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1995rif. 56085Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1995-8. First Edition. First printings. Three large octavo volumes 25cm. Green cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on spines and front covers; pictorial dustjackets; 795636608pp. Mild lean to text block of v.2 else a uniformly Fine unmarked and new-appearing set. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown books
1941rif. 20473New York: Hastings House. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Board with a bit darkening light soiling and rubbing. Browning to endpapers. Internally handsome and tight; Including the beautiful photogravures; American Guide Series; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 122 pages . 1941. Hastings House hardcover
1941rif. 7540Ogden: The Utah Historical Records Survey 1941. First Edition. 73pp. Quarto 27 cm 1/4 brown cloth over brown printed wrappers. Very good. Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan with his signature at the upper right corner of the cover. This work follows 'History and Bibliography of Religion in Utah Volume 1' and 'The Baptist Church Volume 2'. Covers Buddhist Bodies; Church of Christ Scientist; Churches of God; Churches of the Nazarene; Congregational -Christian Churches; Disciples of Christ; Eastern Orthodox; Evangelical Free Churches; Independent Churches; Jehovah's Witnesses; Jewish Congregations; Schismatic Mormon groups; Lutheran Bodies; Pentecostal Assemblies; Presbyterian; Salvation Army; Spiritualists; Unitarian; Volunteers of America Dale L. Morgan 1914 - 1971 was an American historian accomplished researcher biographer editor and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history Mormon history the American fur trade and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose. The Utah Historical Records Survey unknown
1941rif. 7540Ogden: The Utah Historical Records Survey 1941. First Edition. 73pp. Quarto 27 cm 1/4 brown cloth over brown printed wrappers. Very good. Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan with his signature at the upper right corner of the cover. This work follows 'History and Bibliography of Religion in Utah Volume 1' and 'The Baptist Church Volume 2'. Covers Buddhist Bodies; Church of Christ Scientist; Churches of God; Churches of the Nazarene; Congregational -Christian Churches; Disciples of Christ; Eastern Orthodox; Evangelical Free Churches; Independent Churches; Jehovah's Witnesses; Jewish Congregations; Schismatic Mormon groups; Lutheran Bodies; Pentecostal Assemblies; Presbyterian; Salvation Army; Spiritualists; Unitarian; Volunteers of America Dale L. Morgan 1914 - 1971 was an American historian accomplished researcher biographer editor and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history Mormon history the American fur trade and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose. The Utah Historical Records Survey unknown books
1956rif. 338144Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1956. hardcover. near fine/poor. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated mostly in color. 291 pages 4to including the titular volume with cream-colored cloth boards silver medallion embedded in the cover alongside a slightly scuffed wrappered "additif" with moire endpapers toned cardboard cutout guard and significantly chipped original mylar d.w. to the titular volume. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1956 & 1967. Limited edition 1 of 7000 copies. A near fine copy in a rough mylar. Imprimerie Nationale unknown
1981rif. Metalshelf22JM003Doubleday 1981. Hardcover wit. Good. 7x1x10. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Transportation: Good Hardcover with dust jacket hinge cracked clean pages minor creases to dust jacket prompt shipping with tracking. Doubleday hardcover
1956rif. 338144Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1956. hardcover. near fine/poor. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated mostly in color. 291 pages 4to including the titular volume with cream-colored cloth boards silver medallion embedded in the cover alongside a slightly scuffed wrappered "additif" with moire endpapers toned cardboard cutout guard and significantly chipped original mylar d.w. to the titular volume. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1956 & 1967. Limited edition 1 of 7000 copies. A near fine copy in a rough mylar. Imprimerie Nationale unknown books
1940rif. 017906New York NY : Hastings House Publishers 1940 Hastings House Publishers New York. 1940. Hardcover. Stated First Published in April 1940. Boo is tight square and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good ; light dust soiling to textblock top; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Good ; NOT Price Clipped $2.50; wear and missing small pieces at head tail and tips; light rubbing to panels. Tan linen cloth boards and spine with dark brown lettering on the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. This book is much more than a Guidebook to Arizona it a whole library of information on the history geography people and culture of Arizona. The book has 64 pages of photographs and many road and city maps with suggested motor trips and tours. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Hastings House Publishers hardcover
