A Treatise on Military Surveying Theoretical and Practical
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1757ref. 55793London: Printed for T. Heath and J. Nourse in the Strand: J. Hodges on London-Bridge and J. Fuller in Ave-mary-Lane 1757. 8vo. xx 188 pp. With 1 large folding copper-engraved frontisp. of mathematical instruments 8 copper engraved plates occasional minor closed tears creasing to the fore-edges of the plates couple of the joints starting in the folds. Nineteenth-century half-calf over marbled boards marbled endpapers hinges repaired minor thumbing and darkening to some leaves otherwise a VG copy. Second edition of this well-written mathematics instrument manual incorporating a short history of 44 previous works on mathematical instruments spanning 200 years with specific descriptions of particular instruments and their development. This work which is considered by Erwin Tomash to be “one of the most complete descriptions of a set of portable mathematical instruments extant” was expanded by over a third to detail the use of Gunners Calipers or a Gunter’s scale for navigation purposes into a type of slide rule which were made and sold by Nairne & Blunt in London. Robertson 1716-1776 who is perhaps best remembered for his Elements of Navigation considered one of the finest English-language navigation education manuals of the 18th century Tomash & Williams R100; Cajori A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments pp. 32-33; See: Ellerton & Clements Samuel Pepys Isaac Newton James Hodgson and the Beginnings of Secondary School Mathematics: A History of the Royal Mathematical School within Christ’s Hospital London 1673-1868 2017 pp. 50-52 110 146 218. Printed for T. Heath and J. Nourse in the Strand: J. Hodges on London-Bridge, and J. Fuller in Ave-mary-Lane, hardcover
1836ref. 55778London: Sold for the Author by Messrs. Troughton and Simms 136 Fleet Street 1836. 8vo. xi 1 118 pp. 10 pp. of tables plus 7 1 pp. catalogue. With numerous woodcut engravings text diagrams illustrations. Quarger-blue publisher’s cloth over gray boards printed label mounted front cover minor edgewear slight bumping to corners minor dustsoiling inner hinges expertly repaired still a VG presentation copy from the author to William Figg 1800-1866 well-known Lewes Sussex surveyor who includes pencil note corrections on last page. Second edition revised of this informative work by the author details the use of the Land Chain Surveying Cross Prismatic Compass Theodolite Spirit Level Sextant Transit Instrument and others. Simms 1803-1865 a surveyor and civil engineer of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and formerly with the Ordnance Survey was the son of William Simms d.1860 scientific instrument maker with Edward Troughton joined the Southern Eastern Railway Company as resident engineer in 1836 and oversaw the construction of the Bletchingley and Saltwood tunnels. Sold, for the Author by Messrs. Troughton and Simms, 136 Fleet Street, hardcover
1853ref. 55797London: John Weale 59 High Holborn 1853. 12mo. vi 170 pp. Engraved frontisp. 1 engraved plates numerous text illustrations & diagrams. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards leather corners red & gilt morocco spine label expertly rebacked endpapers renewed still VG copy. Second edition revised and explained of this concise handbook on mathematical optical surveying and astronomical instruments. Heather describes the use of Gunter’s lines Beam compasses slide rules telescopes camera obscura and camera lucida theodolites Hadley’s Sextant’s and many others. John Weale, 59, High Holborn, hardcover
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2010New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 164 p. For over three decades I had the opportunity to research on Ottoman musical writings in the Turkish libraries and to consult private collections. Concurrently, I was able to study Ottoman musical manuscripts kept in libraries outside Turkey. Along those years of research I carried out persistent investigations that gave me access to a large number of Ottoman materials ranging from the fifteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. As a result of examining numerous musical manuscripts in Ottoman Turkish literature I discerned the commonplace of themes in the majority of writings and evaluated their structure at formal and generative level. Moreover, I was able to ascertain the significant purport of certain sources over others and to compare several versions of the texts. The idea of this catalogue evolved gradually in my mind from the perception that an explicit presentation of the makams would constitute a valuable reference both for evaluating the historical process of creating and performing music, as well as for establishing the inventory of modal categories and their taxonomic relations. As time passed, I was able to determine the development of a genuine Turkish concept in works that provided descriptive and analytical matter, and to detect through manuscript lines the significance of the process involving the semantics of the practice of music at different periods. The present book is mainly focused upon the practical theory of the makams reflected in the production and performance of the melodic scales the way they are described in Ottoman manuscripts.
