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London: Copper Development Association, C.D.A. Publication No. 31, [1938]., 1938. 8vo. pp. 151. tet illus. biblio. original cloth. ownership entry of American industrial metallurgist and academic, Cyril Stanley Smith. First Edition. Usually listed under Copper Development Association.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1890., 1890. 8vo. pp. xxxi, [1]errata, [17]-511 + 32(publisher’s catalogue). with half-title. 28 text illus. & 2 diagrams. original cloth (some light wear). Second Edition, Enlarged and Greatly Enlarged. The first comprehensive treatise on the subject in English. The author was an instructor in metallurgy at Lehigh University. "A recognized authority on the subject in English and the most complete in any language…[Richards] became recognized as an authority in metallurgy, especially the metallurgy of aluminum, electro-metallurgy, and metallurgical-chemical calculations, and was widely employed as legal expert and adviser. In 1893 he received a medal at the Columbian Exposition for an exhibit showing the metallurgy of aluminum." (DAB). Hardcover. Very Good.

London: E. & F.N.Spon, 1883. Second Edition. 2mo. pp. vii, 391 + [16]ads. with half-title. numerous text illus. (many full-page). original cloth (spine ends chipped)

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. & London: Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1916. First Edition. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. x, 446; vi, [447]-963. 7 folding plates, 2 folding maps & numerous text illus. (some full-page). cloth

Chicago: University of Chicago Press & London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1906. First Edition, Second Impression. 12mo. pp. xi, 498. 3 folding plates. cloth (quite rubbed, lacking front flyleaf, front hinge cracked & weak, institutional rubberstamp on title)

London: Scott, Greenwood & Co., 1901. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 114 + 36(ads). cloth (spotting to upper cover). Presentation Copy blindstamp on title

London: E. and F.Spon, 1867. First Edition. 8vo. pp. iv, 300, 11 leaf]ads. folding table. text illus. original cloth (inner hinges cracked & weak, spine ends frayed)

LondonÖ: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1903. First Edition. 8vo. pp. [vii], 45 + 40(publisherís catalogue). cloth

[Toronto:] Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1938. Reprinted from the Journal of the RASC. 8vo. pp. 417-430. 3 plates. 8 text illus. wrs. Fine copy

Braunschweig Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1900. Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition, Fourth Printing. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 668; xvi, 871, [1]errata, [4]ads. with half-titles. numerous text illus. contemporary half roan (leather worn & oxidized, spine ends chipped, institutional rubberstamps on titles)

London: Constable Company Ltd., 1913. First Edition. 8vo. pp. [xv], 333. 7 folding plates & numerous text illus. cloth (edge of 1 folding plate bit ragged, small institutional stamp on front flyleaf)

London: University of London Press, Limited, 1917. Second Edition. 8vo. pp. xi,302, [1]ad. 1 folding chart. text diagrams. cloth

London: Hodder And Stoughton, [1919]. First Edition. A summary of wartime work and research on the science of aircraft design and operation, conducted at the Royal Aircraft Factory during the First World War. Thomas was later awarded a Nobel prize for physics during his tenure at the University of Aberdeen. 8vo. pp. xx, 292. folding chart. 13 plates. text illus. & diagrams. cloth (little rubbed & soiled, institutional rubberstamp on title). Review Copy

London: Duckworth, [1928]. First Edition. 12mo. pp. 159. tipped-in publisherís note. 24 plates. text illus. cloth

New York: American Locomotive Company, [1908]. First Edition. oblong 8vo. pp. 40. illus. wrs. (private library blindstamp on title, sticker on lower spine, inner hinge strengthened, chipping to front wr. edges)

London & New York: Whittaker & Co., 1908. First Edition of this interesting work by the American-born mechanical engineer and inventor. Maxim invented the Maxim gun, the first portable fully automatic machine gun, a curling iron, a pocket menthol inhaler and larger steam inhaler, aircraft artillery, and various other devices. He also claimed to have invented the electric light bulb, becoming involved in several lengthy patent disputes with Thomas Edison. He also experimented with flying machines and was the originator in 1904 of an immensely popular amusement park ride that is still in use today (The ëCaptive Flying Machineí). ìA gifted and versatile inventor, Maxim received 122 United States patents and 149 British patents. He devoted much time and money near the turn of the century to aeronautical experiments. An airship he built in 1894 to study the lift and thrust of various wing shapes and propellers actually rose from the ground, but he had not developed methods for controlling his machine… Leer más

Boston: Chase, Nichols And Hill, [1841]., 1841. 8vo. pp. viii, [9]-490. wood-engraved frontis. original blind-stamped cloth (front flyleaf missing). First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Sold At The Society’s House…, 1831-1845. Includes Aikin’s lectures on pottery, furs and the fur trade, tanning and leather dressing, timber and ornamental wood, saccharine substances, corn mills, limestone and calcareous cement, cotton manufacture, bees, horn and tortoiseshell, &c., an appendix and thirty-one reports written by various contributors. 8vo. [pagination not continuous, extracts from ‘Transactions’ Vols. 48-54]. 1 lithographed plate. contemporary half calf (very worn, some leaves loose, lower margins of few gatherings dampstained, scattered light foxing)

LondonÖ: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1902. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x, [2], 431. text illus. cloth (cloth puckered & stained, inner rear hinge cracked)

Edinburgh: Printed For Stirling & Slade, Edinburgh, And For G. & W.B.Whittakers, London, 1821., 1821. 2 Volumes of Text & 1 Volume of Plates. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., vi, 350; 2 p.l., ii, 334. with half-titles. 26 folding engraved plates. contemporary tree calf (rubbed, spines of Vols. I & II defective, joints of Vol. III cracked, light foxing & browning to plates, a few plates with short tears along folds - no loss). Second Edition of Brewster's Revision. Ferguson's Astronomy was first published in 1756 and went through a total of thirteen editions in English by 1811. "Although containing no theoretical novelty, the manner and method of its expositions were entirely original. Astronomical phenomena were for the first time described in familiar language. The book formed Herschel's introduction to celestial science.[The Scottish astronomer, inventor, and instrument maker's] great merit as a scientific teacher lay in clearness, both of thought and style, and in the… Leer más