Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1935623052 ISBN 13: 9781935623052
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1935623052 ISBN 13: 9781935623052
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1935623052 ISBN 13: 9781935623052
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Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1935623052 ISBN 13: 9781935623052
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1935623052 ISBN 13: 9781935623052
Da: Adkins Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Aggiungi al carrelloPAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1935623052 ISBN 13: 9781935623052
Da: GridFreed, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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Aggiungi al carrelloHRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Boston University Art Gallery, 2005
ISBN 10: 1881450228 ISBN 13: 9781881450221
Paperback. Condizione: As New. Softcover. Light wear. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999
ISBN 10: 0812217012 ISBN 13: 9780812217018
Da: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: VG. Glossy color-illustrated softcover. xiii, 178 pp. BW and color illustrations. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in 1999. The exhibit highlighted the 18th century fascination with science and men of science.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1996
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 33-64 . 8vo. Wraps. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Where did X-Ray Astronomy Come From? by DAVID DEVORKIN. That Magnetic Moment: The Birth of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption by BRANDON SHACKELFORD. Precise Levels in Surveys of North America by RANDALL C. BROOKS and HEATHER BAJDIK. Keith's American Heliostat by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1992
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 33-64. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Laurence Charles Francis, Philadelphia Instrument Maker by BRUCE R. FORMAN. The Oersted Apparatus at The Smithsonian: Perkins, Oersted, and the Piezometer as an Example of the Transatlantic Exchange by JOEL HODSON. The American Railroad Goniometer by DALE R. BEEKS. The Microscopical Soirde of 1884 by BUDD J. LARUE. Richard Patten (1792-1865) by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1993
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: French Instruments in the United States by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1991
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Baird Associates's Commercial Three-Meter Grating Spectrograph and the Transformation of Analytical Chemistry by DAVIS BAIRD. Everything from Watch to Locomotive by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1996
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 97-126. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Tools of Teaching and Research: John Prince, the Deerfield Academy, and Educational Reform in the Early Republic by SARA SCHECHNER GENUTH. William Wales; An Anglo-American Microscope, Optician by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1993
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Cathetometers and Precision Measurement: The History of an Upright Ruler by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Tempest in a Milk Pail: The Lactometer and 19th Century Dairy Disputes by MARJORIE BERRY. The Reflecting Goniometer by STEVEN TURNER. The Zealous Marketing of Rain-Band Spectroscopes by THOMAS F. PETERSON, JR. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Acton, MA, 1998
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 97-128 pages.Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Joseph Henry's Contributions to the Electromagnet and the Electric Motor by ROGER SHERMAN. Andrew Ellicott's Determination of Latitude and Longitude at the Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by JOSEPH H. SENNE. Thomas Hill: Minister, Intellectual and Inventor by PEGGY A (Aldrich) KIDWELL. Hassler's Instruments at NIST by LISA GREENHOUSE. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Acton, MA, 1998
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 32 pages.Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: John Bird and the Origin of the Sextant by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Circular Dividing Engines in the United States before 1900 by ROBERT C. MILLER. Thomas Alva Edison's Gift to Milan High School by THOMAS B. GREENSLADE, Jr. A Constant Deviation Wavelength Spectrometer Made by Adam Hilger, Ltd. by NOAH RINDOS. The Beckman DU Spectrophotometer by JON EKLUND. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1989
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Elizur Wright's Arithmeter. An Early American Spiral Slide Rule by PEGGY A (Aldrich) KIDWELL. The Microscopes of Charles Fasoldt by PAUL L. FERRAGLIO. The Straight-Line / Nadir Instrument of the Dorchester Bay Tunnel Project by DALE R. BEEKS and A. JAMES HILL. Microscopes and Medicine in the U.S., 1840-1860 by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Squire Whipple's Protracting Trigonometer by FRANCIS E. GRIGGS, JR. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Editore: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1994
Da: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Staplebound wraps. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 33-64. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. Minor scuffing to rear cover. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: The Holyoke Instruments at Harvard by RAYMOND V. GIORDANO. Alvan Clarks' Customers by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Applying a New Science to a New Industry: The Promise of Spectrum Analysis and the Reality of the Bessemer Process of Making Steel by STEVEN TURNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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hardcover. Condizione: As New. 2nd. Willmann-Bell, 1996. Hard cover, 2nd edition. Fine condition with no dust jacket, as issued.
hardcover. Condizione: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Editore: Smithsonian Institution Press
Da: Pacific Rim Used Books LLC, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Hardback. 1968. There are b&w illustrations and a list of Clark's paintings. 120 Good. Owner's name in ink. Light staining on both the front and rear free end papers. No dust wrapper.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Chicago Press, USA, 1999
ISBN 10: 0226450708 ISBN 13: 9780226450704
Da: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, Regno Unito
EUR 24,26
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. PAPERBACK 1999. 25x17cm. 379 pages with index. Black & white illustrations. Flat spine. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref o30.
Da: Forgotten Books, London, Regno Unito
EUR 16,56
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the remarkable story of a 19th-century American family who revolutionized astronomical observation. It chronicles the lives and work of Alvan Clark and his sons, George Bassett and Alvan Graham, who together formed the renowned firm Alvan Clark & Sons. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of a burgeoning public fascination with astronomy, fueled by scientific advancements and the desire to explore the cosmos. The Clarks rose to prominence by crafting exquisite lenses for some of the world's most powerful telescopes, including the still-unmatched 40-inch lens at Yerkes Observatory. Beyond their technical mastery, the book explores the Clarks' dedication to scientific inquiry and their contributions to practical astronomy. It details their meticulous methods, their pursuit of perfection, and their own astronomical observations, including the discovery of double stars and participation in solar eclipse expeditions. Ultimately, this book illuminates the legacy of the Clark family, not only as skilled artisans but as pioneers who helped shape the course of astronomical discovery and pushed the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.