![Of an Improved Barometer Gage Eudiometer by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXIII]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005025.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 390-394, [1] p., 1 leaf of an engraved plate: 3 in-text illustrations; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Robert Hare (1781-1858), an American chemist, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected an Associate... More
![Of Sassarubrin, a Resin evolved by Sulphuric Acid from Oil of Sassafras, which is remarkable for its efficacy in Reddening that Acid in its concentrated state by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XVIII]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005020.jpg?v=1474052494)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [2] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Robert Hare (1781-1858), an American chemist, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1824... More
![Of the Reaction of the Essential Oils with Sulphurous Acid, as evolved in union with Ether in the process of Etherification, or otherwise by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XVII]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005019.jpg?v=1474052494)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 356-359, [1] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Robert Hare (1781-1858), an American chemist, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences... More
![On the Cause of the Collapse of a Reservoir while apparently subjected within to great Pressure from a Head of Water by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXIV]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005026.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [4] p.: 1 in-text illustration; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Robert Hare (1781-1858), an American chemist, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and... More
![On the Causes of the Tornado, or Water Spout by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXI]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005023.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 376-384: 1 in-text illustration; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Includes "Facts and Observations respecting the Tornado which occurred at New Brunswick, New Jersey, in June last, abstracted from a written statement made by James P. Espy." Robert Hare... More
![Process for Nitric Ether, or Sweet Spirits of Nitre, by means of an approved Apparatus by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XIX]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005021.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [2] p.: illustration; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Robert Hare (1781-1858), an American chemist, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in... More
![Sundry Improvements in Apparatus, or Manipulation by R. Hare [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXV]. Robert Hare.](/pictures/thumb/005027.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 400-406 p., 1 leaf of an engraved plate: 7 in-text illustrations; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Robert Hare (1781-1858), an American chemist, was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was elected an Associate Fellow... More
Milton Keynes, Eng. Open University Press, 2016. Paperback. Copyright 1982. viii, 184, [8] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
![Contributions to Electricity and Magnetism: No. I Description of a Galvanic Battery for producing Electricity of different Intensities by Joseph Henry [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article IX]. Joseph Henry.](/pictures/thumb/005011.JPG?v=1474052493)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [6] p., 1 leaf of an engraved plate; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Jan. 14, 1835. The plate was drawn by S. Rufus Mason and engraved by J. Yeager. Joseph Henry (1797-1878), one of... More
![Contributions to Electricity and Magnetism: No. II On the Influence of a Spiral Conductor in increasing the Intensity of Electricity from a Galvanic Arrangement of a Single Pair, &c. by Joseph Henry [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article X]. Joseph Henry.](/pictures/thumb/005012.jpg?v=1474052494)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 224-231, [1] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Feb. 6, 1835. Joseph Henry (1797-1878), one of the founding fathers of electrical technology, was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In this paper... More
![Magazin für Färber, Zeugdrucker, und Bleicher [vol. 2]; herausgegeben von D. Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt. Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt, ed.](/pictures/thumb/002702.jpg?v=1472082251)
Berlin: Königl. Preuß. Akademischen Kunst- und Buchhandlung, 1803. Hardcover. Title continued: "oder Sammlung der neuesten und wichtigsten Entdeckungen, Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen, zur Beförderung und Vervollkommnung der Wollen-, Seiden-, Baumwollen- und Leinenfärberei, der Zeugdruckerei, und der Kunst zu bleichen." xii, 308 p.: 1 leaf of an engraved plate (bound as frontispiece);..... More
![Buch des Fluges [3 volumes] [provenance: Österreichischer Aero-Club]. Hermann Hoernes.](/pictures/thumb/002037.jpg?v=1472082222)
