Books on History of Science
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The Force of Knowledge: The Scientific Dimension of Society.
ix 374p hardback, dustjacket, overview of the history of science as a profession, very many figures ...
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Evgeniy Fedorovich Savaranskiy. Russian Language.
143p paperback, illustrations, tables, bibliography, index, signed by the author, very good copy
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The Elements of Machine Design. An Introduction to the Principles which Determine the Arrangement and Proportions of the Parts of Machines. Second Edition.
xiv 346p original cloth with some signs of wear on the spine and back board, publisher's ...
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Instructions Pratiques sur la Drainage réunies par ordre du ministre de l'Agriculture. Troisieme Edition.
320p royal blue cloth, gilt on top, profusely illustrated publisher's list at beginning, many ...
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Instruction sur le Défilement des Ouvrages de Campgne a l'usage de l'école d'application du Corps Impérial d'Etat-Major. Nouvelle Edition.
64p half morocco, marbled boards, three folding plates in back, effects of humidity (?) visible on ...
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Science and Contemporary Society.
xxv 251p cloth, blue jacket a little rubbed, index, very good: Richard McKeon, Herbert Feigl, etc, ...
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Soviet Genetics and World Science: Lysenko and the Meaning of Heredity.
x 245p cloth, frontispiece, appendices, bibliography, index, very good, first edition
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The Origins and Growth of Biology.
403p paperback, plates, index, very good. Based on Moments of Discovery, edited by George Schwartz ...
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Industry and the Countryside: The Report of a Preliminary Inquiry for the Royal Society of Arts.
261p green cloth, dustjacket (creased), many halftone plates, tables in text, appendices, index, ...
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Autobiography of Charles Darwin, with Two Appendices Comprising a Chapter of Reminiscnces and a Statement of Charles Darwin's Religious Views by his Son Sir Francis Darwin.
iv 154p small format hardback, fresh and clean copy, first printing in this series
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A Short History of Science. Revised Edition.
xxi 512p red cloth, gilt lettering to spine & emblem to cover, printed endpapers, frontispiece, ...
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Biology in the Nineteenth Century. Problems of Form, Function and Transformation.
187p paperback, index, bibliography, clean copy with crease to cover and pencil marks to a few ...
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The De Havilland Enterprise. General Information Booklet, No 10. Summer 1950.
92p small booklet, stapled, oblong format, many plates, fresh and clean
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Belgium.
205p large paperback, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index, very good with library stamp
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Reason Awake: Science for Man.
xviii 280p large paperback, bibliography, index, very good
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Freibeuter 27: Thema: Fröhliche Wissenschaft.
157p large paperback, texts by Erich Fried, François Furet, Ingeborg Bachmann, Rudolf Virchow, Otto ...
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Il Nuovo Cimento. Novant'anni di Fisica in Italia, 1855 - 1944.
159p large paperback, illustrations, as new, without the disk
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The Discipline of Curiosity: Science in the World.
156p large paperback with orange card cover, essays and interviews, index, nice fresh copy
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Gentlemen of Science: Early Correspondence of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
vii 382p hardback, gilt & black title panel to spine, index, excellent condition
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Human Biology: An Exhibition of Ourselves.
120p oblong format large paperback, many colour & halftone figures in text, index, a clean and ...
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The Forseeable Future. First Edition.
vii 166p hardback, predictions for the future of science - "the future is not forseeable!", a clean ...
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A History of Technology. (Vols 1 - 5)
complete in 5 volumes, approx 1000p each, large heavy cloth with illustrations, indices, each ...
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Wissenschaft zum Nutzen der Gesellschaft: Informationen aus der DDR.
62p brown paperback booklet, photographic plates, documents, tables, very good
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Die Theorie der Kegelschnitte gestützt auf projektivische Eigenschaften auf Grund von Universitätsvorträgen und mit Benutzung hinterlassener Manuscripte Jacob Steiner's. (Jacob Steiner's Vorlesungen über synthetische Geometrie, Vol 2 )
xx 566p half calf, parts of spine missing, marbled cover a little worn, diagrams, appendix, edited ...
