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New-Haven: Printed and Published by S. Converse. Hard Cover. vi, [1], 404 p., 6 plates (4 folding), 1 folding map; 21.5 cm. Errata leaf after p. vi. Four sections: 1, Geology, Minerology, Topography, etc.; 2, Botany; 3, Zoology; 4, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanics, and Miscellaneous. Then follows (pp. 170-400) Intelligence and Miscellanies: Foreign; Domestic. Bound in 3/4 leather by Hope Bindery; shadow of engravied frontispiece on title-page; very good. Stock#OB610.

Subjects include a memoir of William Maclure with portrait, climate, computing interest, fishes of Connecticut, astronomy, geology, natural history, corals, the Gulf Stream, chemistry; bibliographical notices & miscellanies; Number II, Gauss's theory of terrestrial magnetism, natural history of New England, fossils, copper, astronomy, mensuration, a new hippopotamus. vi, 424 pages, 5 plates incl. portrait frontispiece; bound in blue marbled paper, 3/4 leather; lacks front cover, the remainder Good. Stock#ofc0365.

Subjects include Asa Gray on NC botany, geology, chemistry, mensuration, geometry, meteorology, fossils, storms, smelting, mathematics; bibliographical notices & miscellanies; vii, 408 pages, 4 plates, illus.; pencil owner name on title-page; bound in blue marbled boards, 3/4 leather; front cover detached, the rest Good. Stock#ofc0369.

Washington, G. P. O., 1864. of the Institution for the year 1863. 38th Cong. 1st sess., H. of Rep. Mis. Doc. 83. 419 p., index, tables, diagrs. Includes Whitney, Principles of linguistic science; Beautemps-Beaupré, Memoir; Wetherill, Modern theory of chemical types; de la Rive, Propagation of electricity; Plateau, Figures of equilibrium of a liquid mass withdrawn from action of gravity; Gautier, Recent researches relative to nebulæ; Merino, Figure of the Earth; Arago, Aeronautic voyages performed with a view to advancement of science; Baegert, Account of aboriginal inhabitants of Californian Peninsula, transl. Rau; Keller, Abstract of 5th report on Lacustrian settlements; Rau, Agricultural implements of North American Stone period; Purple dyeing, ancient & modern; Peale, Method of preserving lepidoptera; Figanierre é Morao, Remarkable accumulation of bats. (1603)

NY, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1952. Periodical. 4 p.l., 51 p., illus., 347 lots, 24 cm. Title continues: including Descartes Discours de la Methode, first edition in English, a rare mid-sixteenth century cookbook, Hooke Micrographia, first edition, Wallendarfer Decalogium (1507) with a reference to Vespucci's voyage to the New World, property of a New York private collector." Lots 160-199 are Italian literature. Good+, some pencil bidder's notes / paper covers. Stock#43575.

Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., NY [ca. 1960?; Anthoensen Press, Portland]. Soft Cover. 98 p., illus., XVI plates, index; 23 cm. Title continues: and related subjects. Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century. Bookseller's sale catalog with prices. Subjects include acoustics, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, contagious diseases, electricity, gastronomy, geology, gynaecology, horology, inoculation, Jewish med. & science, mathematics, microscopy, navigation, optics & ophthalmology, ornithology, physics, physiology, scientific instruments, snake poison, surveying. Cream paper covers stamped in red; minor wear, spine slightly darkened; VG. Stock# 44,204

"A selection of 300 rare and important books illustrating the history of Medicine, Science and Technology including Chemistry and Pharmacology, Natural History, Botany, Zoology and related subjects." Bookseller catalogue, 299 items, index, illus.; paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0280.

[Chicago] MLA, 1924. Soft Cover. pp. 782-788, 23.5 cm. "Reprinted from the Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol. XXXIX, No. 41." Argues that Chaucer was in sympathy with alchemy. Stock#36333. Good+/ paper.

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. BOUND WITH, as issued, Chalmers, Thomas. On the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, as manifested in the adaptation of external nature to the moral and intellectual constitution of man. Philadelphia, 1836. Hard Cover. xx, [13]-276 pages, illus., tables; 23 cm. Good+, publisher's cloth. Spine was wet in the distant past, and is stained, with some damage to lower rear cover. Price is for both texts. Stock#NS0268a.

London, Imperial Chemical Industries, 1942-1976. Periodical. Designed to record progress of the sciences in service of mankind, Vol. I no. 1 (Jan.), 2 (April), 3 (July), 4 (Oct. 1942), II: 5 (Jan. 1943); nos. 21-24 (1947); 45 (Jan. 1953) through 62 (April 1967); 64-66; 68-72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83-100, 102, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 112, 114-125 (Vol. XXXV, May 1976). London, Imperial Chemical Industries. Printed paper wraps. 77 issues.

New-York: J. Winchester, New World Press, 30 Ann Street. 1843. Soft Cover. 53, [3] pages; 21 cm. Contains 16 letters. Leibig was a German chemist who made significant contributions to the analysis of organic compounds, the organization of laboratory-based chemistry education, and the application of chemistry to biology and agriculture. He introduced the concept of metabolism into physiology; see Garrison-Morton 677. Bound in marbled paper over boards, cloth spine; some foxing on title-page; very good. Stock#OB618 (iab).

Brescia, Clas International [1990]. 'Science, finance, society & industry toward new objectives.' A survey of progess in biotechnology in Italy. Not only chemistry and biology, but finance, industry, and society are treated. Published at L.48,000. Soft Cover. xiii, 240 pages, illus., charts, 24 cm. VG. Stock#31581.

