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Historical Technology, Inc. Catalogue 105 Fall 1972
by Moskowitz, Saul
Marblehead, Massachusetts: Saul; Moskowitz Instrument Engineering / Historical Technology Inc, 1972. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 58 pages. Stapled self-wrappers. Contains 257 items. A bright clean copy with a few spots on the wrappers. Wraps. Saul's catalogues were well documented and typically include books, scientific instruments, maps, and the occasional painting or other oddity. Putting a complete set together has become increasingly hard over the years. Good scholarship,...
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£17.88
Learning Electricity Experimentally
by Siskind, C. S
Evansville, Ind: Burkert-Walton Co, 1941. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. VI, 160 pages. 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. With several stamps of Universal Scientific Company, Inc. (Vincennes, Indiana) and a sticker on the title page noting that the apparatus listed and illustrated in this book is protected by US Patents by the company. Several similar stickers in the body of the text. Illustrated with 93 figures, many of apparatus. Cloth. A great example of the...
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£35.77
Journal of the Zeiss Historica Society, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2010
by Scott, John T. (editor)
Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2010. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed to by Zeiss enthusiasts all over the world, the "objectives of the Society are the study of, and exchange of information on the significant...
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£22.76
Journal of the Zeiss Historica Society, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2008
by Scott, John T. (editor)
Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2008. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed to by Zeiss enthusiasts all over the world, the "objectives of the Society are the study of, and exchange of information on the significant...
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Practical Photo-micrography
by Pringle, Andrew
London: Iliffe & Son, 1893. Hardcover. Very good. The success of the author's former, larger, more pretentious, and more expensive treatise on Photo-micrography, and the desire to put into the hands of wholly inexperienced workers a manual, brief, explicit, practical, and moderate in price, have led to the production of this book"-preface. This edition is undated (1893 is the date in the preface) Illustrated with in-text images of photographic equipment. 160, iv (ads) pages. With ads on the endpapers...
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£58.53
The MICROSCOPE made easy : or, I. The nature, uses, and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes described, calculated, and explained: For the Instruction of such, particularly, as desire to search into the Wonders of the Minute Creation, tho' they are not acquainted with Optics. Together with Full Directions how to prepare, apply, examine, and preserve, all Sorts of Objects, and proper Cautions to be observed in viewing them. II. An account of what surprizing discoveries have been already made by the microscope: With useful Reflections on them. And also a great variety of new experiments and observations, pointing out many uncommon Subjects for the Examination of the Curious. ... llustrated with Copper Plates ...The Second Edition With an additional plate of the Solar Microscope, and some farther Accounts of the POLYPE
by Baker, Henry
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-mall; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-row; and J. Cuff, Optician in Fleetstreet, 1743. Second Edition. Boards. Very Good. Second Edition. [2],xvi, [1]-98, [4], 99-311,[13-indices] pages. Pages 307 through index with stain in inner margins affecting text in a few places. With 14 numbered plates (I through XIV) plus the unnumbered folding plate of the solar microscope plus and one folding table. Eleven of the plates are folding. 8vo. Speckled...
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Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments
by Turner, Gerald L'E
Univ of California Pr, 1984. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/Very Good. 320 pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, color and b/w plates. Very clean and sharp, discreet bookplate to FPEP, owner's inscription to FFEP, otherwise pristine. DJ slightly sunned, otherwise crisp and bright.
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£31.30
Weights and Measures and Their Marks: A Guide to Collecting (Shire Album)
by Graham, J. T.; Stevenson, Maurice
Shire Publications, 2002 8vo (21 cm), 32 pp. Printed wrappers.
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£4.91
Historical Technology, Inc. Catalogue 103 Fall 1971
by Moskowitz, Saul
Marblehead, Massachusetts: Saul; Moskowitz Instrument Engineering / Historical Technology Inc, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 46 pages. Stapled self-wrappers. Contains 198 items. Staining, soiling, and creasing to the covers. Wraps. Saul's catalogues were well documented and typically include books, scientific instruments, maps, and the occasional painting or other oddity. Putting a complete set together has become increasingly hard over the years. Good scholarship, including list of...
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£13.82
Catalogue AA. Microscopes, Objectives and Eyepieces
by E. Leitz
New York: E. Leitz Inc, 1921. Pamphlet. Very good. A catalog of microscope and attachments. Illustrated with black-and-white engravings. 47 pages. A very good to near fine copy, in stapled wrappers (pamphlet). With the price list ("No. 4", dated September 1, 1921) laid in.
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£48.77
Explanation of Allan's Saccharometer, Appointed by Act of Parliament for the Use of Distillers and Brewers
by Thomson, Thomas
Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Ruthven & Son, 1823. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A scarce instruction manual for a saccharometer, a scientific instrument used to measure the sugar content of a liquid, typically used in brewing. In addition to the instructions, this pamphlet includes two tables for calibrating the device at various temperatures and for interpreting the results. In the early 19th century, Dr. Thomson invented an improved method of determining sugar content during the brewing process. He...
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£390.19
Views of the Microscopic World: Designed for General Reading, and As a Hand-Book for Classes in Natural Science
by Brocklesby, John
New York: Pratt, Woodford & Company, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The author's first book on microscopy. 146 pages plus [2] ads. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the publisher's original cloth.
