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The Practical Measurer, or Tradesman and Wood Merchants Assistant

Alexander Peddie · 1822

£189.99 (€227.73 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Glasgow, Khull, Blackie, and Co, 1822. Leather. A scarce work of metrology intended for tradesmen and wood merchants. A scarce copy. Bound in quarter calf, with gilt lettering. Presumed first. Very scarce. One plate missing. Bound in quarter calf, with gilt lettering. There is...

Urban District of Handsworth in the County of Stafford Electric Light and Power Supply

Kennedy and Jenkin · 1904

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1904-05. Leather. A scarce record of the electricity and power supplies to the district of Handsworth in the early twentieth century. Very rare original source material. Containing: Conditions of Contract Lighting Feeders, Mains, and Roadwork...

An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry

John Bonnycastle · 1812

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. Johnson, 1812 . Leather. The eleventh edition of John Bonnycastle's guide to geometry and mensuration, with vignette illustrations and diagrams throughout. First published in 1782, this is the eleventh edition of John Bonnycastle's work, 'corrected an...

Hoppus&Apos;S Practical Measurer; or, Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables

Edward Hoppus · 1846

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Manchester, S. Johnson and Son, 1846. Leather. A comprehensive practical measuring guide from Edward Hoppus, the introducer of the Hoppus unit of measure. A later edition of the work, that has been published since the eighteenth century.In the original full black calf binding....

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Vol. 8, No. 6: November, 1949

British Interplanetary Society; K. W. Gatland · 1949

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, British Interplanetary Society, 1949 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce issue of this fascinating scientific journal, discussing the de Havilland Sprite, amongst other topics. A very scarce 1949 issue of the 'Journal of the British Interplanetary Society&ap...

The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism

J. H. Jeans · 1911

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1911. Cloth. A very smart second edition of Jeans' mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism. Second edition. Scarce work. With figures and mathematical formulae throughout. A detailed study on the divisions of electrom...

Vorlesungen Uber Allgemeine Arithmetik

Dr. Otto Stolz · 1885

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Leipzig , Druck und Verlag Von B. G. Teubner, 1885. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this German mathematics volume. A first edition. In the original German. This is a volume of lectures on general arithmetic, being the first part considering General Arithmeti...

Nouveau Manuel Complet de Numismatique Ancienne

J. B. A. A. Barthelemy · 1851

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1851. Vellum. A nicely bound French work on the study of numismatics, witten by J. Barthelemy, in a nice half vellum binding. Written in the original French. A French textbook on numismatics, the study and collection of currency. Writt...

The Ullage Cask Gauger, Comprised in a Series of Tables Calculated with the Utmost Accuracy, and Showing at One Reference, the Ullage Contents of Any Cask, from Five to One Hundred and Sixty Gallons, Inclusive; with Rules for Ascertaining the Ullage Contents of All Other Casks, However Large; As Also the Foot or Sediment in Oil Casks. Claudette Upon the Principle Used by the Excise.

James Boydell · 1784

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Henry Kent Causton, c1790. Cloth. A interesting work designed to aid with the calculating void spaces in casks. A very scarce work being a mathematical aid. A new edition, revised. Undated. The first edition of this work was published in 1784, with this copy being a la...

Tables of Interest

John Thomson · 1847

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. Leather. A copy of this financial work in an attractive calf binding. A copy of 'Tables of Interest, at 3, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 per cent. From one pound to ten thousand, and from one to three hundred and sixty-five days, in a ...

Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Schools: To Which Is Added a Chapter on Decimal Coinage

J. W. Colenso · 1871

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. Cloth. A comprehensive school guide on arithmetic, previously owned by the noted mathematician David Singmaster. The new edition, thoroughly revised with the addition of notes and examination-papers.Previously owned by the noted mathemati...

Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume XXVIII 1902

A. T. Moore; Various · 1903

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Chatham, Royal Engineers Institute, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this collection of professional papers from the Corps of Royal Engineers from the year 1902. The first edition, first impression of Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal...

Quicksee: Port to Port

Ernest J. Quick · 1954

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Sussex, Ernest J. Quick, c1950. Cloth. The very scarce fourth edition of Ernest J. Quick"s extensive maritime reference, providing nearly 150,000 port-to-port distances alongside practical speed and voyage-time tables. In the publisher's original cloth binding.  Fourth e...

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

Various · 1896

£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)

London, Francis Hodgson, 1896-1914. Leather. Twenty volumes of the records of the London Mathematical Society. llustrated with five folding plates and numerous diagrams and formulas in the text. Including essays, lists of the council members, and more. Volume XXVII: 1895-96 Vo...

Practical Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity

E Hoppus · 1825

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

York, Thomas Wilson, 1825. Leather. An revised and improved edition of Hoppus' Measurer. Containing various tables for measuring timber, stone, glass and anything made use of in building construction or repair. Revised by T. Crosby. E. Hoppus was an English surveyor who l...

A Treatise on Surveying

Reginald E. Middleton; Osbert Chadwick; J. Du T. Bogle · 1911

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, E. & F. N. Spon ltd, 1911. Cloth. A fascinating and informative manual on the mathematics of surveying; providing details regarding the methods of topographical surveys and trigonometrical control for hydrographic surveys. Complete with illustrations and tables through...

A Key to the Complete Practical Arithmetician

Thomas Keith · 1813

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, C. Law; J. Walker; et Al. 1813 . Leather. The third edition of Thomas Keith's popular and highly reprinted mathematics reference work, very uncommon to see in an early edition. The third edition. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked and a new spine. An ear...

Syllabus of an Elementary Course of the Higher Mathematics

Thomas Duncan · 1837

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Edinburgh, Maclachlan and Stewart, 1837. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce educational volume on higher mathematics, presenting the syllabus of Thomas Duncan. The first edition of this very scarce work.An educational volume presenting Thomas Duncan's syllabus for an ele...

The Mathematical Questions of the Senate-House Examination Papers, 1838 to 1849

Rev. A. H. Frost · 1849

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Cambridge, J. Hall; Whittaker and Co, 1849. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce volume of maths questions included in the Senate House examinations. The first edition of this very scarce work.This volume collects together the mathematical questions whic...

Discussion at Worksop, between the Rev. R.P. Blakeney, B.A. , Incumbent of Ison Green, Notts. , and the Rev. J.B. Naghten, O.M. I. , Roman Catholic Missionary Priest, of Brigg and Gainsborough. Held in the Music Hall Worksop, on the Evening of January 30th, 31st, and February 1st, 1850

R. P. Blakeney; J. B. Naghten; Thomas Whitehead · 1850

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The British Society for Promoting the Religious Principles of the Reformation, 1850. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce discussion on religion between R. P. Blakeney and J. M. Naghten. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with...