Search Results: Science & Technology from Adamstown Books

Hingham MA: Infinity Science Press, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to up to 12" tall. Oversized hardback. 531 pp. w/ b&w illustrations. Covers: Structure and Bonding; Spectroscopy and Photochemistry; Thermodynamic and Chemical Equilibrium; Phase Rule; Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis; Electrochemistry; Solid State; Stereochemistry; Electron Displacement and the Organic Reaction Mechanism; Coordination Chemistry; Corrosion and Control; Polymers and Polymerization; Fuel and Combustion; Water Treatment; Environmental Pollution and Control. Condition: Near Fine; clean, crisp, unmarked tight copy with light shelf wear..

Harrisburg, PA: Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. Edition Unstated. White stapled softcover, 29 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pennsylvania Geological Survey Fourth Series, Information Circular 67.. CONDITION: Good; ex-library copy from Franklin & Marshall College. Minimal library markings; stamping to cover and last page. Reading pages are clean and bright with no markings or tears. Cover basically clean, some pencil erasing on front. Paperback.

The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1981. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-Seminary library. Martinus Nijhoff Philosophical Library Vol. 6, American University Publications in Philosophy No. 3. Collection of 10 essays examining creativity from a philosophical perspective. Book Condition : Good, Ex-Seminary Library; text unmarked; sunlight discoloration to covers from shelving; light age toning to end papers, bookplate inside front cover; cataloging labels on spine and rear cover; pocket removed from inside rear cover. No Dust Jacket..

New York NY: Watson Pub Intl, 1975. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong hardcover, 64 pp. w/12 b&w plates and 11 b&w photos/figures. Short survey history of the royal observatory at Greenwich distinguished by wonderful b&w illustrations. Book Condition : Good, ex-college science library; no text marks; bookplate inside front cover; catalog labels on bottom left front cover and rear free end paper; light soiling/rubbing to covers. No Dust Jacket..

Easton PA: Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1992. Book. New. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Anthology of 40 essays divided into sections on : Natural Climatic Fluctuations; The Greenhouse Effect; Monitoring and Modeling; Biophysical Impacts; Socioeconomic Impacts; Impact Mitigation, Adaptation, and Emissions Limitation Strategies; and, Policy, regulation, and Legal Issues: Domestic and International Perspective. Book Condition : New; light corner crimping from shelving. Dust Jacket Condition : New..

Indianapolis IN: Dog Ear Publishing, 2018. Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 209 pp. Argues that nuclear space propulsion is a necessary means for exploration and travel beyond the solar system as well as a means of wealth creation. Chapters include The Rover/NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine and the Russian RD-0411; Project Orion; Nuclear Ion Propulsion; and more. Book Condition : New..

New York NY: Vch Pub, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1994 1st Edition. "Reviews and compares the most commonly used instrumental methods of elemental analysis, including atomic absorption and emission spectrometry, electrochemistry, potentiometry, chromatography, x-ray fluorescence, and combustion techniques." Condition: Near Fine; no text marks; light bumping to spine ends; two stains to top text block. Glossy covers, no dust jacket..

Boston MA: D. C. Heath and Company, 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. Revised. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback - brown cloth, 164 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three parts: The Non-Metals; The Metals; Chemical Arithmetic. Published by D. C. Heath, 1931, revised edition. CONDITION: Good/no jacket; front free endpaper has previous owner's name and top corner has been removed. Pages clean, unmarked, no tears. Cover is clean with some a bit of rubbing and little edge wear. Binding is tight. Hardcover.

Lausanne: Elsevier Sequoia, S.A, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy simulated-leather hardbacks with gilt lettering. Two volume set of papers presented at the conference. Both books near fine condition. Clean and bright throughout. .

State College, PA: Pennsylvania State College, 1952. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A companion volume to "Mineral Industries Education" published by the college in 1950. Includes two parts, Part One: Minerals and Posterity; Part Two: Mineral Forecast 2000 A.D. Illustrated with diagrams, mapped endpapers and reproduction of original oil paintings in the Mineral Industries Art Gallery of the School of Mineral Industries. Hardback - red cloth with gilt, no dustjacket. 216 pages. Pennsylvania State College, 1952. Book Condition : Good; A bit of foxing to text block, otherwise pages are clean and bright with no markings, no creases and no tears. Cover has light rubbing and a few small scuff marks/spots; gilt is dull on spine, light edge wear. Hinges are intact and binding is tight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall..

