Search Results: discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth by robert routledge

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

George Routledge and Sons, 1899 GOOD+ Green boards with some light rubbing to corners and ends of the spine. the gilt detailing and titling is bright and clear. no dj. no inscriptions. internally, a lovely clean copy save for some isolated foxing. there is a prior owner's details to ffep. the pre-title page is browned.

London: Routledge, 1891. 8th Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 12mo. A nice copy. Pictorial front and spine. aeg. Decorated eps. Small tears to spine ends. Cracked hinges and spine.

London: Bracken Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Thick 8vo 1851702679 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. Slight yellowing to pages. 681 pages including the index illustrated with over 432 black and white illustrations. The pace of scientific discovery in our own age is so rapid that it is easy to forget the many important developments that occurred during the last century. Within the space of a hundred years, the railways had transformed overland travel, sail had given way to steam at sea, electricity had been harnessed to provide lighting, heating, and power for machinery, and photography, telegraphy and sound-recording had brought about a revolution in human communication. In this volume the author, Robert Routledge, describes both the chief inventions of the 1800s and some of the scientific principles behind them in a manner that could be easily understood by the general reader.… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1876. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. with numerous illustrations. School prize full leather binding. Gilt decorated brown leather boards. Front board is detached, otherwise firmly bound. Marbled end paper and closed page edges. Some wear on the edges and corners of the cover, foxing mostly on the first few pages.

George Routledge and Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. revised and re-written edition, complete with all plates. the book is shelf rubbed and edge worn. foxing and markings throughout. gift inscription. binding has been repaired. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

George Routledge and Sons, 1876. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1876. New Edition. Revised. 594 pages. No dust jacket. Book has been recased with original spine strip glued over new spine. Brown cloth with gilt decorations to front board and spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastdown. Pages and illustrations are visibly tanned with minor foxing and dust marks throughout. Title page partially detached. Minor tear to few first pages. Hinges reinforced with white tape. Notable stains and dust marks with pencil marks, pen marks, stamp and sticker to pastdowns and endpapers. Light cracking to gutters with slightly exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with noticeable bumping and fraying to corners, mild crushing to spine ends,visible loss to original spine strip and rub wear all over. Book has forward lean.

George Routledge and Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8th edition. boards are worn, torn and marked. tanning. visible netting. both hinges are broken. back end page is torn. library pocket and marks. page ends have gold gilt. some damp marks and soiling. though all pages appear to be present, book is in generally poor condition.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: George Routledge & Sons. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's poriginal red pictorial cloth with design of a brunel bridge to the upper cover of the book and title lettering is in gilt to both spine and u[pper cover.Cloth rippled a little to upper cover.All page edges are in gilt.This copy has one previous inscription to the blank ffep and there is one small stamp to bottom edge of the title page.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning to spine.Illustrated throughout in black and white with key inventions and early engineering works and discoveries.8vo 681pp Eighth Edition . Very Good. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. 1891.

London, etc.: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. 8th Edition. Revised and partly re-written, with additions. [xvi] 681p., 432 b/w illus., a.e.g., original cloth.

george routledge london 1886. seventh edition 594pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.1 col.] VG (red cloth w.gilt/black/ochre dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to half-title,aeg sl.rubbed,spine cracked)

London, Routledge,, 1905.. FOURTEENTH EDITION. 8vo. xv+820pp. Profusely illustrated.

G. Routledge, 1901. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. George Routledge and Sons, London. Cloth. 6" - 8" Tall. Very Good/No Jacket. In very good condition overall. Internally very well illustrated with numerous diagrams, b\w line drawings and b\w photographs including one of Tower Bridge in the course of construction . Internally generally very clean with only very occasional marking. - bright gold lettering. The picture of William Marconi is slightly worn on the front board.

hansebooks, 2018. Paperback. New. 628 pages. 8.50x6.56x1.42 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1901. This study presents an account of the remarkable discoveries and inventions which distinguished the nineteenth-century. The author examines an assortment of developments, including that in the sciences, architecture, travel, and communications. This title will be of great interest to students of the history of science and technology.

London & New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1877. Thick 8vo. xii, 594 pp., plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Woodcut engraved frontisp., 7 woodcut-engraved plates, 1 chromolithograph plate of light spectra, all w/ tissue guards, 357 woodcut text engravings. Pictorial red publisher’s cloth, illustration and decorative lettering in red, black & gilt on front cover & spine, cover art photo of iron naval ship, spine of a Franklin stove (minor rubbing, edgewear to fore-edges, corners), still VG copy. Revised & expanded edition of this lavishly illustrated work documenting the wonders of the Victorian Age, including steam engines, railways, breech-loading rifles, explosive bullets, torpedoes, letterpress printing, optics, the electric telegraph, aquariums, rubber, and so much more.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1886.. Seventh edition. 8vo. xiv, 594 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered label, the other compartments gilt decorated, early school prize inscription to the front flyleaf, endpapers and all edge marbled. Nine plates, including one of spectra in colour, plus numerous illustrations in the text. Some light rubbing, else very good.

Taylor & Francis, 2020. Paperback. New. 872 pages. 8.50x5.43x2.05 inches.

George Routledge and Sons, London. 1876. New edition, revised.. Hardback.. Black and White plates and illustrations. Red cloth with gilt and black decoration. Very Good (-), without dust jacket (inner hinges cracked, and badly reinforced with tape).