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Remarques à propos du mémoire de W ramsay et Shields. (Association Française pour l'avancement des sciences, Congrès d'Angers 1903)
9p offprint, signed by the author, tables, very good
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Sur la Variation et le rôle des alcaloïdes de la Belladone; Propositions données par la Faculté. (Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences à Paris pour obtenir le titre de docteur de l'université.
[xx] 151p large paperback, bibliography, tables, photographic plates, very good, largely uncut
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Raum und Zeit im Lichte der neueren Physik: Eine allgemeinverständliche Entwicklung des raumzeitlichen Relativitätsgedankens bis zum Relativitätsprinzip der Trägheitsysteme. (Mit 18 Abbildungen)
88p paperback, illustrations, bookblock detached from cover, otherwise clean
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The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects. Vol 3.
iv 572p brown cloth lacking both boards, spine poor, only good, but a wonderful collection of ...
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Woodward Carbon Folder: "Ensures evenness of impression and preserves the platen".
large red single sheet, British made ribbons and carbons "Ensures evenness of impression and ...
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The Christian Philosopher; or, the Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion. Vol 2. New Edition.
viii 333p brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, engraved illustrations in text, foxing to some ...
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Engineers, Inventors and Workers.
272p blue hardback, silver lettering to spine, 8 halftone plates, index, very good
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Catalogue of Lewis's Medical and Scientific Circulating Library. New Edition Revised to the End of 1927.
575p red cloth, gilt lettering to spine & cover, catalogue with index, a fresh and clean copy
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Catalogue of Lewis's Medical and Scientific Lending Library. New Edition Revised to December 31st 1949.
xii 1152p red cloth, gilt lettering to spine & cover, catalogue with index, a fresh and clean copy
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British Scientific Literature in the Seventeenth Century.
244p red cloth (dusty), notes, appendix, index, very good
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The "Mechanical World" Electrical Pocket Book 1927: A Collection of Electrical Engineering Notes, Rules, Tables and Data.
338p green cloth, 14cm, advertisements, diary to rear, figures in text, back cover warped & ...
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Famous Days in the Century of Invention.
151p green cloth, anecdotes set in 19th century regarding new inventions, figures in text, still a ...
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Finishing Handbook and Directory 1951.
246p black cloth, title on cover faded, rounded corners, many period advertisements, illustrations, ...
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The Challenge of Atomic Energy.
x 137p small light blue hardback, index, ink underlinings, cover marked, still a useful copy
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IX Internationalen Congress für Radiologie 1959 in München.
43p white cloth, gilt lettering & decoration to cover, plastic slipcase (damaged), 9 colour plates, ...
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IX Internationaler Congress für Radiologie vom 23 bis 30 Juli 1959 in München: Mitgliederverzeichnis.
332p blue cloth, gilt emblem to cover, list of delegates with photographs, very good
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Blackman Export Co. Catalogue.
137p oblong format paperback, figures, tables, illustrations throughout, cover detaching, pages ...
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Making Lantern Slides and Filmstrips: Technique and Practice of the Transparency.
224p blue cloth, figures, index, spine sunned, very good
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The Record of the Royal Society of London, No 1, 1897.
vii 224p paperback, 2 halftone plates, appendices, index, paper cover detached or missing, text ...
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The Electric Furnace: Its Construction, Operation and Uses. 2nd ed.
xiii 415p red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, stamped as review copy, figures in text, index, spine ...
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Starters and Regulators for Electric Motors and Generators.
132p black cloth, gilt lettering to spine & cover, 1st English edition, figurs in text, index, ...
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Anniversary Volume Dedicated to Professor Kôtarô Honda On the Completion of Twenty-Five years of His Professorship by his Friends and Pupils.
1126p large paperback, beige card covers a little worn, photographic portrait frontispiece ...
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Charles Vernon Boys, 1855 - 1944. [Obituary].
18p plates, very good from the Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Junior Experimental Science. Third Edition.
viii 302p tan cloth, many illustrations, index, a clean and firm copy
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