Wien: G. Szelinski, k.k. Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes: vol. 1: xv, [1], 676 p., 29 leaves of plates (some in color); vol. 2: xxiv, 680 p., 38 leaves of plates (including 1 color folded map); vol. 3: x, 551, [1] p., 18 leaves of plates, including 2... More
Paris: Durand, Pissot, 1752. Hardcover. Title page continued: "Un Mémoire sur la Maniere de faire le Saffre; Le Secret des Vraies Porcelaines de Chine & de Saxe. Ouvrages ou l'on trouvera la maniere de faire le Verre & le Crystal, d'y porter des Couleurs, d'imiter les Pierres Prétieuses, de préparer..... More
Minneapolis, Minn. L. Kimball Printing Co., 1893. Paperback. [1], 220-240 p.: in-text drawings; 23 cm. Green wrappers with wrapper title. Off-print from the American Geologist, v. 11, no. 4, April 1893. The author, William Henry Holmes (1846-1933), reports on his study of the Little Falls, Minn., site previously explored by... More
![Telephone Lines and Their Properties [provenance: George A. Worcester]. William J. Hopkins.](/pictures/thumb/004295.JPG?v=1472082350)
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. Hardcover. New Edition revised and enlarged. xvi, 272, [16] p., 6 leaves of plates: in-text drawings; 19 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped decoration on each board. Includes index. Publisher's advertisements on final 16 unpaginated pages. The plates are black-and-white photographs... More
![On the Visceral Anatomy of the Python (Cuvier), described by Daudin as the Boa Reticulata by J.P. Hopkinson and J. Pancoast [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article III]. J. P. Hopkinson, Joseph Pancoast.](/pictures/thumb/005005.JPG?v=1474052493)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 122-134 p., 1 folded leaf a lithographed plate drawn on stone by J. Drayton; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Nov. 2, 1832. J.P. Hopkinson taught anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. Joseph Pancoast... More
Venetiis [Venice, Italy]: Laurentium Basilium [Lorenzo Baseggio], 1764. Paperback. Editio prima Veneta, juxta ultimam Londinensem. 2 volumes bound together (vol. 1: [6], xxx, 161, [1], 38, [6] p.; vol. 2: xx, 208 p.): copperplate engraved frontispiece of a compass rose and cardinal points; 21 cm. (8vo). Original stiffened paper covers... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1899. Hardcover. xv, [1], 329 p.: in-text and full-page line drawings; 20 cm. Original half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Top page edges gilt. Contents: I. On the natural history of the man-like apes. -- II. On the relations of... More
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2006. Paperback. x, [2], 97 p.; 24 cm. Paperback. An unabridged republication of the 1962 edition. List of Dover Books on Mathematics on inside of both covers. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; slight creasing along lower edge of cover; clean and tight. More
Philadelphia, Pa. M'Carty & Davis, 1830. Hardcover. Ninth American Edition, Improved. 198 p.: frontispiece; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Front fixed endpaper inscribed: No. 156 J. Reinhart. In a different hand at head... More
![Edison Lab. Oct 10, 1933 [drawing of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford in Edison's lab]. Francis Jehl.](/pictures/thumb/002584.jpg?v=1472082247)
1933. 1 pen and ink drawing (21 x 26 cm.) by Francis Jehl, Edison's laboratory assistant. Signed and dated in pen in lower right-hand corner. Depicts Henry Ford speaking into Thomas Edison's right ear. Francis Jehl (1860-1941) began working for Edison in 1879 at Menlo Park. After working for Edison... More
Bungay, Eng. R. Clay and Sons, 1935. Pamphlet. [1], 124-127, [1] p., 1 leaf of plates: illustrations; 27 cm. Brown wrappers with advertisements on back wrapper. Reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 60. Offprint. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and p. 127: "Department of Classical and... More
![Quarterly Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from Sept. 1, 1858, to Feb. 2, 1859, inclusive [Vol. III New Series, no. 7]. Wilson Jewell, James A. Kirkpatrick.](/pictures/thumb/003184.JPG?v=1472082277)
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1859. Paperback. [1], 242-300 p.: in-text drawings and tables; 24 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Pages are unopened and untrimmed. Contains medical reports on various topics, as well as a report on meteorology and epidemics for 1858 by Dr. Wilson Jewell along with data on meteorological... More
![Quarterly Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from Sept. 4, 1861, to Feb. 5, 1862, inclusive [Vol. III New Series, no. 10]. Wilson Jewell, James A. Kirkpatrick.](/pictures/thumb/003185.JPG?v=1472082277)
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1862. Paperback. [1], 404-463 p.: in-text drawings and tables; 23 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Contains several medical reports on various topics, but primarily contains a lengthy report on meteorolgy and epidemics for 1861 by Dr. Wilson Jewell, with detailed mortality data for Philadelphia, along with... More
Paris: Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 344, [4] p.; 20 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 a4 A-X8 Y6 (8vo). Contemporary full tree calf with five spine compartments between gilt-tooled decoration. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Essais sur le Phlogist. Gilt-tooled decorative border on each... More