John g macvicar (18 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good -. First Edition. 1853. xi, 228pp. Contemporary, possibly original blue cloth with paper label to spine. Spine and boards are discoloured/soiled. Binding tight. Contents clean. One small library stamp to title page "Bibliotheca Eccleiae Scoticanae". Almost very good.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good-VG. 1st ed. xi+228+4(pub.list); sl.paper splitting to fr.gutter, ink inscrip.fr.pastedown:'Signet Library, December 1852', otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked. Blue cloth covers faded, esp.sp. & edges, sp.label chipped, rubbed and now lacking any text, only minimally worn however. Preface is dated 2nd Dec.1852, Edinburgh, so presumably Signet Library got it hot off the press just before Christmas in year before official pub.date.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1860. First edition. lxxx, 120pp., a folding plate and black and white illustration in the text. John Gibson Macvicar (1800-1884), born in Dundee, was educated at St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities. He was a lecturer in natural history at St Andrews, and was a pastor of the Scottish Church in Ceylon, 1839-52. He published several works on science, religion and philosophy, of which the best known is probably his 'Elements of the Economy of Nature; or the Principles of Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology.' The present volume is one of his scarcer works. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with a paper title label on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and soiling to the boards and a small bit of bubbling to the cloth on the rear board. The spine ends are bumped with a little damage to the cloth. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. …

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 708 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Covers scuffed, soiled, and slightly dampstained. Hinges cracked. From the collection of John Gach (1946-2009), a bibliophile and a nationally known bookseller who specialized in rare books devoted to the human sciences. (psychology).

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 706 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. MACVICAR, JOHN G. (1800-84). Inquiries concerning the medium of light and the form of its molecules. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1833. FIRST EDITION. 8 vo. Orig. blue boards, rebacked and repaired. Uncut. vii, (1, errata), 132 pp. Engraved folding frontisplate containing 42 figs. PRESENTATION COPY to the first professor of chemistry at King's College, London and friend of Faraday, John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845), inventor of a new hygrometer and pyrometer and the Daniell cell. The cell maintained a continuous and even current without liberating hydrogen at the copper electrode. Macvicar's two-line holograph inscription is on the front flyleaf. A very good copy. Macvicar was educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh. This is an early work among his many books in science, philosophy, and religion. Sotheran/Zeitlinger, vol. 2, no. 11261 notes: "In order to explain the optical phenomena which were difficult or impossible to account for on the corpuscular theory, the author assumes light to consist of molecules with a crystalline structure emitted from the luminous body and travel in groups." Not in Brit. Opt. Assoc. Cat. or Lomb Lib. Cat. …