1940rif. 32663New York: Oxford University Press 1940. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 5.5 x 8.25in. xxxi. 634pp. Includes back pocket with folding map. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the spine somewhat shelf rubbed and darkened slight shelf rubbing of the extremities otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. Oxford University Press hardcover
1904rif. 007717Boston: Ginn & Company 1904. 5" wide by 7.25" tall. Good EX-LIBRARY. A square tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Bound in the original green cloth. Spine is sun-faded. Stamped "DISCARDED" and with a few other library markings. Gift note on the front endpaper has been blacked-out. Corner of rear free endpaper torn out. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Edited with an introductory chapter by Charles M. Bakewell. According to a writer for the LONDON SPECTATOR the Scottish philosopher and adult educationist Thomas Davidson 1840 - 1900 was at the time of his death one of the twelve most learned men in the world. Davidson translated most of the writings of the Italian philosopher Antonio Rosmini-Serbati and as a consequence was responsible for the introduction of his philosophical system to English readers. "After graduating from Aberdeen University 1860 Davidson successively held the positions of rector of the Grammar School of Old Aberdeen teacher and professor in various places in England Scotland and American. He traveled extensively and became a proficient linguist acquiring a knowledge of French German Italian Spanish Greek Latin and Arabic. His ideal was to popularize knowledge among the masses and with this end in view he founded the London Fabian Society but lost interest in it when it drifted into socialism. His interest in St. Thomas Aquinas secured for him an invitation from the pope to proceed to Italy and assist in the preface to a new Vatican edition of the saint's works. He organized the Collegiate Institute of Canada and the Glenmore School for Culture Sciences at Keene in the Adirondack Mountains. Davidson's most successful work was in connection with the Educational Alliance in New York where he attained wide popularity by a series of lectures on sociology. A special class was formed for Jewish young men and women whom he introduced to the great writers on sociology and their problems. He aimed at founding among them what he called a 'Breadwinners' College' but his work was cut short by his untimely death." -- Jewish Encyclopedia in the public domain. First Edition. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY/No dust jacket. ix 247pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Ginn & Company Hardcover
1971rif. Bing718JW021U.S. Government Printing Office 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Very good trade paperback with clean pages. Sm4to. 492pp. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1953rif. 83600Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1953. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. iv 85 7 pages. Fold-outs. Figures. Tables. Scarce original issue. Appendix A; Description of Source Maps and Supplementary Material; Appendix B: Urban Feature Maps Needed for Urban Analysis; Appendix C:Method of Estimating Day Population; and Appendix D: Official Civil Defense Publications. This Technical Manual presents methods and procedures for use by city civil defense organization in preparing a civil defense urban analysis. An urban analysis is the process of collecting presenting analyzing and utilizing pertinent information about urban areas. Since the primary purpose of a civil defense urban analysis is to provide the tools for undertaking realistic civil defense planning all pertinent aspects of the city must be considered. Assembling data and presenting the information graphically on maps is only the first step in an urban analysis. The area in which an exploded A-bomb can cause maximum casualties and physical damage must be located. Then a hypothetical attack must be be assumed and the damaged assessed. From this is determined not only the potential causalities but also the potential damage to each urban feature. Next the physical area of the city must be organized for operations and operational plans developed by the civil defense services. In this manner the urban analysis can be of practical use rather an than as a mere reference material to be looked at occasionally before the attack or to be referred to after the attack. Maximum utilization should be made of available maps and data in municipal and other public agencies as well as those in private institutions. The contents include: Factors affecting civil defense urban analysis; Maps used in urban analysis Target analysis Method of estimating damaged to structures and facilities; Mass fire potential; Techniques for estimating casualties and uninjured-unhoused Maps used in planing operations. There are also included four appendices. United States civil defense refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States which is the organized non-military effort to prepare Americans for military attack. Late in the 20th century the term and practice of civil defense fell into