Crookes william ed (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Ex library-good. xxxviii, 347 p. 23 cm. 6 illustrations, including 4 foldouts. Blue cloth hardcover. Ex library with call number on spine, envelope on rear pastedown, blindstamps on half title and elsewhere. Tear in p. 15, soiling on p. 17 margins. A few scratches to covers. Topics include: plant production; typical fertilisers; comparative costs of farmyard and chemical manure; past and present systems of agriculture; farming with farm manure only; live stock; etc. Appendix. Index. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce copy of the first edition of the English translation of this illustrated series of lectures by French agronomistandplant physiologist. The very scarce first English edition of the work.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.Written in French by M. Georges Ville, a French agronomistandplant physiologistborn inPont-Saint-Esprit.Translated and edited by William Crookes, an Englishchemistandphysicistwho attended theRoyal College of Chemistry. He was a pioneer ofvacuum tubes, inventing theCrookes tube, which was made in 1875. Observingcathode raysgenerated in these tubes, Crookes posited that "radiant matter" was a uniquefourth state of matter, a foundational contribution toplasma physics.A series of lectures given at the experimental farm at Vincennes during 1867 & 1874-5. Divided into two parts, theory and practice, and practice extended by theory.Illustrated with a coloured folding frontispiece, and five folding plates. Collated, complete. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Odd mark to boards. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to spine, with rubbing to joints. Ink inscription to rear of front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge cracked, with binding slightly fragile, but firm. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Kl.-8°. 38 Abb. im Text, X, S. (13)-226, 48 S. illustrierte Anzeigen. Illustrierter Original-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Front- und Rückentitel (Bezug restauriert, berieben, Rückdeckel stärker fleckig). Buchblock teils unaufgeschnitten. S. 217/218 mit Fehlstelle am Kopfsteg, dadurch geringer Textverlust in der Kopfzeile. Durchgehend Vereinzelt Bleistiftmarkierungen im Text. Vor allem zu Beginn und am Schluss leicht fleckig oder angeschmutzt. Sonst gut erhalten. Sprache: Englisch.…