The Conservation Of Energy. With An Appendix, Treating Of The Vital And Mental Applications Of The Doctrine. (First Americanm Edition, With A New Note And The Two Appendices, First Published Here) by Stewart, Balfour; Appendices By Joseph Le Conte And Alexander Bain - 1876

Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1921. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fair. 67 Pp. Orange Covers Printed In Black. Inscribed "Herrn Professor Niels Bohr / Hochachtung Vollst Uber Reicht Vom Verfasser" From The Author On Title Page, Additional Ownership Signature Of Dutch Physicist H. A. Kramers On Top Of Front Cover, And Small Bookplate Of A Leiden-Trained Physicist, Jan Korringa, A Student And Later Chief Assistant Of Kramers, On Title Page. Wear At Corners, Front Cover Detached And With A Small Loss At Upper Left Corner.

London: Macmillan And Co., 1883. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates. Xx, 111 Pp. Salmon Cloth, Gilt; Black Endpapers. First Printing. Lightly Used, No Fraying, Gilt Bright, Hinges Very Tight, Pages Crisp. Presentation Inscription From The Author To The Duke Of Bedford, With An Additional Letter Of 23 April 1883 From Siemens To The Duke, Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9Th Duke Of Bedford Kg (1819 -1891) (The Dedication Is Dated April 4, 1883), 2 Pp. An Early British Essay On The Dynamics Of Solar Radiation, With Reprinting Of Many Scientific Comments Thereupon. Per Wikipedia, Charles William Siemens (1823- ) Received His Education At The Gymnasium Of Lubeck, The Art School Of Madgeburg, And The University Of Gottingen. In 1843 He Visited England And Again Came To England To Patent An Invention, Becoming Naturalized Subject In 1859. In 1851 Mr. Siemens Introduced His Water-Meter. Between The Years 1856 And 1861, Mr. Siemens, In Conjunction With His Brother Frederick, Worked… Read More

London: George Bell And Sons, 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 170 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Black, With Original Black Endpapers. First Printing. Richardson's Spirited Philosophical Defense Of Medical And Biological Experimentation. Near Fine, Slight Use, Spine Cloth A Little Faded, All Lettering Very Strong, Small Fray Near Bottom Of Spine, Hinges Tight, Pages Immaculate, No Names Or Marks.

Cambridge: University Press, 1897. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrations. Viii, 508 Pp. Prize Binding Of The Institution Of Electrical Engineers, Half Green Morocco, Gilt, Over Pebbled Cloth, Six Compartments, Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt, Marbled Endpapers And Also Marbled Edges Of Page Block. Presentation Bookplate To H. M. Dowsett For 1898-1899; Later Bookplate Of Sir Edward Bullard. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Edges Of Page Block Showing Original Polish, Pages Immaculate. H. M. Dowsett Went To Work For Marconi In 1898, Working Personally With Him, Later Working In Many Areas Within The Marconi Organizations, Later Supervising Work Circa 1930, Last Principal Of The Marconi School From 1935, And Author Of Its History In 1937; He Reviewed Standard Textbooks, Particularly The Oft-Revised Handbook Of Technical Instruction For Wireless Telegraphers. Sir Edward Crisp Bullard Had A Distinguished Research Career Particularly On The Earth's Magnetic Field (He Identified The… Read More

Chicago: American Technical Society, 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good + Dust Jacket. Photographs, Figures, Charts. Red Cloth, Gilt. 169 Pp. First Printing. A Non-Technical But Thorough Discussion Of All Facets Of Television Technology In 1933. Fine, No Wear, Single Large Date Stamp At Top Of First Page Of Text, No Other Marks. Dj With Slight Wear, Small Losses At Corners, A Hint Of Browning To Spine Panel

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, 1928. First Edition, First Printing . Blue Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good. Viii, 53 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. A Very Clean, Crisp Example, Gilt Bright, No Fraying Or Damage; Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, Endpapers Show Even Browning. Dust Jacket Is Very Good, Priced 5S. On Front Cover, Virtually Complete, Some Rubbing And Wear At Corners, With Three 1/8" Chips At Corners Of Spine, And A Smaller Chip At The Tips Only; Spine Browned, With A Rub Affecting Part Of The Letter "S" In "Mechanics".

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First American Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Brown Cloth. Very Good +. Drawings. Vi, 409; V, "Postscript", 436. First Edition, Later Issue, Still Dated 1871 On Title Page, No Indication Of Later Printing, But Later Issue As The First Issue Identifies 16 Errata In Volume I. Two Volumes In Original Brown Cloth, Gilt Lettering On Spine, Black Border And Design On Covers, Light Yellow Endpapers. Two Page Catalog [ Origin Of Species, And A Book By T H Huxley] At End Of First Volume; 12 Pp Catalog, Mostly Works By Spencer But Again Including Origin Of Species, At End Of Second Volume. A Very Clean, Unmarked Set, Possibly Unread. Edges Of Page Block Still Show Original Polish. Gilt Bright, Cloth Evenly Colored, Endpapers Immaculate, Hinges Strong And Without Cracking, Attractive. Points Of Fraying At Corners And Tips [Tips With Minute Professional Repairs To Cloth And Color; Faint Dampstain In Parts Of Lower Covers Of Vol. Ii [Also Professionally… Read More

Archives Neerlandaises Des Sciences Exactes, 1912. First Separate Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Pp 1-15 (Published Beginning At P. 139 In "The Archives" But Here Paginated 1-15). Tan Wrappers Printed In Black. Publisher's Offprint For The Author. First Separate Edition. Near Fine, No Damage.

New York / London: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Drawings. 172 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition (1930 Date On Title Page And Copyright Page). Thomson Won The Nobel Prize For The Research Summarized In This Book. Very Near Fine, Slight Rubbing On Corners, Gilt Brilliant, Ownership Name Of A Research Chemist On Front Pastedown With His Note That He Purchased It In November 1930.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Photographs, Figures, Charts. I, 203 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Printing. Near Fine, Very Slightly Used. Dj With Wear, 1" Chip Across Top Of Spine, 3/4" Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge, 1/2' Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel, A Few Tiny Losses At Edges. Per Wikipedia, Theodore Von Kármán (Hungarian: (1881 - 1963), Was A Hungarian-American Mathematician, Aerospace Engineer, And Physicist Who Worked In Aeronautics And Astronautics. He Was Responsible For Crucial Advances In Aerodynamics Characterizing Supersonic And Hypersonic Airflow. The Human-Defined Threshold Of Outer Space Is Named The "Kármán Line" In Recognition Of His Work. Kármán Is Regarded As An Outstanding Aerodynamic Theoretician Of The 20Th Century. Specific Contributions Include Theories Of Non-Elastic Buckling, Unsteady Wakes In Circum-Cylinder Flow, Stability Of… Read More