London: H.G. Bohn, 1846. 2 vols. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 518; xii, 548 pp., including index. Revised and enlarged 4th and last edition in English. Engraved frontispiece portraits of author by Lud. Schmidt and of James Watt by Sir W. Beechy. Contemporary full calf, marbled endpapers and edges. Revised and enlarged... More about A history of inventions, discoveries, and origins
London: Richardson, Phillips, Pennington, 1793. 8vo. in 4's. xvi, 208 pp., including the 4-page subscriber's list;. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Text woodcut and tables. Contemporary calf, rebacked; small tear in title page repaired and title and last printed leaf repaired in the margin, some minor browning to first and last... More about Meteorological observations and essays
London: Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, et al. 1790. 8vo. [xiv], 396, [6], 48 pp. Seventh edition. Including directions to binder and a page of publisher’s advertisements. With 36 folding engraved plates by Ferguson and numerous text tables. Full calf, spine worn and front joint loose; interior... More about Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics
Padua: Paolo Frambotto, 1649. 8vo. [viii], 80 pp. THIRD EDITION. With a large folding engraved plate of the sector and numerous woodcut text diagrams. Early soft boards; a superb copy from the library of Felix and Frieda Pollak, with their bookplate. Preserved in a folding cloth box. Third edition of... More about Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare
Paris, 1735. Six volumes. 4to. [iv], viii, [iv], 215, [1]; [iv], v, [iii], 192; [iv], v, [iii], 207, [1]; [iv], v, [iii], 239, [1]; [iv], v, [iii], 173, [1]; [. FIRST EDITION. With 429 engraved plates (302 folding, some signed by Herisset and Dheulland), 4 engraved text charts and 2... More about Machines et inventions approuvees
Berlin: Carl Habel, 1885. 8vo. 48 pp. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Original printed boards, backed in black cloth, some light foxing, stamp of the library of the Lees-Museum in Amsterdam on title and front cover, bookplate of Dr. Charles A. Kofoid. First separate edition of the author's important treatise on the... More about Das Thermometer. (Sammlung gemeinverstandlicher wissenschaftlicher Vortrage, herausgegeben von...
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1873. 8vo. xvi, 397 pp., plus 2 pages publisher's ads. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With woodcut illustrations throughout. Original cloth, worn, hinges cracked; interior clean. First edition in English of the earliest collection of scientific and philosophical lectures by the celebrated nineteenth-century German scientist, Helmholtz... More about Popular lectures on scientific subjects. Translated by E. Atkinson, with an introduction by...
London: [John Martyn], Moses Pitt, and Richard Chiswell, 1679-82. Seven parts (all published). 4to. 44; [ii], 48, [2]; 43-210 pp. (continuous pagination, last 5 parts). FIRST EDITION. With 7 engraved plates (6 folding). Bound together in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked; some top margins trimmed closely with occasional loss of page... More about THE COMPLETE SEVEN PARTS - Philosophical collections, containing an account of the physical;...
Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1751. Two books. [ii], xxxvi, 280, xv, [1]; [xii], 266, x, viii pp. 4to. Two separate volumes. [ii], xxxvi, 280, xv, [1]; [xii], 266, x, viii pp. FIRST EDITION. With 6 engraved plates (5 folding), including the map of Quito, in the first work, and 3 folding... More about Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, a l’équateur, servant d’introduction historique a...
Milan: Marelli, 1784. 8vo. xxxiv, 304 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial, and 1 folding engraved plate. Original wrappers, top of front wrapper torn away; minor spotting on preliminary and endleaves, otherwise an excellent unsophisticated copy preserved in a folding clamshell box. First edition of the author’s fascinating... More about Dell’utilità dei conduttori elettrici
London: S. Palmer, 1728. Royal 4to. [l], 407, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved title-vignette of an observatory within a border of instruments, 12 folding plates, and historiated initials, all engraved by J. Pine after J. Grison, including the arms of Sir Robert Walpole, to whom the work is dedicated... More about A view of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy
Washington D.C: Government Printing Office, 1934. Small 4to. 307 pp. Fourth edition. With 33 text illustrations (26 photographic) and 10 folding diagrams. Original printed wrappers, some slight chipping to head and foot of spine, otherwise very good. With the stamp of the Technical Records Library of the Nova Scotia Department... More about Self-Contained oxygen breathing apparatus A Handbook for Miners
Rome: Paulum Manutius, 1562. 4to. [iv], 93, [3] leaves, including index and errata. FIRST EDITION. Dolphin and anchor device on title, Greek and Roman types, numerous woodcut diagrams. Modern full calf in an antique style, gilt fleurons on covers; an exceptionally clean copy from the library of a Jesuit college... More about Clavdii Ptolemaei liber de analemmate, a Federico Commandino vrbinate instauratus, &...
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 about Essais sur l'hygrometrie; (with) Defense de l'hygrometre a cheveu, pour servir de supplement aux...
