Benjamin thompson count rumford (59 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition thus. Octavo, 9 1/8" tall, xvii + 503 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover overall with light shelf wear, but foxing color loss to the cloth at the top of the front cover ; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket with price clipped.…

No Binding. Condizione: VG. Sized about 9 x 5, printed on light-gauge glossy paper, from an engraving by Muller. T. Muller (illustratore).

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Price clipped. Out of print.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Dust Jacket. 507 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket not price clipped. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Dust Jacket. 523 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket not price clipped. NOTE: Light foxing to page edges. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.…

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages as issued. Folio. (9.5 x 14 ins). FEATURING approx 500 line account of Pellico's ordeal. A crisp copy of the original Weekly Newspaper. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Folio (23 x 33 cms). Category: Chambers' Edinburgh Journal; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xi, 507 Pp. Light Blue Cloth. First Printing. Fine In Ner Fine Dust Jacket Priced $10.00. No Marks. Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, Frs (German: Reichsgraf Von Rumford; 1753 - 1814) Was A British Physicist, Born In Colonial Massachusetts,[1] And Inventor Whose Challenges To Established Physical Theory Were Part Of The 19Th-Century Revolution In Thermodynamics. He Served As Lieutenant-Colonel Of The King's American Dragoons, Part Of The British Loyalist Forces, During The American Revolutionary War. After The End Of The War He Moved To London, Where His Administrative Talents Were Recognized When He Was Appointed A Full Colonel, And In 1784 He Received A Knighthood From King George Iii. A Prolific Designer, Thompson Also Drew Designs For Warships. He Later Moved To Bavaria And Entered Government Service There, Being Appointed Bavarian Army Minister And Re-Organizing The Army, And, In 1792, Was Made A Count Of The Holy Roman Empire.…

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. First Harvard Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts:: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969. A clean, square copy. Corners are NOT bumped. The Dust Jacket is lightly soiled, and has closed tears that have been reinforced on the blank side with clear tape. NOT price clipped (10.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with a few old engravings. From the Dust Jacket: "In this new edition, Mr. Brown has rearranged the papers according to subject matter Of particular interest are his papers on the propagation of heat in liquids, the heat of combustion of many substances, and the management of fire and the economy of fuel. His recognition of convection currents led him to the design of chimney fireplaces which have not been improved upon since." Appendix: Facts of Publication (a bibliography that identifies the various editions and translations of Count Rumford publications). Index. Bound in the publisher's gray cloth, lettered in white and black on the spine. . First Harvard Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./Good dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 523pp.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Vol. 2 ONLY. Half leather with brown marbled paper. Gilt decorated spine and label. Marbled end papers. Book plate of Samuel Hubbard inside front cover. Hubbard was a prominent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice. Some wear along the joints, minor scuffs and light flaking to spine. Some wear to tips. Hinges firm. Offsetting of images on plates onto facing pages. Good solid copy of this desirable book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First three volumes of five volume set of the work of scientist/inventor Benjamin Thompson- AKA Count Rumford. All three volumes and unpriced, unclipped dust jackets are near fine plus, if not fine with only light shelf-wear. NOTE: DUE TO SIZE/WEIGHT, PRIORITY AND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN ABEBOOKS' QUOTE; IT WILL REFLECT ACTUAL COSTS. Time Tested Books has been located in the same place and owned by the same people for over 20 years. We have an excellent rep. We also have tens of thousands of titles in stock and are an open shop, so when in the Sacramento area, stop in.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

ii, 68pp, 14 bw illustrations on fold out plates 21x14, unbound Covers and title page missing, contents page missing substantial pieces only slightly impacting text, edges of plates rough, a couple of pencil marks. Damaged copy of Rumford's classic work. The pagination matches the description of the third edition, but without the title page and imprint it is difficult to be sure. Rumford (he became a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791 in recognition of his work for the Prince-Elector of Bavaria) was a polymath, whose achievements ranged from furnaces to nutritious soup for the poor. Born in America, he was a Loyalist in the War of Independence, and ended up in London, then Paris and Munich. As well as solving the problems of inefficient fireplaces he helped to found the Royal Institute, and - apparently - invented thermal underwear. One of the great Enlightenment figures.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 4 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. Library stamps and markings. Illustrations, 52 plates, tables. Ships daily.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 4to, from Phil. Trans., 1797, p222-292, 3 tables, 2 fldg plates including one of a cannon. (Preceded by 3p 'On the action of nitre upon gold & platina' by Smithson Tennant). Neatly rebound at some time in cloth, gilt lettering on spine, by Henry Sotheran. Sl browning to first page & plates, red edges. DNB: Count Rumford founded the Royal Institution in 1799. He made mechanical inventions with a view to ameliorating domestic life, and was the first to determine that 'heat is a mode of motion', after observing 'the immense amount of heat generated when cannon were bored'.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Extract from Phil Trans, Vol 84, 1794, pp. 107-118, in modern wraps. DW. Book.

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original pictorial-printed, stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked as with age. Internally crisp and fine. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 1 pages; Description: 1 vol. (continuous paging) ; 22 cm. Subject: Poor --Germany --Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.…

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original pictorial-printed, stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked as with age. Internally crisp and fine. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 1 pages; Description: 1 vol. (continuous paging) ; 22 cm. Subject: Poor --Germany --Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.…