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SECOND REPORT ON METEOROLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ESPY'S REPORT ON METEOROLOGY

185034546Washington Dc:: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1850. First Edition. Flexible cloth. B/w/red; Oblong folio; 65 pages; 14.5" x 11". Front end paper with creases first three leaves with quite light and minor foxing. 100 partly color numerals maps 11 folding maps/charts all collated. These folding plates are quite large- often 20 x 30" or even larger and have occasional folds but seem free of tears. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with impressed design and gilt title. Sabin 22917. The author of this work James Pollard Espy nicknamed "The Storm King" for his classic book The Philosophy of Storms was the first Meteorologist of the US Government pioneering in the use of the telegraph to assemble weather observation data. Espy designed the first American weather map for a private scientific institute in 1838 before he moved to Washington. His first official meteorological report was published in 1843 but apparently included no maps. So the 100 "Charts" in this second report represent the first weather maps published by the US Government. . Government Printing Office hardcover

poor mans books · États-Unis1 465,10 $US≈ 1 239,62 €

COUTO (Antonio Maria do) e Agostinho Inacio dos Santos TerraBiblio.com

FOLHINHA NACIONAL CIVIL E ECCLESIASTICA PARA O REINO DE PORTUGAL E ALGARVE:

2404PG029Com mais extensão para a cidade de Lisboa: Em o anno de 1823 terceiro depois do Bissexto. Redigida pelo Professor Público A. M. do Couto e por A. I. S. Terra. LISBOA: Na Impressão de Alcobia. 1822. _x000d_In 8.º de 99x58 cm. Com 200 iv págs. Encadernação inteira artística emm marroquim verde com ferros a ouro na lombada e nas pastas com uma moldura ornamentada com motivos vegetalistas e geométricos muito elaborados com as armas reais do Reino Unido de Portugal e do Brasil ao centro. Folhas de guarda em belo papel marmoreado da época. Cortes das folhas dourados. _x000d_Ilustrado na folha de rosto com as armas de Portugal de D. João VI: Com um mapa desdobrável de Portugal colorido a aguarela em extratexto. Impressão nítida em pequenos caracteres redondos e com itálicos em algumas linhas do calendário e da relação das feiras que se realizavam em todo o país. _x000d_As folhas finais contêm o índice e duas páginas em branco. _x000d_De excepcional raridade. Não referida por Inocêncio que no entanto consagra extensos artigos aos dois autores da obra. _x000d_Almanaque muito importante para o estudo da história e do funcionamento das instituições e da economia da época pelas numerosas informações que apresenta. Inocêncio elogia a sua utilidade literária com informações úteis e instrutivas. _x000d_É também muito importante para o estudo da luta entre liberais e absolutistas pois os autores que eram liberais tentam substituir o mesmo tempo de livros que estavam a ser publicados pelos Padres da Congregação do Oratório desde o tempo de D. João V dando a estas publicações um carácter mais próximo da sua ideologia. Nesse sentido inclui uma pormenorizada lista dos mosteiros e conventos masculinos com os números dos que podiam existir por cada ordem e das extinções e fusões dos conventos femininos que tinham sido ordenadas depois da Revolução Liberal de 1820. _x000d_Contém um calendário religioso uma pequena descrição de Portugal que nesta época e desde 1815 era designado por Reino Unido de Portugal e do Brasil e Algarves catálogos dos reis e das rainhas de Portugal uma notícia dos principais reinos da Europa uma lista dos cardeais os dias das audiências Reais os dias em que os tribunais funcionavam os dias em que não havia despacho nos tribunais os dias de Gala na Corte informações astronómicas as horas do nascimento e ocaso do Sol quadro com as enchentes e vazantes das marés a população de continentes e de países uma lista cronológica das feiras que se realizavam em Portugal e a estatística eclesiástica. As páginas finais 192 a 197 incluem a Provisão Real de 4 de Novembro de 1809 e o índice._x000d_Antonio Maria do Couto Lisboa 1778 - Lisboa 1843 Professor régio de Língua Grega primeiro no antigo estabelecimento do bairro de Belém e depois no do Rossio. Esteve demitido por suas opiniões políticas desde o ano de 1828 até o de 1833 em que foi reintegrado. Ultimamente foi nomeado em 1840 Reitor do Liceu Nacional de Lisboa lugar que exerceu até o seu falecimento. É autor de mais de vinte obras publicadas entre 1806 e 1842 nomeadamente uma pequena biografia de Barbosa do Bocage muitas obras antinapoleónicas durante as invasões francesas obras satíricas e obras de polémica literária contra José Agostinho de Macedo. _x000d_Agostinho Inácio dos Santos Terra c. 1790 - c. 1850 Foi ourives da prata em Lisboa. É autor de uma obra do mesmo género também em parceria com António Maria do Couto que só é registada no volume XXII do Dicionário por Brito Aranha: Folhinha ecclesiastico constitucional e civil para o anno de 1827 Na Typ. de Eugenio Augusto. Lisboa 1826. Inocêncio indica cerca de sete memórias e estudos sobre o Mercado do Terreiro Público em Lisboa publicadas entre 1821 e 1848 assim como uma obra não referida por Inocêncio - Contrariedade ao folheto intitulado A razão e nada mais. Na Tipografia Morandiana. Lisboa. 1820. _x000d_Ref: _x000d_Inocêncio I 197 e VIII 243. _x000d_Inocêncio I 16 e VIII 13 e XXII 27_x000d_Revista Universal Lisbonense vol. III pág. 47. _x000d_ M-18-D-24 unknown

