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 about TRACTATUS DUO: QUORUM PRIOR EST DE PLANTIS, ET DE GENERATIONE ANIMALIUM; POSTERIOR DE HOMINE

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 about FREDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE

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 about NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. IV

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 about MONTHLY RECORD OF RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS IN METEOROLOGY, TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM

. 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 about NEWTON AND NEWTONIANA, 1672-1975

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 about DAVID RIVETT:

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 about THE MANUSCRIPT PAPERS OF BRITISH SCIENTISTS, 1600-1940

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 about HENRY SIDGWICK

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 about REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING of the Australasian Association of the Advancement of Science:

(Australia and New Zealand.) INDEX TO VOLUMES 1. TO XVI., 1888 to 1923. 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... More about AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

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 about MECHANISM AND THE NOVEL

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