Search Results: Authors starting with B from Tesseract

New York, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine. compilation of four books on mathematics, 72 + 102 + 179 + 136pp., illus. Includes Ball's fascinating mathematical treatise on "cat's cradle," etc., Cajori's extensive history of the slide rule, Carslow on non-Euclidean plane geometry, etc.

Hardcover. Very Good. 1867, 3rd ed., 320pp., illus., including 58 full page plates, back strip rubbed and torn, otherwise good. Instruments, technique, much on observations.

Hardcover. Fine. 1930, 151pp. This guidebook includes 154 illustrations of Beck instruments and accessories, with descriptions and instructions for use.

reprint of 1975. Hardcover. New. (reprint of 1975), 544pp., illustrated. The best analysis of early American instrument manufacture; much on surverying. (Multiple copies available.)

1987. Hardcover. New/new. 1987. This is a large, wonderful introduction to the evolution of all manner of angle-measuring instruments. It fills 224 pages, with no less than 260 colorful illustrations. (Multiple copies available.)

First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 1986, 192 pp., fully illustrated including color plates, covering the evolotion and diversity of dental tools. The best reference on the subject.

First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 1961, 307 pp., illus., plus fold-out lunar identification map. Serrious physics applied to planetary astronomy.

1966. First edition. Hardcover. As New/fair. 1966, 448pp, very well-researched and illustrated. One of the most important references on the early sundial making industry in Augsburg, still unmatched in its depth and usefulness for the collector and researcher. Covers all known makers and their documented objects. Bookplate of the Saul Moskowitz library

1991. Volume 1 Issue 1. Paperback. New. 1991, 82pps. seven technical papers in astrophysics, all in English.

1958. Hardcover. Good/fair. 1958, First set of tables of light-scattering by small spheres, for various indices of refraction, at various wavelengths. Technical tables.

Bayreuth, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Good. 1985, 174pp, well-illustrated auction catalogue of early toys, with prices realized. a few marks, otherwise very fine

Bayreuth, March 1985. First edition. Paperback. Good. March 1985, 96pp, well-illustrated auction catalogue of early toys, with prices realized. some marks on cover, otherwise fine

Paperback. As New. Large volume, fully illustrated with wonderful photography, 367pp.

1993. Hardcover. New. 1993, 288pp. with 844 illustrations. A magnificent descriptive atlas of Dancer's microphotography, with superb illustrations.

1996 reprint of 1963. Hardcover. New. (1996 reprint of 1963), 154pp plus 56 full page plates. Describes 413 instruments of navigation

1986. First edition. Paperback. New. 1986. Comprehensive and full illustrated catalogue of this University of Cambridge museum's holdings of microscopes in 1986.

1968 - 1970. Hardcover. New/new. Edited reprint (1968 - 1970) of the scientific publications of Benjamin Thompson (later Count Rumford). The five volumes total over 2500 pages, with some illustrations, and center on studies of the nature, practical applications, devices and techniques of heat, e.g. "Heat developed in condensation" and "Salubrity of warm rooms." Also treated, in individual volumes, are "Light and Armament" and "Public Institutions."

3 hardcover vols. in slipcase. New. 1975. This monumental work is complete in all three volumes, with a total of 1426 pages, 2124 figures, 8 appendices, and a supplement. It is the primary compilation of iron meterorite knowledge, and gives detailed descriptions of almost all 600 known. This basic reference is today quite scarce.