Search Results: Titles starting with C from Tesseract

1992 translation of 1925. Hardcover. New. (1992 translation of 1925), 392pp., well-illustrated. Most interesting, exhaustive in-depth descriptions and analyses of digital calculating machines from their earliest inception (Pascal's machine of 1642) to the end of the first quarter of the 20th century (the Hamann-Manus of 1925). Volume 16 in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing

1974 with 1976 prices. Paperback. As New. (1974 with 1976 prices), 108pp., full illustrated with black & white photographs of toys and with price guide, plus full index

1996. Hardcover. New. 1996, 193pp., illus. Documents a wide variety of American surveying instruments and makers, with over 200 illustrations.

Paris, 1900. Hardcover. As New. 1900, 324pp., fully illustrated trade catalogue with the full range of instruments for surgery by this important Parisian maker. Every variation is pictured and priced.

New York, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 1450pp., with several thousand illustrations, massive 9-1/2" x 12" x 3" catalog representing over 700 American industrial equipment firms. Falls somewhere between a directory and a trade catalogue.

1996. Hardcover. New. 1996, 273pp, not illustrated, but with a wealth of early dated observations (up to 1609), plus details on non-telescopic instrumentation (published @$133). (Multiple copies available.)

1980. First edition. Hardcover. New. 1980, 322pp., illus, out-of-print. Well researched articles and fine large illustrations cover early clocks, celestial globes, etc. (Multiple copies available.)

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."

Hardcover. Fine. 1973, 197pp., well-illustrated. Typewriters, sewing machines, automata, etc. Everything from the Telautograph to the alarm clock that makes tea!

1974. Hardcover. New/as new. 1974, 278pp.,illlus., long out-of-print. Includes interesting glossary plus lists of makers. (Multiple copies available.)

1981. Hardcover. New/new. 1981, 120pp., out-of-print. Fine illustrated history of the microscope (Multiple copies available.)

London, c. 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. 186pp., illus.

2002. Paperback. Good. 2002, 33pp., off-print article published in History of Science, by this historian of science