Lord Kelvin and The Age Of the Earth

Science History Publications, New York 1975.. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 260pp. index, b/w frontis. Good, top corner creased on a few pages. .

New York: Science History Publications, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 260pp; Surface tear to front cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Study in the history of science regarding Lord Kelvin in relation to the process of determining the age of the earth in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

New York: Science History Publications, 1975. CN6 - An ex-library hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has labels, wrinkling and rubbing on some edges, sides, and corners, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, discoloration and shelf wear. Book haslibrary markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), bumped corners, light edgewear, some scuffing… Read more about this item

Watson Publishing International, LLC. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, UK: The Macmillan Press. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated. xii, 260pp. Black cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed corners; joints and spine ends, cloth wearing; shelf number label, slightly cocked. Text block edges just starting to tan, some light signs of use on fore edge. Endpapers starting to tan.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists.

Science History Publications, 1975-01-01. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Science History Publications, 1975. 260 pages. Black cloth covers with silver titles, top and base of spine, corners are bumped, a few light spots on the covers, endpapers yellowed, a few light marginal pencil markings on pages ix-7, previous owner's name on ffep, Good.. Hard Cover. Good.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1990. Paperback. New. 278 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1990-05-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: Macmillan Science History Publications, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good+. Black cloth with white sp. lettering, pristine. f/piece + 260, no further ills.; pristine bar impressed round ex-lib. stamp of Derek Gair Gibson (1935-2021, eminent pioneering cardiologist and also a bibliophile) above pencil date 19.6.93 to fr. end-paper, so a good privenance. unclipped jacket. Unclipped jacket… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Science History Publications, 1975. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New. Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1990. Paperback. New. 278 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.