Denison olmstead (17 résultats)

Half-Leather. Etat : Good. The covers are worn. Old pencil and ink remarks on the feps. The text block has some age spotting, and the binding is secure.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Leather. Good+. Fourth Edition. Front Cover is Missing.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Etat : G/NO DUSTJACKET. 3rd Edition. New York, NY: Collins & Brother, Publihers. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1874). 3rd Edition. Cloth. Sm 4to., 228 pp., 4 plts, cover rubbed, frayed, spine faded, page foxing & toning, writing on flyleaves . Black & White Illustrations (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Full leather boards. Pasted on spine label with gilt lettering. First 10 pages are water stained. Some occasional pencil notes. Binding is good but hinges are fragile.

Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book offers a remarkable insight into the geological composition of North Carolina, examining a geographical area the author refers to as the 'Free-stone and Coal formation of Orange and Chatham.' This region is found to contain abundant supplies of sandstone and bituminous coal, as well as beds of slate and valuable minerals such as iron ore, granite, limestone, and whetstone. The author presents a detailed analysis of these rock formations and their characteristics, with a particular focus on their potential for industrial and architectural use. The book provides valuable information on the use of these natural resources for building materials, millstones, grindstones, whetstones, and even the production of copperas and alum. The significance of this work lies in its comprehensive examination of a specific geological region, offering insights into the industrial potential of its mineral resources and their applications in various aspects of human endeavor. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Contemporary full leather. Etat : Good. Good plus, moderate wear to covers, lacks spine label, old marks to endpapers, contents very good. 8vo., 23x15 cm. 592 pp.

Soft Cover. Etat : Fair. Offprint, retaining page numbers from journal: [567] - 585. Original front printed wrapper (rear wrapper missing). Inscribed: "Jos. E. Stiles D. D./with the Regards of The Aurthor." Front wrapper attached with tape; two old inkstamps dated June 3, 1914.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Third Revised Edition. A clean unmarked copy. Worn on spine ends. 510 pages.

Etat : Good. This book illustrates s the extent of the author's knowledge of astronomy - detailed and precise yet sufficient to write a very readable book. Good clean copy. Dark brown cloth binding with embossing on front and back. Title inlaid on spine. Frontispiece opposite title page show path of Biela's comet. Copiously illustrated with figures throughout the text. Denison Olmstead (1791-1859) an astronomer at Yale University made a study of the Leonid meteorite shower and pronounced their point of origin. Before sunrise on November 13, 1833, the Leonid shower unleashed 100,000 shooting stars per hour. Many astonished Americans thought the world might be coming to an end. At Yale College, Olmstead studied the paths of the meteors and announced that they had arrived from deep space. In a neighboring office, Hubert Newton calculated that the swarm would return in 1866. And it did. But ever since then, gravitational Ping-Pong has kept everyone guessing about how mighty the appearances would be.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Signed "from the author" Pages 329 to 352. Contains only chapter 10 on Telescopes and the appendix. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Boards are worn along edges, corners and spine extremes. Discoloration to rear board from previous dampness exposure. Gilt finishing remains intact. Front gutter tender with small tears to front flyleaf. Foxing throughout with minimal tanning. Free of markings. Binding intact but shaken. Please see photos. Mason born Washington, CT, 1819, Yale, 1839, abandoned graduate studies to join Maine boundary expedition, 1840, published 'Observations on Nebulae' in Transactions of American Philosophical Society, 'Introduction to Practical Astronomy', died Richmond, VA, 1840. COLU1842ABDZ-variant. …

Etat : Good. Nice clean copy in original leather binding. Spine shows signs of wear. Signature of "Edward W. Colton, January 15, 1857" on both front end-pages. Numerous handwritten notes in pencil on back end-page. Denison Olmstead (1791-1859) an astronomer at Yale University made a study of the Leonid meteorite shower and pronounced their point of origin. Before sunrise on November 13, 1833, the Leonid shower unleashed 100,000 shooting stars per hour. Many astonished Americans thought the world might be coming to an end. At Yale College, Olmstead studied the paths of the meteors and announced that they had arrived from deep space. In a neighboring office, Hubert Newton calculated that the swarm would return in 1866. And it did. But ever since then, gravitational Ping-Pong has kept everyone guessing about how mighty the appearances would be.…

Octavo. 4th edition revised. xv, [xvi] 288 pages. The earlier edition that year had 278 pages. The only recorded copy is at the New York Public Library (Hathitrust] With the spectacular Leonid meteor showers of November 1833, Yale professor Denison Olmsted carried out a strenuous and systematic attempt to collect and calibrate observations from all over the United States. He reported his data and analysis in an extensive pair of articles, which culminated in the startling conjecture that some ''nebulous body'' must lie between the Earth and the Sun, with an orbital period of precisely 182 days. Using the Joseph Henry magnet with the refracting telescope, He and tutor Loomis observed Halley's comet in 1835 before words of its reappearance had come to Europe. 2 important plates; The Great Comet of 1843 and Nebulae and Double Stars. Bound in contemporary calf, flat spine ruled in gilt, black label gilt, bottom rear corner chipped, lacking front free endpaper, annotations of mathematical problems on endpapers in pencil.…