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Lord Kelvin's Patents
by Magnus Maclean
- Used
- paperback
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Some edge tones/None Present
- Seller
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Swampscott, Massachusetts
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$215.00
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About This Item
1898. Book Condition: Near Fine. Glasgow 1898. Article at pp. 1-50, 22 text illustrations of scientific equipment designed by Kelvin. Octavo. Especially printed for Magnus Maclean and signed by him as a gift to Professor George Francis FitzGerald. In original printed wrappers with some very slight toning on the edges. Near fine. Professor FitzGerald was at Trinity College and Professor Maclean worked in Lord Kelvin's laboratory for many years and honored his mentor and friend with this publication. A rare find. We found it in London at Sotheran's.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Calix Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- biblio136
- Title
- Lord Kelvin's Patents
- Author
- Magnus Maclean
- Format/binding
- Octavo
- Book condition
- Used - Some edge tones
- Jacket condition
- None Present
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- Lord Kelvin's Patents - Especially printed for Magnus Maclean, F
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Philosophical Society of Glasgow
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Date published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Lord Kelvin, Magnus Maclean, First Edition, Signed, Patents
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ephemera;
Terms of Sale
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Calix Books is an on-line bookstore offering a wide range of books and ephemera. We do have specialty areas, for example, early Americana as well as rare religious works dating back to the 13th century, including a selection of Books of Hours.
Glossary
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- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...[more]
- octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...[more]
- fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...[more]
- wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...[more]
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