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1888ref. 55798Troy NY: Published by W. & L.E. Gurley 1888. 12mo. viii 9-362 pp. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. 100s of text illustrations & diagrams. Brick-red coloured pebbled publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover very minor shelfwear slight rubbing front inner hinge starting still VG copy w/ former ownership markings & annotations on ffep. Twenty-seventh edition of this excellent handbook and catalogue from the largest manufacturer of engineering and surveying instruments in the United Stated during the 19th-century helping to fuel the massive expansion of railroads and development across the West. The company produced levels chains railroad compasses solar compasses surveyor’s compasses transits and more. Published by W. & L.E. Gurley, hardcover
1959248p. Inked ownership of Harry E. Seyler. 8vo. Paperback. JAZZ 1
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1964ref. 725427PN. New. 1964. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1590ref. 30831Antwerp: Philip Galle 1590. Each plate depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of one or more musical instruments with reference in Latin text beneath each image to the musical instrument/s depicted. Each ca. 220 x 285 mm with narrow margins. Plate 5 Saul among the Prophets I Samuel x 10-11 Timbrels harp drums cornet trumpet Plate 6 David playing the harp before Saul I Samuel xvi 23 Harp Plate 9 Solomon takes the Tabernacle into the Temple the Levites singing. 2 Chronicles v 4-6 Trumpets timbrel harp horns drums flute rebec cymbals Plate 10 Elijah and the Kings. Minstrel plays before the Kings of Israel Judah and Edom 2 Kings iii 13-17 Harp Plate 11 Sacrifice of King Asa People of Judah rejoicing 2 Chronicles xv 10-15 Trumpets cornets horns timbrels flute Plate 12 Coronation of King Joas 2 Chronicles xxiii 11 Trumpets harp horn drums cymbals timbrel triangle Plate 13 Inauguration of Jerusalem's Walls by Nehemiah Nehemiah xii 27-39 Cymbals harps trumpets horns Plate 15 Rededication of the Temple by Simon Maccabaeus I Maccabaeus Apocrypha xiii 49-51 Harp timbrels trumpet horn flute Plate 18 The Glory of the Lamb Revelations v 8 and xv 7-8 Multiple harps Miknor wear; occasional foxing; laid down to mounting paper. In very good condition overall. The complete set consists of 18 plates including the title by Andreas Pevernage 1543-91 including a six-part song "Nata et grata polo" a preface in letterpress counted as plate 2 and 16 plates numbered 3-18. Complete copies are very rare. Deutsch locates 5 complete copies only at the Library of Congress; the Paris Conservatoire; the State Library in Berlin; the Paul Hirsch Library now in the British Museum; and an unlocated copy that sold at auction. See Encomium Musices No. 6 of the Harrow Replicas Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons ca. 1950. Philip Galle unknown books
2016New English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English and Turkish. With a CD. 30 p., ills. A composer of Beyoglu: Karnik Garmiyan.= Bir Beyoglu bestekâri: Karnik Garmiyan. [CD - Book]. Compositions of Armenian compositor Karnik Garmiyan come alive in this book with a CD. Songs by Sema Moritz.
120 illustrated auction catalogues, all in the orig. red printed wrappers, a good majority include the printed list of prices realized. Although the majority relate to photography and the photographic images, other subjects covered include: mathematical, optical and medical instruments; nautical and aeronautics; automata toys, musical boxes, talking machines, railwayana and other collectors' items.
2006ref. 59047Verbier. Verbier Festival & Academy. 2006. Ca. 100 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Fotografien u. einer Musik-CD als Beilage (Special limited edition). Originalbroschur in Original-Kassette. Neuwertig! 27x21 cm
1964ref. 61504Saginaw MI & Indianapolis IN: Trippensee Planetarium Co. George F. Cram Co. ca. 1964. Planetarium Orrery stands 12.5 in. tall at the top of the central Sun made from yellow plastic mounts on a 7.5 in. diameter moulded plastic base the model extends 22 in. when fully extended with Mercury on opposite side of the Sun from Moon extending out from central Earth. The Earth is a paper-covered 4 in. globe mounted on a gear mechanism mounted with wooden painted Moon mounted on metal rod as is the Venus globe which rotates around the moon all of which are driven by chains when handle underneath the swing arm is moved. Moulded plastic base has iron weight bolted underneath minor closed crack to the outer fore-edge of the base minor rippling to paint finish at base chipping to plastic bushing at base of Earth & Lunar globes still an exceptional piece in beautiful working condition. The Trippensee Planetarium tellurion or “Elementary Planetarium” has been produced for over 90 years and offers a wonderful astronomical mechanism depicting how day night and the seasons are caused by the movement of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun. It shows solar and lunar eclipses the motion of Venus in relation to the Sun and the rotation. The globe shows the major continents and cities with no internal political divisions except for the continental United