Livraria Castro e SIlva · Portugal1 200,00 €

FAUJAS DE SAINT FOND BarthelemyBiblio.com

Mineralogie des volcans ou description de toutes les substances produites ou rejetees par les feux souterrains

1784biblio48vo 190 x 120mm. pp. 18 511 with 3 engraved plates. Original calf gilt spine; lightly rubbed else fine. First edition. Marks of previous owner. Pictures on demand. Please contact me ramrozzi@yahoo.fr Cuchet

FernandoRR · France1 150,00 €

John Lee earthBiblio.com

Gongs of earth Higgins John Lee

0719NX6ZTCJVery Good. SIGNED by the author unknown

Station North Books · États-Unis1 319,28 $US≈ 1 116,24 €

TERRA, DinoBiblio.com

L'Amico dell'Angelo

19271720531927. TERRA Dino. L'Amico dell'Angelo. 93pp. 8vo. Publisher's photomontage illustrated wrappers. Rome: "La Ruota Dentata" 1927. A work by the Italian futurist poet Dino Terra which is distinguished by the splendid photomontage by Vinicio Paladini. Extremely rare. OCLC records only the copy in the BN. unknown

Ursus Books · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

Grim, Ralph Early; Foreword by Frances E GrimBiblio.com

Memoirs of Ralph Early Grim

016371No place but Champaign Illinois: Privately Printed 1991. Very scarce said to be limited to only 6 copies. Appears unread. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. A bright clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall by 1.75" thick. Posthumously printed memoirs of Ralph Early Grim 1902-1989 geologist and Research Professor Emeritus Department of Geology University of Illinois Urbana. The February 2009 newsletter of THE CLAY MINERALS SOCIETY photocopy laid-in contains a tribute to Grim from the University of New Mexico's Dewey Moore. In it Moore writes: "The contrast between his rather humble origins and his lofty reputation as a scientist and world traveler was perhaps the stimulant for him to write his memoirs. After his death his wife Frances E. Grim had them transcribed and a few perhaps 6 copies bound. The original copy of MEMOIRS OF RALPH EARLY GRIM is in the University of Illinois Main Library archives; one copy rests in the Clay Minerals Society's archives." Handsomely bound in the original maroon pebble-grain full leather stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From Dewey Moore's tribute: "In 1951 Grim shifted to the University of Illinois Geology Department. From this base Grim put his mark on the clay minerals profession: guidance at the 1951 meeting in St. Louis that served as the incubation for what was to become The Clay Minerals Society; his 1953 publication of CLAY MINERALOGY; and the publication of his APPLIED CLAY MINERALOGY 1962. From this point on most of us are familiar with Ralph Grim's history. His books proved to be the vehicles that carried clay science into maturity as a discipline. His professional activities led to many accolades from his peers. The ultimate honor for a mineralogist is to be awarded the Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America. Ralph Grim accepted this award in 1974. For what could be called the corresponding award for consulting the Ivory Coast in western Africa bestowed on Professor Grim in 1973 the title of Chevalier Knight. Ralph Grim earned this highest honor for a non-citizen for developing local professionals to take over the duties of the Ivory Coast Geological Survey during his 15 visits to the country and for discovering a huge iron deposit in the western part of the country." This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition 1 of only 6 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. vi 689pp. Privately Printed Hardcover

