lectures progress arts science resulting de whewell sir henry beche prof (1 resultados)

Collection of articles about the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Includes de la Beche on Mining & Metallurgy, Owen on Raw Materials from the Animal Kingdom, Bell on Chemical and Pharmaceutical Processes, Playfair on Chemical Principles involved in Manufactures, Lindley on Food Substances, Solly on Vegetable Substances used in Arts & Manufactures, Willis on Machines & Tools, Glaisher on Philosophical Instruments & Processes, Hensman on Civil Engineering, Royle on Arts & Manufactures of India, and Washington on Naval Architecture. This is an excellent copy overall, with tight binding, crisp stamping, bright titling, clean contents without foxing, and scarcely any wear except some fraying at the top of the spine. 5-1/4 x 7-3/4, 463 pp, book-ad endpapers. VeryGood+ with owner stamp on front endpaper & pastedown, antique library sticker on rear pastedown, single-line scribble on front endpapers else unmarked. Hardcover in stamped brown cloth boards w gilt titling, no jacket.