‎BACK TO THE CONGO,‎

‎London, Macmillan, 1992 Bound, black cloth, illustrated black dustjacket, 135 x 220mm., 231pp. ISBN 0333543696.‎

‎When she was a child, Joris's missionary uncle traveled to the Belgian Congo and returned bearing gifts and telling wonderful stories. As an adult, Joris traveled to contemporary Zaire in order to see what her uncle had seen. She found a persistent memory of colonization and of the "other," finally making the colonial past and its consequences the main motifs of her book. The boat to Zaire, the urban areas and Kinshasa, the "bush" and interior--all are described in a clear personal voice, with a journey on the Zaire river to the town of Kisangani the high point of her adventure. The people she met, rather than any view of nature, motivates her writing. Because this travel book has a particular vision--it is especially concerned with the Belgian version of Africa--it will appeal to a select audience. In good condition. ‎

‎Hagiographica Wisigothica Iusti ep. Vrgellensis Sermo de sancto Vincentio, Sisebuti regis Toletani Vita uel passio sancti Desiderii ep. Viennensis, Braulionis ep. Caesaraugustani Vita sancti Aemiliani et Hymnus de sancto Aemiliano, Vitae II sancti Fructuosi‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2025 Hardback, cccxcviii + 210 Pages, Size:155 x 245 mm, Language:Latin, *new. ISBN 9782503612652.‎

‎L?Espagne wisigothique n?a pas beaucoup cultiv le genre hagiographique. Le Corpus Christianorum a d j publi quelques ?uvres hagiographiques de cette poque, comme les Vitas ss. patrum Emeretensium (BHL 2530), les notices consacr es plusieurs c l bres v ques du VIIe si cle, comme Isidore de S ville (BHL 4482-4483), Ildefonse de Tol de (BHL 3917) et Julien de Tol de (BHL 4554), ou les passions hispaniques incluses dans le soi-disant Passionarium Hispanicum. Ce volume comprend les autres ?uvres hagiographiques compos es sans aucun doute dans l?Espagne wisigothique, l?exception des crits de Val re du Bierzo, qui m riteront un volume monographique : une composition de la premi re moiti du VIe si cle, le Sermo de s. Vincentio (CPL 1092) de Juste de Urgell ; et quatre autres dat es entre le premier quart et le dernier tiers du VIIe si cle, la Vita uel passio s. Desiderii ep. Viennensis (CPL 1298) du roi Sisebut, la Vita s. Aemiliani (CPL 1231) et l?Hymnus de s. Aemiliano (CPL 1232) de Braulion de Saragosse ? qui compl tent ainsi l? dition des ?uvres de cet auteur dans le Corpus Christianorum ? et l?anonyme Vita s. Fructuosi (CPL 1293). TABLE OF CONTENTS Introducciones I. El Sermo de s. Vincentio (CPL 1092) atribuido a Justo de Urgel (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias, S. Iranzo Abell n) 1. El Sermo de s. Vincentio (CPL 1092) y su autor 2. La producci n literaria de Justo de Urgel 3. La tradici n manuscrita 4. Las ediciones precedentes 5. Criterios de esta edici n II. La Vita uel passio s. Desiderii ep. Viennensis (CPL 1298, BHL 2148) de Sisebuto de Toledo (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias, S. Iranzo Abell n) 1. El santo: Desiderio de Vienne 2. Sisebuto de Toledo (612-621) 3. La Vita uel passio s. Desiderii (BHL 2148) 4. La Vita uel passio s. Desiderii ep. Viennensis (BHL 2148) y los restantes escritos de Sisebuto 5. Las fuentes literarias de la Vita uel passio s. Desiderii (BHL 2148) 6. El expediente hagiogr fico de san Desiderio de Vienne 7. La tradici n manuscrita de la Vita uel passio s. Desiderii (BHL 2148) 8. Las ediciones precedentes de la Vita uel passio s. Desiderii (BHL 2148) 9. Criterios de esta edici n III. Braulio de Zaragoza, Vita s. Aemiliani (CPL 1231, BHL 100) e Hymnus de s. Aemiliano (CPL 1232) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) 1. La obra literaria de Braulio de Zaragoza 2. La Vita s. Aemiliani (CPL 1231): estudio literario 3. El Hymnus de s. Aemiliano (CPL 1232): estudio literario 4. Dataci n de la Vita s. Aemiliani y del Hymnus de s. Aemiliano 5. Las fuentes de Braulio de Zaragoza 6. La tradici n manuscrita de la Vita s. Aemiliani 7. Las ediciones precedentes de la Vita s. Aemiliani 8. La tradici n manuscrita del Hymnus de s. Aemiliano 9. Las ediciones precedentes del Hymnus de s. Aemiliano 10. Criterios de estas ediciones ediciones IV. Vitae s. Fructuosi ep. Bracarensis: Vita s. Fructuosi prima seu breuior (BHL 3194a) y Vita s. Fructuosi altera seu longior (CPL 1293, BHL 3194) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) 1. El problema de las dos Vitae s. Fructuosi 2. Fructuoso de Braga: entre la historia y la hagiograf a 3. Autor a, dataci n y finalidad de la VSF II 4. La tradici n manuscrita de las Vitae s. Fructuosi I-II 5. Estudio de la transmisi n manuscrita de las Vitae s. Fructuosi I-II 6. Las ediciones precedentes de las Vitae s. Fructuosi I-II 7. Criterios de la presente edici n Bibliograf a Ediciones cr ticas Iusti Vrgellensis episcopi Sermo de sancto Vincentio (CPL 1092) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias, S. Iranzo Abell n) Sisebuti regis Visigothorum Vita uel passio sancti Desiderii episcopi Viennensis (CPL 1298) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias, S. Iranzo Abell n) Braulionis Caesaraugustani episcopi Vita sancti Aemiliani (CPL 1231) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) Braulionis Caesaraugustani episcopi Hymnus in diem sancti Aemiliani (CPL 1232) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) Vita sancti Fructuosi episcopi Bracarensis prima seu breuior (BHL 3194a) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) Vita sancti Fructuosi episcopi Bracarensis altera seu longior (CPL 1293, BHL 3194) (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) Additamenta III codicis O ad Vitam sancti Fructuosi episcopi Bracarensis alteram seu longiorem (J. C. Mart n-Iglesias) Indices Index locorum Sacrae Scripturae Index fontium Index codicum manuscriptorum‎

