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‎"CONGRESSO INTERNATIONALE...‎

‎La Ceroplastica nella Scienza e nell'arte Atte del Congresso Internazionale Firenze...1975. 2 vols.‎

‎Firenze, 1977. Royal8vo. 724 pp., plates and textillustr. Text in Italian, German, English and French.‎

‎(Bibliotheca della ""Revista di Storia delle Scienze Medicale e Naturali"" vol. XX).‎

Bookseller reference : 20994

‎"CROS, CHARLES. - INVENTING THE PHONOGRAPH.‎

‎""Procédé d'enregistrement et de reproduction des phénomènes perçus par l'ouïe"". (Seance du Lundi 3 decembre 1877).‎

‎(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1877 4to. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 85, No 23. Pp. (1029-) 1084. (Entire issue offered). Cros' letter: pp. 1082-1083.‎

‎First printing of this paper which describes the invention of the Phono-autograph (Phonograph) a few month before Edison introduced his invention. It was on this letter to the Academy that the French made claim to the invention.""He (Charles Cros) is perhaps most famous as the man who almost, but not quite, invented the phonograph. No one before M. Charles Cros had thought of reproducing sound by making an apparatus capable of registering and reproducing sounds which had been engraved with a diaphragm. The inventor gave the name of Paleophone (voix du passé) to his invention. On April 30, 1877 he submitted a sealed envelope containing a letter to the Academy of Sciences in Paris explaining his proposed method. The letter stated in French, ""Alors qu'il séjourne à Sablé au début de 1877, Charles Cros rédige une courte note, « Procédé d'enregistrement et de reproduction des phénomènes perçus par l'ouïe », dans laquelle il expose le principe de ce qu'il nomme « Paléophone » (« voix du passé ») : « Un index léger est solidaire du centre de figure d'une membrane vibrante "" il se termine par une pointe [...] qui repose sur une surface noircie à la flamme."" The English translation is one close to this: ""A lightweight index is fixed to the center of figure of a vibrating membrane, it ends with a tip [...] based on a blackened surface flame. This surface is integral with a disc driven by a double movement of rotation and linear progression. The system is reversible: when the tip makes ironing in the furrow membrane restores the original acoustic signal."" The letter was read in public on 3 December following. In his letter, after having shown that his method consisted of detecting an oscillation of a membrane and using the tracing to reproduce the oscillation with respect to its duration and intensity. Cros added that a cylindrical form for the receiving apparatus seemed to him to be the most practical, as it allowed for the graphic inscription of the vibrations by means of a very fine-threaded screw.""(Wikipedia)‎

Bookseller reference : 49293

‎"DEPARCIEUX, ANTOINE. - SUPPLYING PARIS WITH WATER.‎

‎Mémoire sur la possibilité d'amener à Paris, à la même hauteur à laquelle y arrivent les eaux d'Arceuil, mille à douze cents pouces d'eau, belle & de bonne qualité, par un chemin facile & par un seul canal ou aqueduc.‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1764). 4to. Without wrappers. In ""Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences. Année MDCCLXII. Avec les Memoires de Mathematiques & de Physique, pour la même Année."" Pp. 337-401 and 1 large folded engraved map (Cours de la Riviere d'Yvette, de celle de Biêvres ou des Gobelins, et du Canal qui doit mener à Paris l'eau de l'Yvette, Prise à Vaugien). (30x52 cm.).‎

‎First edition of the paper in which Deparcieux laid out the plan for bringing the water of the Yvette River to Paris, - the plan which was first carried out after his death.‎

Bookseller reference : 53476

‎"DEPARCIEUX, ANTOINE. - SUPPLYING PARIS WITH WATER.‎

‎Mémoire sur la possibilité d'amener à Paris, à la même hauteur à laquelle y arrivent les eaux d'Arceuil, mille à douze cents pouces d'eau, belle & de bonne qualité, par un chemin facile & par un seul canal ou aqueduc.‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1764). 4to. Without wrappers. In ""Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences. Année MDCCLXII. Avec les Memoires de Mathematiques & de Physique, pour la même Année."" Pp. 337-401 and 1 large folded engraved map (Cours de la Riviere d'Yvette, de celle de Biêvres ou des Gobelins, et du Canal qui doit mener à Paris l'eau de l'Yvette, Prise à Vaugien). (30x52 cm.).‎

‎"DIETZ, WILHELM.‎

‎Bewegliche Brücken. (Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften).‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1897. Royal8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine and stamp to title-page. Occassional light brown-spotting throughout. (4), 132 pp.‎

‎"DOUGLAS, HOWARD.‎

‎Essai sur les Principes et la Construction des Ponts Militaires, et sur les Passages des Rivières en Campagne. Traduit de L'Anglais par J.P. Vaillant.‎

‎Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1824. A little later hcalf, gilt spine. Remains of a paperlabel on spine. Stamps on titlepage. (4),388,(3) pp, and 13 folded lithographed plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper‎

