The Orbit and Phenomena of a Meteoric Fire-Ball, Seen July 20, 1860.
Smithsonian Institute, 1868
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 221. 4to. (31x22cm), 101 pages. 1 map. Several tears and chips in the margins, sometimes with pieces of paper lost, but never affecting the text. The paper rather brittle. In later wrappers, a little creased.
Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard Economic Research Project, February 1955.
27.5 x 21.5 cm, title page, viii + 255 pages, printed on one side of the paper only, the text pages printed in purple ink suggesting a Roneo printer. One page consists of a large folding chart (approximately 64cm long), which is rather creased at the folds. This volume is in very good condition. Bound in the original boards with the title etc. on the front board and a green spine of impregnated cloth, the boards slightly worn with a chip in the back board approximately 2cm long, without loss Read more about Harvard Economic Research Project. Report on Research for 1954.
Pattavi, Typis Seminarii, 1833. 8vo. (20.5 x 13 cm), 64 pages. Beautifully printed on paper of marvelous quality that looks as white and fresh as when new, apart from one ink mark at the bottom of the printed dedication. Bound with light green paper over the boards, treated to look like watered silk: the binding very sound but with a number of marks, all edges gilt. Inscribed by the author on the back of the front endpaper. Read more about Medical Doctoral Thesis Ulrich, Wenceslaus E. Dissertatio Inaugaralis Medica de Apoplexia…
The Religious Philosopher: Or the Right USE of Contemplating the Works of the Creator…Vol. II
London, J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1719
Translated by John Chamberlayne,
This volume is concerned mainly with earth sciences and natural history, containing sections on Air, Meteors, Water, The Earth, Fire, Animals and Plants.The title page continues;-Read more about Early Eighteenth Century Science