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Johns Hopkins University Press, 1964. *THIS IS THE 1964 Johns Hopkins University Press first printing* 489 pp., hardcover, very good in a fragmentary dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Baltimore MD: The John Hopkins Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Ex library copy spine label removed with a little white underpaper showing, pocket on last page, stamped on top edge of pages & title page also stamped withdrawn. Old tape spots where tape had been on inside front and rear covers and first and last pages. ; Shipping will be extra for this heavy book, please inquire; Ex-Library; 7 x 9 3/4"; 489 pages.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002-05-30. Paperback. Very Good++. book is in like new and unread condition. Prompt shipping with tracking.

(Wiltshire, England): Baros Books, (1994) . xx, 489, (1) pp. b/w halftone and line ills. Reprint of the 1964 first edition. As new in dust jacket.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xx, 489 pp..

Baltimoree: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 25 x 17.5 cm. Octavo. 489pp. Figures, appendix, index. Teal cloth in dust jacket. Toning to jacket spine, rubbing and shelf wear to jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Light toning to page edges.

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. (1968), 489pp, illus., usual lib. markings, slight shelfwear to cover, slight soiling to pg edges, tape marks to eps, card pocket removed from rear ep.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Very Good. 1964. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Scuffing and edgewear to dj, including chipping at spine ends; sunning to spine. Jacket now protected in acetate wrapper. Slight shelf wear to boards. Former owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Expected age-toning to text block edges. Else a bright, clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: History of Science).

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. xx, 489p., b/w illus., dj, ex libris.

Baltimore:: The John Hopkins Press, 1964., 1964. 8vo. xx, 489 pp. Illus., appendix, index. Blue-stamped green cloth, dust jacket; corners dented, jacket extremities frayed, spine sunned. Very good. "For two centuries the barometer has been an indispensable laboratory instrument. Yet, despite its revolutionary influence on science, W. E. Knowles Middleton here offers the first complete history of the barometer as a scientific tool. / Middleton relies on research from Western European documents and manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He begins his story with a pre-history of the barometer, the Torricellian experiment, the subsequent experiments and controversies in the 1640s, and the barometric experiments during the remainder of the century. / Later chapters are concerned with the mercury barometer as a scientific instrument, discussing the efforts to expand the scale to render the instrument portable, and to attain greater accuracy. These chapters follow accounts of mercury… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Nearly 200 figures and diagrams depict the wide variety of barometers studied by the author over his long career at the Smithsonian Institution.

Wiltshire: Baros Books, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - Reprint - No Signatures Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titles On Spine - Faint Wear. Unclipped Jacket In Similar Condition. A Heavy Book Additional Postage Will Be Requested For Overseas Delivery..

the hardcover only stated Hopkins Edition from 1964. Other than a clipped back cardholder flyleaf (ex libris), the mylar-covered book is in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight as a drumVery Good

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. Good/No Dj. 1964. First. Hardcover. 8vo Clean, tight with edge stamps. Good reading, reference, research copy. .

Baros Books, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The book begins with the prehistory of the baromter, the Torricellian experiment, the subsequent experiments and controversies in the 1640's and the barometic experiments during the remainde of the seventeenth century Size: Octavo . Category: Antiques & Collectibles; .

John Hopkins Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Johns Hopkins University Press [2003] Softcover. 489 pp. Previous owners name label on first free endpaper. Good copy.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1964. Paperback. New. 512 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches.