circle sciences introductory discourse objects von wylde james (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. No date, (c. 1860), originally issued in parts and bound in three volumes, this being Vol.I. Steel engraved frontispiece from a photograph of Henry, Lord Brougham and six further like illustrations of eminent scientists with a page of text describing their achievements, 5 full-page diagrammatic plates and numerous engraved illustrations throughout the text. pp. xxviii (Introductory Discourse), 760. This volume covers Division I of the Sciences: Physics (Heat, Light, Electricity, Magnetism, Accoustics), Chemical Philosophy (both Inorganic and Organic Chemistry), Mathematics (all branches, with log and other tables), Mechanical Philosophy (Statics, Dynamics etc.), Applied Mechanics, Astronomy, Navigation etc. and Meteorology. Division II, the Natural Sciences were covered in subsequent volumes. This volume is complete in itself. Bound in black half calf, spine with raised bands and leather labels, marbled page edges. Contents are generally clean, one page has darkened and chipped edges through becoming loose, a few pages with some dirty marks, including the title page, damp mark to margin of frontispiece, end-papers creased at hinge and all over the rear end-paper with some tears, these have been reaffixed. The binding is worn but firm. An eminently usable copy, but shows signs of its age. This is an exceptionally heavy volume and will require additional postage. 4to.

Zustand: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. [1862]. Frontis of Michael Faraday. Numerous other plates and in-text illustrations. Maroon cloth covers scuffed and marked. Gilt Circle of the Sciences on front cover. Gilt on spine. xxvii, 208 pp. Binding loose at hinges, but all pages furmly attached. Pages clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Four Volumes, 11 1/8" X 11 1/4" Each. Dark Morocco Over Dark Maroon Heavy Pebbled Cloth, 5 Bands, Spines Gilt, All Four Front Covers With Elaborate Gilt Globe On Its Stand. Fine Marbled Endpapers, Matching Edges. Full Page And Folding Plates Throughout. Extensive Mathematics In Particular. Undated, First Issued 1860'S, This Indicating It Is Published After The Death Of Lord Brougham So Circa 1868-1870. Light Rubbing At Edges, Wear Along Bottom Edges. Rear Cover Of Volume Iv Shows Discoloration To Cloth (No Trace Of Staining To Leather Or Endpapers Or Inside). Bookplates Of Walter Gordon Gibson (1885-1926). About 22 Pounds Shipping Weight; Considerable Additional Postage Required; No Priority Or International Shipment Please.

Hard cover. Zustand: Good. Later printing. 2 volumes, quarto (28 cm); 1254; 1092 pages. Wood-engraved illustrations in text; steel-engraved plates (several folding), tables, maps. Bound in original industrial-grade pebbled morocco, rather worn and scuffed at extremities. Lower hinge separating in volume 1. Crease tear to folding map of Africa. Contents unblemished. Extra shipping charges will apply. From the apex years of Victorian science comes this home companion. It first appeared in this form in 1867, but it incorporates some material from an earlier "Circle of the Sciences" published in parts in the 1850s. We estimate this printing to have appeared in shortly after the death of Brougham in 1868. True to intention, the contents are encyclopedic in scope, valiantly covering physics, chemistry, mathematics, mechanics, astronomy, meteorology, natural history, zoology, ethnography, botany, and geology, with many sub-headings. The editor, James Wylde, apparently picked up articles by leading scientists of the day, including Michael Faraday, and John William Frederick Herschel. Glaringly absent from the roster is Charles Darwin. The section on comparative physiology was assigned to Darwin's adversary, Richard Owen (1804-1892). The editor explains that he has "carefully avoided that modern heresy which would make man the result of a constantly progressive, and, at last, culminating form of the Vertebrata." Much of the text is fascinating for its comprehensive and accurate presentation of the material within the limits of contemporary understanding, and for the attractive illustrations, particularly illustrations of contemporary "futuristic" machines, such as the "magneto-electric light apparatus," an electric lamp the size of a cable car.