Search Results: Science: Geology from The Owl at the Bridge

New-Haven: Printed and Published by S. Converse. Hard Cover. vi, [1], 404 p., 6 plates (4 folding), 1 folding map; 21.5 cm. Errata leaf after p. vi. Four sections: 1, Geology, Minerology, Topography, etc.; 2, Botany; 3, Zoology; 4, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanics, and Miscellaneous. Then follows (pp. 170-400) Intelligence and Miscellanies: Foreign; Domestic. Bound in 3/4 leather by Hope Bindery; shadow of engravied frontispiece on title-page; very good. Stock#OB610.

Subjects: Valley of the Jordan, crystals in plant tissue, magnetism, New England coprolites, minerals, geology, astronomy, caricography, Alabama Meteoric Iron, many bibliographical notices & miscellanies (Prof. Henry's Experiments on Soap Bubbles); galvanography, zinc, a New Jersey fossil crocodile, Egyptian crania, meteorology, North Atlantic drift ice & currents, meteoric iron. vi, 408 pages, 2 plates, illus.; bound in 3/4 leather, edges & spine worn, pencil owner name on title; Good. Stock#ofc0364.

Contents include mineralogy, Connecticut reptiles, compound salt radicals, Niagara River, fossil footmarks, gallic acid, sailing, North American Equisetum species, astronomy, fossil infusoria, geology, iceberg theory of drift, travels in the Alps of Savoy, analysis of wines from Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, specimens of American Cider, birds in Cumberland County PA, meteorology, glaciers, mastodon remains in KY; bibliographical notices & miscellanies; pencil owner name on title; bound in blue marbled boards, 3/4leather; edges & corners worn; Good. Stock#ofc0366.

New Haven, Printed for the Editors by B. L. Hamlet, 1846. Hard Cover. viii, 456 pages, illus., plates; 22.5 cm. This volume includes several studies of hurricanes with tracking by measurements; observations on the geology of East Florida; three new mineral specimens from Arkansas; a volcanic study of Mt Etna, etc. VG; bound in 3/4 blue leather, spine dried. Stock#OB1035.

New Haven: Sold by A. H. Maltey Printed by B. L. Hamlen, 1841. Among the 32 articles and numerous notes is (pp. 117-122) "Remarks on the Geological Features of the Island of Owyhee or Hawaii... with an account of the Volcano Kirauea" (illustrated on the frontispiece). Hard Cover. vi, 412 pages, illus., 1 plate (shells), fronts., 23 cm. Vg / 3/4 blue leather. Stock#OB1033.

Contains much on geology, mineralogy, and metals esp. copper & silver; plants; a new electro-magnetic engine; many bibliographical notices. vii, 412 pages, folding plate, text illus., index; edges & hinges scuffed; Good. Stock#ofc0363.

Subjects include a memoir of William Maclure with portrait, climate, computing interest, fishes of Connecticut, astronomy, geology, natural history, corals, the Gulf Stream, chemistry; bibliographical notices & miscellanies; Number II, Gauss's theory of terrestrial magnetism, natural history of New England, fossils, copper, astronomy, mensuration, a new hippopotamus. vi, 424 pages, 5 plates incl. portrait frontispiece; bound in blue marbled paper, 3/4 leather; lacks front cover, the remainder Good. Stock#ofc0365.

Subjects include Asa Gray on NC botany, geology, chemistry, mensuration, geometry, meteorology, fossils, storms, smelting, mathematics; bibliographical notices & miscellanies; vii, 408 pages, 4 plates, illus.; pencil owner name on title-page; bound in blue marbled boards, 3/4 leather; front cover detached, the rest Good. Stock#ofc0369.

Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., NY [ca. 1960?; Anthoensen Press, Portland]. Soft Cover. 98 p., illus., XVI plates, index; 23 cm. Title continues: and related subjects. Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century. Bookseller's sale catalog with prices. Subjects include acoustics, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, contagious diseases, electricity, gastronomy, geology, gynaecology, horology, inoculation, Jewish med. & science, mathematics, microscopy, navigation, optics & ophthalmology, ornithology, physics, physiology, scientific instruments, snake poison, surveying. Cream paper covers stamped in red; minor wear, spine slightly darkened; VG. Stock# 44,204

Leningrad, 1959. Hard Cover. 416 p., folding maps & charts, 23 cm. 26 articles on geology in Cyrillic Russian. Errata slip at end. Stock#40422. Good+, withdrawn from a library/ no dj.

