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Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. Vol 38, No 1, pp. 180-188, Illus, 4to, Extracted from Orig Vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 171 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Small tear on top edge of first freen end page. Beverly Baum (Jacket Design) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Lacking dust jacket. Nice cover. Previous owner name to front flyleaf. Pages show some underlining. Binding is solid.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The covers look great. The binding is tight, although slightly rolled backwards(shelf-cocked). There is an organization stamp on the front flyleaf. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. A dust jacket is not included. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.…

683pp. Ex-library, lightly waterstained and moisture rippled: Good/no dj.

Hardcover. Condizione: UsedGood. ASIN: B001JATVUA Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; bump to top corner; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Condizione: Very Good. 4 pages. 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: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Intellectual Observer; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. used copy, boards slightly bent, pages clean, color illustrations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Serial Issue. 483 pages; B&W illustrations. Graphs. Slightly cocked spine. Minor foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Light yellowing on pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 7-8 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1864). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Vol. 154 - Part II, pp. 413-435 a. pp. 437-444 and 2 lithographed plates.(1 plate showing the spectroscope which could be attached to his eight-innch telescope invented by Huggin's and Miller, the start of stellar spectroscopi, the other plate showing the obtained spectra of the nebulæ Aldebaran and Orionis). First printing of a historical paper in spectroscopy and cosmology in which the authors shows, by analysing the spectrae of nebulae, of stars, of planets, of comets, and of the sun, that they are all built of the same elements as the earth. Thus was "laid to rest the twenty-one-century notion of Aristotle's that the heavens were composed of a unique substance not found on the earth."(Asimov). They also shows that there is a considerable diversity of chemical composition among the stars.In this paper Huggins also describes his discovery, by spectroscopy, that a number of nebulae are luminous gas clouds."William Huggins (1824-1910), English astronomer, a pioneer in spectroscopy and photography. He examined spectroscopically the chemical constitution of stars and comets, and the gaseous nature of planetary and diffuse nebulae" he applied the Doppler Principle to the measurement of the radial velocities of stars, and published an atlas of representative stellar spectra" (Ripley: Source Book in Astronomy).…