The Seven-Year Odyssey that Transformed the World. Pp. xiv+466, 2 full page portraits, text illustrations and maps, notes, time-line, selected bibliography, index; very slight flaw to cloth near top edge of boards; text block faintly browned; dust wrapper; Little, Brown, London, 2002. First U.K. edition. *'The story of how science... More
Pp. [xii]+440+142+[16](index, last blank), title page vignette, 2 folding optical diagrams at end, decorative head and tailpieces, one large and several small decorative initials, text printed double column, index; small cr. 4to; rebound in modern kangaroo, the spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered red leather title label, the... More
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
The Forsters and New Zealand science. First Cook Lecture 1975. Pp. [vi]+16; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1975. *Text of a lecture on Johann Reinhold Forster and his son, delivered at a meeting of the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand, in July 1975. More
A biography. Pp. 260, 8 plates, diagrams, appendices, bibliography, reference notes, index; dust wrapper; Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1976. *Biography of the leading French physicist and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy under de Gaulle, who later became a leader of the World Peace Movement. More
Pp. [iv]+178(last blank), index; dust wrapper, the back panel slightly scuffed; Routledge, London, 1989. First edition. More
Chemistry. Botany. Animal Physiology. Animal Mechanics. With an analytical index. Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Pp. [iv]+124+222+128+64+28(general index), most pages printed double column, text figures, index; purple cloth with gilt lettered black leather title label on spine, the boards marked and lightly worn..... More
In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained, and adapted to the comprehension of young persons. Pp. xii+488(last colophon)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated June 1, 1850), 32 plates (1 folding), index; dark brown ribbed cloth, boards decorated in blind, neatly rebacked, with most of the original gilt lettered spine laid... More
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
etc., etc., taken at the Melbourne Observatory, during January 1876; together with abstracts from meteorological observations obtained at various localities in Victoria. Under the superintendence of E. J. White, Acting Government Astronomer [and from April 1876 onwards, under the superintendence of R. L. J. Ellery, Government Astronomer]. A bound run... More
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
. A bibliography. Pp. xxiv+362, indices, addenda and corrigenda; demy 4to; Dawson, Folkestone, 1977. First edition. Project for Historical Bibliography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. More
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
Fighter for Australian Science. Pp. xii+226(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and soiled, the front flap slightly creased; the author, Melbourne, 1972. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. David Rivett was the Chief Executive Officer of... More
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
Pp. [viii]+110(last blank), index of locations; glazed papered boards, edges and spine slightly faded; H.M.S.O., London, 1982. *Guides to Sources for British History based on the National Register of Archives, 2. More
In Lectures read to the Youth of the University of Leyden. Written in Latin by William-James s'Gravesande.... Translated into English by a Fellow of the Royal Society. Pp. [xvi]+435+[23](index), 17 folding engraved plates, title page ornament, decorative headpiece and initial, tailpiece ornaments, index; twentieth century qr. calf, spine lettered in... More
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
Science and faith in Victorian England. The Riddell Memorial Lectures Thirty-ninth Series. With a memoir of the author by Gwyn Jones. Pp. xvi+64; edges of boards a trifle faded; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, the flap folds slightly silverfished; Oxford University Press, London, 1970. First edition. *Posthumously published. D. G. James... More
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 the..... More
held at Melbourne, Victoria, in January, 1890. Edited by W. Baldwin Spencer. Pp. xiv+758(last blank)+24(list of members)+[2](supplementary list of members, last blank), full page illustration, floral patterned endpapers, tables, indices; dark green textured cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards with blind rule borders, a trifle scuffed and slightly faded..... More
[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
Part I - Index to Authors. Part II - Index to Subjects. Pp. 96(last blank); purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle rubbed, top fore-corners slightly bruised; name & date (1925) in ink on upper free endpaper plus occasional minor marginalia, a couple of spots of foxing; Australasian... More
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
Science in the narrative process. Notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993. *This study examines the relationship between British fiction and the tradition of mechanistic science derived from Isaac Newton, and provides a bridge between the mechanical philosophy of the eighteenth century and present-day habits of thought [wrapper... More