Kater captain henry (9 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good+. Disbound reprint. 34 pp., 1 seriously browned plate now slipped in, completely disbound reprint from Philosophical Transactions, read before the Royal Society January 13, 1825. Generally clean, though few edges sl.dusty, 2 leaves affected by browning offset from plate.

Disbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With 22pp and in very good condition . Disbound - but with no loose pages or faults . A paper read before the Royal Society.

Disbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With 7pp and in very good condition . Disbound - but with no loose pages or faults . A paper read before the Royal Society.

Disbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With 25pp and a plate and in very good condition . Disbound - but with no loose pages or faults . A paper read before the Royal Society.

Small 8vo. x342pp. engraved title and engraved plates. Original cloth and paper label (chipped). Previous owner's name (1875). A very good sound copy.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good condition, small octavo rebound in full tan calf, five raised band and titles stamped in gilt on brown label across spine, slight fading to spine and portion of rear cover, rules on front and rear covers, new end paper, original bookplate retained and pasted to front end paper, some spotting to engraved title page and 15 other plates as expected otherwise clean and bright, previous ownership neatly on printed title page, ix plus 342 pages. [QP].…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fair. Hardback, paper label to spine. 18cm x 11.5cm. 342pp. Complete with engraved title and 20 engraved plates. Binding is marked, spine discoloured and frayed to spine ends. Lower half of some plates water-stained. Previous owner's details to front blank. Private ownership. (r5). …

Orderd, by The House of Commons, to be Printed 25 May 1818, Folio, 41, (1) pp., 2 Taf., feiner Pappband im Stil d.Zt. Frist Edition! Henry Kater (1777-1835)British physicist of German descent. His most substantial work was the invention of Kater's pendulum, enabling the strength of gravity to be determined, first at London and subsequently at various stations throughout the country. Content: First Return in pursuance of an Address of the House of Common, of the 15th March 1816. For Ascertaining the Length of the Pendulum vibrating Second of Time in the Latitude of London, as compared with the standard Measure in the possession of the House of Commons, and for determining the Variations in Length of the said Pendulum at the principal Stations of the Trigonometrial Survey extended through Great Britain ; and also for comparing the said Standard Measure with the Ten-million part of the Quadrant of the Meridian, now used as the basis of Linear Measure on the Continent of Europe : - Viz. No. I. - Letter from J. Pond Esq. to the Right honourable Lord Viscount Sidmouth dated Royal Observatory, 17th May 1818 (p.2). No: II.- An Account of Experiments for determining the Length of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds in the Latitude of London ; by Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S. referred to in Mr. Pond's Letter to Lord Viscount Sidmouth, dated 17th May 1818 : With Two Engravings (pp.2-37, 2 plates). No.III.- On the length of the French Métre, estimated in parts of the English Standard, by Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S.; - read before the Royal Society, February 5, 1818 (pp.38-41).…