‎First French edition of ""An Essay on the Principles and Construction of Military Bridges. London, 1816.""‎

Bookseller reference : 39582

‎"DOELL, ALBERT.‎

‎Die Regulierung geschiebführender Wasserläufe besonders des Oberrheines duch eiserne Leitwerke, Grundschwellen und Buhnen. (Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften).‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896. Royal8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine and stamp to title-page. Occassional light brown-spotting throughout. (4), 107 pp.‎

‎"DOUGLAS, HOWARD.‎

‎Versuch über Grundsätze und Erbauung von Kriegs=Brücken und Flussübergänge im Felde. Nach dem Franz¨¨osischen des J.P. Vaillant bearbeitet und nach den englischen Originale revidirt von E. Lenz. Mit 7 lithographierten Tafeln.‎

‎Stuttgart u. Tübingen, Cotta'schen Buchh., 1828. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. A paperlabel pasted on sine. Stamp on titlepage. IV,303,(1) pp., and 7 large folded lithographed plates. Some browning and brownspots. Plates fine and clean.‎

‎"EULER, LEONHARD. - THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF WINDMILL-EFFECTS.‎

‎Recherches plus exactes sur L'Effet des Moulins à Vent. (Refined studies into the effect of windmills)‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1758). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"". tome XII, 1756. Pp. 165-234 a. 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎First printing of Euler's importent large memoir in which he develops the mathematical theory of windmills, and generates analytically the equations of the effects of winds on duoble-bended surfaces in relation to mechanical work. - Together with d'Alembert and Daniel Bernoully, Euler laid the foundation of mathematical physics. - Enestroem E 233.‎

Bookseller reference : 42952

‎"EULER, LEONHARD. - THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF WINDMILL-EFFECTS.‎

‎Recherches plus exactes sur L'Effet des Moulins à Vent. (Refined studies into the effect of windmills)‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1758). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"". tome XII, 1756. Pp. 165-234 a. 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎"Excelsior"‎

‎A Practical Treatise on the Balance Spring, Including Making, Fitting, Adjusting to Isochronism and Positions, and Rating; Also The Adjustment for Heat and Cold *FIRST EDITION*‎

‎144 pages plus adverts at back. Contents include: On Making Hair-Springs; On Fitting Hair-Springs; The Adjustment to Positions; The Adjustment to Isochronism; Regulating, or Rating; The Adjustment for Heat and Cold. Hinges intact. Above-average but not excessive wear. Silver lettering on backstrip still legible. Small chips from each end of backstrip. Blind-stamped boards. Unmarked. Book‎

‎"EYTELWEIN, J.A.‎

‎Handbuch der Mechanik fester Körper und der Hydraulik. Mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf ihre Anwendung in der Architektur.‎

‎Berlin, F.T. Lagarde, 1801. Nice contemp. full calf, raised bands, richly gilt back. XXIV,498,(1) pp., 60 textillustrations in woodcut and 5 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine.‎

‎"FRANZIUS, LUDWIG (+) GEORG FRANZIUS (+) RUDOLF RUDLOFF.‎

‎Seekanäle. Strommündungen. Seehäfen. Als Ergänzung des ersten Bandes des Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften 3. Abteilung.‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1894. Royal8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine and stamp to title-page. Occassional light brown-spotting throughout. (4), 135 pp. + 5 folded plates.‎

‎Supplement to ""Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften"".‎

Bookseller reference : 52397

‎"FRANZIUS, LUDWIG (+) GEORG FRANZIUS (+) RUDOLF RUDLOFF.‎

‎Seekanäle. Strommündungen. Seehäfen. Als Ergänzung des ersten Bandes des Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften 3. Abteilung.‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1894. Royal8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine and stamp to title-page. Occassional light brown-spotting throughout. (4), 135 pp. + 5 folded plates.‎

‎"GILBERT, DAVIES. - CONSTRUCTION OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES.‎

‎On the mathematical theory of suspension bridges, with tables for facilitating their construction. ead March 9, 1826.‎

‎(London, W. Nicol, 1826). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1826 - Part II. Pp. 202-219. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of this classic paper on the mathematical theory of suspension bridges, founded on the theory of the catenary cable.‎

Bookseller reference : 46376

‎"GIRARD, P.S. (PIERRE SIMON).‎

‎Description générale des différens Ouvrages a exécuter pour la Distribution des Eaux du Canal de l'Ourcq dans l'Intérieur de Paris, et Devis détaillé de ces Ouvrages.‎

‎Paris, L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1810. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. (2),140,(4) pp. and 6 large folded engraved plates, incl. ""Plan Générale"". Internally clean and fine.‎