New York NY: Philosophical Library, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. hardcover, 431 pp. w/ 28 b&w figures and graphs. Philosophical and scientific inquiry into Nothingness. Sections include : Creation and Termination; Operations and Functions; Geometry and Dimensions; Boundaries, Barriers, and Impenetrability; Materialization of the Universe; and more. Book Condition : Good, Ex-Seminary Library; no text marks;, bookplate inside front cover; catalog labels on bottom spine and top right rear cover; slip and pocket removed from inside rear cover. No Dust Jacket. a.

Boca Raton FL: CRC Press Inc., 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is the complete two-volume set (Volume I and Volume II). Published by CRC Press, Inc., 1988. Hardbacks - silver and maroon covers. Vol. 1: 129 pp; Vol. 2: 125 pp. CONDI TION: Near Fine. Clean, crisp, unmarked, tight. Hardcovers..

Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1979. Book. Good. Soft cover. Probable First Edition. 4to up to 12" tall. This report was prepared for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources by Capital Region Planning and Development Agency, November 1979. Includes fold out maps of Adams County, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Franklin County, Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Perry County, Schuylkill County and York County. Also includes a large fold up map inserted into pocket inside rear cover. Size: 4to up to 12" tall. 40 pages. Book Condition : Good; Clean unmarked pages; some rubbing and creasing to glossy covers. All maps are intact but one has a corner crease..

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Held at University of Delaware August 1969. Red hardback, 959 pp. Stresses fundamental experimental and theoretical research on luminescence not device technology. Includes all basic luminescent phenomena of inorganic and organic materials, with some emphasis on interrelations between these two classes of materials and between luminescence and other branches of molecular physics and solid-state physics. Condition: Good, Ex-Corporate Library with minimal markings - label and pocket remains and stamping to front endpapers, small label pasted to cover spine. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper and title page. Pages clean and bright with no writing, no creases and no tears. Book edges have a bit of light soiling. Cover clean with some scuffing and lightly faded spine. Edges have some wear with a 1/2" tear to top of spine. Hinges intact and binding is tight..

Harrisburg PA: Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. Edition Unstated. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. White stapled softcover , 36 pp. Pennsylvania Geological Survey Fourth Series, Information Circular 61. CONDITION: Good; ex-library copy from Franklin & Marshall College. Minimal library markings; stamping and label to front cover, small stamping to rear cover and title page, stamping and bar code label and pocket remains on last blank page. Reading pages are clean and bright with no markings or tears. Cover basically clean with some pencil erasing on front and light edge wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

Hoboken NJ: Wiley, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Likely 1st Edition. Coverage is non-mathematical, presented as a °travelogue° of the solar neighborhood. Offers detailed descriptions of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and the results of probes of Halley's comet. Tan hardback, 452 pp, b&w diagrams and photos, 17 color images. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; spotting to text block. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; some shelf wear to edges and corners..

Materials Park OH: ASM International, 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. Probable First Edition. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Large pictorial glossy hardback of Mechanical Alloying conference proceedings, March 1990. Published by ASM (The Material Information Society) International. Book Condition : Good; Ex-corporate library copy with label remains, pocket and stamping to front endpapers, small stamping to rear endpapers and 3 pages of text, and company initials written on book foredge; pages are clean and bright with no other markings, no creases and no tears. Cover is clean and bright with light shelf wear. Binding is tight. Glossy covers, no dust jacket..

SIAM Review, 1959. Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light blue paper softcover, stapled, 31 pp. Reprinted from SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Review Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1959. Clean and unmarked, no tears, some light rippling to top edge, bottom corner curling and creasing. Cover has some light aging, some light creasing and tearing to spine ends. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

Bethlehem PA: First Annual Anthracite Conference Committe of Lehigh University, 1938. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover reinforced with saddle staples. 18 conference papers gathered into 5 sections : Inherent Characteristics of Anthracite; The Combustion Characteristics of Anthracite; A Description of the Combustion and Operation of Anthracite Burning Equipment; Some Aspects of the Commercial Application of Anthracite; and, The Merchandising and Civic Values of Anthracite. Book Condition : Good; previous owner's pencil doodling on covers and title page, no text markings; age toning to text block and page edges; begiining of separation of rear cover at spine, all pages secure..