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[Set of Nineteenth-Century Scientific and Mathematical Treatises]:
AVOGADRO, Amadeo; BELLANI, Angelo [et al]; CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis; LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie; MONGE, Gaspard; PRONY, Gaspard de.Original price £25,000.00 - Original price £25,000.00Original price £0.00£25,000.00£25,000.00 - £25,000.00Current price £25,000.00| /An attractive set of nineteenth-century scientific and mathematical treatises, bound to match.I) First edition of Avogadro's magnum opus, containi...
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Usus et Fabrica Circini Cuiusdam Proportionis...
CAPRA, Baldassarre; GALILEI, Galileo.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /From the Erwin Tomash collection. Two works extracted from the first volume of the 1655-1656 Dozza edition of Galileo's Opere, comprising Capra's (...
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Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard.
[MONTMORT, Pierre Rémond de].Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00| /Pierre Rémond de Montmort (1678-1719) was a French mathematician who is considered a pioneer of probability theory. He is best known for Essay d'a...
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Memoirs of Science and the Arts.
[SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES].Original price £1,650.00 - Original price £1,650.00Original price £0.00£1,650.00£1,650.00 - £1,650.00Current price £1,650.00| /First edition. The first edition of the Memoirs of Science and the Arts, an edited collection of scientific discoveries and experiments of general ...
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Description et usage du mécanisme uranographique, contenant un abrégé élémentaire de cosmographie.
ROUY, Charles.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00| /With royal provenance . an interesting and rare work on astronomy - dedicated to Louis XVIII. Charles Rouy's 'mechanism of uranography' presents a ...
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The Modern Motor Car.
[POP-UP]Original price £125.00 - Original price £125.00Original price £0.00£125.00£125.00 - £125.00Current price £125.00| /Pop-ups include Chassis, Camshaft, Overhead Valve Engine, and Side Valve Engine.4to. 14pp., 5 colour pop-ups, index of parts, a few marks to margi...
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The Book of the Motor Car.
KENNEDY, Rankin.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00| /'The information contained in the work will be of invaluable assistance in conveying accurate understanding of the principles and practice of the ...
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An Essay About the Origine & Virtues of Gems,
BOYLE, Robert.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00| /First edition. The 'beginning of the modern development in knowledge of crystal structure' (Fulton).Robert Boyle (1627-1691), a natural philosopher...
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The variation of animals and plants under domestication.
DARWIN, Charles.Original price £1,850.00 - Original price £1,850.00Original price £1,850.00£1,850.00£1,850.00 - £1,850.00Current price £1,850.00| /Survival of the fittest. Featuring the first occurrence of the phrase 'survival of the fittest'. Originally intended as the first two chapters in a...
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Fusokoku daiissan-Yosan Hiroku [On Silk-Production]
KAMIGAKI, Morikuni; Chuwa Nishimura.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Rare Japanese Treatise on Silk Manufacturing. Illustrated treatise on the rearing of silkworms and the manufacturing of silk. The work traces the h...
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The variation of animals and plants under domestication.
DARWIN, Charles.Original price £1,850.00 - Original price £1,850.00Original price £1,850.00£1,850.00£1,850.00 - £1,850.00Current price £1,850.00| /Survival of the fittest. Featuring the first occurrence of the phrase 'survival of the fittest'. Originally intended as the first two chapters in a...
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Dialling, Plain, Concave, Convex [&c.]
LEYBOURN, William.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £2,500.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /The making and decoration of dials. William Leybourn (1627-1716) was a well-respected mathematician, surveyor, and private tutor. First published i...
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Feuilles d'analyse appliquée a la Géométrie...
MONGE, Gaspard.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /The father of 3d movies. Descriptive geometry is the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane. Gaspard Monge inv...
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Moderne Technik.
BLUCHER, H.Original price £175.00 - Original price £175.00Original price £0.00£175.00£175.00 - £175.00Current price £175.00| /Detailed illustrations with various overlays of various engines, including: steam engine, diesel engine, train submarine, ship, airship, aeroplane...
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