A Preliminary Report on Uranium, Radium and Vanadium
by Moore, Richard B. & Kithil, Karl L
- Used
- fair
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines, 1913. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Fair. 101 pp. Includes illustrations, folding map and index. A summary of sources of uranium, radium and vanadium, methods used in treating the ores and uses of the finished products. In 1912, concerned that Austria, England and Germany were ahead of the US in research, the Department commissioned a team to study these radioactive elements and to promote research in hospitals and laboratories to find uses for them. Two small chips out of the bottom corners of the front paper cover and near the spine along the top of the back cover also chips at both ends of the spine. Interior Good
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3401B
- Title
- A Preliminary Report on Uranium, Radium and Vanadium
- Author
- Moore, Richard B. & Kithil, Karl L
- Format/Binding
- Paper Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- History of Radioactive Materials
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology;
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Glossary
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....