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The Romance of Science. Spinning Tops. The "Operatives Lecture" of the British Association, Meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890. With Numerous Illustrations. Published under the direction of the general literature committee.
de Perry, John
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London, Brighton, & New York: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1901. Octavo. Original red cloth blocked in gilt and black with an image of a gyroscope on the upper board. Engraved frontispiece and engravings throughout the text. 8 pages of separately paginated publisher's ads at rear. Ink ownership signature of B. G. Davies to the half title, pencilled remark "No! no!!" to the dedication leaf. Spine slightly rolled, lower corner bumped, cloth a little rubbed and marked with some waviness on the spine, contents tanned in the margins. Very good condition. Second edition, first published in 1890. A nice copy of this book which is scarce in all early editions. Copiously illustrated and in the attractive publisher's cloth. Unusually, there is a contemporary pencilled note on the dedication leaf stating "no! no!!" in reference to the printed acknowledgement of Sir William Thomson as "the real author of whatever is worth publication in the following pages". Electrical engineer and mathematician John Perry (1850-1920) lectured at the Royal College of Science and the School of Mines in London (part of Imperial College from 1907), and also developed a number of important instruments for the rapidly expanding electrical industry. After retiring from teaching, Perry "continued to pursue his interest in spinning tops, a subject on which he had lectured and published often since 1890, and which embodied his wide-ranging concerns from engineering to cosmology" (ODNB).
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- Título
- The Romance of Science. Spinning Tops. The "Operatives Lecture" of the British Association, Meeting at Leeds, 6th September, 1890. With Numerous Illustrations. Published under the direction of the general literature committee.
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- Perry, John
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- Usado
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- 1
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- Editorial
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Lugar de publicación
- London, Brighton, & New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1901
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- Physics|Classical Physics|Popular Science|Children's Science|Decorative Publisher's Cloth|Victorian Era|Scientific Illustration
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