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By: N/A
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Madison, WI, Democrat Printing Company:
Seller ID: 002716
Condition: Good, Good to Good-
1890, 1894 dates of publication. Part 1: 87 pp. Paper covers intact. ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. Covers mildly soiled, creased marks as if folded. Spine's paper chipped, missing 1" strip at base. In Good condition. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Part 2:195 pp. Front cover with ex.mus. stamp and numbers. Back cover detached. Chipping to paper spine, 1 1/2" strip missing at top and base otherwise intact. Mildly soiled. exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Boston, Popular Science News Co.: 1892
Seller ID: 003135
Condition: Good or Better
Articles by Harlan Hoge Ballard,"then" President of the Agassiz Association; and THE NEW STAR IN AURIGA, by Charles Augustus Young. Articles include: NOVELITIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (6 etchings); WATER AND AIR BAROMETERS (2 etchings); PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHTING-STROKES(1etching); FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF COCHIN CHINA (1etching); SOME CURIOUS MINERALS (5 ETCHINGS); ABOUT LICHENS(17 etchings); MIMICRY IN ANIMALS (3 etchings); EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER-JETS(3 ETCHINGS); EVOLUTION FOR THE CONTINENTS( 4 etchings); MINIATURE SUN-DIALS (4 etchings); SOUP-BUBBLES (6 etchings); JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (2 etch... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885
Seller ID: 003233
Condition: Good to Good+
With Science Supplement. Article by a Famous American: in Science Supplement: E. J. JAMES "Recent land legislation in England". Other articles: "Blackfoot Tribes"; "Some Reaction-Time Studies" with a table; "Ben Nevis Meteorological Observatory" with an illustration of the observatory; and "Entomology in the National Museum" with a table. In Letters to the Editor: "Effigy mounds in Iowa" with an illustration. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front. vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at bottom ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $55.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Science Company: 1883
Seller ID: 003355
Condition: Good to Good+
Articles:The Igloo of the Innuit. -I; On the Development of the Pituitary Body in Petromyzon, and the Significance of that Organ in other Types with 6 illustrations; The Weather in June, 1883 with map, table and ice chart for 1883; The Fall of a Balloon (hot air) with 6 illustrations; Some Unsolved Problems in Geology by Dr. J. W. Dawson; plus Weekly Summary of the Progress of Science with "reports" in Chemistry, Agriculture (with table), Meteorology, Geography, and Zoology with illustration of a Restoration of Brontosaurus. pp.181-210. Front wrap advertisement for The Revere Rubber Co... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New Holland, PA, Sperry Rand Corporation: 1957
Seller ID: 005318
Condition: Very Good +
A New Holland Grassland Handbook with information about the different clouds, weather predictions and when to continue farming. Form No. 1226 Weather 857D. 15 pp. Slight bending to bottom corner. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good +. View more info
By: Bell, Alexander Graham, Prof. W. H. Brewer, Prof.S.P. Langley and Prof. C. A. Young
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1884
Seller ID: 001178
Condition: Very Good
4 separate reports by Famous Americans: 1. Report of the Eclipse Expedition to Caroline Island, May 1883 by Prof. C. A. Young, pp.10-146, 22 Figures ( illustrations, charts/graphs, maps). 2. Wave-lengths in the Invisible Prismatic Spectrum, by Prof.S.P. Langley, pp. 147-162, 5 Tables, 4 Figures, 4 Plates (fold-out graphs) 3. Subsidence of Particles in Liquids, by Prof. W. H. Brewer, pp.163-175 and 4. Formation of Deaf Variety of Human Race, by Alexander Graham Bell pp.177-224, 30 Tables, 12 Figures (some foldout graphs), Also Appendix pp.225-262 with Tables A-Y. 3/4 brown leather with marble... View more info
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1883
Seller ID: 005327
Condition: Good
United States Geological Survey Annual Report. Pages 293-402. 10 plates included with report. Missing paper wrap covers. Back section of document is separated, but no missing pages. Some browning to page edges and tissue guards over plates, but no text is affected. View more info
By: Curtis, G. E.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Washington City, Signal Office: 1885
Seller ID: 006608
Condition: Very Good
Signal Office, War Department. Signal Service Notes No. XIII. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer of the Army. By Authority of the Secretary of War. 16 pp. Brown paper wraps. Light chipping to corners, edges and spine edge, browning along cover edges. Ink numbers written at top of front cover. Interior clean. Document in VG condition. View more info
By: Finley, John P.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Washington City, Signal Office: 1884
Seller ID: 006603
Condition: Good+
Signal Office, War Department. Signal Service Notes No. XII. Prepared Under the Direction of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer of the Army. By Authority of the Secretary of War. 19 pp. Brown paper wraps. Chipping and browning to edges, ink marks and smudges to covers, creasing and tears to spine edge. Ink writing on top corner on front cover. Minor creasing to interior pages. Pamphlet in Good+ condition. View more info
By: Gibbons, Dr. H.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Washington, Smithsonian Institution: 1855
Seller ID: 000211
Condition: Very Good
VG+. Disbound from 9th Annual Smithsonian Report. pp. 231-270. Pages 231-258 cover Dr. Gibbons' report: "Since the 1st of December, 1850, I have kept a record of observations on the weather in this city, of which I propose to give you a summary, for the especial benefit of distant enquirers." Pages 259-270 (detached) give the "Meteorological Observations for Sacramento, California" by Dr. Thomas Logan and Dr. F.W. Hatch. View more info
