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Etat : Good. 0th Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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paperback. Etat : Very Good. SIGNED / INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, LAID IN ARE SOME EPHEMERA, AUTHORS PRINTED MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICE & SOME CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SMITHSONIAN, LIGHT COVER WEAR, INTERIOR IS VERY GOOD, BRIGHT & CLEAN. AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH GREAT PROVENANCE.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. © 1981 by Cyril Stanley Smith. 410 + x pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Relevant newspaper or clippings placed by previous owner included. Dust jacket suffers many cuts and rips along the edges. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Synopsis: Anthology of 14 essays, addresses and lectures bridging and linking aesthetic curiosity and scientific and technological discover. Metallurgist Cyril Smith, renaissance mind in this our age of narrow specialization, skims through some 200 papers published since 1926. distilling what he perceives as: experiments in the development of a view point. The essays are: 1, Grain Shapes & Other Metallurgical Applications on Topology; 2, The Discovery of Carbon in Steel; 3, Structure, Substructure, & Superstructure; 4, The Interpretation of Microstructures of Metallic Artifacts; 5, Matter versus Materials: A Historical View; 6, The Early History of Casting, Molds, & the Science of Solidification; 7, Porcelain & Plutonism; 8, Art, Technology, & Science: Notes on Their Historical Interaction; 9, Metallurgical Footnotes to the History of Art; 10, Reflections on Technology & the Decorative Arts in the 19th Century; 11, On Art, Invention, & Technology; 12, Some Constructive Corrodings; 13. A Highly Personal View of Science & Its History; and, 14, Structural Hierarchy in Science, Art, & History. Fine copy. "These fourteen essays celebrate the necessary unity between aesthetic curiosity and scientific and technological discovery. Drawing on his own experience as a metallurgist and his wide-ranging studies of ancient and modern artifacts, Cyril Smith offers an intriguing and generously illustrated exploration of the relationship between material structure and our sense of beauty.".

Hardcover. Second Printing. 26 x 17.5 cm. Octavo. 410pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. White cloth in dust jacket Name on front free endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. First Edition. 410 pages. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. "The essays make the case that historically many advances and discoveries regarding metals and ceramics came about through aesthetic curiosity and the desire to improve works of fine and decorative art, rather than through scientific investigation or in response to the need for products having practical utility. Other essays deal with the emerging understanding of the remarkable properties of steel, the positive uses of corrosion, ancient casting and molding techniques, and the connection between attempts to reproduce oriental porcelain in Europe and modern geological ideas. Still others are more philosophical in approach." - from dust jacket. Includes bibliography of the author's works. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart.

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