Argon, a new constituent of the atmosphere.
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Folio. [iv], 43 pp. Text figures. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. More
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Folio. [iv], 43 pp. Text figures. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. More
Neuchatel; Geneva: Samuel Fauche; Barde, Manget & Co., 1783; 1788. 2 vols. 8vo. xii, 524 pp., including half-title; [4], 84 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. I: With folding tables and engravings, title vignette, headpieces. Library stamp on title; II: marbled paper, foxing throughout. First editions of both works. Saussure (1740-99) conducted extensive..... More
Oxford; Berlin: Clarendon Press; J. Springer, 1920. 8vo. x, [2], 88, [2]; v, [1], 89, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION & THIRD REVISED EDITION. Original wrappers. I: First edition of this excellent commentary on the theory of relativity.II: Third revised edition. More
Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und sohn, 1906. 8vo. viii, 119 pp., plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Half-morocco over marbled boards, title in gilt on spine. An excellent copy from the Mount Wilson Observatory, with a presentation bookplate to the Observatory by the Dutch astronomer Adriaan van Maanen (1884-1946), and..... More
Vitemberg: Georg. Marcum Knochium, 1725. 8vo. [xvi], 876, [20], 32 pp. SECOND EDITION. Title in red and black. With 48 leaves of plates. In a contemporary full calf binding dated 1729 in blind on the back cover. Overall in excellent condition, with only minor wear. Second edition, greatly enlarged with..... More