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£82.92
Recent Advances in Microscopy: Biological Applications
by Piney, A. (editor)
London: J. and A. Churchill, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Subjects covered include microscopy of the living eye, the Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and chromosomes. 260 pages plus publisher's ads. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
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£48.77
The Microscope in Theory and Practice
by Naegeli, Carl and S. Schwendener
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. An English translation from the German of the first seven (of ten) chapters of the 1877 edition of Das Mikroskop. The preface explains why this translation lacks the final three chapters: the manuscript and all but one copy of the printed edition were burned in a fire at the printers. The translation, by Frank Crisp and John Mayall Jr. had already consumed ten years, and the idea of starting all over on the last three...
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£73.16
Historical Technology, Inc. Catalogue 103 Fall 1971
by Moskowitz, Saul
Marblehead, Massachusetts: Saul; Moskowitz Instrument Engineering / Historical Technology Inc, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 46 pages. Stapled self-wrappers. Contains 198 items. A bright clean copy. Wraps. Saul's catalogues were well documented and typically include books, scientific instruments, maps, and the occasional painting or other oddity. Putting a complete set together has become increasingly hard over the years. Good scholarship, including list of cited references.
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£17.88
Barometers (Shire Library)
by McConnell, Anita
Shire, 2008 8vo (21 cm), 32 pp. Printed wrappers. "Many people consult a barometer before going out, to see what the weather is likely to be. Barometers measure the general pressure of the atmosphere, which changes with the weather: falling pressure generally heralds rain; rising pressure predicts fine weather. The simple mercury barometer originated in seventeenth century Italy and was soon copied in France and Britain. In the nineteenth century demand increased for domestic and scientific...
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The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872, by Professor Luigi Palmieri, of the University of Naples; Director of the Vesuvian Observatory. With notes, and an Introductory Sketch of the Present State of Knowledge of Terrestrial Vulcanicity, The Cosmical Nature and Relations of Volcanoes and Earthquakes. With Illustrations
by Palmieri, Luigi; Mallet, Robert
London: Asher & Co, 1873. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First English Edition. [4], [1]-148 pages + 8 plates (one folding). 8vo (9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches). Publisher's original brick cloth with gilt decoration of Eruption of Vesuvius 1872 on front panel. "Palmieri, Vesuvius" in gilt on spine. This copy has been expertly recased with original spine laid down and endpapers renewed. Bright and clean internally, noting remnants of a few old (dealer?) prices and other notations at head of title page....
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Storia delle scienze. Gli strumenti. Edited by Gerard L' E. Turner
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Arte, 1990 4to (29 cm), 594 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket and slipcase.
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£73.61
The Beginners Guide to the Microscope With a Section on Mounting Slides
by Heath, Charles E
London: Percival Marshall & Co., 1922 12m0 (18 cm), 120 pp. Printed boards (boards stained, spine rubbed).
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£3.93
Brass & Glass: Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland As Illustrated by Instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum
by Clarke, T. N., Morrison-Low, A. D., Simpson, A. D. C
[Edinburgh]: National Museums of Scotland, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 320 pages. 11 1/2 x 8 inches. Original pictorial wrappers. Bumped corners, creasing to the wrappers. Laid in is the original order form for the book. Wraps. "Perhaps not surprisingly, the National Museums of Scotland possess the largest and most comprehensive collection of Scottish-made scientific instruments. An already strong collection was supplemented by that amassed by Mr. Arthur Frank which...
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£58.53
Retailer of the Sciences. Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756-82
by Millburn, John R
London: Vade-Mecum Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Includes transcriptions of Martin's catalogues and an analysis of the auction of the inventory in 1782. Limited to 500 copies. 95 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover in illustrated boards; no jacket, as issued.
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£39.02
The Arthur Frank Loan Collection : Early Scientific Instruments
by Nuttall, R. H
Glasgow: Charles Frank Limited, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 60 pp., 11-3/4 by 8 1/4 inches. Comb bound with original Special Exhibition Tools of Science brochure bound in. A well read copy, with mild denting, creasing and other signs of wear. Wraps. While not as well illustrated as we might want (common for books of this time) there are 808 instruments listed. It is worth owning to learn the scope of this portion of Franks collection and what was possible in the years Frank...
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£31.70
NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
by Turner, Gerard L'E
London; Sotheby Publications, 1983., 1983. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. 320 pp. Illustrated with over 440 plates including 30 in colour of examples from European collections and contemporary engravings providing a unique aid to identification and an invaluable reference for collectors and historians. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Original brown cloth with gilt titles in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Minor shelfwear to jacket otherwise a clean copy with no annotation or...
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£60.00
Het Instrument in de Wetenschap. Bijdrage tot de instrumentgerichte wetenschapsgeschiedenis
by FOURNIER, M. & B. THEUNISSEN (eds.)
Amsterdam,: Rodopi,, 1988.. [iv], 163, [i] pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With numerous illustrations. Being the thematic issue of: Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis der Geneeskunde, Natuurkunde, Wiskunde en Techniek, Vol. X, 4, 1987.
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£13.60
