Treatment of Vomiting by Electricity.
15 pages. Slim 8vo, original pink printed wrappers; chipped. NY, 1874. Reprinted from D.r. Beard's "Archives of Electrology and Neurology" for Nov., 1874. More
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An Attempt to Estimate Fatigue of the Cerebral Cortex When Caused by Electrical Excitation.
London: Journal of Psychiatry, 1901. 10 text figures, 19pp., 8vo, original orange printed wrappers. (London): Journal of Physiology, 1901. Very good (+). Author's presentation copy. Reprint from the "Journal of Physiology" More
Use of Electricity on the Face and Scalp
Marinello, 1924. Black & white illustrations throughout the text, 124 pages, slim 8vo, yellow cloth. N.p. Marinello, 1924. First Edition. Scarce. More
Modern Views of Electricity.
London: Macmillan, 1889. Illustrated. Small 8vo, original green cloth. London: Macmillan, 1889. First Edition. Very good (+). Nature Series. Old ownership signature on title page and new signature on flyleaf. More
The Rise of the Electrical Industry During the Nineteenth Century
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1943. Illustrated. 225 pages. Tall 8vo, light brown cloth, spine a bit faded. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1943). First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
The Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan
New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1950. Illustrated in black and white. 311 pages, 8vo, black cloth, edgeworn. New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1950. A very good(-) copy. More
Irascible Genius: The Life of Charles Babbage.
Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1970. Foreword by B.V. Bowden. Illustrated. 288pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed and slightly worn. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, (1970). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Electric Power Stations
New York: Privately Printed, 1922. Photo illustrations and diagrams. 8vo, red cloth, corners & edges worn. New York: Privately printed, 1922. First Edition A description of a number of power stations designed by Thomas Edward Murray. More
Power Stations
New York: Privately Printed, 1922. Photo illustrations and diagrams. 8vo, red cloth, lightly worn at extremities. New York: Privately printed, 1922. A very good(+) copy. Describes and illustrates some of the largest plants, steam and hydro-electric which have been designed and constructed during the previous 20 years by Thomas E. Murray and associated engineers. Scarce. More
Power Stations
New York: Privately Printed, 1922. Photo illustrations and diagrams. 8vo, 1/2 leather over cloth, rubbed, front joint cracked. New York: Privately printed, 1922. A good copy. Describes and illustrates some of the largest plants, steam and hydro-electric which have been designed and constructed during the previous 20 years by Thomas E. Murray and associated engineers. Scarce. More
Report on the Power Station Possibilities of the Kent Avenue Property of the Brooklyn Heights Railway Company
New York: 1903. Profusely illustrated with diagrams, mostly folding. New York: Privately Printed, 1903. BOUND WITH: Estimates of Cost: Proposed New Kent Avenue Power Station, also with many diagrams. 1905. 8bo, 1/2 leather over marbled boards, spine entirely lacking. Murray was an American inventor & businessman who developed electric power plants for New York City as well as many electric devices which influenced life around the world. Considered one oi the most prolific inventors after Edison, he held 462 patents..... More
Applied Engineering
New York: Privately Printed, 1928. Preface by Thomas Edison. Photo illustrations. 181 pages. 8vo, red cloth, lightly edge worn. New York: Privately Printed, 1928. First (and only) edition. Near fine. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the important projects the author has worked on during the previous six years, including electric and industrial power plants, service buildings and office buildings. Scarce. More
Ueber Diathermie (Transthermie, Thermopenetration).
2 pages (pp. 2575-2576) IN: Muenchener Medizinische Wochenschrift, Vol. 56, No. 50. Tall 4to, modern wrappers. Muenchen, 1909. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. Father of Diathermy, Nagelschmidt employed high-frequency currents in treatment after the suggestions of Tesla and the work of Nernst, claiming priority over the latter in the use of this method. Nagelschmidt named his form of treatment "diathermy." GM 2007. More
Night of the Blackout, November 9, 1965
Stamford: Overbrook Press, 1965. 12 pages, small slim 8vo, printed wrappers; covers rubbed, chipped at corners. Stamford: Overbrook Press, (1965). Text is fine, wrappers very good(-) Reprint from the "The Talk of the Town" The New Yorker, November 20, 1965. More
L'Art des Experiences, ou, Avis aux Amateurs de la Physique, sur le Choix, la Construction et l'usage des Instruments.