disuse. Emergency management and homeland security replaced them. The new dimensions of nuclear war terrified the world and the American people. The sheer power of nuclear weapons and the perceived likelihood of such an attack on the United States precipitated a greater response than had yet been required of civil defense. Civil defense something previously considered an important and common-sense step also became divisive and controversial in the charged atmosphere of the Cold War. In 1950 the National Security Resources Board created a 162-page document outlining a model civil defense structure for the US. Called the "Blue Book" by civil defense professionals in reference to its solid blue cover it was the template for legislation and organization that occurred over the next 40 years. Despite a general agreement on the importance of civil defense Congress never came close to meeting the budget requests of federal civil defense agencies. In declassified US war game analyses of the late 1950-60s it was estimated that approximately 27 million US citizens would have been saved with civil defense education in the event of a Soviet pre-emptive strike. At the time however the cost of a full-scale civil defense program was in cost-benefit analysis deemed less effective than a BMD system and as the adversary was increasing their nuclear stockpile both programs would yield diminishing returns. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1938rif. 542498Elizabeth New Jersey: Colby & McGowan 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Amandus Johnson. Tall octavo. 387pp. Blue cloth gilt. Small owner label front pastedown topedge a trifle soiled near fine in very good dust jacket with a few old tape repairs. Scarce in jacket. Colby & McGowan) hardcover
1938rif. 542498Elizabeth New Jersey: Colby & McGowan 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Amandus Johnson. Tall octavo. 387pp. Blue cloth gilt. Small owner label front pastedown topedge a trifle soiled near fine in very good dust jacket with a few old tape repairs. Scarce in jacket. Colby & McGowan) hardcover books
1966rif. Bing832JW058New York University 1966. Hardcover. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Good hardcover with clean pages previous owner sticker on front pastedown stains on cover. Sm4to. 717pp. New York University hardcover
1938rif. 621469Raleigh: The North Carolina Historical Commission 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions. Complete in three volumes. 491 568 760pp. Maroon cloth gilt. Spines sunned and covers lightly rubbed page edges a trifle foxed and soiled and final 75 pages of Vol. II with a tiny stain on the bottom edge a very good or better set. The North Carolina Historical Commission hardcover
1938rif. 621469Raleigh: The North Carolina Historical Commission 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions. Complete in three volumes. 491 568 760pp. Maroon cloth gilt. Spines sunned and covers lightly rubbed page edges a trifle foxed and soiled and final 75 pages of Vol. II with a tiny stain on the bottom edge a very good or better set. The North Carolina Historical Commission hardcover books
rif. 18-7970Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council 1957. 4to. 26 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Typographical paper wraps. Staple binding. Minor discoloration on top right corner. Rubber stamp and penciled notation on top right corner else fine. B&W plates and charts. Extremely Scarce. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1957. paperback
1969rif. 3123National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington D.C. 1969 Four volumes as a set green cloth-covered boards white spine lettering 10 1/2 x 8 inches. Ex-library with usual markings else near fine. 24 NASA Contractor Reports 1969-1970. Amazing technology. CR-1496: Radio/Optical/Strapdown Inertial Guidance Study for Advanced Kick Stage Applications 1969 189 pp. CR-1497: The Density of Eigenvalues in Thin Circular Conical Shells 1970 126 pp. CR-1498: Potassium Turboalternator Preliminary Design Study; Turbine Bearing and Seal Parametric Design 1970 224 pp. CR-1499: Potassium Turboalternator Preliminary Design Study; Alternator Parametric Design 1970 322 pp. CR-1506: Radio Astronomical Studies with 1500-Meter Diameter Low-Frequency Telescope 1970 51 pp. CR-1507: Analysis of Large Bending Deformations of a Filamentary Tubular Shell Typical for Pressure Constraint Components of Space Suits 1970 48 pp. CR-1508: Researches in Optimal Rendezvous 1970 47 pp. CR-1509: Cb-1Zr Rankine System Corrosion Test Loop 1970 440 pp. CR-1510: A Procedure for Assessing Aircraft Turbulence-Penetration Performance 1970 56 pp. plus appendices. CR-1511: Error Sensitivity Function Catalog 1970 102 pp. CR-1512: Launch Vehicle Error Sensitivity Study 1970 41 pp. CR-1513: The Determination of Atmospheric Temperature Profiles From Planetary Limb Radiance Profiles 1970 83 pp. CR-1514: Research and Development of a Single Gun Color CRT 1970 54 pp. CR-1515: A Study of the Vibration Responses of Shells and Plates to Fluctuating Pressure Environments 1970 160 pp. CR-1516: Evaluation of Refractory/Austenitic Bimetal Combinations 1970 105 pp. CR-1517: Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Test and Analysis 1970 215 