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Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901. pp 683-692+ large fold-out color spectrum...reprinted from the National Academy of Sciences. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8 vo.

Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901. 1st, thus edition; pp 149-155+4 b/w plates...reprinted from the Science, June 22, 1900. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8 vo.

Government Printing Office (1901), Edition: First Edition, 1901. Paperback. The New Spectrum...disbound from Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution...for the Year Ending June 30, 1900 by S.P.) Smithsonian Institution Langley (1901)

Washington: GPO. GOOD book. Would be VG BUT: weak hinges & 2 signatures started.. 1898. 1st edition. Hardcover. GOOD book. FINE text & plates, including the fold outs. Bright & clean. Tight despite the started signatures. 9"x6", li,727pp. . Few other minor flaws. Cover extrems scuffed, top edge lightly dusted. Despite the starting the book is still tight as the book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. Profusely illustrated with b/w plates (few in color) and two fold outs. Of particular interest to this deale (being close to Buffalo) is Martin's 10 page "The Utilization of Niagara". At the time Niagara Falls electricity had only arrived in Buffalo, 22 miles away, just the year before. This artical was preceded by a 20 page general discussion on the transmission of energy. The artical's conclusion was alternating current electricity could be transmited 35 miles. Samuel Langley was Secretary of the Smithsonian. He was an early pioneer in heavier than air… Read More

Government Printing Office, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 738 pages. Document no. 537, part 2. Report on various departments of the National Museum with articles describing and illustrating collections including Aboriginal American Harpoons: A Study in Ethnic Distribution and Invention by Otis Tufton Mason; A Sketch of the History of the Ceramic Art in China with a Catalogue of the Hippisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains by Alfred E. Hippisley; A Collection of Hopi Ceremonial Pigments by Walter Hough; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Meteorite Collection in the U. S. National Museum by Wirt Tassin. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Original calf binding has been repaired with page block reglued a bit too low. Front hinge cracked. A large, heavy book.