520 p., [1] leaf of plates, illus.; 23.5 cm. Italian contributions to the history of science in the form of 96 letters. Covers a wide range of subjects: Leonardo da Vinci , Volta and other electrical advances, Galileo, medicine, Columbus, Vespucci, geographical discoveries. North American libraries own microfilm, but perhaps only the Burdy has the actual volume. Stock#48051.

New York: Printed For The Medical Class Of The University, At The Herald Job Office, 97 Nassau-Street. 1845-6. Soft Cover. 15 p.; 21 cm. Session MDCCCXLV - XLVI (1845-1846). John William Draper (1811-1882) was a scientist, historian, pioneer in photography (credited with the first photograph of the moon, and one of the earliest of the human face), and professor and president of the New York University Medical faculty. Bound in marbled paper over boards, cloth spine; very good. Stock#OB616 (iab).

History of Science Society, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., 1973. Periodical. Includes Debus, Motion in the Chemical Texts of the Renaissance; Hine, Mersenne & Copernicanism; Kitcher, Fluxions, Limits, & Infinite Littlenesse; Kohler, Enzyme Theory & the Origin of Biochemistry; Wells, William Charles Wells & the Races of Man; Crosland, Lavoisier's Theory of Acidity; Hendrickson, Science & Culture in the American Middle West; Toomer, Prophatius Judaeus and the Toledan Tables; Chalmers, Limitations of Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory; Osler, Galileo, Motion, & Essences; 98th Critical Bibliography. 4 numbers, consecutively paged, 585 p. with t.-p. & preliminaries for binding; 196-p. bibliography; 25.5 cm.; VG+. Individual numbers may be had for $7.50. 29302, five numbers.

Salem [Mass., Salem Press Printing & Pub. Co.] January 1887. Periodical. Includes list of members; Gibbs, Multiple Algebra; Hill, Hirundo; Brackett, Electromotive Force of the Voltaic Cell; Wiley, Economical Aspects of Agricultural Chemistry; Chanute, Scientific Invention; Chamberlin, Inventory of Our Glacial Drift; Bowditch, What Is Nerve- Force?; Gray, Memoranda of a Revision of North American Violets; Hale, Origin of Languages; Nuttall, Preliminary Note of an Analysis of the Mexican Codices & Graven Inscriptions; Cummings, Capitalists & Laborers. Sewn in printed wraps; rear cover loose, edges chipped; unopened, internally clean; VG. Stock#30575.

Salem [Mass., Salem Press Printing & Pub. Co.] 1894. Periodical. cxv, 384 p., index, tables, diagrams; 25 cm. Includes list of members; Leconte, Theories of the Origin of Mountain Ranges; Doolittle, Variations of Latitude; Nichols, Phenomena of the Time-Infinitesimal; Hart, 25 Years' Progress in Analytical Chemistry; Robinson, Training in Engineering Science; Walcott, Geologic Time As Indicated by Sedimentary Rocks of North America; Osborn, Rise of Mammalia in North America; Bessey, Evolution & Classification; Dorsey, Biloxi Indians of Louisiana; Holmes, Order of Development of Primal Shaping Arts; Brewer, Mutual Relations of Science & Stock Breeding. Sewn in printed wraps; lacks covers, internally clean, unopened, good+. Stock#30574.

Press of Gibson Bros., Washington D.C., 1905. Periodical. Includes Tittmann, Present State of Geodesy; Hall, Tentative Theory of Thermo-Electric Action; Bancroft, Future Developments in Physical Chemistry; Woodward, Lines of Progress in Engineering; Russell, Co-operation among American Geographical Societies; Mark, Bermuda Islands & Bermuda Biological Station for Research; MacBride, Alamogordo Desert; Baldwin, Modern 'Droit d'Aubaine'; executive proceedings & lists of members. 620 p., 16 plates, index, 25 cm.; sewn in printed paper wrappers; lacks covers; internally clean, good+. 30564.

Salem [Mass., Salem Press Printing & Pub. Co.] March 1888. Periodical. xcviii, 368 p., index, 25 cm. Includes list of members; Prescott, Chemistry of Nitrogen as Disclosed in the Constitution of Alkaloids; Gilbert, Work of the International Congress of Geologists; Farlow, Vegetable Parasites & Evolution; Brinton, Review of Data for the Study of Prehistoric Chronology of America; Alvord, Economy in Management of the Soil. Sewn in printed wraps; covers chipped; unopened, internally clean, VG. Stock#30576.

Salem [Mass.]: Published by the Permanent Secretary, 1886. Periodical. xcv, 567 p., index, 24.5 cm. Includes Standards of Stellar Magnitude; Indexing Chemical Literature; International Scientific Congress; Researches on Health & Diseases of Plants; Transmission of Botanical Specimens through Mails; Description of a Printing Chronograph; Observations on invisible heat spectra & recognition of hitherto unmeasured wave lengths; Chemistry in Service of Public Health; Crystals of butter & fats; Chemical study of Yucca angustifolia; On electrical furnace & reduction of oxides of boron, silicon, aluminum & other metals by carbon; Second Law of Thermodynamics; Electric light tests; Discovery of fossiliferous Potsdam strata at Poughkeepsie; Record of the deep well of Cleveland Rolling Mill; On classification of Upper Devonian; Notes on a remarkable collection of rough diamonds; Educational Museums of Vertebrates; Germination studies; New chromogeneous bacillus; Observations on muskrat; On… Read More