Clerk sir john (29 Ergebnisse)

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hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: Good. Volume 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:090624515X.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First thus,covering the period 1676-1755. A good copy, bound in a blue cloth with motif to upper in gilt an gilt lettering to the spine. Spine shows signs of wear to crown and foot and boards have slight wear to edges and corners. Binding is tight. Brown end-papers have been taped over hinged with white tape. All pages are free from notations with some marks occasionally but minor. Deckled edges to pages. Edges are tanned with age. With Plates and frontis protected with tissue sheets. A fascinating source for Scottish history. R. …

1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Directing Peter to 'useful papers on tortures and punishments', for a lecture he was preparing on 'Bygone Tortures and Punishments'. Quotations in pencil by Peter on the reverse.

See his entry, and that of Lady Ilbert's husband, in the Oxford DNB. The three items in good condition, lightly aged, and folded for postage. ALS ONE (19 December 1910): 1p, 12mo. 'I am sorry you have had domestic anxieties. They are the most poignant.' He continues: 'It would delight me to have a peaceful hour with you and Ilbert, without prejudice to Fisher and his wife.' Signed 'M.' ALS TWO (2 July 1911): 2pp, 12mo. He has been 'striving with my luncheon list', and the 'end of it' is that he is able to go to lunch on a certain day: 'I hope I may.' He gives his address for her reply, adding 'I will honourably repay the 6d.' ANS (5 July 1911): 1p, 8vo. 'I will gratefully come to dinner on Thursday, 7th., at 8.'.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fair. Hardback, full-calf, front board detached, rear board attached by a thread. 28.5cm x 23.5cm. vii, 342pp. Interleaved with blank pages. Previous owner's details to front pastedown, title page and page 1. A good reading copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (r6).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1881 (second edition, revised)/ 1873. Octavo, two volumes, xxxii, 466; and xxiv, 458, 36 (advertisements), [8] (advertisements) pages plus a total of 21 plates. Original cloth stamped lettered in gilt on the spine, sides bordered in blind; rebacked, retaining the backstrips; covers a little worn; outer leaves a little foxed; a few marks, trifling edge tears and other minor signs of age and handling; in good condition overall. An important association copy, with the extensive contemporary annotations of J.J. Thomson (Sir Joseph John Thomson, 1856-1940, winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics and discoverer of the electron), and later provenance from his son, Sir George Paget Thomson (1892-1975, who continued his father's work and was himself awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of electron diffraction). Annotations in the hand of J.J. Thomson appear on over 155 pages of the book, often comprising lengthy observations of several lines, equations, and diagrams, as well as shorter emphases and queries. It shows signs of at least two close readings, with some earlier ink annotations themselves annotated in pencil. We believe he used this copy while editing the third edition of Maxwell's 'Treatise' (Clarendon Press, 1892), as many of these annotations were incorporated (slightly edited) as footnotes in that edition. More importantly, in the preface to the third edition Thomson states that his initial intention was to incorporate the latest advances in electromagnetism, but soon realised that to do so would disfigure Maxwell's work. Instead, Thomson simultaneously prepared his own treatise, 'Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism, intended as a Sequel to Professor Clerk-Maxwell's "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism"' (Clarendon Press, 1893). This work built upon Maxwell's classical theories of electromagnetism and made some of the crucial early steps in atomic physics that would define Thomson's career. Some of the most heavily annotated passages include the early chapters on electrostatics and conduction, both key to Thomson's own research. His experiments on the conduction of electricity in gases led to his development of the concept of 'Faraday Tubes' (a quantitative refinement of Faraday's lines of force, outlined at length in 'Notes on Recent Researches'), and subsequently to the discovery of ultra-light negatively-charged 'corpuscles', the first sub-atomic particles to be identified (now known as electrons). Some of the manuscript diagrams may be early visualisations of these concepts. Loosely inserted is a typed letter on 'New Scientist' letterhead, addressed to Sir George Thomson FRS and dated 26 August 1966, requesting that he review the 1965 Dover reprint of the 'The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell' (quarto, folded for posting). Thomson has written 'Promised for Sept. 20' at the top right-hand corner of the sheet, and has listed some of the principal facts about Maxwell's career on the verso. A fragment of another letter, on the same letterhead, dated 30 August 1966, thanks Thomson for agreeing to write the review; only the top half remains, apparently retained as a bookmark. James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was a 'Scottish physicist best known for his formulation of electromagnetic theory. He is regarded by most modern physicists as the scientist of the 19th century who had the greatest influence on 20th-century physics, and he is ranked with Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein for the fundamental nature of his contributions. In 1931, on the 100th anniversary of Maxwell's birth, Einstein described the change in the conception of reality in physics that resulted from Maxwell's work as "the most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton"' (Encyclopaedia Britannica). 'A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism' is the most complete formulation of Maxwell's scientific work, and this second edition is rare even without this important provenance. [2 items].…

