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WATERDALE RESEARCHES; OR, FRESH LIGHT ON THE DYNAMIC ACTION AND PONDEROSITY OF MATTER
by Waterdale
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A scarce title that examines the construction of the atom, Newtonian physics, etc. xvi, 293pp; 5 illus.; tables. Inscribed by hand "John Fryer, from the author" on half title page; bookplate on fep; binding shaken but secure. Light wear to the extremities of the covers, but overall a nice example of the scarce first edition..
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- Bookseller
- R. Hart Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163825
- Title
- WATERDALE RESEARCHES; OR, FRESH LIGHT ON THE DYNAMIC ACTION AND PONDEROSITY OF MATTER
- Author
- Waterdale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PHYSICS MECHANICS ATOM DYNAMICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
R. Hart Books
Biblio member since 2004
Ottawa, Ontario
About R. Hart Books
R Hart Books offers quality used and collectible books via the Internet, with an emphasis on Military History.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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