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The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872, by Professor Luigi Palmieri, of the University of Naples; Director of the Vesuvian Observatory. With notes, and an Introductory Sketch of the Present State of Knowledge of Terrestrial Vulcanicity, The Cosmical Nature and Relations of Volcanoes and Earthquakes. With Illustrations
by Palmieri, Luigi; Mallet, Robert
London: Asher & Co, 1873. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First English Edition. [4], [1]-148 pages + 8 plates (one folding). 8vo (9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches). Publisher's original brick cloth with gilt decoration of Eruption of Vesuvius 1872 on front panel. "Palmieri, Vesuvius" in gilt on spine. This copy has been expertly recased with original spine laid down and endpapers renewed. Bright and clean internally, noting remnants of a few old (dealer?) prices and other notations at head of title page....
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Historical Technology, Inc. Catalogue 103 Fall 1971
by Moskowitz, Saul
Marblehead, Massachusetts: Saul; Moskowitz Instrument Engineering / Historical Technology Inc, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 46 pages. Stapled self-wrappers. Contains 198 items. A bright clean copy. Wraps. Saul's catalogues were well documented and typically include books, scientific instruments, maps, and the occasional painting or other oddity. Putting a complete set together has become increasingly hard over the years. Good scholarship, including list of cited references.
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NZ$37.86
Les instruments des sciences dans l'art et l'histoire
by Michel, Henri
Bruxelles: Albert De Visscher, 1973 4to (29.5 cm), 204 pp. Toile d'éditeur sous jaquette (un petit manque sur la jaquette, intérieur en bon état) Bonne introduction à l'histoire de l'instrument scientifique. Divisé en 4 parties: Mesure de la Terre, Mesure du Ciel, Mesure du temps et Mesures physiques. Illustré de 104 planches en couleur. || Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (small tear top of dj). Good introduction into the history of scientific...
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Barometers (Shire Library)
by McConnell, Anita
Shire, 2008 8vo (21 cm), 32 pp. Printed wrappers. "Many people consult a barometer before going out, to see what the weather is likely to be. Barometers measure the general pressure of the atmosphere, which changes with the weather: falling pressure generally heralds rain; rising pressure predicts fine weather. The simple mercury barometer originated in seventeenth century Italy and was soon copied in France and Britain. In the nineteenth century demand increased for domestic and scientific...
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NZ$8.36
Auktion Photographica & Film 21, 22 Mai '93 / Photographica & Film 21, 22 May '93
by Auction Team Koln [ Breker ]
Koln: Auction Team Breker, 1991. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. Roughly 9 x 9 inches. Publisher's wrappers. Upper corner creased. Text for auction lots in German, occasional English in the administrative sections. Wraps. A catalogue by this auction firm who specializes in the technical antiques and photographia market. Many photographs (B&W in this era), 1379 lots. Color covers. Reserve prices are noted as is condition in most cases. No prices realized.
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NZ$61.96
Gnomonique mise a la portée de tout le monde, ou méthode simple et aisée pour tracer des cadrans solaires, dans laquelle on trouvera des tables calculées depuis un degré de déclinaison tant orientale qu'occidentale jusqu'au 90e. d. pour les différens angles horaires, pris au centre du cadran; commencées au 43e. d. 18 m. de latitude jusqu'au 51e. qui comprennent tout le royaume de France & les pays qui sont entre les mêmes paralleles. Avec une table alphabétique des principales villes, & la figure & l'explication des instrumens nécessaires pour l'opération
by Garnier, Joseph-Blaise
A. Marseille: Chez Jean Mossy, 1773. Boards. Very Good. x, [2], 460 pages including tables + 11 illustrations on 5 plates. 8vo. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Marbling worn, overall minor wear to the binding. Marbled endpapers dampstained. Marbled page edges. Unobtrusive occasional marginal dampstaining throughout. (pages 157-160 mis-numbered or bound out of order but present). Complete. Boards. Gnomonics (The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the...
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Gnomonique Elementaire
by [ anonymous ] [ Delezenne, Charles ]
A. Lille et A. Paris: Chez Vanackere et Chez Courcier, 1806. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. [6], 26 pages plus 10 figures on four folding plates. Plates marked "Durig, a Lille" 8vo. Original pink wrappers. Marginal worming not affecting text or images. Spine paper cracked, cords holding. Rare in the original wrappers. Wraps. Gnomonics (The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.) was of great interest in France during...
