w ramsay smith (27 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Like New. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Dover Publications, 2003. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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

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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Zustand: Good. Aborigines is een boek van W.Ramsay Smith; Mooie paperback met fris en schoon binnenwerk, de gebruikelijke leeftijdseigen vergeling in aanmerking genomen. Recht boekblok en nagenoeg gaaf omslag, met slechts een enkel slijtplekje in de hoek rechtsboven.

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

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

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0295966823.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 355 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.68 inches. In Stock.

xviii+298pp. 8vo. Original cloth, extremities a little worn. Black and white photographic illustrations and maps. Foxing to edges and throughout. Ink name on ffe. A very good copy. First edition.

Buch. 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Wraps. Zustand: Good . A paper concerning the outcome of mandatory reporting of tuberculosis in South Australia, which in 1898 was the first jurisdiction in the world to make tuberculosis a disease required by law to be reported to the government. Read before the International Congress on Hygiene and Demography in Washington DC. Dr. Smith, as early as 1910, stated that because infectious diseases are preventable, that this was sufficient cause for any legislature to require reporting and quarantining of individuals. In this paper Smith notes the practical problems which arose, from the apathy of local health boards to the lack of epidemiological data. Small 4to, 8 pp. Printed paper wrappers, staple bound. Ex Library copy with blind stamp in top corner , some of which has been chipped away. The corner is missing on all pages but does not affect the text. Trove 4423249, at the National Library, State Library of South Australia and University of Adelaide.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. London, John Murray, 1924. Octavo, xviii, 298, [4, advertisements] pages with 2 maps plus 30 plates. Cloth very slightly flecked and rubbed; an excellent copy. With much on Australian Aborigines. The last 18 pages, 'How the Pictures were made', give an interesting account of the author's photographic apprenticeship and experiences in the field. Two contemporary John Murray brochures are loosely inserted.

xviii+298pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, (some very marginal wear). Black and white photographic illustrations and maps. An excellent copy. First edition.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1906. Octavo, 96 pages. Wrappers slightly creased and chipped, with minimal expert conservation to the spine and rear wrapper (a long tear is now sealed); an excellent copy. 'Private Print' is printed at the head of the front cover and the title page; 'With Dr Ramsay Smith's compliments' is written in ink across the top of the front cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. London, John Murray, 1924. Octavo, xviii, 298, [4] (advertisements) pages with 2 maps plus 30 plates. Cloth; spine a little sunned, with a tiny split at the head; covers very slightly marked; edges foxed, and with occasional light foxing internally; two gatherings slightly loose; endpapers tanned; a very good copy. Inscribed on the front free endpaper 'To Sir William Sowden, wishing him Many Happy Returns, April 26, 1925', and signed in ink by B.S. Roach and 29 others, including such local luminaries as S.A. White, F.J. Mills, Fred Johns and Rodney Cockburn, many of them staff or former staff at the 'Register' newspaper. A personal notice in the 'Barrier Miner' of 29 April 1925 gives an account of what we presume to be the occasion of the presentation of this book: 'Sir William Sowden, who was 67 years old on Sunday, was, born at Castlemain, Victoria . At 23 he joined the "Register", literary staff, and was connected with the Grenfell-street daily for more than 40 years. He was editor and part proprietor for about a quarter of a century. A week ago Sir William Sowden returned from a year's tour abroad. On Sunday night a "surprise party" called at his residence, Castlemaine, Glen Osmond, to wish him many happy returns of the day and to express their delight at his safe return from his world trip'. With much on Australian Aborigines. The last eighteen pages, 'How the Pictures were made', give an interesting account of the author's photographic apprenticeship and experiences in the field.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer [for the AAAS], 1907. Octavo, 22, [2] pages plus 12 pages of plates (containing 24 plates or illustrations). Acidic wrappers (with the full title page details repeated on the front cover) a little unevenly sunned, with a couple of tiny chips and tears; essentially a fine copy. Inscribed in ink on the front cover 'With the author's compliments'.

In-8 ( 225 X 155 mm ) de 356 pages, cartonnage de fine percaline grise à la bradel, dos lisse et plats ornés de motifs tribaux ( Reliure de l'éditeur ). Très nombreuses figures dans le texte, planches photographiques et 16 planches en couleurs par Alice WOODWARD hors-texte. EDITION ORIGINALE. Bel exemplaire. Ethnographie Ethnologie Australie Aborigène Symbolisme Religion Archéologie Architecture Antiquité Histoire.

