Adams, George.

A TREATISE DESCRIBING THE CONSTRUCTION, AND EXPLAINING THE USE, OF NEW CELESTIAL AND TERRESTIAL GLOBES. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical problems. By ... Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty

London : printed for and sold by the author, at Tycho Brahe\'s Head, (no 60.) in Fleet-Street,, 1769. The second edition, in which a comprehensive view of the solar system is given; and the Use of the Globes is farther shewn in the Explanation of Spherical Triangles. xxviii,345,[7]p. With half title. 14 plates including 12 folding. Light age toning, contemporary speckled calf with double gilt rule to edges, minor marking and surface wear, sm. puncture hole to lower board, gilt rule edged raised bands to spine with sl. loss to head and tail. ¶ Ex.-libris Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale, (1857–1944) English peer and sportsman. ESTC T53466. ODNB ‘Adams family (per. 1734–1817), makers of scientific instruments and globes, came to prominence through George Adams senior (bap. 1709, d. 1772) ... In mid-1766 he launched new 18 in. and 12 in. globes, with a Treatise describing their construction and use. The dedication to the king was contributed by Dr Samuel Johnson. The unusual form of mounting and relatively high price of Adams\'s globes drew scathing comments from Benjamin Martin, proprietor of the long-established Senex\'s globes, but they proved popular and many examples survive ...’ ‘... George Adams was the principal scientific instrument maker in the mid-eighteenth century. In 1756, he was appointed instrument maker to the Prince of Wales, the future George III, a post he continued to occupy when George became king in 1760. Adams supplied the king with many pieces of mathematical and scientific equipment, much of which is now part of the George III collection in the Science Museum in London. This is the second edition of a treatise published by Adams to describe the construction and use of his new globes. It bears a dedication to the king ...’ Royal Collections Trust.

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Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED AT LONDON FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE; With the Premiums offered in the Year 1791. Vol. IX [only].

London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son ..., 1791. Large 8vo. [xx] + 387pp. + [i]. 4 engraved plates. Sm. worm hole to gutter margin of most leaves, uncut unopened in parts, gutter hinges sprung in parts, lightly soiled and sl. stained contemporary two tone boards worn to edges and corners, lacking lacking most of paper spine.

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Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED AT LONDON FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE; With the Premiums offered in the Year 1793. Vol. XI [only].

London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son ..., 1793. Large 8vo. [xvi] + 413pp. + [iii]. Engraved frontis., 6 engraved plates, folding table. Uncut unopened in parts, gutter hinges sl. sprung in parts, lightly soiled and sl. stained contemporary two tone boards worn to edges and corners, remains of browned paper title label to lightly browned and rubbed spine lacking portion at tail.

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Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED AT LONDON FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE; With the Premiums offered in the Year 1793. Vol. XII [only].

London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son ..., 1794. Large 8vo. [xviii] + 398pp. + [ii]. 3 engraved plates including 2 folding. Some sporadic spotting, uncut unopened in parts, gutter hinges sl. sprung in parts, hinges cracked, lightly soiled contemporary two tone boards worn to edges and corners, spine lightly brown worn and cracked lacking portion at head.

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B[ate], J[ohn].

THE MYSTERYES OF NATVRE AND ART: conteined in foure severall tretises, the first of water workes the second of fyer workes, the third of drawing, colouring, painting, and engrauing, the fourth of divers experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly collected, and partly of the authors peculiar practice, and invention by I.B

Imprinted at London: [By Thomas Harper] for Ralph Mab and are to be sold by Iohn Iackson and Francis Church at the Kings armes in Cheapeside, 1634. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. 7.5 x 5.75 inches. [10], 14, [2], 15-112, [16], 121-192, [2] p. Pictorial engraved title page, c.90 woodcuts, 10 plates. Title page and ‘To the Reader’ with frayed leading corners and minor loss, some light browning, C20th rebind in blind rule edged calf, gilt lettered spine, minor marking, minor loss to spine. ¶ STC (2nd ed.), 1577.5; ESTC S122341; The title page is engraved. The second booke, teaching most plainly, and withall most exactly, the composing of all manner of fire-works for triumph and recreation, The third booke of drawing, limming, colouring, painting, and graving, and The booke of extravagants each have separate title page with imprint London, printed by Thomas Harper for Ralph Mab. 1634 (with punctuation variations) each with a woodcut; pagination and register are continuous. The last leaf is blank. His portrait appears only in this second edition. Besterman ‘Old Art Books’ ‘... the first edition is exceedingly rare ...’ The second edition was published in 1635 a third in 1654, and another so-called ‘second’ in 1675. Acting as a practical guide for amateur scientific experiments, the work is divided into four sections: Water Workes; Fyer Workes; Drawing, Colouring, Painting and Engraving; and Divers Experiments. It inspired Isaac Newton during his younger years, in particular the section on fire Drakes, kites with firecrackers tied to their tails. It contains one of the earliest depictions of fireworks and their preparation to be detailed in the English language, in a similar manner to the preceding De la pirotechnia. Isaac Newton was given a copy of \'The Mysteryes\' as a teenager by the headmaster at his school. He is known to have copied out sections of the book assiduously and he built working models of a water clock and water wheels that Bate had described. The book contained one of the first mentions in Europe of a kite and was one of the first English books with a section devoted to building and arming fireworks.