pp. CR-1518: Axisymmetric Filamentary Structures 1970 107 pp. CR-1519: An Application of Theory to Axial Compressor Noise 1970 95 pp. CR-1520: Flight Computer and Language Processor Study 1970 137 pp. CR-1521: Optical Altimeter Receiver Systems Study and Design for a Spaceborne Laser Altimeter 1970 59 pp. CR-1522: Effects of Sonic Booms and Subsonic Jet Flyover Noise on Skeletal Muscle Tension and a Paced Tracing Task 1970 38 pp. CR-1523: Evaluation of the Gust-Alleviation Characteristics and Handling Qualities of a Free-Wing Aircraft 1970 151 pp. CR-1524: Optimum Solar Electric Interplanetary Trajectory and Performance Data 1970 477 pp. CR-1525: The Effect of Composition on the Mechanism of Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Titanium Alloys in N2O4 and Aqueous and Hot-Salt Environments 1970 79 pp. 3214049. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. hardcover
2007rif. 84040Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2007. Final Report--Presumed first edition first printing. Wraps. Very good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 272 pages. Illustrated front and back cover. Illustrations mostly in color. Definition of Terms. References. Appendices. Minor cover wear noted. NASA letter of appreciation to a senior National Nuclear Security Administration technical expert for support to this report. In the 2005 Budget Authorization Act the U.S. Congress directed the NASA Administrator to provide an analysis of alternatives to detect track catalogue and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth objects NEO. Congress required that the Administrator submit a program by December 28 2006 to survey 90% of the potentially hazardous objects measuring at least 140 meters in diameter by the end of 2020. In addition the legislation required the Administrator to submit an analysis of alternatives that NASA could employ to divert an object on a likely collision course with Earth. A study team led by the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation PA&E derived requirements and figures of merit from the Act and used these factors to evaluate the alternatives. The team developed a range of options from public and private sources and then analyzed their capabilities levels of performance life-cycle costs schedules and development and operations risks. This document presents the detailed results of these analyses. A summary report was submitted to Congress in December of 2006. During related Congressional testimony on this report it was stated that The report's basic conclusion is that ``NASA recommends that the program continue as currently planned and we will also take advantage of opportunities using potential dual-use telescopes and spacecraft--and partner with other agencies as feasible--to attempt to achieve the legislated goal within 15 years. However due to current budget constraints NASA cannot initiate a new program at this time.'' In addition the report contained a number of additional findings including: ``The goal of the Survey Program should be modified to detect track catalogue and characterize by the end of 2020 90 percent of all Potentially Hazardous Objects PHOs greater than 140m whose orbits pass within 0.05 AU of the Earth's orbit as opposed to surveying for all NEOs; The Agency could achieve the specified goal of surveying for 90 percent of the potentially hazardous NEOs by the end of 2020 by partnering with other government agencies on potential future optical ground-based observatories and building a dedicated NEO survey asset assuming the partners' potential ground assets come online by 2010 and 2014 and a dedicated asset by 2015; Together the two observatories potentially to be developed by other government agencies could complete 83 percent of the survey by 2020 if observing time at these observatories is shared with NASA's NEO Survey Program; New space-based infrared systems combined with ground-based assets could reduce the overall time to reach the 90 percent goal by at least three years. Space systems have additional benefits as well as costs and risks compared to ground-based alternatives; Radar systems cannot contribute to the search for potentially hazardous objects but may be used to rapidly refine tracking and to determine object sizes for a few NEOs of potentially high interest. Existing radar systems are currently oversubscribed by other missions. Determining a NEO's mass and orbit is required to determine whether it represents a potential threat and to provide required information for most alternatives to mitigate such a threat. Beyond these parameters characterization requirements and capabilities are tied directly to the mitigation strategy selected.''. National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback
