general account development methods using von smyth h d (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 152 pages. 8.30x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very Good. Second printing. Very good staple-bound pamphlet in brown wrapper. Some wear and rubbing along the edges of the covers with a bit of scuffing also. Small tear on heel of the spine of cover. Erased penciled numbers on front cover. Page edges are lightly browned along edges. Penciled in lines and notes on rear free endpaper. 182 pages with 5 appendices (1. Methods of observing fast particles from nuclear reactions, 2. the units of mass, charge and energy, 3. Delayed neutrons from Uraniun fission, 4. The first self-sustaining chain-reacting pile, 5. Sample list of reports). Has sections on metallurgical project at Chicago, Plutonium production problem in February 1943, Plutonium problem January 1943-June 1945, discussions of separation of isotopes, diffusion separation, electromagnetic separation.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First printing. First general "trade" printing of the seminal public report on the Manhattan Project, #4 in Coleman's "The Smyth Report: A Descriptive Check List." Hardcover, tan cloth, very good+ condition, text clean, lacking dust jacket. Tiny price mark to upper corner of front endpaper.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First English Edition of the official account of the development of the atomic bombs. Written at the request of Major General L. R. Groves, United States Army, Publication authorized August 1945. Original printed wrappers, short tears to head of upper joints, light creasing, light surface soiling. Marking to first and final printed pages. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to inside front cover. Pages: iv, 143pp, [1]. Complete. Size: 24.5cm by 15.2cm.

Original Wraps. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. First UK Edition. Some fading. Small chip to top of spine.

IV, 143pp. Orig. printed wrappers. First British edition. - PMM 422e. - Wrappers somewhat browned along the edges. Name on title-page. Else a very good copy.

paperback. 8vo, original printed wrappers. London, 1945. BOUND WITH: Atomic Energy Act, 1946. 9 & 10 Geo. 6. Ch. stapled. (London, 1946.) AND WITH : U.N. Scientific & Technical Aspects of the Control of Atomic Energy. 8vo, original wrappers. Lake Succes, N.Y., 1946. AND WITH: (U.S. Gov't) Radar. A Report on Science at War. 8vo, original printed wrappers. London, 1945. 4 works string-bound together under one modern paper wrapper. An important collection of official documents, including a reprint of the famous Smyth Report. The report on "Radar" is especially interesting today for containing a sketch of the early history of radar and of wartime radar development in the U.S. The list of authors who collaborated in its preparation includes Frederic Jolliot-Curie of France, Sir George Paget Thomson of the United Kingdom, J. Robert Oppenheimer of the United States among other leading scientists.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 182pp. Printed brown wrappers. One page corner creased, a little foxing in the text, else near fine.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Foreword by Major General L. R. Groves. vii, 182 pages. Creasing to cover at top of spine. Small chip at base of front cover. Size: 230mm Tall, 8vo. Book.

Zustand: About fine. First edtion for public distribution, following advance coy printed for press review. 15 x 23 mm (6 x 9 inches); viii, 183 pages. Printed wraps. Owner's inscription in pencil on front wrap, and again on first blank. Shelf mark on spine. Else crisp, tight, unread copy in near fine condition. Provenance: Dr. Lawrence Norton Morscher (1910-1992). The first public account of the Manhattan Project, which commissioned a stellar collection of scientists and engineers under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer to produce an atomic weapon during the Second World War.

Smyth, Henry DeWolf (b. 1898). A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States government 1940-1945. Washington, D.C.: Superintendent of Documents, 1945. iii-vii, [1], 182pp. 230 x 150 mm. Original tan wrappers, slight wear. Fine. Bookplate. First Published Edition, First Printing, with the date "1945" in the colophon on the last printed page. Printing and the Mind of Man 422e. The Smyth report contained a full account of the development work carried out between 1940 and 1945 by the Manhattan Project, which culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb. The printed version of the "Smyth Report" was preceded by an advance lithoprint issue, of which 1000 copies were printed, and a secret mimeographed issue of which no copies except for Smyth's master copy remain extant. Coleman, "The 'Smyth Report': A descriptive checklist," Princeton University Library Chronicle 37 (1976), pp. 204-218. Smyth, "The 'Smyth Report,'" Princeton University Library Chronicle 37 (1976), pp. 173-189. .

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1945. Orig. printed wrappers, wrappers somewhat browned. IV,144 pp. First edition printed in England - the book was first published in Washington in August 1945.

First Edition. Publisher's printed wrappers. Octavo, 182pp. The first edition authorized for public distribution, preceded by a top secret mimeographed version in which copies were destroyed after read by recipients, and about 1000 lithoprinted copies for less secretive distribution (these are scarce but still readily available). Some general marks, rubbing and light creasing, else very good.

First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's printed wrappers; vii, 182pp. Ink ownership signature ("David Caliri") to front wrapper; corners bumped, with minor external wear; still a tight, Very Good to Near Fine copy. First published edition of this Twentieth Century milestone, following a tiny mimeographed issue that appeared a few weeks earlier for advance distribution to the press and the scientific community. Includes a foreword by General Leslie Groves, Director of the Manhattan Project. Generally regarded as the first publicly-issued work on the subject of nuclear warfare, described by Carter and Muir as a "remarkably full and candid account of the development work carried out between 1940 and 1945 . which culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb (PMM 422e).