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A Catalogue of Pneumatic Instruments Manufactured and Sold By N. B. & D. Chamberlain ; with Experiments Illustrated By Numerous Engravings and Notes WITH Hydrostatic and Hydraulic Apparatus WITH A Price Catalogue of Pneumatic Apparatus, Manufactured and Sold by N. B. & D. Chamberlain, Nos. 2 & 9 School Street
by Chamberlain, N. B. & D
Boston: Isaac R. Butts, 1844. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. [4], 56, 7, [1-blank], xiv pages. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, blind stamped design front and rear panels. Spine panel with gold lettering ''Pneumatic Experiments'' still bright and clean. 1/2 inch chip missing from head of spine panel. Base of spine panel and corners worn and with minor loss. Ex-library RPI (presented by Prof. Charles Drowne, properly deaccessioned) with institute bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and...
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The Beginners Guide to the Microscope With a Section on Mounting Slides
by Heath, Charles E
London: Percival Marshall & Co., 1922 12m0 (18 cm), 120 pp. Printed boards (boards stained, spine rubbed).
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NZ$8.36
Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments
by Turner, Gerald L'E
Univ of California Pr, 1984. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/Very Good. 320 pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, color and b/w plates. Very clean and sharp, discreet bookplate to FPEP, owner's inscription to FFEP, otherwise pristine. DJ slightly sunned, otherwise crisp and bright.
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NZ$66.26
Explanation of Allan's Saccharometer, Appointed by Act of Parliament for the Use of Distillers and Brewers
by Thomson, Thomas
Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Ruthven & Son, 1823. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A scarce instruction manual for a saccharometer, a scientific instrument used to measure the sugar content of a liquid, typically used in brewing. In addition to the instructions, this pamphlet includes two tables for calibrating the device at various temperatures and for interpreting the results. In the early 19th century, Dr. Thomson invented an improved method of determining sugar content during the brewing process. He...
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Het Instrument in de Wetenschap. Bijdrage tot de instrumentgerichte wetenschapsgeschiedenis
by FOURNIER, M. & B. THEUNISSEN (eds.)
Amsterdam,: Rodopi,, 1988.. [iv], 163, [i] pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With numerous illustrations. Being the thematic issue of: Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis der Geneeskunde, Natuurkunde, Wiskunde en Techniek, Vol. X, 4, 1987.
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NZ$28.84
Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College
by Pantalony, David;Manasek, Francis J.;Kremer, Richard L
Norwich, VT, U.S.A.: Terra Nova Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Edition. ix, [1 blank], 271, [1 blank], [1 colophon ] pages. 4to. Publisher's cloth in dj, a new copy. Upper corner bumped. Cloth. Here is a book that has been underestimated in the marketplace. Not only are the illustrations very useful to the collector, dealer, and historian, but the authors have made a strong attempt to place the instruments in a historical context. Usually we have to pick between a picture...
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Report of the National Mechanics' Institute, of Lower Austria, on NEWELL's Parautoptic Combination Lock awarding the Institute's Diploma and Gold Medal to the INVENTOR ... adopted at its monthly meeting, April 6th, 1847
by [no author noted]
New York: S. W. Benedict, Stereotuyper and Printer, 1848. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 22, [2] pages. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Original publisher's wrappers. Ex-library Franklin Institute, with stamps and other shelving indications. Some fraying to the front cover, separation starting at the lower spine. Wraps. Wrapper title "Translation of the Austrian Report of the AMERICAN PARAUTOPTIC BANK LOCK." The NEWELL Paratoptic Combination lock is well researched by lock enthusiasts and has...
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NZ$180.70
Learning Electricity Experimentally
by Siskind, C. S
Evansville, Ind: Burkert-Walton Co, 1941. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. VI, 160 pages. 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. With several stamps of Universal Scientific Company, Inc. (Vincennes, Indiana) and a sticker on the title page noting that the apparatus listed and illustrated in this book is protected by US Patents by the company. Several similar stickers in the body of the text. Illustrated with 93 figures, many of apparatus. Cloth. A great example of the...
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NZ$75.72
The MICROSCOPE made easy : or, I. The nature, uses, and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes described, calculated, and explained: For the Instruction of such, particularly, as desire to search into the Wonders of the Minute Creation, tho' they are not acquainted with Optics. Together with Full Directions how to prepare, apply, examine, and preserve, all Sorts of Objects, and proper Cautions to be observed in viewing them. II. An account of what surprizing discoveries have been already made by the microscope: With useful Reflections on them. And also a great variety of new experiments and observations, pointing out many uncommon Subjects for the Examination of the Curious. ... llustrated with Copper Plates ...The Second Edition With an additional plate of the Solar Microscope, and some farther Accounts of the POLYPE
by Baker, Henry
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-mall; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-row; and J. Cuff, Optician in Fleetstreet, 1743. Second Edition. Boards. Very Good. Second Edition. [2],xvi, [1]-98, [4], 99-311,[13-indices] pages. Pages 307 through index with stain in inner margins affecting text in a few places. With 14 numbered plates (I through XIV) plus the unnumbered folding plate of the solar microscope plus and one folding table. Eleven of the plates are folding. 8vo. Speckled...