History of Science Society, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., 1974. Periodical. Includes Hutchinson, Attitudes toward Nature in Medieval England: The Alphonso & Bird Psalters; Van Helden, The Telescope in the 17th Century; Le Grand, Determination of the Composition of the Fixed Alkalis, 1789-1810; Kottler, Alfred Russel Wallace, the Origin of Man, & Spiritualism; Rabinovitch, A 15th-Century Law of Large Numbers; Rosinska, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi & Ibn al-Shatir in Cracow?; Burchfield, Darwin & the Dilemma of Geological Time; Saidan, Arithmetic of Abu'l-Wafa; Tigner, Empedocles' Twirled Ladle & the Vortex-Supported Earth; Zochert, Science & the Common Man in Ante-Bellum America; Leighly, An Early Drawing and Description of a Tornado; Rogers, Russian Opposition to Darwinism in the 19th Century; index to vol. 65; 99th Critical Bibliography; Directory of Members & Guide to Graduate Study, 1974. Four consecutively paged numbers, 554 p. + t.-p. & preliminaries for… Read More

New York, Heritage Press [1957]. Hard Cover. xvi, 489 p. illus. 29 cm. Title continues: "under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Introd. by Gavin de Beer." Cover title: The voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; the journal of Charles Darwin. "The second edition...published in 1845 ...has been selected for the present reprint." First ed. published in 1839 under title: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [463]-482) Stock# 43,448. Vg, slipcase vg. .

Moskva / Moscow, 1984. In Cyrillic Russian. At head of title: Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Institut geologii rudnykh mestorozhdeniĭ, petrografii, mineralogii i geokhimii. Otvetstvennyĭ redaktor D.O. Ontoev; [avtory A. D. Genkin & others]. Hard Cover. 200 pages, illus., graphs, tables, 22 cm. Vg/ green cloth. Stock#40423.

Washington, G.P.O., 1924. Soft Cover. Bulletin 70, Mineral Technology 2, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. 114 p., index, illus., plates, folding map. 'Deposits of radium-bearing minerals in the United States are being rapidly depleted by wasteful exploitation, chiefly for the benefit of foreign markets.' Not in Laudamus & Krishnamurthy, The History of Atomic Energy Collection at Oregon State University. Stock#101051. Vg/printed paper covers.

Kiev, Naukova dumka, 1964. Trudy Instituta geologicheskikh nauk. Seriia geotektoniki, vyp. 16. Early Soviet survey of plate geology. Bibliography: pages 137-141. Soft Cover. 142 pages, illus., folding maps. 26 cm. Good used/ paper. Stock#40424.

Salem [Mass., Salem Press Printing & Pub. Co.] July 1891. Periodical. cv, 492 p., index; 25 cm. Includes list of members; Relations of Men of Science to General Public; Variable Stars; Plea for Terrestrial Physics; Recent Theories of Geometrical Isomerism; History of Attempts To Determine Relative Value of Lubricants by Mechanical Tests; Relations of State & National Geological Surveys to Each Other; On Certain Phenomena of Growing Old; Ascent of Man; Standard of Living in the United States. Sewn in printed wraps; lacks front cover, rear cover loose; internally clean, unopened; VG. Stock#30571.

Salem [Mass., Salem Press Printing & Pub. Co.] 1894. Periodical. cxv, 384 p., index, tables, diagrams; 25 cm. Includes list of members; Leconte, Theories of the Origin of Mountain Ranges; Doolittle, Variations of Latitude; Nichols, Phenomena of the Time-Infinitesimal; Hart, 25 Years' Progress in Analytical Chemistry; Robinson, Training in Engineering Science; Walcott, Geologic Time As Indicated by Sedimentary Rocks of North America; Osborn, Rise of Mammalia in North America; Bessey, Evolution & Classification; Dorsey, Biloxi Indians of Louisiana; Holmes, Order of Development of Primal Shaping Arts; Brewer, Mutual Relations of Science & Stock Breeding. Sewn in printed wraps; lacks covers, internally clean, unopened, good+. Stock#30574.

Washington, Smithsonian, 1929. Hard Cover. cv, 182 p., 9includes 42 tables), 23.5 cm. Stock# 32,081. Vg, owner's signature on front fly / no dj.

Moskva: Izd-vo. Soft Cover. 327 p., [16] p. of plates, illus., 21.5 cm. At head of title: Akademiia nauk SSSR. Institut geologii rudnykh mestorozhdeniaei, petrografii, mineralogii i geokhimii. On bauxite in the Soviet Union / Russia. One folded plate inserted. Bibliography: p. 316-[325]. Stock# 40,421. Vg/ paper.