Search Results: Authors starting with R from Orca Knowledge Systems Inc.

Allied Publishers Ltd, 1995. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Lightly read, unmarked textbook. No DJ. Blue boards, red/black/white letters, bumped/creased at bottom spine edge. Papers in 3 sections: Applied Mathematics (12 papers), including Complex Measurable Process & Path Integrals (Srinivasan); Theoretical Physics (19), including Superconducting State of an Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field (Rajagopal, Vasudevan); Biological Sciences (14), including Modelling Single Neurons' Activity by Diffusion Process (Ricciardi). Illustrations. 528pp

Elsevier Applied Science, 1986-06. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Usual library markings. No DJ. Light wear. Binding is tight, text clean. From the back cover: Besides providing guidance on the design of structures from concrete, steel or timber against fire, it gives the background philosophy to such methods. It also discusses the need for such methods. Recent research into the behaviour of structural materials in a fire is highlighted. Consideration is also given to the repair of fire-damaged structures. 251pp.

Picard, 1917. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Vol. 1 only. No DJ. Rebound into hard cover, preserving the original covers. Binding tight. Some fraying to hardcover edges. A few pencil notations throughout. Text in French. 735pp.

California Bureau Of Highways, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. B&W photos of bridges, dirt roads with horse drawn carriages, etc. Fold out chart in rear showing how much county spent on roads based on mileage in that county and also based on population in that California county. No DJ. Binding is fine.

Teubner, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Rebound by the library into hardcover green buckram. No DJ. Previous owner name on front free page. Previous owner was Russell Tracy Crawford (1876-1958), Professor Emeritus, Director of the Leuschner Observatory, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. He was one of the first three appointees to the newly created Lick Observatory fellowships upon college graduation. Dr. Crawford's research was largely in theoretical astronomy, particularly in the fields of orbit computation and perturbations. Volume has some check marks and margin notes, some clearly in the older ink that Dr. Crawford used to sign his name. Usual library markings. 630pp.

Teubner, 1884. Leather Bound. Acceptable. in x in x in. Half-leather. No DJ. Marbled boards and endpapers. Front cover missing. Previous owner name on front free page. Previous owner was Russell Tracy Crawford (1876-1958), Professor Emeritus, Director of the Leuschner Observatory, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. He was one of the first three appointees to the newly created Lick Observatory fellowships upon college graduation. Dr. Crawford's research was largely in theoretical astronomy, particularly in the fields of orbit computation and perturbations. Usual library markings. Two foldout charts. 610pp.

Longmans, Green and Co, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Previous owner inked initials on the title page and on top and bottom page edges: Marion Fulk, Senior Physicist at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. He was part of the Manhattan Project. No other marks in book. Lightly read.

Constable, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Textbook from Forest Products Library, University of California, Berkeley, with usual library markings. No DJ. Lightly read. No other marks in text. Green boards, gilt letters/design, mild edge wear. Chapters (14): Timber; World's Forest Supply, Quantities of Timber Used, Timber Imports into Great Britain; European Timber; Timber of the US & Canada; Timbers of South America, Central America, & W. India Islands; Timbers of India, Burma, & Andaman Islands; Timber of the Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula, Japan, & South & West Africa; Australian Timbers; Timbers of New Zealand & Tasmania; Causes of Decay & Destruction of Timber; Seasoning & Impregnation of Timber; Defects in Timber & General Notes; Strength & Testing of Timber; 'Figure' in Timber. Illustrations, b/w photos. 351pp

Pergamon Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.6000 in x 9.1000 in x 5.9000 in. No DJ. Textbook from Forest Products Library, University of California, Berkeley, with some library markings. Lightly read. No other marks in text. Black boards, gilt letters/design. Chapters (8): Intro; The Kaurene-phyllocladene Class; The Gibberellins; The Stachene Class; The Tetracyclic Diterpene Alkaloids; The Aconite Alkaloids; The Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Diterpenes; The Biosynthesis of the Tetracyclic Diterpenes. Stated First Edition. Illustrations, tables.

Howell-North Pubs, 1986-08-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.9000 in x 11.1000 in x 8.7000 in. Signed by the author and inscribed on the half title page: To Peter McFarland, one of California's better known gold diggers........signed by the author. Lightly read. B&W photos. Price clipped, scuffed DJ with nicks to edges.

Lea brothers & co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Front and back hinge cracked. Binding is ok. Previous owner name on front free page and dated 1897-98: Harold Barclay. Another previous owner name below the first one: Seymour Winslow. Very minor warp to boards. Author provides a practical working knowledge of the 3 Veneral Diseases, Gonorrhea, Chancroid, and Syphilis, together with their complications and sequlae. 47 Illus. 266pp.

Univ of California Pr, 1987. Paperback. New. in x in x in. Text in Spanish. Series: Textos y estudios del siglo XVIII, No. 15. No other marks in unread book. Pages unseparated throughout.

Univ of California Pr, 1987. Paperback. Like New. in x in x in. Unread. No markings in book. Text in Spanish. Modern Philology, Vol. 119.

North-Holland Publishing Co., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No DJ. From Astronomy Library, University of California, Berkeley, with usual library markings. Lightly read. No other marks in text. Red boards, gilt letters, spine sunning. Papers in 8 sections: Tracking, Telemetry & Dynamics of Satellites (14 papers); Polar Cap Experiments (13); Troposphere & Stratosphere (9); Mesosphere (17); Thermosphere & exosphere (27); X-Ray, Ultraviolet & Cosmic Radiations (18); Real Time Transmission (12); Miscellaneous (10). Illustrations, graphs. pp675-1479.

North-Holland Publishing Co., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No DJ. From Astronomy Library, University of California, Berkeley, with usual library markings. Lightly read. No other marks in text. Red boards, gilt letters, spine sunning. Papers in 3 sections: Interactions between the neutral & ionized parts of the atmosphere (38 papers); Ionosphere & Airglow (30); Magnetosphere & Aurora (17). Illustrations, graphs. pp1-673.

University of California Press, 1962. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. Unread. No markings in book. 54pp.

CWI Tract, 2002. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Ex University of California, Berkeley Math/Stat Library book with usual library markings. No other marks in very lightly read book, if read at all. Softcover overbound with clear plastic library hardcover. Binding is tight, text clean.

Chilton Book Co, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 10th re-illustrated printing, fully revised. Front and back board have small water mark on bottom edge. Pages have no water mark. Previous owner name on front free page. No other markings in book. DJ with shelf wear to edges. Binding is tight. This book on how to make prints-ordinary prints and elaborately controlled prints, straightforward prints and very tricky prints--spreads out such a wealth of technical knowledge and personal experience as will hardly be found between the covers of any other single volume.

Berkley, 1952. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Second Printing. No marks in book. Appears unread. Browning of text pages. WWII history of Colditz Castle, the impregnable German prison camp for enemy officers who had escaped from previous camps; and went on escaping from Colditz.

Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Vol. 1-West Africa. Less than 10 pages with a margin mark, mostly in the preface. Binding is tight. DJ with small nick and chips to edges. From DJ flap: This is an attempt to assemble the essential facts relating to the collection of demographic data, and to the demographic history and present situation of the British Colonial Empire, which comprises three-fifths of the population of the British Empire outside the United Kingdom and India. 821pp.