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1997rif. 1-0226731065Univ of Chicago Pr 1997. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Univ of Chicago Pr hardcover
1783rif. 44413Neuchatel Samuel Fauche 1783. 4to. Bound in fine contemp. full sprinckled calf raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to head of spine. Without the 2 free endpapers. Halftitle present and with stamps. XXIV367 pp. 2 engraved plates 1 folded. The folded plate depicts his two types of Hair-Hygrometers a. 1 engraved vignette. A fine clean and wide-margined copy. First edition of a fundamental work in Meteorology in which Saussure describes how to construct a hygrometer from human hair that can measure the relative humidity and discussing the principles behind it. Cuvier regarded this book as one of the greatest contributions to science of the eighteenth century."A milestone work in chemistry physics and meteorology which established hygrometry as an exact science. Primarely a geologist who explored and published on the Alps Saussure 1740-1788 was the first to prove that air expands and becomes less dense the more humidity it contains. In these Essais the work offered he describes his experiments with the hair hygrometer of his invention and his theory of the evaporation and hygrometry with their applications to meteorology. he also enunciates his theory of the evaporation of water in hydrogen carbon dioxide and other gases."Neville II p. 427 a."In his essay on the theoretical principles of hygrometry which he conceives as "the art of measuring the absolute quantity of water suspended in the air" De Saussure distinguishes three classes of methods of determining humidity which respectively utilize i observations of changes in the weight dimensions or shape of a hygroscopic body; ii observations of the capacity of the air for taking up water; and iii observations of the quantity of water condensing from the air under given conditions on a cold surface or of the degree of cold necessary to start such an condensation."Wolf "A History of Science Technology & Philosophy in the 18th Century" I p. 326 ff.Partington III 763. - Partington "Breakthroughs" 1783 M - Poggendorff II 755-56. hardcover
rif. 290362Whittaker & Co 1835. THIS VOL ONLY super octavo marbled half green leather bound boards gilt lettering & tooling to spine blind stamp decoration to boards red speckled page edges marbled eps 328pp cxix tabular view to rear VG light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges with som elight surface loss light crackling to leather on spine light chafing & surface loss to spine & boards moderate tanning to page edges light cracking to some gutters light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals Whittaker & Co 1835 hardcover
rif. 290364Whittaker Treacher and Co. 1831. THIS VOL ONLY super octavo marbled half green leather bound boards gilt lettering & tooling to spine blind stamp decoration to boards red speckled page edges marbled eps frontispiece 481pp 110pp synopsis of species to rear illus VG moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & board edges light discolouration to spine moderate tanning to page edges moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout moderate cracking to gutters near front sl cracking to other gutters throughout Whittaker, Treacher and Co. 1831 hardcover
1839rif. 1018F17Edinburgh: The Proprietor 1839 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 14" by 10.5". Not Stated. Impressively illustrated with 130 hand coloured animal plates this is the scarce first edition of 'The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History' and 'The Animal Kingdom of Baron Cuvier'. A scarce collection of works with three volumes bound in one. Present here are volumes I and II of the first collected edition of 'The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History and of Physical Sciences'. The work of Scottish naturalist and ornithologist William MacGillivray. With a title page to volume I only lacking the volume II title page. Also present is the first edition of 'The Animal Kingdom of the Baron Cuvier Enlarged and Adapted to the Present State of Zoological Science'. The plates of all three volume are bound to the rear of the work with 130 hand-coloured plates. Collated complete. Rebacked with endpapers renewed. A wonderful study of natural history in the mid 19th century offering both scientific detail and beautiful illustrations. Rebacked in a half calf binding with cloth covered boards and with endpapers renewed. Rubbing to board perimeters and cloth of boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with light spotting throughout. Significant spotting to plates with significant closed tears to fore edge of three plates. Very Good The Proprietor hardcover
rif. 1527729974.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1333228791.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
