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Chemistry & Physics
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1855 The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of PlantsLondon: 1855A very scarce first edition copy of this important perfumery work by G. W. Septimus Piesse, in the original publisher's cloth with a lovely custom slipcase, complete with illustrations. -
1865 The Book of PerfumeLondon: 1865The first edition of this important history of perfumery by the leading innovator perfumer of the Victorian era, Eugene Rimmel, complete with illustrations throughout. -
1855 The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of PlantsLondon: 1855The very scarce first edition of this early work on perfumery by a master perfumer, G. W. Septimus Piesse, complete with illustrations throughout. -
1860 The Chemistry of Artificial LightLondon: 1860A scarce early printing of this fascinating nineteenth century work on artificial light. -
1896 Chemical RecipesSunderland: 1896A third edition collection of chemical recipes, providing an insight into chemical knowledge and process in the late nineteenth century. -
1893-1906 Collected Essays of Thomas HuxleyLondon: 1893-1906Three volumes of an originally nine volume set of Thomas Huxley's collected scientific essays. -
1830 Corso Elementare di Fisica SperimentaleMilano: 1830A decoratively bound Italian work on the science of electricity, an essential work on the subject by Giuseppe Belli. -
1837 The Magazine of Popular Science and Journal of the Useful Arts, Third and Fourth VolumesLondon: 1837Presenting the third and fourth volumes of The Magazine of Popular Science and Journal of the Useful Arts, published in the early 19th century and heavily illustrated throughout. -
1877-1888 12Vols in 4 Hardwicke's Science-GossipLondon: 1877-1888Twelve beautifully illustrated and fantastically informative volumes of this popular Victorian era popular science periodical. -
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1898 A Treatise on Dynamics of a ParticleCambridge: 1898The signed first edition of this mathematician's informative and detailed study of particle dynamics. -
1728 The Present State of the Republick of LettersLondon: 1728-36A very scarce collection of fourteen volumes of Andrew Reid's eighteenth century periodical, featuring an early printing of a treatise by Sir Isaac Newton. -
1917-1921 2Vol Studies in the History and Method of ScienceOxford: 1917-1921Charles Singer's extensively researched and illustrated two volume history of science and medicine, here in their first editions. -
1919-20 Hydrogen ManualLondon: 1919-20A fascinating manual on hydrogen and its uses written during the First World War and used during the Second. -
1911 The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and MagnetismCambridge: 1911A second edition copy of this uncommon work on the mathematics of electricity and magnetism, written in the early twentieth century by physicist James Jeans. -
1916 Les Theories Statistiques en ThermodynamiqueLeipzig; Berlin: 1916A fascinating collection on lectures on statistical theories of thermodynamics given at the College de France by Nobel Prize-winning Dutch physicist Henrik Lorentz. -
1926 Three Lectures on Atomic PhysicsLondon: 1926The first edition of this English translation of three of Arnold Sommerfeld's important lectures on atomic physics, translated by Henry L. Brose. An uncommon work. -
1935 Science TodayLondon: 1935A fascinating collection of essays on various aspects of modern science, in a smart prize binding. -
1901 Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth CenturyLondon: 1901A fascinating educational history of nineteenth century scientific advancements, in a full calf signed school prize binding from Relfe Brothers of London. -
1892 Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses and ReviewsLondon: 1892A smart eighth edition of this collection of essays and lectures relating to physics. -
1948 Mechanization Takes CommandNew York: 1948A first edition of this important work relating to historiography and mechanics. -
1810 Pneumatics from the Encyclopaedia BritannicaNot Stated: 1810The section on pneumatics taken from the fourth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, complete with eleven plates and bound in lovely recent marbled boards. -
1961 Science and GovernmentLondon: 1961A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. -
1894-1901 Collected Essays by T. H. HuxleyLondon & New York: 1894-1901Five volumes of an originally nine volume set of Thomas Huxley's collected scientific essays. -
1789 The Goldsmith's RepositoryLondon: 1789A scarce first edition of W. J. Alldridge's in-depth guide to assaying, complete with a folding plate. -
1811 A Short System of OpticsDublin: 1811A scarce second edition of this volume regarding optics designed for undergraduates at the university of Dublin, with five folding plates. -
1912-1942 14Vols in 6 Jac Barzelius BrefUppsala: 1912-1942The complete correspondences of 'Father of Swedish Chemistry' Jons Jacob Berzelius. -
1850 A Manual of the ThermometerLondon: 1850A very scarce first edition publication on the history and use of the thermometer as a meteorological instrument. -
1828-1846 8Vol Traite de Chimie Appliquee aux ArtsParis: 1828-1846Eight first edition volumes of the writings of this leading French chemist in the first half of the nineteenth century. -
1708 Materia Medica or a Description of Simple Medicines Generally Us'd in PhysickLondon: 1708The very scarce first edition of this medical work written by botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. -
1756 Medical and Chemical Observations upon AntimonyLondon: 1756The first edition of this work on the uses of antimony by the noted English surgeon John Huxham. -
1877 AnthracenLondon: 1877A scarce first edition scientific work on the dying and printing processes of various chemicals. -
1890 La Revolution Chimique LavoisierParis: 1890The first edition of this work on the important discoveries of eighteenth century French chemist Antoine Lavoisier. -
1798 2Vols Memoires et Observations de ChimieParis: 1798A very scarce first edition collection of the scientific works of chemist Bertrand Pelletier. With several illustrated folding plates. -
1819 An Essay on Chemical AnalysisLondon: 1819A scarce first edition scientific work on chemistry from a former 'keeper of zoology' at the British Museum. -
1820 A Practical Treatise on the Use and Application of Chemical TestsLondon: 1820A very scarce work on conducting chemical testing, from a prominent scientist famed for his warnings about the dangerous chemical additives in foods. -
1865 A Course of Six lectures on the Chemical History of a CandleLondon: 1865An uncommon second edition of Michael Faraday's lecture series on the chemistry and physics of flames.