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The Illustrated London (ILN) News, January 8, 1955 - Blocking of the Suez Canal

1955Pages: 37-76. Features: Nice one-page Daimler Regency ad; Cover photo of the 'World Peace' which struck the El Ferdan swing bridge and blocked the Suez Canal; Professor Edgar Douglas Adrian; Mau Mau Terrorism in Kenya - home of Mrs. Anne Carnelley is burned; Fastest Man on Earth - photo of J.P. Stapp being strapped into rocket sled at Alamorgordo; Danish freighter 'Lexa Maersk' burns in Singapore; France approves German rearmament; Photos of 17 personalities of the week include Viscount Hambleden and his fiancee Donna Maria Carmela Attolico de Adelfia, Colonel Jose Antonio Remon of Panama, Roger G. Bannister, Captain Sir Robert Irving, and record glider Philip Wills; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral William Morrow Fechteler, U.S.N.; Two pages of interesting photos of life in Baghdad/Iraq; Two-pages of illustrations present the decline and fall of the Battleship - silhouettes of the world's capital ships, which have decreased in numbers and importance ever since the Battle of Jutland in 1916; Christmas Day Crash at Prestwick - wrecked B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; Demolishing the London Zoo's Monkey Hill; Wonderful centerfold illustration of the view looking north over Central Park in Manhattan from the Observation Tower of the R.C.A. Building; Two pages of photos from Britain's first national Boat Show; Photos of 16 people who received awards, including Sir Arnold Gridley who was created a Baron; Sultan of Zanzibar opens new power station; King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia visits King Phumiphol Aduldej of Siam; Two wonderful photos of London bidding a gay welcome to 1955 - scenes at the Chelsea Arts Ball, and in Piccadilly Circus; Photo of mink farm in Cary, Illinois where 50,000 mink are being raised; Photo of large wind generator at St. Albans which may supply up to 100 kW; Article on the Mangrove. Average wear. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

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Sisco, Anneliese Grunhaldt (signed); & Cyril Stanley Smith; [from the library of Robert B Sosman]Biblio.com

Bergwerk und Probierbuchlein: A Translation from the German of the Bergbuchlein A Sixteenth-Century Book on Mining Geologyand of the Probierbuchlein A Sixteenth-Century Book on Assaying

1949ref. 013913New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1949. Near Fine condition. Bright clean and tight. A presentation copy "With my compliments" dated 4.22.1949 and signed in full by Anneliese Sisco on a note card tipped to the front endpaper. With original woodcuts reproduced. "The present translations were made from the 1518 edition of the BERGBUCHLEIN and the 1534 edition of the PROBIERBUCHLEIN; but other editions were carefully examined and significant differences in earlier versions are indicated." Sisco and Smith add many interesting technical annotations and historical notes on these works the earliest printed books on the subjects. Includes a detailed publication history and descriptive bibliography of the various editions of these two books with facsimile reproductions of their title pages. Index. Limited to 1000 copies printed at Yale University Press. Designed by Carl Purington Rollins. Bound in the original tan cloth lettered in black with rubricated initial letter on the front cover. A volume from the Seeley W. Mudd series. This copy from the library of geologist and author Robert B. Sosman with his tiny ink-stamp. A geophysicist and physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". Signed presentation copy from Sisco. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Rollins Carl Purington designed by. 8vo. 196pp. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Hardcover

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