Books on History of Science

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xiii 88p sturdy hardback, grass-green jacket with shiny gilt titles, tight binding and no ...

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Intellectual Revolution of the Seventeenth Century. First Edition.

x 445p large sturdy hardback, blue cloth with red and purple jacket, a little wear to flaps, ...

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Calendar of the Correspondence of Dr William Hunter 1740 - 1783.

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English Manuscripts of Francis Glisson (1). From 'Anatomia Hepatis' (The Anatomy of the Liver), 1654.

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Beyond the Laboratory. Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America.

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Science, Hegemony and Violence. A Requiem for Modernity.

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William Hunter and the Eighteenth-Century Medical World. First Edition.

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Resources and Human Well-Being. Inputs from Sciences and Technology. Address by the General President, 74th Session.

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The Universe - Or, the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little. Seventh Edition. Illustrated by 270 Engravings on Wood.

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564p large volume bound in full calf, back cover detaching, spine hinge open, marbled endpapers and ...

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Michael Faraday of the Royal Institution.

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stapled booklet, with illustrations, very good

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Pandaemonium, 1660-1886: The Coming of the Machine, as seen by Contemporary Observers.

xxxix 376p paperback, fresh and clean and square copy, no names or stamps, not ex library

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Les Hygiénistes. Enjeux, Modèles et Pratiques (XVIIIème-XXème Siècles).

540p thick paperback, while illustrated cover, fresh clean copy, no names or stamps, excellent

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Biology, Medicine and Society, 1840 - 1940.

ix 344p hardback, well preserved dustjacket with minor tear, first edition, clean and tight copy, ...

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The Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever. Translated by Cordell Carter.

xii 264p white paperback fresh, but pages with a good number of faint pencil marks and underlining, ...

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In Search of Penicillin. First Edition.

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Glory and Failure. The Difference Engines of Johann Müller, Charles Babbage and Georg and Edvard Scheutz. Second Edition.

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Revolutions in Science. Their Meaning and Relevance.

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Le Terrain des Sciences Humaines. (XVIII - XX Siècle)

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Cent Ans de Geologie au Canada.

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18p offprint, grey card cover, very good,

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A Manual of Surgery for Students and Practitioners. Fourth Edition.

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Ladders. The History and Science of Elevation.

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The Elements of Machine Design. Part 2. Chiefly on Engine Details. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

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Wonders of World Engineering. Epics of Conquest in Story and Picture. Volume 1 and 2.

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Darwin to Einstein: Historical Studies on Science and Belief.

x 335p paperback, nice clean and tight copy, name to prelims, never used

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Savile Club Sesquicentennial Books, 1868 - 2018. Scientists and Miscellany.

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Die Mechanik in ihrer Entwicklung. Historisch-kritisch dargestellt. Siebente verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage.

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Research Techniques in Nondestructive Testing. Volume 7.

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Discorso Pronunziato da S E il Ministro della Pubblica Instruzione nella Solenne Inaugurazione del XII Congresso degli Orientalisti a Roma, 4, Ott 1899.

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Charles Darwin.

this is a short essay (20p), removed from binding, spine holding, clean copy, original extraction, ...

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Recent Progress in Physics.

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this is a short essay (p185 - p205), removed from binding, spine holding, clean copy, original ...

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Extraterrestrial Life and our World View at the Turn of the Millennium.

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vii 47p stapled booklet, fresh clean copy with Copernicus to front

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Der elektromagnetische Telegraph von Gauss und Weber aus dem Jahre 1833. Aufbau einer Ausstellung. Schriftliche Hausarbeit.

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120p exam thesis, A4 format, yellow card cover, from typescript, many original photographs glued ...

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Histoire des Sciences en Belgique, 1815 - 2000. Two Volumes Complete.

342p 312p large format hardback, purple dustjacket, in their slipcase, as new set, no names or ...

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The Royal Society and Its Dining Clubs.

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Measurement, Objectivity. and Trust.

40p offprint, grey card cover, includes discussion by various authors and "Rejoinder" by Porter

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Making Things Quantitative.

20p offprint, stapled, as new, together with a related offprint buy the same "Chance Subdued by ...

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Heredity Explored: Between Public Domain and Experimental Science, 1850 - 1930.

viii 470p large format hardback, very fresh dustjacket, no names or stamps, excellent copy, as new

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The Hall Effect and Maxwellian Electrodynamics in the 1880's. Part 1: The Discovery of a New Electric Field.

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The Vortex Theory of Planetary Motions.

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ix 282p hardback, green dustjacket fresh, clean copy, no names or stamps, first edition, very good ...

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Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution.

xi 211p hardback, fresh dustjacket, nice copy, a few faint pencil marks seen in the introduction ...

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The Science of Man in Ancient Greece.

xxviii 224p hardback, fresh dustjacket, excellent condition, with author inscription hidden on ...

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The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. Volumes 1 - 3 in 5 Parts.

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Cartography in France, 1660 - 1848: Science, Engineering, and Statecraft

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xx 194p large format hardback, fresh dustkjacket, with colour plates, excellent copy, no names or ...

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