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Cambridge UP, 1928. Soft Cover. 43 p., plate, mathematical formulæ; 18.5 cm. The 1906 Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his discovery of the Electron, urges research beyond the Electron. Stock#30254. Vg/ original, worn printed green wrappers.

Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., NY [ca. 1960?; Anthoensen Press, Portland]. Soft Cover. 98 p., illus., XVI plates, index; 23 cm. Title continues: and related subjects. Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century. Bookseller's sale catalog with prices. Subjects include acoustics, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, contagious diseases, electricity, gastronomy, geology, gynaecology, horology, inoculation, Jewish med. & science, mathematics, microscopy, navigation, optics & ophthalmology, ornithology, physics, physiology, scientific instruments, snake poison, surveying. Cream paper covers stamped in red; minor wear, spine slightly darkened; VG. Stock# 44,204

Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow, 1990.. xii, 136 p.22.5 cm. Three sections: Medical; Technical Science; and Natural and Physical Science titles. With author and subject indexes. Derived from fuller works by authors who had examined books this includes books. pamphlets and broadside printed through 1800. Stock #29,046. Vg/ no dj as issued.

Oxford UP, 1989. Hard Cover. xiii, 466p., 24 cm. Penrose is Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford and a leading mathematical physicist, but this book is aimed at the general reader. Stock# 30,946. Vg/ no dj.

James Cummins Bookseller, NY, 1999. Hard Cover. xvi, 472 pages (2925 items), index, plates. Foreword by Linus C. Pauling; Preface by Glenn T. Seaborg. Sections include Early Physics; Manhattan Project through Bombings; International Control; Atomic Espionage; Military Aspects; Civil Defense; The History of Nuclear Testing; Civilian Atomic Energy; Biographies; Fiction, Poetry, Drama, etc. "The collection catalogued herein owes its existence to the confluence of three factors... My career as an antiquarian bookseller; my interest in the history of science and technology; and a burgeoning sense of alarm at various policy trends manifest in both military and civilian uses of nuclear energy during the early Reagan years. Embarking on a program of self-education in order to better evaluate the often conflicting statements of lawmakers, scientists, activists, whistle-blowers, industrialists, and bureaucrats, I quickly discovered the paucity of available resources... In 1990 the collection was purchased… Read More

Chicago,1939. Soft Cover. 251 p., printed on one side only; folding chart in rear pocket. 9th ed., Aug. 1939. 44 chapters, 86 lectures. A survey of what was taught at one of the premier American scientific universities at a time when war was about to break out in Europe. Stock# 40,229. Good+, orange covers faded, soiled.

Kiev, 1967. 21 articles on Mathematical physics. In Cyrillic Russian with brief English summaries. Soft Cover. 287 pages, 20 cm. Good+/ paper. Stock#40415.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949. Hard Cover. 324 p. 25 cm. Pub. in part, 1941, under title: Between physics and philosophy. "Bibliographical note": p. [305]. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 44,061. Vg / no dj.

London, 1600; facsimile reprint NY, Basic Books, 1958. Collector's Series in Science. Hard Cover. xi, [16], 246, [1], iv, 67 pages, illustrations. Translated from the Latin "De magnete" which was first published in 1600. Reproduction of the Burndy Library copy of Silvanus P. Thompson’s translation, imprinted in London in 1900 at the Chiswick Press, with inclusion of his Notes on the De magnete of Dr. William Gilbert, privately printed in London in 1901. Printing and the Mind of Man 107. Very good copy in vg slipcase. Stock#OB348.

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. BOUND WITH this are, as issued: Whewell, William. Astronomy and general physics. Philadelphia, 1836, Treatise III, AND Bell, Sir Charles. The Hand, Treatise IV. Reprinted from London edition. American Imprints 38381. Hard Cover. viii, [vii]-viii, [xi]-xii, [19]-196; xii, [13]-194; 147 pages; 23 cm. Vg text; bound in publisher's cloth, torn at front hinge. Stock#NS0254.

