Books on History of Science
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Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners in Chemistry. A Text-book Specially Adapted for Students of Pharmacy and Medicine. Fourth Revised Edition.
xvi 493p black cloth, from a Chemistry library, binding is poor with front board detaching, held in ...
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The Chemical Industry.
643p cloth with green dustjacket, spine rubbed, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition
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Time and the Royal Society. (Notes and Records of the Royal Society, January 2001).
19p essay in an 181p issue, illustrated paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition
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Chemistry in the Twentieth Century. An Account of the Achievement and the Present State of Knowledge in Chemical Science.
281p green/white cloth, spine slightly rubbed, some pages dog-eared, binding firm, index, very good ...
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Pasteur: Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre.
253p maroon cloth, yellowing to edges, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, index, near fine ...
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Alfred Nobel. Dynamite King. Architect of Peace.
323p black cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear, yellowing to edges, binding firm, portrait, ...
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Henry Edward Armstrong, 1848 - 1937. The Doyen of British Chemists and Pioneer of Technical Education. Author Inscribed.
325p cloth with white dustjacket, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, jacket heavily rubbed ...
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Dynamic Universe.
308p blue cloth, spine slightly worn and sunned, name in ink, pencil marks to pages, binding firm, ...
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Short Introduction to Computers.
114p cloth with blue dustjacket, binding firm, near fine condition
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The Alkali Industry. Second Edition.
344p brown cloth, from a Cambridge college library, binding firm, nicely printed, index, very good ...
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Ancestors of an Industry.
165p cloth with black/white dustjacket, minor shelfwear, name to front endpaper, binding firm, ...
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The History, Products and Processes of the Alkali Trade. Including the Most Recent Improvements.
247p brown cloth, minor shelfwear, fraying to head and foot of spine, name in ink, folding plates, ...
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Italienfahrt: Briefe an die Braut, 1859/ 1860.
viii 184p brown cloth, frontispiece, b&w plates, decorative chapter headings, boards a little ...
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Structure and Dynamics in Biological Systems.
230p cream hardback, binding firm, very good condition
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Quest: An Exploration of Some Problems in Science and Religion.
126p orange hardback, from a Cambridge college library, corners slightly rubbed, fraying to head ...
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Centenaire de la Societe Chimique de France (1857-1957); 100 Years of the Chemical Society of France.
249p original printed cream card cover with some loss to glassine wrapper, roughcut pages extremely ...
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Les Théories Moléculaires du Pouvoir Rotatoire Naturel.
vii 243p rebound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering, excellent condition, perhaps never used
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Handbooks of the Science Museum. Time Measurement. Part 1: Historical Review.
54p blue paperback, fresh copy, with illustration and plates, very good condition
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Chemistry: A Brief Outline of Its History and Development. Part 1: Historical Review.
74p brown paperback, index, very good condition, fresh clean copy, folding periodic table well ...
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Russian Transport: An Historical and Geographical Survey.
192p navy paperback, minor shelfwear, binding firm, near fine condition
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Studies of Great Authors: Philosophers and Scientists.
xiii 200p small hardcover in green cloth, gilt titles, pages clean, tight, unmarked, with printed ...
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Science Matters. A Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Tony Blair MP. Delivered at the Royal Society on 23 May 2002.
16p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition
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Into the Blue: Great Mysteries of Aviation.
296p cloth with blue dustjacket, name to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, ...
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El Arbol de la Ciencia.
250p black/white paperback, from a Cambridge college library, very good
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Archeologia Industriale. Rivista Quadrimestrale. Anno 1 Numero 1 Giugno 1983.
98p white/black paperback, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, pages clean and unmarked, many ...
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Conquests of Engineering.
288p blue cloth illustrated boards, sunned spine, school arms to back board and prize label to ...
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Communication Indicators. Part 1: Communication Indicators and Indicators of Socio-Economic Development.
96p orange paperback, A4 format, from a Cambridge college library with reference number taped to ...
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Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, Science and Medicine. London, Tue 20th Nov 1990.
303p large format paperback, illustrated throughout, also in colour, as new, excellent
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The Sheepfold and the Shepherd. First Edition.
259p cloth with black/orange dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, light foxing to pages, name ...
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The Bittersweet Century: Speculations on Modern Science and American Democracy.
xxvii 220p hardback with bright yellow dustjacket, flight library markings, but never used, ...
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It's Like This: 500 Years of Pictures for Science.
87p white paperback, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, near fine ...
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Correspondence between Spencer Fullerton Baird and Louis Agassiz: Two Pioneer American Naturalists. First Edition.
237p blue cloth with gilt lettering, corners slightly worn, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, ...
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Through a City Archway: The story of Allen and Hanburys, 1715-1954.
326p cloth, illustrated dustjacket a bit torn, first edition, many photographic plates, ...
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Early Science in Oxford. Volume 11: Oxford Colleges and Their Men of Science.
429p blue cloth with gilt lettering, almost as new
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A Hundred Years of Medicine.
352p green/white paperback, minor shelfwear to the extremities, corners with light wear, pages ...
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An Outline of Philosophy.
vi 315p paperback, brown cover with photograph of author, very good condition, minimal wear, ...
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Reminiscences of Bayliss and Starling.
17p orange paperback, many plates, excellent copy
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Galen on the Natural Faculties: With an English translation by Arthur John Brock.
339p green cloth, from a Cambridge college library, slightly worn boards, otherwise near fine ...
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An Elementary Treatise on Heat. First Edition.
xx 392p maroon cloth with gilt lettering, binding expertly repaired with new endpapers, 20p ...
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The Theory of Modern Optical Instruments: A Reference Book for Physicists, Manufacturers of Optical Instruments, and for Officers in the Army and Navy.
xii 365p green cloth, sunned, this copy discarded from the library of the Manchester Institute of ...
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On the Undulatory Theory of Optics: Designed for the Use of Students in the University.
viii 159p green cloth, top portion of spine missing, folding plates in back, light foxing, old ex ...
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A Treatise on Optics. Second Edition.
viii 328p green cloth, spine missing, boards detached, binding weak, this copy discarded from the ...
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Eclosion and Synthesis: Perspectives on the History of Knowledge.
264p grey cloth, this copy discarded from the library of the Manchester Institute of Science & ...
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From Chemical Philosophy to Theoretical Chemistry: Dynamics of Matter and Dynamics of Disciplines, 1800 - 1950.
xv 356p hardback with red dustjacket, as new condition, no names or stamps
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Wranglers and Physicists: Studies on Cambridge Mathematical Physics in the Nineteenth Century. (A poor copy with annotations)
272p hardback, dustjacket, ink annotations throughout, review inserted, poor copy, enriched and ...
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The Voice of America. Forum Lectures. History of Science Series. 11 Issues.
approx 150p brown hardback, 11 issues in one volume, library markings, boards in poor condition, ...
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The Life of Science. Essays in the History of Civilisation.
197p red cloth, very good copy from a Cambridge college library, usual markings to cover and ...
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The Element of Fire. Science, Art and the Human World.
178p hardback, black dustjacket, near fine, dustjacket a little marked, otherwise as new
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Physical Sciences Since Antiquity.
140p hardback with brown and white illustrated dustjacket, excellent copy, almost as new
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Imperial Chemical Industries. A History. Volume 1. The Forerunners 1870-1926.
563p hardback (blue cloth) College library bookplate, front inner hinge weak, text clean, useful ...
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