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Die Akustik. Acoustics, Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni.

The Father of Acoustics

Die Akustik.

Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1830. "Neue, unveränderte Ausgabe". Third (revised) edition (first published 1802 and 1817). The Father of Acoustics. An amateur musician and instrument maker fascinated by the phenomenon of sound, Chladni is now famous for studying the vibrations of surfaces by observing the patterns created by sound waves... Read More

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An Essay on Electricity, explaining the Principles of that Useful Science; and describing the Instruments, contrived either to illustrate the theory, or render the practice entertaining...to which is added A Letter to the Author, from Mr. John Birch, Surgeon, on the subject of Medical Electricity. George Adams.

An Essay on Electricity, explaining the Principles of that Useful Science; and describing the Instruments, contrived either to illustrate the...

London: Printed by J. Dillon and Co, for, and Sold by, W. and S. Jones, Opticians, 1799. The Fifth edition, with corrections and additions by William Jones, Mathematical Instrument Maker. George Adams, an English optician and writer of the late eighteenth century, published a wide variety of scientific works, including... Read More

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Traité du Nivellement, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cet Art. Avec la Description d'un nivellement nouvellement inventé. Architecture, Bullet, Pierre.

Surveyer's Handbook

Traité du Nivellement, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cet Art. Avec la Description d'un nivellement nouvellement inventé...

Paris: Nicolas Langlois, 1688. First edition. Surveyer's Handbook. Bullet (1639-1716), "Architecte du Roy," was the author of the often reprinted L'ARCHITECTURE PRATIQUE (1691), which became a standard (v. Fowler, pp. 69-70) for the next 100 years. Bullet's Traité is similarly written in a spirit of pure practicality, treating that branch... Read More

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The Mysteries of Astrology, and the Wonders of Magic: including A History of the Rise and Progress of Astrology, and the Various Branches of Necromancy; Together with Valuable Directions and Suggestions Relative to the Casting of Nativities, and Predictions by Geomancy, Chirmancy, Physiognomy, &c. Astrology, C. W. Roback.

The Mysteries of Astrology, and the Wonders of Magic: including A History of the Rise and Progress of Astrology, and...

Boston: Published by the Author, 1854. First edition. An interesting book of astrology and similar fortune-telling methods, such as chiromancy (palm-reading), nativities, geomancy, etc., written by a practitioner of the field. He advertises in the back for "Verbal Consultations" and "Nativities Accurately calculated and read in full, according to the... Read More

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Vistas in Astronomy. In Two Volumes. (Special Supplement No.3 & No. 4 to the Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics). Astronomy, Arthur Beer.

Inscribed to Dannie Heineman

Vistas in Astronomy. In Two Volumes. (Special Supplement No.3 & No. 4 to the Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics).

London & New York: Pergamon Press, 1955. First edition. Inscribed to Dannie Heineman. Edited by Beers, the 2 volumes were published on the occasion of the retirement of F.J.M. Stratton from the chair of Astrophysics in the University of Cambridge. Each volume is inscribed to Dannie Heineman from Arthur Beer. Read More

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The Uses of Astronomy, a Discourse [forming a part of] The Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, l856. Astronomy, Edward Everett.

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The Uses of Astronomy, a Discourse [forming a part of] The Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, l856.

Albany: Charles van Benthuysens Print, 1856. First Edition. NO COPY LOCATED IN NUC. In addition to the "Discourse" by Everett, this book, issued in honor of the dedication of the Dudley Observatory at Albany contains various speeches and a long poem dedicated to the American Association for the Advancement of... Read More

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Autobiography. Atomic Energy, Albert Cushing Crehore.

Autobiography.

Gates Mills: William G. Berner, [co. 1944]. Crehore was the inventor of the “Polarizing Photo-chronography,” (measures short intervals of time) of the “Synchronography (with G. O. Squier) which was used for high and low speed telegraphy, of the “Micrograph” which recorded heard actions and the “Interferometer Barography” which stydies waves... Read More

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Atomic Energy.

The Journal of the Nuclear Age

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Chicago: The Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1946-1973. The Journal of the Nuclear Age. " ... perhaps the single most important journal for documenting both the arms race and the growth and development of atomic energy, and changing attitudes toward them ... The early issues of this journal, before 1956 in... Read More

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