Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers
by Bedini, Silvio A
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1964 Paperback. Fair. Large Octavo. 184 pages with appendix, bibliography and index. 85 illustrations. Ex-library with all the usual markings, including yellowed cellophane tape along the spine. Top corner of frontispiece cut out. Text is clean and binding is tight..
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Details
- Seller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 998505
- Title
- Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers
- Author
- Bedini, Silvio A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1964
- Keywords
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, INVENTORS, INVENTIONS
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.