George w cottrell (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. New York: Columbia University Press, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; xxvii, 378pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with a bit of fading to spine. Some humidity rippling to preliminary and terminal pages. Long tear lengthwise across 3/4 of pp. 21-22; almost severed, but with text still legible. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Bandit's Bride - Part I - Pancho Villa, the bandit-Revolutionist of Mexico, rescued the heroine of this exclusive narrative from a loveless marriage with a Mormon and married her himself - one of the most remarkable stories of love, battle and intrigue ever published; Unknown Animals of the African Wilds - J.A. Jordan describes recent finds such as the Okapi, Bongo, Giant Pig, Pygmy Elephant, the "dingonek", and the "Rhodesian Monster" - article with photos; Private McTosher Discovers London - the adventures of a Highland soldier visiting London for the first time; A Flying Man in South America - Part IV - John G. Barron took a monoplane to South America and performed flying shows for 2.5 years, often before people who had never before seen a plane; How We Salved the Vigilant - While some of the crew headed for safety aboard a Dutch liner, three remaining crewmembers managed to safely guide the Vigilant to port!; The Finding of the "Mollybaun" - the discovery of a big nugget in Coolgardie, Western Australia, leads to multiple murders; Strange Stories of the War - a selection of incidents entitled A Kite Balloon Adventure, The Lady of the Manor, Mixed Identities, The "Phantom Sniper", The Subaltern's Gun, and The Mysterious Message; On the Borders of Tibet - Part III - Reginald Farrar spent two years wandering - largely among wild lands and wilder people whose chief desire was to build the intruding foreigner up in a damp bonfire to smoulder to death - with photos; The Ring - a dramatic story of the old days in New Zealand, before white and Maori had settled down in friendship; Historic Crimes and Mysteries - The Vanished Boatswain, The Monster of Regendorf, Bavaria; Remittance Men - an account of sundry remittance men the author met during his sojourn in Africa; The Tragedy of Sanborn Harbour - wholesale murder at the cod-fishing station on remote Nagai Island, Alaska; Photo of 'two Indians squaws' casting ballots in California for the Presidential election; Photo of 'The Human Fly' scaling a tall building in Birmingham, Alabama; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 194-284, 5-16 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Gilbert, A.; Wood, Starr; Prater, Ernest; Wigfull, W.E.; Leist, Fred; Evison, Henry; Lunt, W.; Evison, Henry; Cottrell, Tom; Wood, Stanley L. (illustrator).…

Group of four signed letters from notable U.S. Senator and creator of the Tennessee Valley Authority, George W. Norris. Group includes the following: One-page TLS to Henry Wallace, dated February 12, 1923, inquiring into the work of Cottrell's Fixed Nitrogen Laboratory. In Very Good condition. On U.S. Senate letterhead, lightly age toned and faintly creased. Secretarial signature from Cottrell's lab beneath date. Receipt stamps on reverse side. Mildly wrinkled, with small rust marks on top margin. Some pencil underlining present. Signed in black ink by Norris: "G. W. Norris". One-page TLS from George W. Norris to H. M. Bain, dated February 14, 1923, referencing an attached letter not included here and requesting it be passed along to Cottrell's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory. In Very Good condition. On U.S. Senate letterhead, lightly age toned and faintly creased. Secretarial signature and receipt stamp from Cottrell's lab near the date. Another receipt stamp on the reverse side. Some wrinkling and rust marks near the top edge. Signed in black ink by Norris: "G. W. Norris". One-page TLS from George W. Norris to Cottrell, dated August 1, 1925, discussing the outreach of some Australian scientists to him regarding Cottrell's work. In Very Good condition. On U.S. Senate letterhead, very lightly age toned and faintly creased. Staple puncture in top right corner. Signed in black ink by Norris: "G. W. Norris". Includes a copy of Cottrell's unsigned, typed reply. One-page TLS from George W. Norris to Cottrell, dated December 20, 1926, inquiring about the potential involvement of German interests in the operation of the Muscle Shoals plant. In Very Good condition. On U.S. Senate letterhead, lightly age toned and faintly creased. Some small smudges in the bottom margin and along the edges, with some pencil notation in the top right corner. Top left corner bears a small staple puncture. Signed in black ink by Norris: "G. W. Norris". Also includes a small handwritten note referencing German involvement in the Muscle Shoals plant, writer unknown. Shelved at DuPont Cottrell binder. This piece comes from a large collection of letters to, from, and concerning Frederick Gardner Cottrell, a prominent American inventor and physical chemist. Best known for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator, a device which revolutionized emission-heavy industries, Cottrell rose to prominence for his endeavors to fund American scientific research through the establishment of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Cottrell was highly regarded by the other leading scientific minds of his age, a fact reflected in this collection of his letters with historic figures in research, academia, and American politics. Among these are Cottrell's correspondences with Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Nobel laureates William Ramsay (discoverer of the noble gases) and J. J. Thompson (discoverer of the electron), as well as exchanges with two American presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. 1415077. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.…