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Mankind's scientific progress, as it happened, complete with all the dead ends and unrealised theories. Four hundred years of thinking and re-thinking and all the breakthroughs.
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1867 Manuale dei Medicamenti Galenici e ChimiciFirenze: 1867A very scarce Italian dictionary of medicine, compiled by the chemist Giuseppe Orosi.
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2012 4vols Victorian Science and Literature: Part II, Volumes 5-8London: 2012Smart first edition copies of the complete Part II of an eight-volume exploration of Victorian science and literature.
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1949 Molecules and Crystals in Inorganic ChemistryLondon: 1949The first English language edition of Dutch chemist Anton Eduard van Arkel's work on inorganic chemistry.
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1921 An Introduction to the Theory of RelativityLondon: 1921The very scarce first edition of this informative introductory guide to Einstein's theory of relativity.
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1956-1958 The Services' Textbook Radio Volume I and VLondon: 1956-1958The scarce first editions of Volume I and Volume V from this radio textbook series.
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1903 Problems in AstrophysicsLondon: 1903A first edition copy of Agnes Clerke's third and last major work on astrophysics, with numerous illustrations.
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1904 An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable PowdersLondon: 1904First edition of this early twentieth century guide to the microscopic analysis of food
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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1850 A Manual of the ThermometerLondon: 1850A very scarce first edition publication on the history and use of the thermometer as a meteorological instrument.
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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.
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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.
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1877 AnthracenLondon: 1877A scarce first edition scientific work on the dying and printing processes of various chemicals.
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1837 History of the Inductive SciencesLondon: 1837William Whewell's attempt to systemise the development of science through time. The scarce first edition complete in three volumes.
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1946 Moon RocketLondon: 1946The first edition of this interesting work, looking into the science behind sci-fi, illustrated throughout.
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1799 Manuel D'Un Cours De ChimieParis: 1799An uncommon first edition copy of volume two of Manuel D'Un Cours De Chimie, profusely illustrated with fifteen full page engraved plates.
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1769 Cours de Physique ExperimentaleParis: 1769A scarce, first French edition of Pieter van Musschenbroek's treatise on experimental physics.
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1620 Recueil de Plusieurs Machines Miltaires et Feux Artificiels Pour La GuerrePont-A-Mousson: 1620A scarce, first edition copy of this important work on military and recreational fireworks.
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1669 A Continuation of New ExperimentsOxford: 1669A scarce, first edition copy of Robert Boyle’s first continuation of his important work on air and gasses.
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1897 Minutes of Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Mining EngineersAukland: 1897A scarce illustrated work on the Hauraki peninsula goldfields in New Zealand. Being the transactions of the New Zealand institute of Mining Engineers at the end of the nineteenth century.
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1798 Cours Elementaire de Chimie Theorique et PratiqueParis: 1798/VIIA scarce two volume work on the principals of chemistry. Written by Pierre Philippe Alyon, a French medical botanist and prolific author on scientific subjects. A smart set, bound in contemporary quarter calf bindings.
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Electric Lighting a Practical TreatiseLondon: 1878A very scarce first edition of Paget Bigg's translation of this interesting study on electric lighting, originally written in French by Hippolyte Fontaine, illustrated throughout.
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A Bibliography of the Works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 1743-1794London: 1954A first edition copy of this fascinating bibliography of the works of the renowned French nobleman and "father of modern chemistry" Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.
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Die Fermente und Ihre WirkungenLeipzig: 1900The first edition of Carl Oppenheimer's important work on fermentation, here written in the original German.
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Handbook of MetallurgyLondon: 1898A very scarce first thus English edition of Carl Schnabel's fascinating treatise on Metallurgy; translated by Henry Louis and complete in two volumes.
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1833 Report of Meetings of the British Association Science York Oxford First EdLondon: 1833The first edition of this report regarding the British Association for the Advancement of Science's meetings in 1831 and 1832. To this work there are the proceedings and transactions.
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1829 E Arthur New Spirit Calculator Rules Reducing Compounding Spirits UncommonWorcester: 1829An uncommon first edition of E Arthur's 'The New Spirit Calculator'.
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1975 Scientific Instruments by Harriet Wynter and Anthony Turner Illustrated ReceiptLondon: 1975The first edition of this profusely illustrated work detailing the history and variety of scientific instruments, presented in excellent condition in the original dustwrapper.