practical hints scientific travellers von brouwer (16 Ergebnisse)

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.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Practical Hints to Scientific TravellersrnrnThe principal object of this book is to compile the experiences of scientific explorers in different countries, so that these experiences are easily accessible. It is not th.

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

Zustand: gut. VII, 171 S., Abb., 21 cm, unaufgeschnitten, Lichtrand, Exlibris, Ränder mit Läsuren. Sprache: Englisch.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis 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 origina.

8vo. pp 171. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. With 21 illustrations. Slight scuffing, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Second revised & updated. 8vo, 122pp, maps & ills throughout, orig.grey cloth with black title pieces cover and spine. Very good condition. Includes Griffith Taylor reporting on scientific travel in Antarctic, pages 113-142. Based on his experiences with Scott, so mentions Vladivostok ponies as well as man-drawn sleds and dog sleds (He still doesn't conclude that dogs were the way most effective - apparently most of Scott's dogs were Siberian and the 2 Eskimo dogs did much better). Gives specific food, fuel, clothing & transport requirements for exploration in and around Antarctica. Makes an interesting comment on photographic equipment, noting that the rubber focal-plane shutters could freeze stiff, and that glass plates were easily scratched and broken. Taylor also contributed to a 20pp article on Australian exploration & botanical collecting with Herbert Basedow (on how to approach aborigines), R. Lockhart Jack & others. The other sections include travel in Egypt, Venezuela & Haiti.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). An excellent little set of Brouwer's guide to travelling for scientific purposes, illustrated and including folding plates. The second, revised edition.Covering all manner of exciting regions, such as the Philippines, the Netherlands, East Indies, Antarctica, Venezuela, Egypt, Angola, Eastern Congo, North Manchuria, Outer Manchuria and Austrian Littoral, and many more besides.This work informs scientific travellers on the everyday things needed to travel, and customs and manners in the distant regions. Volume I is illustrated with eight plates, II with six, III with five and one folding map, IV with eleven, and V with fourteen plates and six maps. Collated, complete.In five volumes; lacking the sixth and final volume.Edited by Hendrik A. Breouwer, a Dutch geologist.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

The Hague, 1925-1929. 6 vols. Text & ills. Cloth.

The Hague 1925-29. 6 vols. 1019 pp.