Tome vingt-neuvieme. Juillet-Decembre 1849. [Text in French]. Pp. [iv]+870(last blank), tables (several full page), bibliographies, index, errata; small demy 4to; later half calf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, [contemporary?] marbled papered boards, slightly scratched and rubbed, edges lightly worn; all edges sprinkled brown; small inked initials and number on... More about COMPTES RENDUS HEBDOMADAIRES DES SEANCES DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES

The first twenty-five years. Pp. xiv+286, text figures, pictorial endpapers, appendices, index; med. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, top fore-corner of boards faintly bruised; Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 1980. First edition. More about THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Pp. [iv]+178(last blank), index; dust wrapper, the back panel slightly scuffed; Routledge, London, 1989. First edition. More about A COMPANION TO THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Supplement, 1928-1933. Pp. xx+454(last blank); roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, lightly worn at head and foot of backstrip; edges of leaves lightly marked, bookseller's label at foot of title page; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne, 1934. More about CATALOGUE OF THE SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL PERIODICALS in the libraries of Australia

A Documentary History. Edited with introductions by Ann Mozley Moyal. Pp. [viii]+280, pictorial endpapers, select bibliography, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the upper wrappers slightly creased; corners of a couple of leaves a trifle creased, the upper free endpaper faintly soiled; Cassell Australia, Sydney... More about SCIENTISTS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AUSTRALIA:

Its Contribution to Australian Science 1854 -1959. Pp. xvi+314, 8 plates, corrigenda sheet loosely inserted, appendices, notes, selected bibliography, glossary, index; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1978. First edition. More about THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

including the Ronalds Library. With a Biographical memoir. Edited by Alfred J. Frost. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xxviii+564; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. *Originally published by Spon, in 1880. More about CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAPERS RELATING TO ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, &c

A Theoretical and Practical Treatise for Students and Analysts. In three volumes. Volume I: Electrochemical Theory. Pp. viii+134, a couple of text figures, addenda, index; Volume II: Gravimetric Electrolytic Analysis and Electrolytic Marsh Tests. Pp. x+150, text figures, index; Volume III: Electrical Methods applied to Titration, Moisture Determination and PH... More about ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS

A life in the young Republic. Pp. [ii]+xvi+378(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, notes index; med. 8vo; faint scratch mark to upper board; dust wrapper, edges slightly faded; Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1989. *Poet, essayist, chemist, geologist, educator, entrepreneur, publisher - Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) was one of the virtuosi of..... More about BENJAMIN SILLIMAN

[cover title]. Pp. 16, text figures, tables; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; staples rusted; Sandringham City Council, Sandringham, Victoria, 1982. First edition. More about WEATHER AND CLIMATE

A study of bibliography and the Book Trade in relation to Science. Pp. x+508, frontispiece plus 16 plates, bibliography, index; hinge tender near centre; dust wrapper, back panel faintly faded; Private Libraries Association, London, 1975. Third, revised edition, reprinted, with minor corrections. *Originally published in 1954. More about SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, LIBRARIES AND COLLECTORS

. A series of detached essays, lectures, and reviews. Pp. xii+450(last colophon)+[2]+24(publisher's catalogue, dated September 1871), a few text figures (2 full page); purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt and boards decorated in blind, lightly worn, the edges and spine heavily faded, with partial remains of a label on both... More about FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE FOR UNSCIENTIFIC PEOPLE

Australia and New Zealand. Adelaide Meeting, August, 1924. Pp. xliv+770, 3 plates, text figures and maps (one folding), tables, list of members, index; navy textured cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly warped, fore-corners a trifle bruised, lower board faded (heaviest near spine); free endpapers browned, a little light... More about REPORT OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING of the Australasian Association of the Advancement of Science