About Books · États-Unis1 195,00 $US≈ 1 011,09 €

Tierra del Fuego - Original photosBiblio.com

Feurland S/S "Antonio Delfino". Tierra del Fuego 1929.

78902Hamburg Hamburg-South America Line and private German tourists 1929. Oblong folio 14.9 x 21.5 cm. Album with printed title page; and 18 cardboard leaves with 18 professional photos and 52 excellent amateur photos all mounted. Original Art Deco full cloth. = A highly interesting account with many unique original photos of a cruise in southernmost South America in particular Tierra del Fuego by a party of German tourists. Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego have become a very popular destinations for cruises today but this is a very early example of a cruise through this region showing the area as it was almost one hundred years ago and in many ways much changed since then but then again with many other places hardly altered as can be seen by comparing the photos of e.g. Harberton or Ushuaia with recent photos on the internet. Views include Magallanes Punta Arenas "Haberton" Harberton on the Beagle Canal Ushuaia Mount Darwin Bahia Garibaldi and the Garibaldi glacier the steamer Antonio Delfino the expedition ship Feuerland etc. The Antonio Delfino "was a Hamburg South America Line steamship built 1921 at Hamburg by Vulcan Werke. The ship was built to operate on the Hamburg - South America service. In 1932 the ship was chartered to the Norddeutscher Lloyd and renamed Sierra Nevada. In 1934 she was returned to the Hamburg South American Line and the name was changed back to Antonio Delfino. In 1940 she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and used as a barracks ship at Kiel and from 1943 at Gdynia Gotenhafen. In 1944 she became a command ship for the Admiral of Submarines at Gotenhafen. In 1945 she was used to evacuate refugees and wounded military personnel from Gdynia carrying a total of 20522 people in five voyages. In May 1945 she was seized by British forces in Copenhagen. She was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and managed by the Anchor Line. The ship was refitted as a troopship by John Brown & Co Clydebank. and renamed Empire Halladale. On August 31 1946 she inaugurated a troopship service between Tilbury and Cuxhaven during which period she also transported families of UK military personnel who were to live in Germany later serving in the Middle East and Far East. Laid up in October 1955 at Glasgow. Scrapped in February 1956 at Dalmuir West Dunbartonshire" Heritage Ships website. Very rare. We found no record of other copies of the printed edition. All photos in very good condition as are the original covers. hardcover

Antiquariaat Schierenberg · Pays-Bas1 000,00 €

Fisher, Rev Osmond [1817-1914]Biblio.com

The Physics Of The Earth's Crust - Second Edition Revised On Continental Drift

1891035628London / New York: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1889 1891. Second Edition With Appendix . Blue Cloth. Near Fine. 360 Pp Title Page Indicates Second Edition Dated 1889; This The Enlarged 1891 Issue With 60 Pp Appendix At End New Title Page Dated 1891. Second And Best Edition With The 1891 Appendix As Issued 1891. Fisher Described The Mechanism Of Plate Tectonics In 1881 Ascribing It To Convection Currents In The Earth's Molten Interior. This Work On Continental Drift Went Unnoticed Or Ridiculed But Was More Consistent With Modern Science Than The Criticisms Of His Work. An Unopened Copy Pages Still Attached Along Top Edge. Black Endpapers Immaculate Binding Firm No Names Or Marks. Very Scarce. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. (1889) hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis1 102,50 $US≈ 932,83 €

Remington, Barbara; [Tolkien, JRR]; [Advertisements]; [Posters]; [Middle Earth]; [The Lord of the Rings] J R RBiblio.com

