Category: Astronomy

First American Edition. 12 mo. viii, 486, ads. 9 pp. A few figs. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title; spine ends frayed. Very good. Substantial biographical accounts of Carnot, Malus, Fresnel, Young and Watt. First Edition.
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Commemorazione del P. Giovanni Hagen.

By: ARMELLINI, Giuseppe.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Rome:, Dott. Giovanni Bardi, 1931.: 1931

Seller ID: Z1785

(285 x 200 mm). 4to. 12 pp. Original printed wrappers; covers creased. Small rubber stamp on front cover. Fine. The author, Giuseppe Armellini (1887-1958) was an Italian astronomer. He obtained a degree in engineering (1910) and mathematics (1912), but began his scientific work as an astronomer at the observatories of Paris and Meudon. In 1915 he obtained the post of professor of rational mechanics at the Polytechnic of Turin, then went in 1920 to Pisa (astronomy and celestial mechanics) and thereafter to Rome where he was appointed professor of astronomy and the director of the Observatory o...
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Publikationen des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums zu Postdam. In Kommission bei Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig.

By: Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums zu Postdam.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: (Leipzig):, (Breitkopf & Hartel, n.d.).:

Seller ID: Z1049

(280 x 205 mm). Single sheet printed on both sides. Very good. Lists author, short title and prices for the first eighteen volumes, Nos. 1-53.
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Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis, Physico-Chemica et Mathematica. A Classified Catalogue of all Books on Natural History, Chemistry and Mathematics Published in Germany. . . 1867-1869. 6 issues.

By: B. Westermann & Co.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York:, B Westermann, 1867-1869.: 1867

Seller ID: Z1126

6 bookseller catalogs. 8vo. Multiple paginations. Printed wrappers; wrappers worn and chipped, especially spines (issues disbound or starting). Ownership signatures on front covers. Good.
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American Women in Science, 1950 to the Present: A Biographical Dictionary.

By: BAILEY, Martha J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Denver, Santa Barbara, Oxford:, ABC-CLIO, (1999).: 1999

Seller ID: Z1055

ISBN: 0874369215

Third printing. 8vo. xxxiii, 455 pp. Illustrations (half-tone vignette portraits of selected scientists), index. Pictorial boards. Fine. ISBN: 0874369215
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Souvenirs d'un Astronome (1908-1977).

By: BAILLAUD, Rene (1885-1977).

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris:, Carrere, 1980.: 1980

Seller ID: RH1367

Vol. III only. 8vo. 631, (1) pp. Illus., index. Printed wrappers. Fine. "Baillaud is a French astronomer born in Toulouse (18851977). He invented the "parabolode" a precursor of the radar. This instrument made it possible to establish the position of planes without having to see them, using only the sound they produced. The precision of the instrument was such, that it was used during the first World War by the French military, to repel night attacks from German bombers by pointing searchlights at them. This furthermore represented a rare technological superiority for the French. After this r...
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Catalogus van de Boeken Op 1 Januari 1877 Aanwezig in de Bibliotheek der Sterrenwacht te Leiden. [Bound with four supplements covering the period between 1877-1901: Catalogus van de Boeken Aanwezig in de Bibliotheek der Sterrenwacht te Leiden (1881-1902)].

By: BAKHUYZEN, Hendricus Gerardus van de Sande (1838-1923).

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Gravenhage:, M. Nijhoff, 1877-1902.: 1877

Seller ID: Z1058

5 issues in one volume. Small 4to. vii, 211; 74; 98; [i], 198; vii, 152 pp. Indexes. Half calf with marbled paper sides, gilt-stamped spine title, calf corners; extremities a bit worn, faint remnant of former sticker on spine. Very good. Although there was a Leiden Observatory in 1632, these catalogs represent the work and holdings of the revived Leiden Observatory which began operation in about 1860.
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An Index to Biographical Fragments in Unspecialized Scientific Journals.

By: BARR, Ernest Scott.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: University, AL:, University of Alabama Press, (1973).: 1973

Seller ID: Z1066

8vo. vii, 294 pp. Charcoal cloth, silver stamped cover and spine titles; corners and spine ends chipped. Bookplate. Good +. An index of biographical and obituary notices in: American Journal of Science (1819-1920), Proceedings of the Edinburgh Royal Society (1832-1920), Proceedings of the Royal Society (1800-1933), Nature (1859-1918), Popular Science Monthly (1872-1915), Philosophical Magazine (1798-1902), Science (1883-1919). 7,700 separate individuals included. ISBN: 0817396033
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1800-1809 Catalogo della Corrispondenza degli Astronomi di Brera. Volume 2.