States & Alaska shaded in green on the North American continent. The Tellurion or Tellurium was patented by Alexander Laing originally in 1897 as an educational device to be used in schools. He set up operations in Detroit MI and was later bought out by the Trippensee brothers who introduced their own version with a more reliable bicycle-style chain and gear drive and they sold them steadily. In order to further diversify the company they also built the Eddie Rickenbacker automobile for the E-M-F Company until 1927 when the Everitt Company went under. Trippensee brothers moved later to Saginaw Michigan where they occupied a three-story building at the corner of Cass and South Hamilton staying in business until 1999 when they were purchased by Science First. Their Orrery planetariums were made originally from wood and brass then Bakelite and finally plastics. See: Mark Theobald Coachbuiltcom Trippensee Manufacturing Company Rickenbacker Motors. Trippensee Planetarium Co., George F. Cram Co., unknown
1916ref. 58803Boston: L.E. Knott Apparatus Co. 1916. 4to. 8 507 1 pp. Four pp. frontisp. insert announcing new building in Cambridge with over 1000 text illustrations diagrams woodcut engravings. Brick-red publisher’s cloth black lettering & company logo on front cover minor bumping to corners minor sunning to spine edgewear some minor soiling toning to endpapers still VG copy w/ publisher’s notice mounted front pastedown. First edition of this uncommon and one of the most expansive scientific instrument catalogues ever issued by the famed New England company. The Knott company organized under this name in 1895 targeted universities high schools laboratories manufacturers and inventors across the World. Along with surveying navigation and mathematical instruments they also sold water turbines Bell glasses demonstration jars orreries lantern slides solar calculators 3-dimensional geography models and electrical equipment. Functioning and sectional model steam engines were available colour apparatus dynamos and so much more could all be ordered. Worldcat locates 5 copies Temple Getty U of Cincinnati U of N. TX Am. Inst. Physics. L.E. Knott Apparatus Co., hardcover
ref. 124420aafLondon / Londres, Down Bros, (1900), in-8vo, 96 p. + 3 planches, le tout richement ill. d’instruments, brochure originale./ Original wrappers, imprint on cover ‘Paris Exhibition 1900’.
1884Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original decorative 1/4 leather bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script. 13, 2, 362 p., 1 plate, 17 numerous ills. [RARE OTTOMAN EDITION of COSMOGRAPHY by GILLEMIN & BRIEUX] Kozmografya yahud ilm-i ahvâl-i sema. Prep. and translated by Hasan Bedreddin. Amédée Guillemin was a French science writer and a journalist. Guillemin started his studies at Beaune college before taking his final degree in Paris. From 1850 to 1860 he taught mathematics in a private school while writing articles for the Liberal press criticizing the Second French Empire. In 1860, he moved to Chambéry where he became a junior deputy editor of the weekly political magazine La Savoie. After the annexation of Savoy by the French empire, he returned to Paris where he became the science editor of l'Avenir national (The Nation's Future). Guillemin presently started writing books of physics and astronomy which became very popular. He wrote "The Sky" which was translated into many languages. His major work, "The Physical World", consisted of five large volumes. His publisher, Hachette, encouraged him to write a series of booklets about astronomy and physics under the title "Small popular encyclopaedia", a scientifically sound but accessible collection about sciences and their applications. French astronomer Jacques Crovisier from the Observatoire de Paris suggests he may have been a source of inspiration for Jules Verne's 1865 novel, From the Earth to the Moon. Charles Auguste Briot was a French mathematician who worked on elliptic functions. The Académie des Sciences awarded him the Poncelet Prize in 1882. This is the rare translation of "Ele?ments de cosmographie" by Guillemin & Briot in the Turkish / Ottoman world. Second Edition. Özege 11206.; TBTK 11733.; Only two copies in OCLC: 949501098.
1997ref. 34380NY: Clarkson Potter. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0517703564 . Illustrated by Rodica Prato. First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Clarkson Potter hardcover books
1997ref. 23511NY: Clarkson Potter. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0517703564 . Illustrated by Rodica Prato. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Clarkson Potter hardcover books
2010ref. 50701Milwaukee, WI, Backbeat Books 2010 In-4 broché, couverture à rabats 28 cm sur 21,5. Livre en Anglais.144 pages. Occasion comme neuf. Entièrement illustré en couleurs.
1979ref. 106785Kempen. 1979. 48 nicht nummerierte Seiten. Mit teils faks. Abbildungen. Farbig ill. Originalbroschur. (Bibl.-Exemplar). 20x21 cm
2011ref. 500076798Editions Luc Pire 2011 250 pages 1x21x17cm. 2011. Broché. 250 pages.
2011ref. 500094935Editions Luc Pire 2011 250 pages 1x21x17cm. 2011. Broché. 250 pages.
1994ref. 66348Wildbad Kreuth. (1994). 83, (1) Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen u. Werbeanzeigen.