Map of Middle Earth

1965000015338New York: Ballantine Books 1965. Poster. Very Good. 37.5" x 25.25". Poster. A map of Middle Earth done in red blue green and black on a white background map bordered by a vivid color illustration of mountains ravens newts a dragon angry dogs an erupting volcano a spider web and a spider and a moonlit night. The recto of the poster glossy. Price of $1.49 on the bottom right corner of the poster. Scull & Hammond 639-646 710 801. The artist of the poster Barbara Remington was born in Minneapolis and later moved to New York to work as an illustrator. The production of this poster was rushed as Ballantine found itself in competition with Ace Books: both publishers were releasing paperback editions of the Lord of the Rings series. Ballantine wanted to beat Ace to the punch and gave Remington only days to complete this poster's design. An intricate visual representation of Tolkien's geography. One corner quite wrinkled and with an archival tape repair the right top edge of the poster wrinkled a few surface creases to the poster but it is complete with bright color. Ballantine Books unknown

Evening Star Books · États-Unis1 100,00 $US≈ 930,71 €

Sinkankas, JohnBiblio.com

Gemology: An Annotated Bibliography

1993024443Metuchen New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press 1993. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked - apparently never read. 1993. First Edition. Gives detailed descriptions and expert evaluations of content for 7458 works. Uniformly bound in the original red cloth stamped in bright gold on the spine and over black panels on the front covers. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall by 3.75" thick together. This extremely heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. From the publisher: "Winner 1994 Geoscience Info Society Best Reference Work Award. This is the first comprehensive bibliography of gems and precious stones ever published containing over 7500 entries -- predominantly books but also periodical articles of significant material of historical value from 1500 up to 1985 with some books published after that date. All important works are described collated and assessed in terms of content accuracy and importance with remarks added on bindings and physical features that will enable librarians researchers booksellers and collectors to verify editions and states as well as completeness of copies. Illustrations; Subject index. The bibliography is based mostly on the John Sinkankas Library generally agreed to be the largest and most complete collection of its kind now in the Gemological Institute of America Santa Monica CA.". First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jackets as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 volumes: 1206pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Scarecrow Press Hardcover

About Books · États-Unis1 050,00 $US≈ 888,41 €

Collingwood, W G and Stefansson, JonBiblio.com

A Pilgrimage to the Saga-Steads of Iceland

18993712616W. Holmes 1899. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 4to 187 pages. Original blue cloth binding with silver title and crest to front cover. Exterior is heavily soiled and worn but there is minimal damage apart from some minor chipping to extremities. Binding is secure though there are some exposed gutters and pages are clean throughout though toned. 151 illustrations some in colour. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN: W. Holmes hardcover

Anybook.com · Royaume-Uni750,00 £GB≈ 856,35 €

Lewis, SBiblio.com

A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland Comprising the Several Counties Islands Cities Burgh and Market Towns Parishes and Principle Villages; with Historical and Statistical Descriptions Volumes 1-2 and Supplement

18475784726S. Lewis and Co 1847. Volumes 1-2 and Supplement . This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Large black cloth 8vo with decorative blind borders on boards and gilt lettering and gilt borders on backstrip. Bumped corners and light general wear. Interior is secure clean and clear. Hinges in vol 1and 2 split. Supplementary Atlas volume is complete containing several large fold out maps. Interiors are secure clean and clear save for some foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item4350grams ISBN: S. Lewis and Co hardcover

Anybook.com · Royaume-Uni720,00 £GB≈ 822,10 €

A Holy, Sacred and Divine Roll and Book; From the Lord God of Heaven, to the Inhabitants of EarthBiblio.com

Revealed in the United Society At New Lebanon County of Columbia State of New York United States of America Part 1 Hardcover United Society at New Lebanon

0817SB0Y5X7Hardcover. Very Good. Good plus on the outside very good inside. With only occasional foxing and toning. Fall brown leather with bright red leather label and gold gilt lettering. The first addition of the first book created please see our photos. No reader remainder or library Marks… Volumes one and two…complete… Well bound hardcover