‎"GOODALL, W. M.‎

‎Telephone by Pulse Code Modulation.‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1947. 8vo. In the original printed blue wrappers. In ""The Bell System Technical Journal"", Volume XXVI, Number 3, October, 1947. Entire issue offered. Light miscolouring to spine and very light wear to extremities. A fine fine and clean copy. Pp. 395-409. [Entire issue: Pp. 395-691.].‎

‎"GÜNTHER, HANNS (HRSG.).‎

‎Fortschritte der Funkentechnik und ihre Grenzgebiete. 1.-8. Bd.‎

‎Stuttgart, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, (1936-50). Lex8vo. Bound in 7 orig. full cloth with d/j. Richly illustrated.‎

‎"HARTREE, DOUGLAS.‎

‎Calculating Machines: Recent and Prospective Developments and Their Impact on Mathematical Physics. - [THE FIRST BOOKLET ON ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS]‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge Unversity Press, 1947. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. A 2 cm long tear to lower part of spine, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. 40 pp. + 2 photos.‎

‎"HEFS, AUGUST.‎

‎Fortschritte im Meliorationswesen. (Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften).‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1892. Royal8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Paper-label pasted on to top of spine and stamp to title-page. Occassional light brown-spotting throughout. (4), 70 pp. + 2 folded plates.‎

‎Supplement to ""Handbuchs der Ingenieurwissenschaften"".‎

Bookseller reference : 52398

‎"HERO (HERON) OF ALEXANDRIA.‎

‎Spiritali di Herone Alessandrino. Ridotti in lingua Volgare da Alessandro Giorgi da Vrbino.‎

‎Urbino, Bartholomeo, e Simone Ragusij fratelli, 1592. Small 4to. Hcalf (19th century), gilt spine, raised bands, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine a little rubbed and fronthinge weakening. Corners strenghtened with vellum. Ff (4),82. With around 90 woodcuts in the text including one on the title-page. A stamp on verso of titlepage (the Salamander Collection). Title-page with light browning. A few scattered brownspots, but internally clean. Verso of last leaf with errata. Light fraying to the first 3 leaves.‎

‎Second Italian edition of Heron's main work (Spiritalium), being his first publication. The work stimulated and contributed substantially to the interest in pneumatics that arose suddenly in the late 16th century and led to the work of Toricelli and Boyle. The ""Pneumatics"" was not published in Greek until 1693. It is one of the major sources to our knowledge of the techniques and mechanics of Antiquity, and the many hydraulic and mechanical inventions by Hero are here depicted for the first time in print. The work includes studies of pneumatics and mechanics and include 89 illustrations of different inventions, such as siphons, fountains, engines, an account of a small stationary steam-engine (which is of the form now known as Avery's patent, the double-force pump etc., which ""by the union of (compressed) air, earth, fire, and water, and the concurrence of...elementary principles..., supply the most pressing wants of the human life, (or) produce amazement and alarm."" The book describes many gadgets and magical tricks and includes the first suggestion of a steam engine (see f. 53 verso). Sarton, Introduction...Vol. I pp. 208 ff. - Adams H:372 - Poggendorff I: 1084. - Brunet III,129.‎

Bookseller reference : 54283

‎"HEIN, PIET. - DEDIKATIONSEKSEMPLAR MED EGENHÆNDIGT GRUK.‎

‎Helicopteren.‎

‎København, Gyldendal, 1947. Originale omslag. Bagomslaget løst. Ryg med rifter. Stempel på titelblad. 82 pp.. Illustret og med plancher. Egenhændig dedikation på fribladet i form af et 8 liniers Gruk på engelsk, dateret okt. 1974 til ""Lennart med tak fra Piet"". På indersiden af foromslaget er indsat et lille - egenhændgt - takkebrev, også til Lennart og underskrevet ""Piet"", dateret Heatherfield 29.10.74, 11 linier.‎

‎"HEUGLIN, TH. von‎

‎Die Tinne'sche Expedition im westlichen Nil-Quellgebiet 1863 und 1864. Nebst ethnographischen, zoologischen und kartographischen Anhängen und einer Originalkarte.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1865. 4to. No wrappers. IV,46 pp., 1 large folded lithographed map in colour.‎

‎"HODKINSON, EATON. - A PIONEER WORK ON THE STRENGHT OF MATERIALS.‎

‎Experimental Researches on the Strenght of Pillars of Cast Iron, and other Materials. received April 22, - Read May 14, 1840.‎

‎(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1840). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1840 - Part II. Pp. 385-456 a. 3 lithographed plates (one folding). Clean and fine.‎

‎"JOLY, M. de.‎

‎L'Éclairage électrique des Cotes de France et le Phare D'Eckmuhl.‎

‎Paris, Vicq-Dunod et Cie, 1898. Contemp. hcloth. Orig. printed frontwrapper pasted on upper board. Stamp on title-page. 51 pp., textillustrations, 1 folded map, 1 folded plate. Offprint/Extrait from ""Annales des Ponts et Chaussées, 1897"".‎