Signed Neil Armstrong Photograph.
Measures 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed "To Angela Lekas/ Best Wishes/ Neil Armstrong." Photograph in color of Neil Armstrong in his white spacesuit holding his helmut with a lunar backdrop. Fine. HBS 67287. $3,000.
Science and Technology
Arithmetic Circuits of the BINAC. Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering.
Philadelphia: By the Author, 1950. An original copy of Auerbach's Master's thesis on the Arithmetic Circuits of BINAC. With thirty-four block diagram figures all reproduced from Auerbach's own drawings, seven of which are full page, the others are tipped in, Of the full page figures, three are folding. With sixty-seven.....
Method of Studying Physick. Containing what a physician ought to know in relation to the nature of bodies, the laws of motion; Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, and the Proprieties of Fluids: Chymistry, Pharmacy and Botany: Osteology, Myology, Splanchnology, Angiology and Dissection: The Theory and Practice of Physick: Physiology, Pathology, Surgery, Diet, &c. And the whole Praxis Medica Interna; with the Names and Characters of the most excellent Authors on all these several Subjects in every Age: Systematicks, Observators, Operators, &c. their best Editions, and the Method of reading them. Written in Latin by the learned Hermann Boerhaave, Now Professor of Physick in the University of Leyden. Translated into English by Mr. Samber.
London: Printed by H. P. for C. Rivington, 1719. First English edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 190 x 117 mm). [44], [3, publisher's ads], [1, errata], 331, [1, blank], [28] pp. With half-title, publisher's ads, errata, and unpaginated index. With engraved initials and head-and-tail pieces. Some small.....
Directions for the Vaccine Inoculation.
London, Institution, No. 5, Golden Square: Wilson and Co., 1801. London, Institution, No. 5, Golden Square: Wilson and Co., January, 1801. This broadside is the earliest Separate Printed Instructions for administering the vaccine inoculation of cow pox. One leaf, printed on recto only. (8 x 6 5/8 inches; 203 x......
Computus Ecclesiasticus per Digitorum Articulos. Mira Facilitate Traditus.
Mainz: Balthasarus Lippius, 1599. Second edition. Sixteenmo (4 3/16 x 3 1/4 inches; 118 x 85 mm). 96, 91-98 (i.e. 104) pp. Complete. With engraved device on title-page. We could find no copies of this early edition, or the first edition at American libraries and no copies in over 50.....
Algorithm for the Machine Calculation of Complex Fourier Series. [within] Mathematics of Computation, volume 19, no.90.
Providence: National Academy of Sciences, 1965. TUKEY, John W.. An Algorithm for the Machine Calculation of Complex Fourier Series. [within] Mathematics of Computation, volume 19, no.90 pp.297-301. Providence: National Academy of Sciences, 1965. First edition of Cooley & Tukey's article entitled An Algorithm for the Machine Calculation of Complex Fourier.....
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. Full Description: DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First American edition, third issue. "Revised Edition" on title-page and three.....
Doctrine of Chances. or, a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play.
London: W. Pearson for the AUTHOR, 1718. First edition. Small folio (9 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches; 240 x 200 mm). [4], xiv, 175, [1, blank] pp. With an engraved vignette on title-page, numerous engraved head and tail pieces and initials, and an engraved vignette headpiece on page 1. With.....
Experimental Researches in Electricity. Read November 24, 1831, pp. 125-162. [With]: The Bakerian Lecture: Experimental Researches in Electricity, Second Series... Read January 12, 1832, pp. 163-194. [Within] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1832: Part I.
London: Richard Taylor, 1832. Read November 24, 1831, pp. 125-162. [With]: The Bakerian Lecture: Experimental Researches in Electricity, Second Series... Read January 12, 1832, pp. 163-194. [Within] The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1832: Part I. London: Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition of Faraday's.....
Natural History of the Human Teeth. Including a Particular Elucidation of the Changes Which Take Place During the Second Dentition, and Describing the Proper Mode of Treatment to Prevent Irregularities of the Teeth. To Which is Added, An Account of the Diseases Which Affect Children During the First Dentition. Illustrated with Thirteen Copper-Plates.
London: Printed for Thomas Cox, 1803. First Edition. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 275 x 225 mm). viii, 100, [13, explanation of plates], [1, blank] pp. Presentation copy from the author on a slip tipped in at the head of the title-page, which reads "Mr. Pitt with best.....
Machines et Inventions approuvées par l'Academie Royale des Sciences. depuis son etablissement jusqu'a present; avec leur description. Dessinés & publiées du consentement de l'Académie, par M. Gallon.
Paris: Chez Gabriel Martin, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, 1735. editor]. [ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES, association]. Machines et Inventions approuvées par l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Depuis son etablissement jusqu'a present; avec leur description. Dessinés & publiées du consentement de l'Académie, par M. Gallon. Paris: Chez Gabriel Martin, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Hippolyte-Louis Guerin.....
Narrative of the Proceedings Relative to the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea. by Mr. John Harrison’s Time-Keeper; Subsequent to Those Published in the Year 1763.
London: Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Sandby, 1765. Harrison, John. A Narrative of the Proceedings Relative to the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea; by Mr. John Harrison’s Time-Keeper; Subsequent to Those Published in the Year 1763. London. Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Sandby, 1765.....
Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der elektrischen Kraft.
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1892. Untersuchungen über die Ausbreitung der elektrischen Kraft. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1892. First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 225 x 145 mm). pp. vi, [2], 295, [1] pp. Engraved illustrations and diagrams in the text. With original orange front and back wrappers.....
Schoole of Skil: Containing Two Bookes:. the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill.