Station North Books · États-Unis908,96 $US≈ 769,07 €

Wilson, M EBiblio.com

The Occurrence of Oil and Gas in Missouri: Vol. XVI Second Series

192214050Rolla MO: Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines 1922. Text block clean and shaken at spine in moderately worn binding with moisture stain to lower back cover; rear end papers separated at gutters hinge intact; Fold-out maps and maps inside pocket at back cover; 284 pp. w/index. Cloth. Good. Illus. by B&W Illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Hardcover

Clausen Books, RMABA · États-Unis872,03 $US≈ 737,82 €

Jameson, RobertBiblio.com

An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands and of the Island of Arran. With an Appendix; Containing Observations on Peat Kelp and Coal

1798g6145Edinburgh: William Creech. VG : in very good condition. Rebound with new eps. Some browning and offsetting. 1798. First Edition. Modern Quarter Calf with marbled boards. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xiv 202pp. Fold out frontispiece map; single page map and copper plates. . William Creech hardcover

Barter Books Ltd · Royaume-Uni600,00 £GB≈ 685,08 €

Al-Wohaibi, AbdullahBiblio.com

The Northern Hijaz in the Writings of the Arab Geographers 800-1150

1973MS-4Beirut Lebanon: Al-Risalah 1973. Classic scholarly historical text contains early geographical writings from 800 to 1150 including descriptions of some localities in the Northern Hijaz by the Arab geographers of that period; descriptions of the pilgrim routes in that area; a general survey of information and characteristics; rise and decline of towns and villages in the Northern Hijaz; dependencies of Medina and Mecca; geographical poetry; etc. Includes a detailed fold-out map of the region. 486 pp. Dustjacket in mylar. Virtually no shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Al-Risalah Hardcover

GlobalAcademics · États-Unis755,25 $US≈ 639,02 €

Iyer, H Mahadeva & Hirahara, KazuroBiblio.com

Seismic Tomography: Theory and Practice

1993GE-83U.K.: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1993. Comprehensive reference text contains theoretical experimental and analytical procedures and results of applying seismic tomography from a global to a local scale. Includes uses for hydrocarbon mineral and geothermal exploitation. Includes sections on surface wave tomography teleseismic tomography tomography in zones of collisions refraction and wide-angle reflection tomography local earthquake tomography etc. 842 pp. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate on front endpaper. Pocket remnant on inside rear cover; small stamp on title page; small nick on front cover. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy Item. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Chapman & Hall Ltd. Hardcover

GlobalAcademics · États-Unis755,25 $US≈ 639,02 €

McCarthy, Gregory J, Northrup, Clyde JM, Moore, John G J MBiblio.com

Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management: Volumes I II & III 3 Volumes

1979GE-177New York: Plenum Press 1979. Classic comprehensive 3-volume reference text contains detailed technical papers presented by leading scientists and field experts at the first second and third International Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management held in 1979 1980 and 1981 in Boston Mass. Diverse topics include: waste solidification; vitrification; ceramic and metal matrix forms; waste isolation and containment; treatment and isolation of other wastes; modeling and safety assessment; vitreous materials; ceramic materials; spent fuel; backfill barriers; container materials; effects on repository; transport of radionuclides in the geomedia; processing of nuclear wastes; crystalline materials; non-high-level wastes; leach studies; radiation effects; radionuclide migration; engineered barriers; performance assessment; etc. 2131 pp. collectively. Illustrated. Small stamps to endpapers and lower title page. spine labels neatly removed. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy item. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Technical Library. Plenum Press Hardcover

GlobalAcademics · États-Unis755,25 $US≈ 639,02 €

Speight, James GBiblio.com

Fuel Science and Technology Handbook

1990CH-296New York: Marcel Dekker 1990. Comprehensive reference text examines new methods and existing technologies that assist in the development of unconventional worldwide fossil fuel resources; comparing petroleum to other fossil fuels such as tar sands coal shale bitumen heavy oils and natural gas. Includes detailed topics on the technological aspects of occurrence recovery conversion and utility of major fossil fuels; environmental issues; conversion of heavier feedstocks to liquid fuels; etc. 1193 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Slight scratch on rear cover. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy item. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Marcel Dekker Hardcover

