history of science
History of Science
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WOLF, A. A History of Science, Technology and Philosophy in the 16th and 17th Centuries …. Second edition prepared by Douglas McKie. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. [1962].
£30.00Two volumes: xvi, 349; xv, 350-686 pp., illustrations. Original cloth in slightly soiled dust jackets. Learn More -
WHITEHEAD, Alfred North An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge. Cambridge University Press. 1919.
£100.00xii, 200 pp. Original navy cloth, gilt lettering, in bright condition. First edition. Learn More -
SMYTH H.D. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Published in the United States of America by the Government Printing Office, Reprinted by
£40.00iv, 144 pp. Original printed wrappers, dust-soiled, frayed at base of spine. Ex-library, with circular stamp to verso of title-page and to final leaf, also to upper cover. First British edition. Learn More -
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RUTT, J.T. Memoirs and Correspondence of Joseph Priestley. Bristol: Thoemmes Press. 2003 [reprint of 1817-32 edition].
£100.00Two volumes. Original cloth. VG. Learn More -
ROYAL SOCIETY. Abstracts of the Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from 1800 to 1830 inclusive. Vol. II [only] 1815 to 1830. Printed by order of the President and Council. London: printed by Richard Taylor. 18
£170.00xxvi, 448 pp., title-page stained; untrimmed. Recent cloth. Learn More -
PRIESTLEY, Joseph. Small collection of items, including:
£350.00BROWNE, C.A. Priestley's Life in Northumberland and Discussion of the Priestley Relics on Exhibition in the Museum. Reprinted from the Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 4, no. 2, February 1927. Pages 159-172, black & white illustrations, original printe Learn More -
KOYRÉ, Alexandre A Documentary History of the Problem of Fall from Kepler to Newton. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series, vol. 45, part 4). Philadelphia. 1955.
£50.00Quarto: [ii], 329-395 pp. Original printed wrappers, a little soiled. Learn More -
(NEWTON) ROUSE-BALL, W.W. An Essay on Newton's Principia. London: Macmillan and Co. 1893.
£250.00x[ii], 175[1] pp., plus 8 pp. advertisements. Original red cloth, faded, worn at top and bottom of spine. First edition. From the library of Philip E.B. Jourdain, with his ownership inscription dated August 1901 to front pastedown, and with marginal notes Learn More