By: Gilbert, G. K.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Washington, Goverment Printing Office: 1882
Seller ID: 004114
Condition: Very Good
From the Second Annual Report, United States Geological Survey for 1880-81. "The change proposed in this paper is of a radical nature. Since the time of Laplace the hypsometric formula he developed has formed the groundwork of all investigation and practice. Later writers have made formal modification of some of its terms and ...modern physical research has made slight corrections...It is here porposed to abandon it entirely for the greater part of hypsometric work and to substitue a new formula..."pp.403-566. 4 Diagrams, 7 full page graphs (Plates) and 38 Tables. Disbound but intact. ... View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1910
Seller ID: 003677
Condition: Good+ to Very Good-
"The work of the Baldwin Magnetic Observatory began in June, 1900... The work of the Baldwin Observatory during 1905 and 1906 was carried on by the following magnetic observers: L.B. Smith, W.B. Keeling, and S,.A. Deel." 107 pp. 26 graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms in 1905 and 1906. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. faint ex-mus.stamp on front cover. ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Spine faded. Overall covers are Good+ to Very Good -. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1911
Seller ID: 003679
Condition: Good to Good+
"The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is located on a large coral plain, 12 1/2 miles (21 kilometers) west of the city of Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Its operation began in January, 1902." 95 pp. plus 21 graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms in 1907 and 1908. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. fading to spine. faint ex-mus.stamp on front cover. ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Spine top end missing small strip. Otherwise covers Good+. ex. mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1912
Seller ID: 003680
Condition: Good+
"The magnetic observatory at Cheltenham was built in 1900 and its operation began in April, 1901." 93 pp. plus 22 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms in 1909 and 1910. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. fading to spine. faint ex-mus.stamp on front cover. ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Covers Good+. ex. mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1920
Seller ID: 003681
Condition: Good+
"The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is located on a large coral plain, 12 1/2 miles (21 km.) west of the city of Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Its operation began in January, 1902." 104 pp. plus 23 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. spine darkened with two small tears. faint ex-mus.stamp on front cover. Overall covers Good+. ex. mus. stamp and numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1918
Seller ID: 003682
Condition: Good to Good+
"The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is located on a large coral plain, 12 1/2 miles (21 km.) west of the city of Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Its operation began in January, 1902." 101 pp. plus 22 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms. Numerous tables including register of Earthquakes. Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. Fading to front cover. Slight chipping at front top edge. spine darkened. ex-mus.stamp on front cover. Overall covers Good+. ex. mus. stamp and numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1916
Seller ID: 003683
Condition: Good+
"In February, 1903, a magnetograph was installed in a room in Fort Isabel Segunda, on Vieques Island, Porto Rico, and variation observations were continued there until April, 1907. At that time suitable buildings had been constructed for the observatory work, and the magnetograph was transferred to the new site, about five-eighths of a mile ( 1 kilometer) west of the old fort." The work of the Porto Rico Observatory was in charge of the following magnetic observers: F. Neumann and Harold W. Pease. 102 pp. 15 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magne... View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1916
Seller ID: 003685
Condition: Good+
"The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is located on a large coral plain, 12 1/2 miles (21 kilometers) west of the city of Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Its operation began in January, 1902." 105 pp. plus 16 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. spine and front cover's bottom edge darkened. Overall covers Good+ to Very Good-. ex. mus. stamp/numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1913
Seller ID: 003686
Condition: Good+
"The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is located on a large coral plain, 12 1/2 miles (21 kilometers) west of the city of Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Its operation began in January, 1902." 99 pp. plus 12 foldout graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. spine darkened. ex.mus. stamp/numbers on front cover. Overall covers Good+ to Very Good-. ex. mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1914
Seller ID: 003687
Condition: Good
"In February, 1903, a magnetograph was installed in a room in Fort Isabel Segunda, on Vieques Island, Porto Rico, and observations were continued there until April, 1907. At that time suitable buildings had been constructed for the observatory work, and the magnetograph was transferred to the new site, about five-eighths of a mile(1 kilometer west of the old fort." 102 pp. 13 graphs with reproductions of magnetograms showing the principal magnetic storms. Numerous tables.Tan paper wraps. Mildly soiled. fading to spine and top front edge. Front cover split from top to bottom so cover ... View more info
