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Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier:
et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu: suivie de recherches sur la hauteur à laquelle est parvenu le ballon du Champ-de-Mars
Book ID: 1849More details Price: £600.00
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Dictionnaire de Chymie, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cette Science, son application à la Physique, à l'Histoire Naturelle, à la Médecine et à l'Economie animale
Book ID: 4581More details Price: £175.00
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Early nineteenth century glass technology in Austria and Germany.
Professor B. Scholz and Factory Superintendent Kirn. Translated by Michael Cable.
Sheffield: The Society of Glass Technology, 2004. Very scarce. First Edition. Paperback in original yellow covers. Translations of important - but strangely neglected - papers on glass making written by two authors between 1820 and 1837. These deserve to be studied by anyone wishing to understand and emulate the most efficient operation of wood-fired glass-melting furnaces. In very good clean condition. x, 286 pp. 205 x 150 mm (8 by 6 inches).
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Book ID: 4025More details Price: £50.00 -
Elementorum Euclidis libri tredecim :
Secundum vetera exemplaria restituti. Ex versione Latina Federici Commandini aliquam multis in locis castigata
Book ID: 4436More details Price: £950.00
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Energy.
Resources, Demand, and Conservation, with special reference to India.
New Dehli: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co, 1975. First Edition. Scarce. In hardback red cloth. Inside original unclipped dust jacket. Energy resources affect socio-economic development. Dr Chaman Kashkari's book was written almost 50 years ago (1975) when it became obvious that the need to explore India's energy resources and conservation was on a steep curve in demand. It looks at energy on the micro as well as the macro level. With graphs and illustrations in b/w. Dust jacket has some nicks to edges but is overall good. Inside book is very clean and fresh looking. xvii, 231 pp. 240 x 160 mm (9½ x 6¼ inches).
Book ID: 4685More details Price: £75.00 -
Engineering Apprenticeship
Book ID: 3594More details Price: £30.00
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Forest Trees and Woodland Scenery as described in Ancient and Modern Poets.
Book ID: 4782More details Price: £700.00
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Grimm's Law: a study
or hints towards an explanation of the so-called "Lautverschiebung" to which are added some remarks on the primitive Indo-European K and several appendices.
London and Strassburg: Trübner & Co, 1876. Ex-library, in green cloth hardback binding. The cloth has split to the front hinge, for the entire length, but as this is a surface split, the binding is holding well. There are the usual library stamps inside, plus a bookplate to the front which says it was donated to the library by the executors of the late W. J. Ashdown Esq. Overall an interesting, in generally good condition, and scarce. xvi, 231 pp. 230 x 145 mm (9 x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 3973More details Price: £80.00 -
Handbook of Engraved Gems.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1885. Second edition. A sound copy of this edition. Ex-library copy. Rebound in brown library cloth with gilt titles to spine. Complete, including neatly folded frontispiece, and all woodcut plates, including one other folding. A little bumping to binding. Internally clean, with just a little darkening to some page edges. Usual library stamps - including to title page. Overall an good copy. ix [iii] 288 LXXXVII plates pp. 250 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).
Book ID: 3980More details Price: £40.00 -
Harvey S. Firestone 1868 - 1938
Book ID: 4326More details Price: £70.00
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History of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Massachusetts: Horticultural Society, 1929. First edition. Original navy blue buckram with gilt title to front board and spine. ix, 553 pp. (including index). Frontispiece of Horticultural Hall, several portraits, details of exhibitions. 235 x 165 mm (9¼ x 6½ inches). In a good condition. Lightly bumped to edges. Neat owner's name to front pastedown.
Book ID: 2051More details Price: £15.00 -
Institutiones Historico Physicae Regni Vegetabilis Praelectionibus Academicis Accommodatae
Editio A;tera Aucta et Emendata
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Fridericum Gleditsch, 1757. A nice copy of this second, amended edition of Ludwig's work on the vegetable kingdom. Jourdan claimed that this was one of the best works to follow Linnaeus. Contemporary half leather binding, with gilt decoration to the spine. title label. A little rubbing to the edges, but substantially sound. Inside the front end paper has had a corner (presumably with a name) cut out. The rest of the book is in very good condition, with just a touch of darkening / foxing. [xiv], 264, [x]. pages. Complete. 19cm x 12cm. Text is in Latin.
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Book ID: 4661More details Price: £100.00 -
L'intrus
- Satirical French illustration - Hand coloured lithograph
Book ID: 4278More details Price: £125.00
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La Jambe artificielle "La Française"
Book ID: 3239More details Price: £25.00
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Le Grand Ballon Captif a Vapeur de M. Henry Giffard
Cour des Tuileries, Paris 1878
Book ID: 4220More details Price: £170.00
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Le Microscope a la portée de tout le monde
Ou description, calcul & explication de la nature, de l'usage & de la force des meilleurs microscopes; avec les méthodes nécessaires.... le détail des découvertes... un grand nombre d'expériences & d'observations... Trad. de l'anglois...
Book ID: 4534More details Price: £600.00
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Le Prix et Valeur des Medicaments tant simples que composez, desquels on se sert é la medecine
Derniere edition
Book ID: 4589More details Price: £125.00
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Le Vin de Campagne
Book ID: 4519More details Price: £250.00
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Leonardo da Vinci, Codex Leicester: a masterpiece of science.
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1996. After the acquisition of the "Codex Leicester" by Bill Gates in 1994, it was first shown in an exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Named after Thomas Coke - once Earl of Leicester who purchased it in 1717 - this became the most expensive manuscript ever sold. 178 pages - including numerous facsimiles. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap so has never been opened. 280 x 250 mm (11 x 9¾ inches).
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Book ID: 4042More details Price: £50.00 -
Les Albums du "Petit Mécano" - L'AutoPour faire connaître à la jeunesse tous les secrets de l'automobile
Book ID: 4270More details Price: £55.00