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1870. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1970, 130pp., illustrated, plus plates of eclipse. Technical and mathematical analyses of this total solar eclipse, with contributions by various scientists and researchers. Front cover and first pages detached. Includes two splendid tinted lithographed plates of the eclipse, the plates in excellent condition.
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Reports on the Total Solar Eclipse of December 22, 1870
by Sands, B.F., Rear-Admiral
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Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869
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Washington DC, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 217 pp., illus., with much detail on the instrumentation (and even the reference books) brought on the expeditions to Iowa, their practical use, details of the observations, weather, solar appearance, etc. The text is followed by 12 full-page plates, with some coloring, depicting instruments, observations, and especially appearance of the sun, flares, corona, etc. A fine copy, ex-lib., noting light foxing and small losses to the spine.
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The Analemmatic Sundial Sourcebook
by Sawyer, F.W.
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2004. Hardcover. New. 2004, 400+pp, illus., with numerous essays and translations of rare early dialling works. A major resource book.
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American Photographic Patents: The Daguerreotype & Wet Plate Era, 1840 -1880.
by Schimmelman, J.G.
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First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 2002, 119 pp., with tabulation of all relevant patents, plus section of detailed descriptions and illustrations of important ones, plus index.
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The Transcontinental Triangulation and the American Arc of the Parallel
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Washington DC: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Massive 871-page volume recording details of this cross-country triangulation, including tables, recounting of surveying rigors, maps, and 50 full-page plates some with instrumentation. Included are the original two folding transcontinental maps, stored in their pouch in the cover. (Front blank pages loose, binding loosening, interior very fine throughout.)
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Acta Historiae: rerum naturalium nec non technicarum; Special Issue 3
by Czechoslovak Studies in the History of Science
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1967. Paperback. Near Fine. 1967. Several scientific papers, either in French or English, comprising 194 pages, followed by a 128-page reproduction of Joannes Marcus Marci's "De Proportione Motus seu regula..." 1639 book, with its treatments of geometry, mechanics, etc., with some vignettes including a cannon shot and a pool table shot General light browning of paper, top of spine rough.
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Acta Historiae: rerum naturalium nec non technicarum; Special Issue 1
by Czechoslovak Studies in the History of Science
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1965. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 1965. Numerous technical papers, either in French or English, few illustrations, includes a short paper on Burgi's sextant, 194 pages. General light browning of paper.
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Catalog of the Charles E. Smart Collection of Antique Surveying Instruments,
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1996. Hardcover. New. 1996, 193pp., illus. Documents a wide variety of American surveying instruments and makers, with over 200 illustrations.
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Thomas Tompion: His Life and Work
by Symonds, R.W.
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Spring Books, 1969. Hardcover. As New/fine. large 9"x11-3/4", 320pp, fully illustrated, covering this "greatest English watch- and clockmaker of the seventeenth century" and his extraordinary craftsmanship.
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