2009rif. 86131Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2009. Presumed First Edition First printing. Comb binding. Very good. 31 3 pages including covers. Contents include Media Services Information; Quick Facts; NASA's Search for Habitable Planets; Scientific Goals and Objectives; Mission Overview; Spacecraft; Instrument - Photometer; Selecting the Kepler Star Field; Education and Public Outreach; Other Exoplanet Activities; Science Team; and Project Management. The Kepler space telescope is a disused space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler the spacecraft was launched into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit. The principal investigator was William J. Borucki. After nine and a half years of operation the telescope's reaction control system fuel was depleted and NASA announced its retirement on October 30 2018. Designed to survey a portion of Earth's region of the Milky Way to discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near habitable zones and estimate how many of the billions of stars in the Milky Way have such planets Kepler's sole scientific instrument is a photometer that continually monitored the brightness of approximately 150000 main sequence stars in a fixed field of view. These data were transmitted to Earth then analyzed to detect periodic dimming caused by exoplanets that cross in front of their host star. Only planets whose orbits are seen edge-on from Earth could be detected. Kepler observed 530506 stars and detected 2778 confirmed planets as of June 16 2023. By January 2015 Kepler and its follow-up observations had found 1013 confirmed exoplanets in about 440 star systems along with a further 3199 unconfirmed planet candidates. Four planets have been confirmed through Kepler's K2 mission. In November 2013 astronomers estimated based on Kepler space mission data that there could be as many as 40 billion rocky Earth-size exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars and red dwarfs within the Milky Way. It is estimated that 11 billion of these planets may be orbiting Sun-like stars. The nearest such planet may be 3.7 parsecs 12 ly away according to the scientists. On January 6 2015 NASA announced the 1000th confirmed exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope. Four of the newly confirmed exoplanets were found to orbit within habitable zones of their related stars: three of the four Kepler-438b Kepler-442b and Kepler-452b are almost Earth-size and likely rocky; the fourth Kepler-440b is a super-Earth. On May 10 2016 NASA verified 1284 new exoplanets found by Kepler the single largest finding of planets to date. Kepler data has also helped scientists observe and understand supernovae; measurements were collected every half-hour so the light curves were especially useful for studying these types of astronomical events. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
2011rif. 86130Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2011. Xerox-style reproduction. Assumed to be one of only a few produced for media representatives. Stapled at upper left corner. Very good. 63 1 pages. Illustrations. Mars Science Laboratory MSL is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26 2011 which successfully landed Curiosity a Mars rover in Gale Crater on August 6 2012. The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability studying its climate and geology and collecting data for a human mission to Mars. The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team. Contents include Media Services Information; Quick Facts; Mars at a Glance: Mars Science Laboratory Investigations; Mission Overview; Comparing Two Mars Rover Projects; Spacecraft; Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site; Recent Current and Upcoming Missions; Mars Science: A Story of Changes; Historical Mars Missions; and Program/Project Management. For several reasons a different landing system was chosen for MSL compared to previous Mars landers and rovers. Curiosity was considered too heavy to use the airbag landing system as used on the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rovers. The MSL engineers came up with a novel alternative solution: the sky crane. The sky crane system lowered the rover with a 25 ft tether to a soft landing—wheels down—on the surface of Mars. This system consists of a bridle lowering the rover on three nylon tethers and an electrical cable carrying information and power between the descent stage and rover. As the support and data cables unreeled the rover's six motorized wheels snapped into position. At roughly 25 ft below the descent stage the sky crane system slowed to a halt and the rover touched down. After the rover touched down it waited two seconds to confirm that it was on solid ground by detecting the weight on the wheels and fired several pyros small explosive devices activating cable cutters on the bridle and umbilical cords to free itself from the descent stage. The descent stage then flew away to a crash landing 2100 ft away. The sky crane concept had never been used in missions before. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
2002rif. 56499Washington DC: NASA 2002. very good CD-ROM's in fair to good plastic cases. 7 CD-ROM disks 7 CD-ROM disks in plastic cases--cases for disks 1 2 5 & 6 are cracked but no damage to CD-ROM's. The Nimbus 7 Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere LIMS radiance profile dataset of 1978/79 was reconditioned and reprocessed to Version 6 profiles of temperature and species that are improved significantly over those from Version 5. NASA unknown
rif. 13073Washington DC: GPO n.d. very good. 8" x 10" 1 photo 1 signed color photograph. GPO unknown
1980rif. 13065Washington DC: GPO 1980. very good. 8" x 10" 1 photo 1 signed color photograph. GPO unknown