Paris: Durand, 1770. 56 fine folding copperplates with several instruments depicted on each. 3 volumes.2 leaves in volume 3 repaired. 12mo, full mottled contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, red leather labels, rubricated edges. Paris: P.E.G. Durand, 1770. Very good (+). Jean Antoine Nollet was a physicist and scientific instrument maker. He supplied instruments to Voltaire. This work, the author's last, "...offers the `amateur of physics' the distillation of forty years of attention to the `choice, construction and use of instruments.'"..... More
The Description of Two New Micrometers.
1779. By Mr. Ramsden, Optician; Communicated by Joseph Banks. Two large folding plates. Also contains: Fontana, Abbe. Account of the Airs extracted from different kinds of Waters; with Thoughts on the Salubrity of Air at different Places. Swift, William. Account of Some Experiments in Electricity. 2 large folding plates. pp. 419-462. 8vo, modern cloth-backed bds., leather label. n.p., 1779. Ramsden work is "...on the double-image principle, one by reflection, the other by refraction..." DNB XVI, p. 709. "Fontana's model of..... More
Les Phenomenes Odiques ou Recherches Physiques et Physiologiques; sur les dynamides du magnetisme, de l'electricite, de la chaleur, de la lumiere, de la cristallisation et de l'affinite chimique consideres dans leurs rapports avec la force vitale.
Paris: Bibliotheque Chacornac, 1904. 564 pages. Thick 8vo, rebound in plain green cloth. Paris: Bibliotheque Chacornac, 1904. Woodpulp paper is browned and a bit delicate at edges, still a very good copy. Librairie Generale des Sciences Occultes. More
Dynamos and Virgins: An advocate's personal account of the struggle to force a new idea, and a new future, on the nation's power companies.
218pp., tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (1984). Near fine. More
The Electrical Workers; A History of Labor at General Electric and Westinghouse, 1923-60
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped, cloth lightly soiled. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1983). More
Draw the Lightning Down; Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in Age of Enlightenment
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2003). Very good. More
Elements of Electro-Metallurgy.
New York: John Wiley, 1852. Revised, Corrected, and Considerably Enlarged. Illustrated with Electrotypes and numerous Woodcuts. 8vo, original brown blind stamped cloth; foxed throughout. New York: John Wiley, 1852. First American Edition. Very good. Cf. Wheeler Gift Cat. 1006. (citing the 1st edition, London, 1841). Smee (1818-1877), a surgeon, and inventor of the "Smee" battery, devoted much of his time to the study of electro-metallurgy, subordinating his medical work to this chief interest. He is responsible for the advance of..... More
The Rise and Extension of Submarine Telegraphy
London: Virtue, 1891. Some illustrations. 392 pages, untrimmed, including the 55 page appendix and a folding plate. Short 4to, original full green cloth with a beautiful gilt decorated pictorial cover, beveled edges (slight foxing on the edges). London: J. S. Virtue. 1891. A fine copy. Scarce. More
Vistas in Electric Power.
Oxford: Pergamon, 1968. 3 volumes, 8 plates, folding maps and charts, text illustrations. 1123pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Oxford: Pergamon Press, (1968). First Edition. Near fine. The collected works of a distinguished figure in the field of electric power supply. Presentation on the title page by the author. More
Vistas in Electric Power.
Oxford: Pergamon, 1968. In three volumes. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Oxford: Pergamon Press, (1968). Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the fly leaf. More
Electromagnetic Theory
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1941. Filled with equations and tables. xvi + 615 pages, 8vo, green cloth; bookplate and ink ownership stamp inside front cover. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1941. First edition, seventh impression. A very good(+) copy. International Series in Physics. More
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