Fourteen Weeks in Natural Philosophy
by Steele, J. Dorman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: A. S. Barnes. Good with no dust jacket. 1872. Later Printing. Hardcover. Brown blindstamped cloth with gilt-stamped leather backstrip. Index, 222 engravings of scientific apparatus and machines. Boards heavily worn, spine missing top inch from head, owner name on front flyleaf, gift inscription on rear flyleaf, pages toned. The author was the principal of Elmira Free Academy in Elmira, NY, a private boy's school and this volume was one of several scientific textbooks he authored for secondary school use. Natural Philosophy is today referred to as physics, and this book covers general laws of physics, mechanical operation, acoustics, optics, heat and electricity. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35036
- Title
- Fourteen Weeks in Natural Philosophy
- Author
- Steele, J. Dorman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Natural Philosophy, PHYSICS, 19th Century Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Technology;
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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