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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year 1875
by Joseph Henry, Sec'ty Smithsonian Institution
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Dark green sand-grain cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on spine; Clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; owner bookplate on front paste down; clean interior with slight general age darkening. Appended articles include: Eulogy on Alexander Volta; The probable future of the human race, by Alphonse de Candolle; Report on the transactions of the Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva by M.A. de Candolle; The past and future of geology: An inaugural lecture, by Joseph Prestwich; Report of the special committee for the consideration of the memoir of Mr. Hofrath G. Wex, upon the diminution of the water of rivers and streams; The refraction of sound, by William B. Taylor; On the organization of local scientific societies, by Joseph Henry; International code of symbols for charts of pre-historic archeology; Characteristics pertaining to ancient man in Michigan, by Henry Gillman; The Stone Age in New Jersey, by C.C. Abbott. 8vo, 422 pp plus many pages of plates; index; illustrated.
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- Madden Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19408
- Title
- Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year 1875
- Author
- Joseph Henry, Sec'ty Smithsonian Institution
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; AMPERE; NITROGEN; ORGANICS; ANTHROPOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; RUSSIAN; TELEGRAPHS; ETHNOLOGY; TROGLODYTES; CAVE-DWELLERS; FRANCE; FRENCH; NORTH AMERICAN ABORIGINES; TRADE; NATIVE AMERICAN; FLINT; COPPER; SHELLS; PIPESTONE
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- Archeology; History, Science;
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Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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