John james waterston (5 risultati)

DVD. Condizione: Used - Good.

Condizione: VG. London 1861. Article at pp. 401-414 plus 1 plate in single complete issue of London Philosophical Magazine., June 1861. Additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, blue original printed wraps. VG, light wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Brown cloth boards show some shelf wear, corner bumps.; A tight solid book, text unmarked, hinges intact. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. B&W plates all present, as well as a number of fold-out scientific illustrations.; B&W Plates; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 777 pages; Waterston (1811-1883) was a Scottish scientist who went largely unrecognized during his life. Preface by Haldane as well as an extensive biography of Waterston followed by his scientific writings broken into the following sections: 1. Physiological Psychology, 2. Gases and the Theory of Heat, 3. Liquids and their Vapours, 4. Miscellaneous Physical and Chemical Subjects, 5. Astronomical Subjects.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece (= Plate 1), lxviii, 709, [1] pp; text figs.; 5 plates; ads. Original cloth, top edge gilt, untrimmed. Ex-library: embossed stamp on title page, ink stamp on verso of title page, gilt library number on spine, bookplate on pastedown. Else Very Good+. 'During his lifetime, Waterston was considered a minor, somewhat eccentric scientist, known chiefly for his investigations of solar radiation; his other publications on astronomy, physical chemistry, and molecular physics attracted little notice. After his death a manuscript he had submitted in 1845 to the Royal Society of London was discovered in the Society's archives. Had this paper been published when it was first presented, an important branch of physics would have been advanced by ten or fifteen years (in the judgment of Lord Rayleigh and other modern commentators) and Waterston would have been generally recognized as one of its leaders. Instead, Waterston's case has become a classic example of the suppression of originality by an established scientific institution' (D.S.B. XIV: 184).…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1928 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 814 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 814 Waterston, J. J. (John James), 1811-1883. nb2007014972,Haldane, J. S. (John Scott), 1860-1936. n 83825411.…