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Brass & Glass: Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland As Illustrated by Instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum
by Clarke, T. N., Morrison-Low, A. D., Simpson, A. D. C
[Edinburgh]: National Museums of Scotland, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 320 pages. 11 1/2 x 8 inches. Original pictorial wrappers. Bumped corners, creasing to the wrappers. Laid in is the original order form for the book. Wraps. "Perhaps not surprisingly, the National Museums of Scotland possess the largest and most comprehensive collection of Scottish-made scientific instruments. An already strong collection was supplemented by that amassed by Mr. Arthur Frank which...
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NZ$123.91
A Supplement to A Classified Bibliography On the History of Scientific Instruments
by Simcock, A. V
Oxford: Scientific Instrument Commission of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, 1998. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 20 leaves (40 pages). Unpaginated. 8-1/4" x 11-3/4" Stapled tan printed paper wrappers. Sticker mark on front flyleaf. Wraps. Distributed by the Museum of the History of Science. Adds some 330 titles published between 1980 and 1995 to TURNER, G. L'E. & D. J. BRYDEN, A Classified Bibliography on the History of Scientific Instruments (Oxford:...
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Views of the Microscopic World: Designed for General Reading, and As a Hand-Book for Classes in Natural Science
by Brocklesby, John
New York: Pratt, Woodford & Company, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The author's first book on microscopy. 146 pages plus [2] ads. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the publisher's original cloth.
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NZ$175.54
Gramatica delle scienze filosofiche
by Martin, Benjamin
Venice: Remondini, 1753. Second edition in Italian of Martin's "The Philosophical Grammar" (1735). [8], 326pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 22 plates, 2 folding tables. Vellum c. 1753, hand-lettered spine. Edges of plates a little frayed, but very good. Bookplates of the Libreria Forni, Bologna, and the Burndy Library (with withdrawal stamp). Martin, an instrument-maker and dealer, was one of the great popularizers of science in the mid-eighteenth century.
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NZ$344.20
Catalogue AA. Microscopes, Objectives and Eyepieces
by E. Leitz
New York: E. Leitz Inc, 1921. Pamphlet. Very good. A catalog of microscope and attachments. Illustrated with black-and-white engravings. 47 pages. A very good to near fine copy, in stapled wrappers (pamphlet). With the price list ("No. 4", dated September 1, 1921) laid in.
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NZ$103.26
Common Objects of the Microscope
by Wood, J. G
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1900 12mo (17 cm), IV, 188 pp, 12 chromolithographic plates. Publisher's pictorial cloth, all edges gilt (some foxing to the title and the last page, bookplate of Albert Harrison). A very good copy of the classical microscope handbook.
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NZ$313.58
La methode graphique dans les sciences experimentales. Inscribed copy
by Marey, Etienne-Jules
Paris: Masson, 1878. Marey, Etienne-Jules (1830-1904). La méthode graphique dans les sciences expérimentales et principalement en physiologie et en médecine. xix, 673, [3, incl. errata]pp. Text illustrations. Paris: G. Masson, [1878]. 237 x 155 mm. Quarter cloth, mottled boards ca. 1878, remains of handwritten paper label on spine, light edgewear, spine a bit faded. Light to moderate foxing, but very good. Presentation copy, inscribed by Marey to Gabriel Gustav Valentin (1810-83) on the half-title:...
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Early Scientific Instruments
by Hawkes, Nigel
New York: Abbeville Press, 1981 4to (29 cm), 164 pp. Publisher's cloth. With introduction by D. J. Bryden, curator, Whippe Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge. The book consists of full pages color illustration (some folding) and facing pages of description. Wide range of instruments from the middle of 16th to the end of 19th century are included: astronomical, surveying, scientific, globes and clocks.
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NZ$37.63
Historical Technology, Inc. Catalogue 103 Fall 1971
by Moskowitz, Saul
Marblehead, Massachusetts: Saul; Moskowitz Instrument Engineering / Historical Technology Inc, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 46 pages. Stapled self-wrappers. Contains 198 items. Staining, soiling, and creasing to the covers. Wraps. Saul's catalogues were well documented and typically include books, scientific instruments, maps, and the occasional painting or other oddity. Putting a complete set together has become increasingly hard over the years. Good scholarship, including list of...
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NZ$29.26