46 signed letters [34 TLS, 12 ALS] comprising decades of correspondence between Frederick Gardner Cottrell and various notable figures of his day in U.S. politics, the international science community, and academia. All letters are housed in new archival mylar sleeves. Cottrell was a notable chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, best known today for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator - one of the first inventions to combat air pollution - and his founding of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, which used the revenue from the electrostatic precipitator to fund further scientific research, and continues to do so today. While best remembered for these feats, Cottrell had a long and influential career both in the U.S. Federal Government and as a science consultant. He was well known nationally and internationally - in industry, in government, and in academia - for his support of and contributions to new ideas and new talent within the scientific community. The letters, which span from 1901-1941, track Cottrell over the course of 40 years, and evidence the many relationships he had over that period with some of the most influential people of the time. These include a letter of introduction from Alexander Graham Bell, a discussion of chemistry with Thomas Edison, replies from two Nobel Prize winning scientists - the discoverer of the noble gasses, William Ramsay, and discoverer of the electron, J. J. Thomson - to Cottrell's request to study in their labs, and exchanges with two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. Other letters show his personal interactions with leading scientists of his day (Robert J. Van de Graaff, Georges Claude, George E. Hale) and heads of industry (Henry L. Doherty, Ivy Lee), and track the path of his career through his time as the director of the Bureau of Mines; to chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology on the National Research Council; to head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Lab, and beyond. These letters, the vast majority of which were sent by these notable figures to Cottrell, evidence his expertise, the depth and breadth of his professional interests, and his eagerness to collaborate and share research and ideas, coming together to trace the life of a man whose work was and continues to be consequential to the advancement of science as a whole. Shelved case 1. CONTENTS: 1-Page TLS from inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell to a Mr. Fish, dated December 20, 1911, introducing Cottrell to him. In Very Good condition. In this letter, Bell is writing in his capacity as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. On 1331 Connecticut Avenue letterhead. Faintly creased, with mild wrinkling along the edges. Signed in black ink by Bell: "Alexander Graham Bell". 1-page TLS from inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison to Cottrell dated January 13, 1925, discussing the unexpected results of a past chemistry experiment of his in relation to the generation of ammonia. In Very Good condition. TLS is on Edison's personal letterhead ("From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison"). Lightly age toned, with some wrinkling and small closed tears along the top edge. Faintly creased from past folding. Signed by Edison in black ink: "Thos. A. Edison". Includes a lightly soiled 1-page facsimile of Cottrell's reply. 2-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning physicist Joseph John Thomson to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated July 6, 1901, discussing the possibility of Cottrell coming to study at Thomson's lab. In Very Good condition. In 1901, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin, seeking to study in the laboratory of an accomplished scientist. Thomson was already a figure of some renown for his 1897 discovery of the electron, which represented the first identification of a subatomic particle, and would be awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his work. ALS is on Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge letterhead, and shows a faint crease across the middle and light pencil writing in the top margin of the first page. Small red pencil mark beneath letterhead. Signed in black ink by Thomson: "J. J. Thomson". 1-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning chemist William Ramsay to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated 14th August, 1901, in which Ramsay says there is no availability for Cottrell to study in his lab. In Very Good condition. As with the letter from J. J. Thomson, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin at the time this letter was sent. In 1901, Ramsay was just a few years away from his landmark 1904 discovery of argon, the first identified noble gas, which would earn him the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and lead to the development of a new section of the periodic table. ALS is lightly toned along the edges, faintly creased, with a similar red pencil mark in the top margin. Signed by Ramsay in black ink: "W. Ramsay". 1-page TLS from U.S. President Herbert Hoover to Cottrell, dated September 17, 1920. In Very Good minus condition. Brief letter of thanks for Cottrell's forwarding another person's letter to Hoover. On Hoover's personal letterhead. Faintly stamped, "Received / 1920 Sep 18 / Interior Department Bureau of Mines / Washington D.C.". Small rust marks and light wrinkling along the top margin; faintly creased. Signed in black ink by Hoover: "Herbert Hoover". Two 1-page TLS's from Herbert Hoover, each part of an exchange with Cottrell. In Very Good condition. Includes a 2-page facsimile of Cottrell's response. First Hoover TLS sent February 5, 1926; Cottrell's response sent February 8, 1926; Hoover's second TLS sent February 12, 1926. In his first letter, Hoover asks Cottrell about the potential improper investigation of a new method of creating aluminum by the Bureau of Mines. In the second letter, Hoover thanks Cottrell for clearing up the issue. Hoover's letters are on Department of Commerce letterhead. Signed.

Zustand: Very Good. Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1897. Foolscap folio, two consecutive Parliamentary Papers, 12 (last blank) and 4 (last blank) pages. Both items drop-title, with pinholes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); in excellent condition. Full details of the acrimonious dispute between Dr Morrison and the Board of Management of the Adelaide Hospital. By late November he was threatening to bring the matter before the notice of both Houses of Parliament: 'The rules, a copy of which I received for the first time two days ago, inasmuch as they thrust upon me duties altogether beneath my status here as Assistant Physician, are a distinct violation of the contract into which I entered with the Government on November the 20th of last year. Would you therefore at once kindly give the matter your attention, since I trust you may be able in Cabinet to immediately restore me to my original position'. This brought an immediate response from the Under-Secretary: 'I am also directed to inform Dr. Morrison that he must be aware that, so long as he continues an officer of the hospital, he is not allowed to communicate direct with Ministers, and that the tone of his letter is one he will do well to avoid in future'. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Numbers 126 and 127 of 1897; each paper is one of only 500 copies. [2 items].

An original gelatin silver photograph (110 × 90 mm) mounted on stiff card (220 × 170 mm), inscribed in white ink on the mount beneath the photograph 'With Christmas Greetings from Dr and Mrs Ramsay Smith', stamped on the rear 'Photo. by Dr. W. Ramsay Smith', and captioned in his hand 'At Port Vila - New Hebrides'. Ramsay Smith describes 'picture-making' at Port Vila in detail in his 1924 book 'In Southern Seas' and this image contains all the elements referred to: one's wife 'for comparison and relief to the various objects in the picture', the harbour as background to the wooded heights, the ship in the distance . The corners of the mount are slightly rounded, and both the image and the mount are a little foxed; overall it is an attractive item with more than the usual amount of background information. William Ramsay Smith (1859-1937), physician, naturalist, anthropologist, civil servant, soldier - and controversy was often never far away (see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'). His entry there states that 'Believing that tribal Aborigines were dying out, he recorded their folklore in "Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines"' (London, 1930). Subsequent to this being published, Dr Philip Jones has also recorded in the ADB that from the early 1920s David Unaipon (1872-1967), the Aboriginal preacher, author and inventor 'studied Aboriginal mythology and compiled his versions of legends . Gathered before 1930, the legends are in his surviving manuscript in the Mitchell Library: they were commissioned and published by William Ramsay Smith, without acknowledgment'. Signed.