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Charts of the Atmosphere For Aeronauts and Aviators
de Rotch, A. Lawrence; Palmer, Andrew H
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1911 Hard cover, oblong 4to, 96pp. First Edition, First Printing, (stated as one of 1000 copies). In blue cloth with gilt titles. Condition: Very Good. There is minor rubbing to the both boards and corners. There is some spotting to the front board. Spine is a bit worn at head and tail, with the remains of an old library label. Endpapers are browned (rear has library card holder attached). The interior pages are less age-toned. Ex-library, with War Service Library bookplate to front pastedown plus stamps. ** Abbot Lawrence Rotch (1861-1912) pioneered the use of meteorological measurement by kite and sounding balloon, making "upper air measurements from ships in the tropical and sub-tropical North Atlantic." This volume uses the data so obtained to chart aerial routes and thus "the feasibility of air travel aided by air patterns." Contains 24 illustrated and explicated Charts of the Atmosphere. Rotch was also founder and patron of Massachusetts's Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory outside of Boston. This is a very rare item of early aeronautical history. OCLC 3474561.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Librería
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7989
- Título
- Charts of the Atmosphere For Aeronauts and Aviators
- Autor
- Rotch, A. Lawrence; Palmer, Andrew H
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- John Wiley and Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1911
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