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Barnes, Ernest William.

SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND RELIGION. The World described by Science and its Spiritual interpretation. The Gifford Lectures at Aberdeen 1927-1929.

CUP, 1933. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxiv + 685pp. + [iii]. Ownership ink stamps to upper e.ps., e.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered green cloth, minor soiling, corners bumped, extremities rubbed, spine bumped at head and tail with some wear at tail.

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Bert, Paul.

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE. Researches in Experimental Physiology. Translated from the French by Mary Alice Hitchcock and Fred A Hitchcock.

Undersea Medical Society, Inc., Maryland, 1978. Facsimile Reprint of 1943 Ed. Royal 8vo. xxxii + 1055pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., 89 figures. Ownership name in ink to both pastedowns, otherwise good in original gilt lettered blue cloth.

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Bluestein, Howard B.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF CLOUDS. Preface by Howie "Cb" Bluestein.

OUP, 2024. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xvi] + 540pp. Profusely illus. throughout mainly in colour from photos. Very good in d/w.

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Boantza, Victor D.

MATTER AND METHOD IN THE LONG CHEMICAL REVOLUTION. Laws of Another Order.

Ashgate Publishing, 2013. 1st Ed. [xvi] + 266pp. 23 figures, table. Very good in d/w. ¶ Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945.

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Bose, Jagadis Chunder.

PLANT RESPONSE as a Means of Physiological Investigation.

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxxviii + 781pp. 278 figures. Ex.-Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine with bookplate accession nos to verso of title page and occasional ink stamp, contemporary annotations to front pastedown, upper e.ps. spotted, sl. shaken, original gilt lettered black cloth, sl. wear to corners particularly lower leading corner of upper board, head and tail of spine sl. bumped and with sl. mark where lib. label removed towards tail.

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Boyle, Robert.

THE WORKS. Volume I [only of 6]. With a new Introduction by Peter Alexander.

Thoemmes Press, 1999. Facsimile Reprint of 1772 Ed. Thick 4to. [xiv] + title page + ccxxxviii + 799pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., vignette title page. Very good in original gilt lettered dark red cloth with blue title patch to spine.

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Boyle, Robert.

THE WORKS. Volume III [only of 6].

Thoemmes Press, 1999. Facsimile Reprint of 1772 Ed. Thick 4to. [iv] + title page + 803pp. + [i]. Vignette title page. Very good in original gilt lettered dark red cloth with blue title patch to spine.

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Boyle, Robert.

THE WORKS. Volume IV [only of 6].

Thoemmes Press, 1999. Facsimile Reprint of 1772 Ed. Thick 4to. [iv] + title page + 821pp. + [iii]. Vignette title page. Lower leading corner of edges of leaves lightly waterstained but not intruding internally, otherwise very good in original gilt lettered dark red cloth with blue title patch to spine.

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Boyle, Robert.

THE WORKS. Volume VI [only of 6].

Thoemmes Press, 1999. Facsimile Reprint of 1772 Ed. Thick 4to. [iv] + title page + 796pp. + Index. Vignette title page. Lower leading corner of edges of leaves lightly waterstained but not intruding internally, otherwise very good in original gilt lettered dark red cloth with blue title patch to spine.

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Boys, Thomas (Publisher).

CURIOSITIES FOR THE INGENIOUS: Selected from the most authentic Treasures of Nature, Science and Art, Biography, History, and General Literature.

London: Published by ... Ludgate-Hill ..., 1821. 1st Ed. 12mo. xi + [i] + pp.(13-192). 13 engravings on 12 plates. Light age toning, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, upper joint lightly cracked though firm, gilt motifs and lettering to spine. ¶ Topics include walking on stilts, threshing machine, Automaton chess player, carriage without horses, statistics curious averages, capricious beer casks, power of the steam engine, etc.

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