Books on History of Science
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The Pursuit of Power. Technology, Armed Force and Society since A. D. 1000.
404p nice clean copy, minimal library marks, rebound as hardback using original card cover, ...
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Annals of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society, Written from its Minute Books.
x 286p original burgundy cloth fresh, spine dull, text clean and binding tight, name of Cambridge ...
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The Making of a Magmatist.
10p offprint, grey card cover, nice clean copy, well preserved, very good
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La Physique Nucléaire. Son Historique et ses Principles.
28p offprint, green card cover, nice clean copy, from a Université Laval publication
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The Increase in Weight of Tin and Lead on Calcination. (1630)
54p blue boards, traces of ink stamp to front, English translation of early French treatise, very ...
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Scientific Dialogues, Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: In which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy are Fully Explained. With 195 Woodcuts.
xii 533p small format, original publisher's cloth with remains of paper label to spine, engraved ...
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The English Paracelsians.
222p hardback with green dustjacket, a well preserved clean copy, hardly used, excellent
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De Geschiednis van de Kindergeneeskunde in Nederland: Deel 1: De Periode tot 1700.
350p large format paperback with red illustrated cover, many illustrations in the text, nice clean ...
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The Revolution in Science, 1500 - 1750.
large format paperback with illustrated cover, nice clean copy, a few pencil marks to the margin, a ...
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Archimedes in bad: Mythen en sagen uit de geschiedenis van de wetenschap.
125p paperback, nice clean copy, with illustrations
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Catalogue of Printed Books Comprising the Library of Charles Singer and Mrs Dorothea Singer. Auction Catalogue.
145p paperback with worn paper cover, some auction room ink notes to cover, hand lettering to ...
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Dictionary of Applied Physics in Five Volumes. Vol 5 Only: Aeronautics, Metallurgy.
592p burgundy cloth strong and fresh, spine gilt, top edge gilt, contains contributions by a series ...
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Collected Papers. Volume 1: 1916 - 1924; Volume 2: 1924 - 1931.
Two vols of bound offprints by Riddle, many with his signed authorial compliments on cover. Each ...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 250th Anniversary Issue.
approx 250p large paperback, blue card cover, nice clean copy
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Alexander Fleming and the Development of Penicillin. (Education Resource Pack)
large format green folder with un-bound resource pack in pocket, as new
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A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science.
218p brown paperback, diagrams, bibliography, indices, a clean and very good copy
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The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
84p red cloth, tall booklet, many colour plates, as new
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Allgemeine Biologie. Bound with: Die Verdauung und Resorption der Nährstoffe (= Physiologische Chemie: Erster Theil, Zweiter Theil)
618p (continuous pagination) bound in half calf with spine torn and detaching, clean and fresh ...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences. Millennium Issue (Vol. 354, No. 1392)
approx 160p A4 format, signatuees to cover, includes facsimiles, as new: Revolutions in the Earth ...
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Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan.
266p paperback, well preserved copy. This copy was used to write a review of the book and has notes ...
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BAM - Die Chronik, 1871-1996. 125 Jahre Forschung und Entwicklung, Prüfung, Analyse, Zulassung, Beratung und Information in Chemie- und Materialtechnik.
646p hardback with white laminated boards, excellent copy with many plates and illustrations, ...
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Proceedings of the Wedgwood Society. No 1 (1956) - No 10 (1979)
the first 10 issues of this publication, approx 60 pages each, stapled with card cover, excellent ...
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Die Fabrikation und Berechnung der modernen Metalldrahtglühlampen einschließlich der Spiraldraht- und Halb-Watt-Füllungslampen.
159p large format, original paper covered boards with cloth spine, library bookplate and discard ...
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Science and the Modern World. Lowell Lectures 1925.
xi 265p hardback in tan cloth, very good condition, a little wear and faint marks to covers, ...
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Is Science Sexist? And Other Problems in the Biomedical Sciences.
xviii 298p hardback with dustjacket, nice and clean copy from a Cambridge college library with no ...
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Education, Industry & Technology.
365p grey hardcover, no dustjacket as issued, very good indeed
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Molecular Specialization and Symmetry in Membrane Function.
340p red cloth with dustjacket, inscription reads: "for Richard (Richard Darwin Keynes) with thanks ...
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Scienza e vita civile nel Rinascimento italiano.
181p very well preserved paperback, one small crease to bottom corner otherwise excellent, text ...
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The Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen: Collection of 9 pamphlets 1919-1939.
approx 50 pages each, card covers, bound into a board folder: Law: Torsional Vibration; Jacob: ...
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Actes du Colloque International sur Ibn Khaldoun.
362 pages in French, 6 pages in Arabic, some yellowing to paper cover, otherwise in excellent ...
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Beneath this Gruff Exterior There Beats a Heart of Plastic.
177p hardback with illustrated transparent dustjacket, many plates, excellent copy, as new
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Solidarity Within the Republic of Science.
19p grey stapled card cover, reprint, clean pages, excellent condition
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The Early History of Chlorine.
78p slim blue hardback, from a Cambridge college library, all pages clean and unmarked, binding ...
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Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory.
24p stapled offprint, grey card cover, name in ink, very good condition
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Cultural Patterns and Technical Change.
352p period paperback with breastfeeding woman and helicopter in background on cover, minor library ...
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The Institute of British Geographers. The First Fifty Years.
vi 170p paperback excellent copy
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The Manchester Geographic Society, 1884 - 1984.
120p special issue of The Manchester Geographer, contains mostly reprints of significant essays
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Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge. 1892 - 1894.
a bound volume of a series of such papers issued over two years, approx 400p, nice copy with ...
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Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge. 1894 - 1896.
a bound volume of a series of such papers issued over two years, approx 400p, nice copy with ...
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Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge. 1898 - 1900.
a bound volume of a series of such papers issued over two years, approx 400p, nice copy with ...
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Weather Map. An Introduction to Weather Forecasting. 4th Edition.
105p blue cloth, corrigenda to prelims, very good copy, with a special mimeographed memo pasted to ...
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The Scientific Best Seller.
16p essay in Scrutiny, discussing the popular success of James Jeans and Arthur Eddington. Scrutiny ...
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Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia.
192p hardback with red dustjacket, very good copy from a Cambridge college library, never used
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A Hundred Years of Cambridge Physics. Second Edition.
46p tall booklet with white cover, contains adverts, very good indeed
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The History of Science: Origins and Results of the Scientific Revolution: A Symposium.
184p cloth with yellow dustjacket, 16 essays, figures in text, very nice copy: Butterfield, ...
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Wirtschaft, Technik und Geschichte. Beiträge zur Erforschung der Kulturbeziehungen in Deutschland und Osteuropa. Festschrift für Albrecht Timm.
392p blue cloth, frontispiece shows Timm on a bicycle, nice fresh copy
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Scientific Council for Africa South of the Sahara: Ninth Meeting of the Scientific Council, Accra 1958.
173p large paperback with brown cover, library bookplate, very good copy, uncommon title
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Tinman's Progress: The South Wales Tinplate and Steel Sheet Industry in 3 Centuries.
42p small booklet, red cover, illustrated in the text, very good with bookplate
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The Pioneers of Evolution: from Thales to Huxley.
old paperback booklet, printed on poor paper, with portrait to cover, minor library markings, ...
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