included Einstein, that about the content of this very volume wrote that it was “the common property of physicist”. Also in this volume the author develops the principle that Einstein called “of Mach”, about interaction of inertial properties with the “far matter”.
Complet en 2 tomes: xxix,507 + xxix,500 pp., tout complet avec ces 8 planches dépliantes hors-texte (5 dans tome I, 3 dans tome II), 1e édition originale de 1811, exemplaire de la collection de Joseph Williams Blakesley avec son ex-libris autographe "J.W. Blakesley Trin. Coll. (= Trinity College Cambridge)" (1808-1885, prêtre anglais et écrivain de plusieurs ouvrages dont la première biographie d'Aristotle en anglais), reliures cart. uniformes d'époque avec qqs. traces d'usage, plats marbrés, dos en cuir avec tomaison de titre et faux-nerfs dorés, charnières fragiles/abimées et partiellement restaurées, rousseurs occasionnelles, qqs. pages légèrement brunies, bon exemplaire, W94717
Traité élémentaire de Mécanique industrielle. Résumé des Traités de Christian, Poncelet, d'Aubusson, Coriolis, Hachette, Lanz et Bétancourt, Ch. Dupin, Borgnis, Guenyveau, Leblanc, etc. etc. Secone publication de l'Industrie [Suivi de : ] Manuel et Code d'Entretien et de Construction, d'Administration et de Police des Routes et et Chemins Vicinaux. Résumé des Méthodes d'entretien et de construction les plus simples, les plus économiques, les plus avancées, et de toutes les lois et ordonnances qui régissent la matière, par Stéphane Flachat-Mony et G. Bonnet - [Suivi de : ] L'Industrie. Exposition de 1834, l'ensemble en 1 vol. in-4 relié , rel. d'époque demi-basane marron, dos lisse orné, Chez L. Tenré et Henri Dupuy, Paris, 1835, 2 ff. (faux-titre et titre), 212 pp. et 22 pl. dépliantes sur 23 (Traité de Mécanique) ; 121 pp. avec 4 pl. hors texte et un grand tableau dépliant (le dernier ff. avec la table au verso a été monté en tête) (Manuel des routes) ; 1 f. (titre gravé), 160 pp. avec 38 pl. hors texte (L'Industrie) Bon exemplaire (petit mq. en coiffe sup., mq. 1 pl., 1 coupe frottée en queue, bonne fraîcheur par ailleurs) de ces trois passionnants ouvrages de Stéphane Flachat, dont le rare "Manuel et Code d'Entretien et de Construction des routes", richement illustrés de 60 belles planches (dont de nombreuses planches dépliantes). Chaud adepte des doctrines saint-simoniennes, Stéphane Flachat, connu sous le nom de Mony, fut un des pionniers du chemin de fer en France. Chargé du bassin houiller de Commentry, il en deviendra maire, puis député de l'Allier. Français
In-8°; pp. VIII, 1 tavola, al frontespizio monogramma della società di gesù; un capolettera una testatina e un finalino incisi su legno. Orazio Borgondio (Brescia, 1675 – 1741) gesuita e matematico, fu professore di matematica nel Collegio Romano e maestro di Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, che gli successe nella carica alla sua morte. Fu anche custode del Museo Kircheriano del collegio a partire dal 1725, e a lui si deve l'allestimento di una sala dedicata agli strumenti di matematica, astronomia e fisica. Sommervogel I 1805 n. 21; Riccardi 168 21. cart. muto. fisica meccanica scienza physics mechanics science società di gesù caduta dei gravi falling bodies cycloidal pendulum moto Cycloids Motion
vii + [i] + 252 + [iv] pp.+ 23 folding engraved plates (depicting many scientific and mechanical instruments), 1st edition, 26cm., contemporary full-leather binding (joints with some old profesionnal repairs, back joint slightly broken at lower end), pages with some browning though text is still bright, some occasional foxing, handwritten ex-libris on title page: "de Schuldorff, London 1778", good condition, W88555