By: BATTIONI, Gianluca & Paola LOCATELLI (curators).

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Milano:, Universita degli Studi di Milano, (1991).: 1991

Seller ID: BL1752

Series: Storia della Fisica/Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata. Tall 8vo. 435-913 pp. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Complete in itself. Alphabetical index of more than 1200 manuscript letters. Volume One (issued in 1986 and not present here) dealt with 1726-1799 and contained 1333 additional letters from the collection.
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A Biographical Index of British Engineers in the 19th Century.

By: BELL, Samuel Peter (comp.).

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York and London:, Garland, 1975.: 1975

Seller ID: Z1073

ISBN: 0824010787

Series: Garland Reference Library of Social Science, Vol. 5. 8vo. x, 246 pp. Beige cloth, black stamped spine title. Fine. ISBN: 0824010787
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Women and Technology: An Annotated Bibliography.

By: BINDOCCI, Cynthia Gay.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York and London:, Garland Publishing, 1993.: 1993

Seller ID: Z1081

ISBN: 0824057899

Series: Women's History and Culture, Vol. 7 and Garland Reference Library of Social Science, Vol. 517. 8vo. xiv, 229 pp. 19 half-tone photos, indexes. Purple cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Near fine. ISBN: 0824057899
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A Bibliography of the Philosophy of Science, 1945-1981.

By: BLACKWELL, Richard J. (comp.).

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Westport, CT & London:, Greenwood Press, (1983).: 1983

Seller ID: Z1085

ISBN: 0313231249

First printing. Thick 8vo. xviii, 585 pp. Index. Tan cloth, black stamped cover and spine titles. Fine. Over 7,300 citations. ISBN: 0313231249 First Edition.
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Henry G. Bohn's Catalogue of Books. Vol. I. Containing Natural History, Books of Prints, Science, Language, Bibliography, Oriental & Northern Literature, Old English Histor[ians], Early Voyages, &c., Games, etc. [with:] New, Valuable, and Most Important Books, Offered at Very Reduced Prices.

By: BOHN, Henry George (1796-1884).

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London:, (Harrison and Co.), 1848.: 1848

Seller ID: Z1087

8vo. (iv), 467; 112 pp. Frontis. illus. of facade of Bohn building, decorative title, index. Rebound in amber cloth, gilt-stamped leather spine label, a.e. marbled; opening pages, including frontis. and title, soiled and wet-stained (text legible). Very good.
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"A Select Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492-1897. Section VIII: Academic Dissertations." [Within]: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. XLI, 1174.

By: BOLTON, Henry Carrington.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Washington:, Smithsonian Institution, 1902.: 1902

Seller ID: Z1091

Thick 8vo. Multiple paginations. 3 plates, indexes. Maroon library buckram, gilt-stamped spine title. Former library copy with the usual markings. Very good. This item contains a large section consisting of Bolton's "A Select Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492-1897. Section VIII: Academic Dissertations." (1901). In addition there are sections on: Index to the literature of Thallium, 1861-1896; Zirconium (1899); Langley & Very, On the Cheapest Form of Light (1901); List of Observatories (1902); Literature of the Spectroscope, 1887-1900; Analytical Chemistry of Manganese, 1785-1900, by Henry P. Tal...
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Sarah K. Bolton: Pages from an Intimate Autobiography. Edited by Her Son. Privately Printed.

By: BOLTON, Sarah Knowles (1841-1916).

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston:, Thomas Todd Company, 1923.: 1923

Seller ID: Z1092

8vo. viii, 155 pp. Gravure frontis. port. of Bolton with facsimile autograph and tissue guard, plates; front free endpaper removed. Dark green cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Very good. One of 210 copies printed. Bolton wrote Famous Men of Science (1890) which includes biographical chapters on Galileo, Newton, William and Caroline Herschel.
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V Centenario della nascita di Nicolo Copernico (1473-1973). Realizzazioni grafiche e pittoriche di Silvio Loffredo.

By: BONELLI, Maria Luisa Righini.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Firenze:, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, [1973].: 1973

Seller ID: BL2272

4to. 16 ff. Frontis., illustrations (many in color). Printed wrappers; wrappers a bit worn. Burndy bookplate. Very good.
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Category: Astronomy