London: Printed by T. Judson, for W. Jaggard, 1599. London: Printed by T. Judson, for W. Jaggard, 1599. First Edition. Two parts in one octavo volume (7 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 185 x 142 mm). Continuous pagination. [6], 267, [1, blank], [2, table of contents] pp. Lacking initial blank.....
Annonces: An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae. Recherches sur les causes et les effects de la Petite-verole des vaches, par Ed. Jenner, Dr. M. Membre de la Societe Royale, etc. Londres 1798: [containing] [Annonces], premier extrait [and] second extrait. [Bound within] Bibliothèque Britannique.
Geneva: De l'Impr. de la Bibliotheque Britannique, 1798. The First Announcement and First Almost Complete Translation in any Language on the Continent of Europe of Jenner's Discovery of the Small Pox Vaccine. Published the Same Year as the First Edition English Original. [JENNER, Edward]. [ODIER Louis]. Annonces: An inquiry into.....
![Item #68731 [Lincoln's patent No. 6469]: "Improved method of lifting vessels over shoals" Abraham...](/pictures/thumb/68731_1.jpg?v=1664471398)
[Lincoln's patent No. 6469]: "Improved method of lifting vessels over shoals" Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1849. Part I. Arts and Manufactures.
Washington: Office of Printers to House of Reps. 1850. The Only U.S. President Thus Far to be Awarded a Patent [LINCOLN, Abraham]. [Lincoln's patent No. 6469]: "Improved Method of Lifting Vessels Over Shoals" [within] Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1849. Part I. Arts and Manufactures. Washington.....
Technical Records of Los Angeles Television Station W6XAO.
Los Angeles, 1935. amp; others.] Technical Records of Los Angeles television Station W6XAO. [Los Angeles: 1935-1937]. Two light green cloth binders. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm). Approximately 450 pp total, labeled on spine: "Receiver / 1936-7" & "Camera / 1937," Los Angeles, 1935-1937, being the.....
Father Malebranche's Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth. The Whole Work Compleat. To which is added the author's treatise of Nature and Grace. Being a consequence of the principles contain'd in the search.
London: Printed by L. Lichfield, for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon, 1694. . Father Malebranche's Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth. The Whole Work Compleat. To which is added the author's treatise of Nature and Grace. Being a consequence of the principles contain'd in the search. London: Printed by L......
Compositio Horologiorum. in Plano, Muro, Truncis, Anulo, Concavo, Cylindro, & Varijs Quadrantibus. Cum signorum zodiaci et diversarum horarum inscriptionibus.
Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1531. First edition. Small quarto (7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 180 x 140 mm). [8], 198, [1, colophon], [1, printer's device] pp. With title-page woodcut of sundials, engraved printers device and numerous woodcuts throughout the text, many full page. Bound without the folding plate as usual.....
Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. Editio tertia aucta & emendata.
London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. The Last Edition Published in Newton's Lifetime NEWTON, [Sir] Isaac. Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. Editio tertia aucta & emendata. London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. Third edition. One of only 1250 copies printed. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 241 x......
L'électricité. Bronze sculpture, signed ("E. Picault”).
France, 1870. . L'électricité.. Bronze sculpture, signed "E. Picault” France: [N.d.c.a 1870]. A cast bronze sculpture. (21 3/4 x 9 inches; 552 x 228 mm ). Provenance: The Computer History Collection of Serge Roubé. Entitled "L'électricité" on the bronze base, and signed "E. Picault.” A finely cast bronze sculpture that.....
. The Jewel House of Art and Nature. : Containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with Sundry New Experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With Divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and uses thereof...Wherunto is added. A Rare and Excellent Discourse of Minerals, Stones, Gums, and Resins; with the Vertues and use thereof.
London: Printed by Elzabeth Alsop, 1653. The Jewel House of Art and Nature: Containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with Sundry New Experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With Divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and uses thereof...Wherunto is added. A Rare and.....
Triangulis omnímodis libri quinque. quibus explicantur res necessariae cognitu, uolentibus ad scientiarum astronomicarum perfectionem deuenire: quae cum nusqua[m] alibi hoc tempore expositae habeantur, frustra sine harum instructione ad illam quisquam aspirarit : accesserunt huc in calce plera[que] D. Nicolai Cusani De quadratura circuli, De[que] recti ac curui commensuratione: item[que] Io. de monte Regio eadem de re elenktika hactenus à nemine publicata : omnia recens in lucem edita, fide & diligentia singulari.
Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1533. First Edition of the First Printed Systematic Work on Trigonometry and an Influence on Copernicus's Work "De Revolutionibus" [REGIOMONTANUS, Johannes] [MUELLER, Johannes]. De Triangulis omnímodis libri quinque quibus explicantur res necessariae cognitu, uolentibus ad scientiarum astronomicarum perfectionem deuenire: quae cum nusqua[m] alibi hoc tempore expositae habeantur.....
Eine Neue Art von Strahlen. Von Dr. Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen. 2. Auflage.
Würzburg: Verlag und Druck der Stahel'schen K. Hof-Und Universitats-Buch-Und Kunsthandlung, 1896. Würzburg: Verlag und Druck der Stahel'schen K. Hof- Und Universitats- Buch- Und Kunsthandlung, 1896. Second edition. Octavo. 12 pp. Original buff printed wrappers. Contemporary signature on top right hand corner, Dr. R. Bernoulli, most likey related to Dr. Daniel.....
Sphaera mundi.
Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 1490. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 1490]. After Manilius’s Astronomica, Sacrobosco’s Sphaera was the first printed book on astronomy (Ferrara: 1472). Small quarto (7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 197 x 150 mm). 48 leaves. Woodcuts and diagrams, seven of which are colored.....