GlobalAcademics · États-Unis755,25 $US≈ 639,02 €

Jennings, Charles WarrenBiblio.com

Geologic Atlas of California

1968GE-318Sacramento CA.: California Division of Mines and Geology 1968. This comprehensive atlas consists of 27 detailed maps which show the regional distribution and interrelationship of various rock units and the major geologic structures that are present in California. One hundred and twenty four cartographic units representing plutonic volcanic marine sedimentary and non-marine sedimentary rock types of different geologic ages are delineated in the atlas. The atlas sheets include: master legend; Alturas sheet 1958; Bakersfield sheet 1965; Chico sheet 1962; Death Valley sheet 1958; Fresno sheet 1966; Kingman sheet 1961; Long Beach sheet 1962; Los Angeles sheet; Mariposa sheet; Needles sheet 1964; Redding sheet 1962; Sacramento sheet 1966; Salton Sea sheet; San Bernardino sheet; San Diego-El Centro sheet 1962; San Francisco sheet 1961; San Jose sheet; San Luis Obispo sheet 1959; Santa Ana sheet 1966; Santa Cruz sheet 1959; Santa Maria sheet 1959; Santa Rosa sheet 1963; Trona sheet 1962; Ukiah sheet 1960; Walker Lake sheet 1963; Weed sheet 1964; Westwood sheet 1960. Some pages have marginal moisture damage/light stains to the lower outer margin edges; minimal if any penetration onto printed map areas- nearly all maps do not appear to be adversely affected. some minor slight scuffs to front & rear boards; some stray tiny edge tears on a few pages. Note: Los Angeles sheet is a new high quality color original reprint. Gilt spine and front cover. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine edges. Heavy item. Hard Cover Ring Bound. Good. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. California Division of Mines and Geology hardcover

GlobalAcademics · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

HUGGINS, WILLIAM and WA MILLER - HEAVEN AND EARTH BUILT OF THE SAME ELEMENTS W ABiblio.com

On the Spectra of some of the Fixed Stars. Received April 28 - Read May 26 1864. Supplement: On the Spectra of some of the Nebulae. A Supplement to the Paper "On the Spectra of some of the Fixed Stars." Received September 8 1864 and printed i.

186442260London Taylor and Francis 1864. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Vol. 154 - Part II pp. 413-435 a. pp. 437-444 and 2 lithographed plates.1 plate showing the spectroscope which could be attached to his eight-innch telescope invented by Huggin's and Miller the start of stellar spectroscopi the other plate showing the obtained spectra of the nebulæ Aldebaran and Orionis. First printing of a historical paper in spectroscopy and cosmology in which the authors shows by analysing the spectrae of nebulae of stars of planets of comets and of the sun that they are all built of the same elements as the earth. Thus was "laid to rest the twenty-one-century notion of Aristotle's that the heavens were composed of a unique substance not found on the earth."Asimov. They also shows that there is a considerable diversity of chemical composition among the stars.In this paper Huggins also describes his discovery by spectroscopy that a number of nebulae are luminous gas clouds."William Huggins 1824-1910 English astronomer a pioneer in spectroscopy and photography. He examined spectroscopically the chemical constitution of stars and comets and the gaseous nature of planetary and diffuse nebulae; he applied the Doppler Principle to the measurement of the radial velocities of stars and published an atlas of representative stellar spectra" Ripley: Source Book in Astronomy. unknown

Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn A/S · Danemark4 500,00 DKK≈ 604,35 €

MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS - CONFIRMING NEWTON'S DYNAMIC AND THE FLATTENING OF THE EARTHBiblio.com

La Figure de la Terre determinée. Par Messieurs de L'Academie Royale des Sciences qui ont mesuré le Degré du Méridien au Cercle Polaire. Discours lu dans l'Assemblée publique du 13 Novembre 1737.

