Science from Iron Engine

Houghton Mifflin Company; 1957. First U.S. printing. Foreword by Isaac Asimov. Hardcover with dust jacket. 355 pages. Illustrated with line drawings and black & white photographs. Jacket has pen mark near price on interior front flap; some edge wear, light scuffing to rear panel. Hardcover book shows light bump to upper fore-edge coner tip.

Cloth. 280 pages plus advertisements. Part of Steele's Series in the Natural Sciences. Illustrated. Some rubbing at the corners and edges. Prior owner names on the front end paper.

14th printing. With 272 full -color photographs, 48 detailed sky charts and 88 full-color constellation charts. Gift quality condition.

436 pages including an Index. First printing. The dust jacket illustration is the World's Fair mural of Rockwell Kent. Text is illustrated with several black & white photographs. Jacket has several closed edge tears, some edge and surface rubbing.

Hardcover with dust jacket. 153 pages. First printing. Some light edge wear; jacket folded a bit off-center (noticeable on fore-edge)l; small closed tear along top edge of the front panel of jacket. A bright, unmarked copy.

Vinyl. 714 pages including an Index and a Bibliography. Color photographs and astronomical charts. Some general light wear to the cover and and wrap-around dust jacket. Unmarked interior.

Cloth hardcover with dust jacket. 191 pages including an Index. General Electric chemist and former Director of the G.E. Research Laboratory. General light edge wear; interior front flap of the dust jacket is corner clipped.

Cloth. First Edition. This copy signed on the half-title page by the subject of this book W.D. Coolidge. 216 pages including an Index, a bibliography of Published Papers, list of Patents. Scientist and former Director of the General Electric Research Laboratory. Top edge and fore-edge of the cover shows a touch of browning.

First printing. Published by Mohawk Development Service; 1963. This copy signed and inscribed by Coolidge on the half-title page. 216 pages including an Index. Coolidge, an electrical engineer and chemist with the General Electric Research Laboratory developed the ductile tungsten filament used in lightbulbs as well as improvements with the X-ray tube. Front cover of book shows some foxing or… Read more about this item

Compiled by Ernest Caldecott and Philip L. Alger. Hardcover. 188 pages including an Index. Some foxing to interior end papers, and exterior page ends.

Cloth hardcover book has edge wear; dust jacket has edge tears, edge wear, sun fading on spine.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 156 pages. Illustrated. Several light scuff marks to the cover.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1986. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Cloth. 435 pages including a Bibliography and an Index, tables and figures. Light wear at a few corner tips.

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 381 pages including an Index. Includes several black & white photographs and drawings. Appendix of Patents issued to Alexanderson.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Cloth. 436 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket illustration is the Rockwell Kent World's Fair mural. Some yellowing to end papers; rear blank endpaper has some soiling. Dust jacket shows some edge rubbing and some light foxing.

Schenectady, New York: Mohawk Development, Inc., 1962. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Cloth. 209 pages including an Index and References. Also includes numerous black & white photographs. Tissue dust jacket has some edge tears and corner wear.

New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1911. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Pages 857 to 1,741. Illustrations, charts, graphs, fold-outs. Collection of electrical science papers by a variety of authors. This volume includes the illustrated papers "Induction Machines For Heavy Single-Phase Motor Service," by E.F.W. Alexanderson and "Development… Read more about this item

New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. 846 pages including Indexes. Illustrations, fold-outs. Includes the 16 page, illustrated essay "The Alternating-Current Railway Motor," by Charles Steinmetz. Also includes papers on high pressure lines; high pressure transmission; alternating-current generators; notes on fly-wheels; single phase induction… Read more about this item

New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Pages 937-1836, with charts, graphs, photographs, fold-outs. Some of the papers included are: The Properties of Electrons; The Heating of Copper Wires; Interaction of Synchronous Machines; The Transmission Plant of The Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company; numerous… Read more about this item

New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1913. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Not issued. Cloth volumes in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition. Gilt spine lettering. 176 pages and 367 pages. Volume 2 has smudge of soiling on front-free end paper and some soiling to the top edge exterior page ends, light touch of edge… Read more about this item