Chemistry & Physics
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1892 The Forms Of Water In Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersLondon: 1892A fascinating work by the important physicist John Tyndall, in a half calf prize binding.
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1985 The Modern Shotgun in Three VolumesSouthampton: 1985A fine three volume set of The Modern Shotgun, an illustrated guide inscribed by the author's daughter.
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1926 Virtue's Household PhysicianLondon: 1926Complete five volume set of this 'Household Physician,' a practical medical manual in uniform bindings.
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1859 Chemistry For SchoolsLondon: 1859The very scarce first edition of this book on teaching Chemistry at schools from the mid nineteenth century.
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1967 2vols Early Science in OxfordLondon: 1967Volumes I and II of Robert Gunther's set of books on Early Science in Oxford, with numerous plates, folding plates and illustrations.
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2006 The Oxford Biochemistry Department 1920-2006Oxford: 2006A fascinating volume that traces the history of the Oxford Biochemistry Department, with illustrations. -
1927 Henry Herbert Wills Physics LaboratoryBristol: 1927The University of Bristol's very scarce publication celebrating the formal opening of the Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory on October 21st, 1927.
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1888 Gleanings in ScienceLondon: 1888A scarce series of popular lectures on science, in full calf prize binding for the University of Glasgow, and signed and presented by Scottish mathematician William Jack.
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1968 The Double Helix: A Personal AccountLondon: 1968A first UK edition copy of this autobiographical work by James D. Watson, where he comments upon his discovery of the structure of DNA, nicely illustrated throughout and in an unclipped dust wrapper.
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1910 Science From an Easy ChairLondon: 1910A lavishly illustrated first edition of ‘Science from an Easy Chair’ by Sir Ray Lankester.
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1899 A Short History of the Progress of Scientific ChemistryLongmans, Green, and Co.: 1899A first edition prize bound copy containing a history on the progress of chemistry, written by chemist William Tilden, and bound in half-calf for the King Edward VI Grammar School.
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1894 The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola TeslaNew York: 1894The very scarce second edition of Thomas Commerford Martin's important account of the inventions and research of Nikola Tesla in his career up to 1893. Published in the same year as the first edition, and in the publisher's original cloth binding.
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1953 Thermodynamics Applied to Heat EnginesLondon: 1953A lovely leather-bound work which covers different aspects of thermodynamics and mechanical engineering, with folding plates and in-text illustrations.
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c1928 Notice Sur les Instruments de Précision Appliqués à l'OenologieParis : c1928A fascinating French work on the instruments and processes involved with oenology, the science and study of winemaking.
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1873 La ChaleurParis: 1873A handsomely bound, third edition copy of this fascinating French work on the science, physics, and chemistry of heat, replete with many illustrations.
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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.
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1860 The Chemistry of Artificial LightLondon: 1860A scarce early printing of this fascinating nineteenth century work on artificial light.
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1893-1906 Collected Essays of Thomas HuxleyLondon: 1893-1906Three volumes of an originally nine volume set of Thomas Huxley's collected scientific essays.
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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.
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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.
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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. -
1849-50 The Journal of Gas LightingLondon and New York: 1849-50A scarce collection of this periodical relating to gas works from the mid-nineteenth century, edited by Thomas Greaves Barlow.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1935 Science TodayLondon: 1935A fascinating collection of essays on various aspects of modern science, in a smart prize binding.
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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.
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1948 Mechanization Takes CommandNew York: 1948A first edition of this important work relating to historiography and mechanics.
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1961 Science and GovernmentLondon: 1961A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper.
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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.
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1789 The Goldsmith's RepositoryLondon: 1789A scarce first edition of W. J. Alldridge's in-depth guide to assaying, complete with a folding plate.
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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.
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1908-10 Science in Modern LifeLondon: 1908-10A very smart set of this educational science series. This series was edited by Professor Ainsworth-Davis and covers a variety of subjects that fall within the everyday 'modern science'.
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1912-1942 14Vols in 6 Jac Barzelius BrefUppsala: 1912-1942The complete correspondences of 'Father of Swedish Chemistry' Jons Jacob Berzelius.