174051275Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1740. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1737". Pp. 389-469 1 engraved map from Torneå to Kittis and 5 folded engraved plates. First printing of the official report from the French Academy of the geodetic expedition to Lapland in order to settle the conflict between Earth-elangators and Earth-flatteners between the French and the British. "Newton had calculated from the Earth's rotational force at the Equator that its equatoeial diameter should exceed its polar diameter by 0.44 per cent or 27 km 17 miles; similar in Jupiter rotating more than twice as fast the disparity of the diameters was shown to be even greater. In France however tha Cassinis from geodetic measurements stretching along the meridian at Paris from the Channel to the Pyrennees came to exactly the opposite conclusion - that the polar diameter of the Earth was the greater. After Maupertuis had examined this imcompatibility in 1733 the Academy of Sciences decided that it should be settled by measure of a degree of latitude taken in two widely separated parts of the globe. Maupertuis with Clairaut took a party to the Golf ofBothnia. La Condamine with Bouguer took another to Peru. maupertuis departed in May 1736 and was absent for a year only in December 1737 was he able to announce the result that in accordance with Newton's dynamical theory the degreee in the far north was loner than that in Paris. More years elepsed before the degreee in Peru was found to be shorter. As Voltaire put in a wrily witty but un-Baconian couplet addresseed to Maupertuis:"In tedious deserts you were forced to roam. To find the truth that Newton knew at home." Rupert Hall "Revolution in Science 1500-1750 pp.351-52.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1736-37 E. unknown

Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn A/S · Danemark4 500,00 DKK≈ 604,35 €

MILNE, J and T GRAY - MAPPING THE SHAKING EARTH - THE INVENTION OF THE SEISMOGRAPHBiblio.com

On Seismic Experiments. Communicated by A.C. Ramsay. Received November 5 - Read December 8 1881.

188342216London Harrison and Sons 1883. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1882 Volume 173 - 1883. - Pp. 863-883 and 1 plate. Margin of plate with small tears.Otherwise clean and fine. First appearance of the first paper describing the invention of the seismograph to record earthquakes."Milne studied at the Royal School of Mines and became mining engineer. He joined an Expedition to Arabia as a geologist. His real chance came in 1875 however when he accepted an appointment as a professor of geology and mining in the Imperial College of Engineering at Tokyo. He remained in Japan for twenty years and there had a marvelous opportunity to study earthquakes for no land is more riven with them than Japan. In 1880 he invented the seismograph.and established a chain of seismographs in Japan and elsewhere marking the beginning of modern seismology."Asimow.The paper describes 8 sets of experiments set up at different stations in Japan.On Milne's initiative the Seismological Society of Japan was founded and the emperor of Japan conferred upon him the Order of the Rising Sun. unknown

Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn A/S · Danemark4 500,00 DKK≈ 604,35 €

RAMSAY, WILLIAM & PER THEODOR CLEVE - THE INDEPENDENTLY DISCOVERY OF HELIUM ON EARTHBiblio.com

On a Gas showing the Spectrum of Helium the reputed cause of D3 one of the Lines in the Coronal Spectrum. preliminary Note. Received March 26 1895. Helium a Gaseous Constituent of certain Minerals. Part I. And P.E. CLEVE: Sur la présence d.

189549284London arrison and Sons 1895. - Paris Gauthier-Villars 1895. 8vo. and 4to. Later full cloth gilt lettering to spine Ramsay and without wrappers Cleve. In "Proceedings of the Royal Society" Ramsay Vol. 58. Entire vol. offered. And in "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Cleve Tome 120 No 15. Pp. 797- 850. Entire issue offered. Ramsay's papers: pp. 65-67 and pp. 81-89. - Cleve's paper: p. 834. Stamps tp edges and a few corners a bit bumped on vol. 58 otherwise clean and fine. First printing of both papers in which Ramsay and Cleve - independently - announced their discovery of Helium on the Earth. Although Ramsay announced the discovery of Helium before Cleve had completed his research the Swedish chemist was independent discoverer of the element.Helium was discovered in the sun already in 1868 by Jules Janssen and independently by Lockyer the same year. Janssen discovered helium in the sun when he observed a total eclipse in India by studying the spectra of the suns chromosphere and Lockyer also by spectroscopy found that the new line in the spectrum did not belong to any element then known and he named it Helium for the sun.In the same volume as Ramsays paper there are 5 papers by NORMAN LOCKYER dealing with the discovery of Helium on the earth examining Ramsay's and Cleve's findings.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1895. hardcover

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