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SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE FRS 1802-1875.
History of Technology Series 29.
London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xvii,235, pictorial hardcover, b/w figures and tables; lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SCIENCE.
Cambridge, Mass./London: Yale University Press, 1990. 8vo., pp.xii,273, pale blue cloth, gilt; slight roll to spine, a very good, fresh copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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ELECTRICITY IN THE SERVICE OF MAN.
A Popular and Practical Treatise on the Applications of Electricity to Modern Life. [Volumes I and II:] Volume I. The History and Principles of Electrical Science; Volume II. Technology of Electricity, Section 1.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1911. Two volumes, 8vo., pp.xi,828;vii,686, blue cloth, gilt, front boards lettered in black, b/w frontispiece, very numerous b/w illustrations throughout, including 11 folding plates to Volume II; contemporary ink ownership inscription (dated 1916) to front free endpaper of both volumes, toning to free endpapers, and foxing to prelims/end leaves of Volume II, with superficial paper-cracking to rear inner hinge, Volume I has a small area of loss to cloth and puncture mark near foot of spine, a small knock to lower spine of Volume II, rubbing and occasional slight wear to extremities, overall very good.
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ELECTRONS, OR THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY.
London: George Bell and Sons. Second, revised edition, published March 1907, 8vo., pp.xv,230,(ii), red cloth, gilt, b/w figures; foxing to fore-edges, toning to endpapers, extremities rubbed, with some rubbing and light scratches to boards, else very good. No dust-jacket.
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RELATIVITY.
A Very Elementary Exposition.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First US edition, pocket 8vo., pp.45, turquoise cloth, navy lettering; light toning to endpapers, very light foxing to prelims and edges, not affecting margins, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in clipped dust-jacket, which s worn to extremities, with closed tears, chipping, and small areas of loss - now in a protective cover.
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ON THE LOSS OF TEETH; And on the Best Means of Restoring Them.
London: Simpkin And Marshall, 1856. Small 8vo.,pp. 59, brown cloth, gilt lettering to front board, monochrome frontispiece; light toning to margins, soiling and scuff mark to front paste down endpaper, rubbed and toned to extremities, webbing becoming slightly visible to inner hinge, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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SYNTONY AND SPARK - THE ORIGINS OF RADIO.
Princeton University Press, 1985. 8vo., pp.xvi,347, purple cloth with stamped title label to spine; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy indeed, without dust-jacket.
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CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN AND ALI IBN AL-ABBAS AL-MAGUSI.
The Pategni and Related Texts.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994. 8vo., pp.ix,364, red cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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Wonders of the Heavens: THE PLANETARY SYSTEM.
London/Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1877. 12mo., pp.118,(ii), green cloth, lettered in black to front board, pictorial spine in gilt and black, colour frontispiece with tissue guard, colour pictorial title, b/w illustrations within; prize bookplate, dated 1877, to front free endpaper, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good, bright copy.
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CONFRONTING NATURE.
The Sociology of Solar-Neutrino Detection.
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company (Kluwer), 1986. Reprint, 8vo., pp.xi,268, cloth, gilt; light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE, DESCRIBING THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSES, AND TREATMENT OF THE MOST COMMON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL AFFECTIONS;
The Whole Intended as a Family Guide in all Cases of Accident and Emergency, and to give Directions as to the Proper Method of Proceeding in Those Cases Where the Surgeon’s Aid is Obtained After Difficulty and Much Delay.
London: Virtue and Co, 1867. Pocket 8vo., pp.viii,204,10 (publisher’s adverts), red cloth wrappers with unlettered spine and front cover stamped in gilt and blind; crosses marked to margins, corners have been folded, marking to wrappers, with light wear to edges, darkening to cloth, a good copy.
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TROPICAL DISEASES.
A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1909. 8vo., pp.xx,876, green cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, colour plates, b/w figures; ink ownership autograph (twice) and blindstamp (thrice) to prelims, toning to front endpapers, light foxing to rear endpapers and fore-edges, paper cracking to rear inner hinge (joint remains firm), rubbing to extremities, a good+ copy.
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KINETIC RELATIVITY
A Sequel to Relativity, Gravitation and World Structure
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1948. First edition, 8vo., pp.238, blue cloth, gilt; light toning to endpapers and edges, neat ink ownership inscriptionn to front free endpaper, faint marking to front board, light sunning to spine, a very good copy.
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RELATIVITY GRAVITATION AND WORLD-STRUCTURE.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1935. 8vo.,pp. viii,365, dark green cloth, gilt, b/w figures, b/w frontispiece; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning to margins, light sunning to spine and light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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POWER FROM THE EARTH.
Deep Earth Gas - Energy for the Future.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1987. 8vo., pp.vii,208, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; light marking to front board, a very good copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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THEORIES RELATIVISTES DE LA GRAVITATION ET DE L'ECTROMAGNETISME.
Relativite Generale et Theories Unitaires.
Paris: Masson et Cie., Editeurs, 1955. 8vo., pp.xii,298, beige cloth lettered in black and red; tipp-ex marking and evidence of removed sticker to front endpapers, foxing and toning to spine and margins of boards, otherwise clean, a good+ copy. No dust-jacket.
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GENERAL RELATIVITY.
Papers in Honour of J.L Synge.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1972. 8vo., pp.ix,277, navy cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece; a very good copy, in good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly worn to extremities, with partial sunning, and paper reinforcement to reverse of headband.
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DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xiv,459, navy cloth, gilt, lightly toned to margins and endpapers, toned to head and foot of spine, a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, small stain to front upper margin, worn at corners, chipping to head and foot of spine with loss to head of spine slightly obscuring title, closed tears along front and rear edge, now in a protective dust-cover, overall very good.
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THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF RELATIVITY.
London: Dennis Dobson, 1969. First UK edition, 8vo.,pp. xii,324, blue cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; light toning to margins, off setting to front and rear free endpapers, ownership autograph to rear paste down endpaper, light sunning to head and foot of spine, a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, chipping to head of spine, worn at upper corners and lightly so to upper edge with closed tear, otherwise very good.
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MODERN COSMOLOGY AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD.
Being the Edward Cadbury Lectures in the University of Birmingham for 1950.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1952. First editon, 8vo.,pp. 160, navy cloth, gilt; toning to endpapers, off setting to front and rear free endpapers and toning to margins, occasional light pencilling to margins, otherwise very good, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned and rubbed to spine and extremities, with wear to corners.
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