Alfred barley (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAPERBACK. Zustand: cover wear otherwise good. First edition. xxivpp + 48pp octavo paper. presentation copy signed "with the author's best wishes".

Printer Wrapper. Zustand: Good. BARLEY, Alfred H. The Drayson Problem. His important astronomical discovery. 48pp. Original printed wrappers, with rust marks from the staples and small rust hole to the upper wrapper. 8vo. Exeter: Wm. Pollard. 1922. ~ Alfred Wilks Drayson (1827-1901) was an English army officer, writer and astronomer. He was a personal friend of Arthur Conan Doyle, who dedicated to him the short story collection The Captain of the Polestar. He published scientific theories, not accepted by later authors. His 'problem' had its origin solely in the somewhat loose language of certain text-books which described the motion of the pole of the equator as circular, the pole of the ecliptic being in the centre. This description would be correct if only the solar and lunar precessions were concerned, but planetary perturbations cause the plane of the ecliptic (and hence its pole) to shift, thus causing a variation in the radius of the circle. Drayson, without carefully studying the evidence for the shifting ecliptic, asserted that it was really fixed among the stars, and that the centre of the north pole's motion was 6° away from the ecliptic pole, thus bringing about a very large change in the obliquity, which he supposed to be near its minimum at present. It would reach 350 at its maximum, when Drayson considered an Ice- age would occur.…

L. N. Fowler, London o.J. [um 1920]. Kl.-8°. With a Foreword by Alan Leo. 4 Bl., 96 S., 4 Bl. Vlgs.-Anz. geprägtes OLwd. mit OUmschlag. Alan Leo's Astrological Manuals. No. X. - (Being the Second Edition of "The Rationale of Astrology". - Exemplar aus der Bibliothek "The Theosophical Society Shanghai, China" [Shanghai Lodge]. Umschlag mit Bibliotheksmarke, und mit kleinen Randläsuren und fleckig. Schnitt gering fleckig. Umschlag, Vorsatz und Titelblatt mit kleinem dezenten chinesischem Stempel. Sprache : en.…

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R260208992: 1987. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Intérieur frais. 114 + XXI pages - QUelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.5-Astrologie.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R200027909: 1987. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 114 pages + XXI pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.5-Astrologie.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Undated hardback with an additional chapter by Alan Leo on The Education of Children in the Light of Astrology, circa early C.20th, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - brown cloth boards slightly darkened and rubbed to edges with private collection number to spine and upper front lh corner. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - Blackpool Theosophical Society stamp to front pastedown and ffep with owner's name in pencil to ffep; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old public library book. Photograph available.…

OLWd. mit schwarzgeprägtem Vorderdeckel, vi+112+xix Seiten, 12,5 x 15,5 cm, an den Kanten etwas berieben, leichte Flecken, Vorsätze gebräunt, innen nur wenig gebräunt, insgesamt guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English.