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Hardcover. As New. Combined in a fine cloth-covered binding are the three sections covering this time period in the UK, published 1922 (254 pp.), 1925 (161 pp.), 1929 (194 pp.) On each page are descriptions and detailed illustrations of several patents awarded for innovative instruments in these fields. It forms an exceptional reference for instruments of drafting, meteorology, thermometry, gyroscopic, etc., from the first quarter 19th century.

Hardcover. As New. Combined in a fine cloth-covered binding are the three sections covering this time period in the UK, published 1922 (165 pp.), 1925 (138 pp.), 1929 (118 pp.) On each page are descriptions and detailed illustrations of several patents awarded for innovative instruments in these fields. It forms an exceptional reference for instruments of surveying, navigation, and astronomy from the first quarter 19th century.

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

1968. Paperback. New. 1968, Small booklet with descriptions and color illustrations of 20 interesting instruments

Boston, 1984. Hardcover. New/new. Large, 244pp, many illustrations.

1984. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 1984, 231pp, illus. out-of-print. Exceptional catalogue of htis major collection of 48 astrolabes, plus chapters on design and history of this instrument. Cover slightly rubbed.

1978. Paperback. New. 1978, 175pp, illustrated. (Multiple copies available.)

Hardcover. New. 1987 reprint of 1848, 464pp., illustrated throughout. This is a book of instrumentation, with nearly 500 pages describing microscopes of all types, their multitude of accessories, and their uses in preparing and observing.

1996. Hardcover. New. 1996, 400 pp, with 600 b&w illus. + 16pp color. A study of 19th century scientific apparatus based on the historical collection in the Teyler Museum. (Multiple copies available.)

India, 1968. Hardcover. Fine. 385 pp., dense with information, with many illustrations. Cover a bit soiled, otherwise very fine.

1993. First edition. Hardcover, slipcased. New. 1993. A magnificent large volume treating this Royal collection of wonderful scientific instruments, all fully illustrated and described in 710 pages! (Multiple copies available.)

1989. Paperback. Fair. 1989, 14pp. offprint article, in French, by the former director of the Museum of the History of Science in Geneva, describing this instrument, made by a Genevois maker, and acquired by the Museum in Geneva. Water-wrinkled but good working copy.