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The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim by P. Fleury Mottelay - 1920

Name: Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism Chronologically Arranged.
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Author: Mottelay, Paul Fleury. Thompson, Silvanus P. Glazebrook, Sir R. T

by P. Fleury Mottelay

The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim

by P. Fleury Mottelay

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New York, U.S.A.: John Lane Company, 1920 Good condition with tight binding and clean pages; gilded title and author on spine is faded but easily read. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover. Light edge wear at spine ends and corners. This is an amazing account of one of America's most prolific inventors. Of the book's seven illustrations are a number of fold-out line drawings of some of his patents. Appendix II comprises ten pages of his American and British patents in chronological order.

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Place of Publication New York, U.S.A.
Date Published 1920
Keywords inventor, Hiram Maxim
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Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism Chronologically Arranged.

by Mottelay, Paul Fleury. Thompson, Silvanus P. Glazebrook, Sir R. T

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London, 1922; reprint Martino [1991]. Hard Cover. 8vo; xx, 673 p., illus. Sheehy EJ198; Besterman 1930; Walford (1973) I: 110. Title continues: Researches into the Domain of the Early Sciences, Especially from the Period of the Revival of Scholasticism, with Biographical and Other Accounts of the Most Distinguished Natural Philosophers throughout the Middle Ages. With Introduction by the late Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson and Foreword by Sir R. T. Glazebrook. With Frontispiece and Plates. A chronological history with many bibliographical references. Binder's cloth; new from publisher. stock#24503x.

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by Gilbert, William; Galilei, Galileo; Harvey, William; Mottelay, P. Fleury [Translator]; Crew, Henry [Translator]; De Salvio, Alfonso [Translator]; Willis, Robert [Translator]; Yankus, Marc [Illustrator]

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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 496 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in green fine genuine leather, paneled spine has gilt lettering and spine, front, and back covers have profuse gilt and black tooling. Minor shelfwear to spine and to edges of front and back boards. Slight chipping to front board. All edges gilt with slight scratching to edges of textblock. Illustrations tipped in at the beginning of each author's writings. Contains a silk ribbon, silk endpapers. Shelved in Franklin Library. The selected writings include Gilbert's 'On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth'; Galilei's 'Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences'; and Harvey's 'An Anatomical Disquisition on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals,' 'The First Anatomical Disquisition Addressed to John Riolan,' 'A Second Disquisition Addressed to John Riolan,' and 'Anatomical Exercises on the Generation of Animals.'. 1369336. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.