Salem [Mass., Salem Press Printing & Pub. Co.] July 1891. Periodical. cv, 492 p., index; 25 cm. Includes list of members; Relations of Men of Science to General Public; Variable Stars; Plea for Terrestrial Physics; Recent Theories of Geometrical Isomerism; History of Attempts To Determine Relative Value of Lubricants by Mechanical Tests; Relations of State & National Geological Surveys to Each Other; On Certain Phenomena of Growing Old; Ascent of Man; Standard of Living in the United States. Sewn in printed wraps; lacks front cover, rear cover loose; internally clean, unopened; VG. Stock#30571.

Press of Gibson Bros., Washington D.C., 1905. Periodical. Includes Tittmann, Present State of Geodesy; Hall, Tentative Theory of Thermo-Electric Action; Bancroft, Future Developments in Physical Chemistry; Woodward, Lines of Progress in Engineering; Russell, Co-operation among American Geographical Societies; Mark, Bermuda Islands & Bermuda Biological Station for Research; MacBride, Alamogordo Desert; Baldwin, Modern 'Droit d'Aubaine'; executive proceedings & lists of members. 620 p., 16 plates, index, 25 cm.; sewn in printed paper wrappers; lacks covers; internally clean, good+. 30564.

[Press of Gibson Bros., Washington D.C., 1906. Periodical. Includes list of members; Ziwet, Relation of Mechanics to Physics; Magie, Partition of Energy; Kinnicutt, Sanitary Value of a Water Analysis; Smith, On Some Post-Eocene & Other Formations of the Gulf Region; Merriam, Is Mutation a Factor in Evolution of Higher Vertebrates?; Robinson, Generic Concept in Classification of Flowering Plants; Hough, Pueblo Environment; Sedgwick, Experimental Method in Sanitary Science & Sanitary Administration. 589 p., index, 25 cm.; sewn in printed paper wrappers; lacks front cover; internally clean, unopened; VG. 30568.

N.Y., Random House, 1984. BOMC edition. Hard Cover. [8], 307 p., illus.; 26 cm. Companion to the PBS Television Series. On science generally and physics especially, the emphasis is on how do we know about the physical universe. BOMC. VG, bumped at corners/dj good+. stock#27697a.

NY, Norton [c1937]. "First Revised Edition". Hard Cover. Signed. Contents include Smith, The Fine Arts; Stockard, Biological Science; Duckett, The Classics; Tugwell, Economics; Atwood, Geography; Fay, History; Whitney, Modern Languages; Lovett, The Study of Literature; Henderson, Mathematics; Welch, Music; Spaulding, Philosophy; Lemon, Physics; Beard, Politics; Dunlap, Psychology; Odum, Sociology and the Study of the Modern World. viii, 419 p., 22.5 cm.; dj clipped, spine & edges torn; good. With Neilson's ink signature, and also a pencil inscription. 34786 {mrp}.

First Wing: The Frame of the Renaissance: Exploration and Education. Second Wing: Mathematics and Astronomy. Third Wing: Physics, Chemistry, Technology. Fourth Wing: Natural History. Fifth Wing: Anatomy and Medicine. Sixth Wing: Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Science. Appendix: Leonardo Chronology. xiv, 318 pages, index, illus. & plates; dust jacket poor, torn, chipped, clipped; book Good with bookplate of Samuel J. Hough. Stock#ofc0390.

567 p., illus.; 25 cm. Del metodo sperimentale applicato alle scienze fisiche. This second volume is devoted to Italian contributions in physics with sections devoted to light, magnetism, electrcity, astronomy-- all fields in which Italian scientists were prominent. This volume has held up well over a century. Stock#48107.

St. Petersburg, 1903. Hard Cover. 448 pages, illus.; 24.5 cm. Russian translation of a standard French book on electricity. The translation is not in NUC (cf. 133-437) The only copy in WorldCat is at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and it has 192 pages.This copy lacks pages 65-96. Contemporary Russian boards; good. Stock#OB226.