2pp., 4to. On bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed to 'Wm. Hamilton Esq'. Streatfeild has received directions from 'Mr. Secretary Bruce' granting Hamilton 'the Dignity of a Knight Bachelor of the United Kingdom'. Hamilton is to place £96 14s 6d in Streatfeild's account at Drummond's Bank in Charing Cross, 'being the Account & the Expenses attending the passing of the Patent under the Great Seal'. Streatfeild will 'proceed with the Patent as soon as you inform me whether the enclosed is your proper description'.…

1p., folio. In poor condition, on aged and worn paper, with chips and loss along edges repaired with archival tape, and repairs to Hall's signature. Some biographical information in a light contemporary hand at head. The document reads: 'Sir, | I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Circular of the 9th. instant, and to state that in consequence of the construction of the St. Katharine Docks there are now only 10 Householders in this Precinct, who all occupy Premises adjoining the River Thames, and as there are no resident Poor within the Precinct the Householders have been apprised of the precautions enjoined by the Minute of Council referred to, and should any circumstances occur to render a communcation with th Board of Health necessary it will be attended to.'.…

See Powell's entry in the Oxford DNB. While presiding over the 1712 trial of Jane Wenham for witchcraft he ruled that there was 'no law against flying'. 1p, long 8vo. On recto of first leaf of bifolium. Folded twice. On laid paper with government watermark, with two blind-stamped sixpenny tax stamps at head of page. Text intact, but with wear, closed tears and slight loss to some edges and a crease. Text by Powell himself, signed 'John Powell', with red wax seal (without any impression). Signed at foot of page: 'Wittness | W Price'. Endorsed with date on reverse of second leaf. The text reads: 'Know all men by these Presents that I Sr John Powell Knt. One of the Judges of her Matie's Court of Queens Bench at Westminster: Doe hereby Constitute & appoint: John Horsman my Clerk to be my trewe & Lawfull Attorney to Ask Demand & Receive out of her Matie's Receipt of Excheqr at Westminster the Sum[m]e of two Hundred & ffifty Pounds soo much being Due to me for my ffee or Salary for Michaelmas Terme Last: & the sd. John Horsmans Receipt together with these Presents shall be a Sufficient Discharge for the Same given Under my Hand & Seale this Eleventh Day of December 1711'.…

The company opened canals from Newport to Pontypool and to Crumlin in 1796. It was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1875, and a passenger service from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff still runs. Three items with covering paper on which Sir J. E. Harington has written in ink: 'Sir J E Harington | Monmouthshire Ry & Canal Papers', with the following added in pencil: 'May 21 1849. | Asking my consent to take new shares - | No.' All items in good condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE: Autograph Letter Signed from Grevile to Harington. Bristol; 13 June 1849. 2pp., 4to. With envelope sealed with red wax bearing two postmarks, addressed to 'Sir Jno. E. Harington Bart | 3 Wilton Crescent | Belgrave Square | London'. He explains that Ruscoe has sent the circular (Item Two below), 'with a Copy of the Resolutions for the Auction of new Shares offering one Share for every three Shares now held, together with the form of a consent [Item Three below]' has been sent to 'Miss Kinsey', but that although she is 'desirous to accept the offer', she does not know Harington's 'Wishes upon the Subject'. In consequence Grevile is sending Harington the papers, and explains how he or 'Mr. Balfour' may arrange the matter. TWO: Printed circular by 'Ralph Ruscoe, | Principal Clerk.' Monmouth Railway and Canal Office, Newport, May 21st, 1849.' 1p., 4to. On recto of the first leaf of a bifolium; wiith the recto of the second leaf carrying, in small print, a 'Copy of Resolutions of the General Assembly of the Company of Proprietors of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, Held at the Canal House, in Newport, on Wednesday, May 16th, 1849. | Richard Blakemore, Esq., M.P., Chairman.' Addressed, with postmarks, on reverse of second leaf, to 'Miss Kinsey | Cottage | Clifton', the address corrected in another hand to 'No 1 Richmond Terrace'. The circular is addressed in manuscript to 'C. Grevil [sic] Esqr. The Revd. Richd. Harington [future principal of Brasenose College, Oxford] & Charles Balfour Esqr.', with 'The Revd W. M. Kinsey' added in pencil. Both documents relate to the issue of new shares as described in Item One above. THREE: Printed 'form of a consent' referred to in Item One above. 1p., 4to. Dated 1849. Not filled in. From the Harington papers.…

First edition. First edition. 44 pages, errata printed on final page under text. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. Often incorrectly attributed to Daniel Defoe. Kress 2498; Goldsmith's Kress Library of Economic Literature 4364.5-1Supple Later red calf-backed cloth. Spine quite rubbed, stitchmarks, title soiled, some browning and soiling of text, primarily marginal, some pencilled notations and markings, else very good, from the collection of Raymond J. Schweizer with his bookplate 44 pages, errata printed on final page under text. 1 vols. Sm. 4to.…