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1830. PORTER, Arthur L. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARTS, being a practical Display of the Arts and Manufactures which depend upon Chemical Principles. With numerous Engravings. On the Basis of Gray's Operative Chemist, adapted to the United States, with Treatises on Calico Printing and Bleaching, and other large Additions. Philadelphia, Carey & Lea, 1830. First edition. Octavo. 803pp. +70ff. plates (numbered as 67). Large volume in bound in publisher's binding: cloth spine and paper covered boards. A goldmine of information on the arts, crafts and trades. Samuel Frederck Gray, the author of "The Operative Chemist" (1828) wrote on medicine, pharmacy and botany. Arthur Livermore Porter was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont. With a great deal on the processing of ores and metals, on distilleries, and on heating and lighting. Ex-library, minimal markings, foxed; spine and boards detached. Pages x and 397, and plate 39 are torn. As is needs rebinding. Scarce.
OF THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS: An Essay; Also, a Diaglogue on the Same Subject by [Whewell, William] - 1854
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OF THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS: An Essay; Also, a Diaglogue on the Same Subject
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THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARTS
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Sketches of the Medical Topography of the Mediterranean comprising an account of Gibraltar, the Ionian islands, and Malta: to which is prefixed, a sketch of a plan for memoirs on medical topography.
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Digital Harmony: On the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art
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Perspectives on Karst Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Geochemistry: A Tribute Volume to Derek C. Ford and William B. White
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Saggio della filosofia del signor cav. Isaaco Newton, esposto con chiarezza dal signor Enrico Pemberton con una dissertazione dello stesso su la misura della forza de'corpi in moto cavata dagli Atti fiolsofici d'Inghilterra Opera tr. dall'inglese. Aggiuntovi l'estratto di altra dissertazione contraria su lo stesso argomento
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1830. PORTER, Arthur L. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARTS, being a practical Display of the Arts and Manufactures which depend upon Chemical Principles. With numerous Engravings. On the Basis of Gray's Operative Chemist, adapted to the United States, with Treatises on Calico Printing and Bleaching, and other large Additions. Philadelphia, Carey & Lea, 1830. First edition. Octavo. 803pp. +70ff. plates (numbered as 67). Large volume in bound in publisher's binding: cloth spine and paper covered boards. A goldmine of information on the arts, crafts and trades. Samuel Frederck Gray, the author of "The Operative Chemist" (1828) wrote on medicine, pharmacy and botany. Arthur Livermore Porter was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont. With a great deal on the processing of ores and metals, on distilleries, and on heating and lighting. Ex-library, minimal markings, foxed; spine and boards detached. Pages x and 397, and plate 39 are torn. As is needs rebinding. Scarce.
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Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay
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Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay (Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion)
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Marktech Optoelectronics Data Book
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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A Beginner's Guide to True BASIC to Accompany Exploring Macintosh: Concepts in Visually Oriented Computing
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LUNAR IMPACT: A HISTORY OF PROJECT RANGER
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Lahey Blackbeard Editor Reference Manual : Revision A 1990
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Advanced Materials III, Proceedings of the Special Symposium on Advanced Materials, High Tech Materials, 1991, Nagoya Japan
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