‎Youth: A Narrative Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether‎

‎Dent 1967 in12. 1967. Broché. Ce volume rassemble trois nouvelles de Joseph Conrad : "Youth" récit autobiographique d'un premier voyage en mer vers l'Extrême-Orient ; "Heart of Darkness" exploration sombre de la nature humaine et du colonialisme ; et "The End of the Tether" qui raconte l'histoire du vieux capitaine Henry Whalley. Les trois histoires sont unies par le thème des "Âges de l'homme" (jeunesse maturité vieillesse) et par un scepticisme profond‎

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‎De Magistraat Ausonius.‎

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‎Ueber die mechanische Wärme-Aequivalent.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1854. Conemp. hcalf. 5 raised bands, gilt spine and gilt lettering to spine. A few scratches to spine. Light wear to spine ends. A small nick to top of spine. Small stamp on verso of first -and general- titlepage and small stamps to verso of plates. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff"", Ergänzungsband IV. VIII,632 pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. Joule's paper: pp. 601-632. Internally celan and fine.‎

‎First German edition of one of the most importent papers in 1900th century physics, and the culmination of Joule's work. The offered paper is a translation of Joule's great memoir ""On the Mechanical equivalent of Heat"", published 1850, and one of the founding papers of the principle of ""The conservation of energy"", - Joule here gave the experimental proof of the conservation law.""Joule was not the first to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat. Rumford had attempted it but had come out with a value that was far too high. Mayer produced a fairly good value before Joule did, but it was Joule who was most accurate (up to his time), who backed up his figure with a large variety of careful experimental data, and who /with Thomson's help) forced the view on the world of science. He therefore gets the credit, and in his honour a unit of work, equal to 10,000,000 ergs, is called the Joule.""(Asimov). - Dibner, Heralds of Science No.158 (the 1843 paper).Joule's first measurement of the mechanical equivalent of heat was published...in 1843. It was made by comparing the heat generated by the current of a magnetoelectric machine with the excess of work which was used in turning the machine when the circuit was closed above that used when it was open....In the following papers in which the mechanical equivalent was measured in different ways we find the same elaborate description of the experiments and a brief statement of the final results. This is particularly true of the GREAT MEMOIR OF 1850 IN WHICH JOULE'S WORK CULMINATED. (Magie ""Source Book in Physics"" p. 203).The volume contains further STOKES, G.G.: ""Ueber die Veränderung der Brechbarkeit des Lichts."" Pp. 177-345 in first German edition.‎

‎On the Surface-condensation of Steam. Received October 10, - Read December 13, 1860.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1862). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1862 - Vol. 151. Pp. 133-160, 1 large textillustration.‎

‎First appearance of Joule's paper in which he describes his importent improvement of the Steam-Engine, using the principles of the first law of thermodynamics which he himself helped to establish.""In addition, numerous other researches stand to Joules credit -- the work done in compressing gases and the thermal changes they undergo when forced under pressure through small apertures (with Lord Kelvin), the change of volume on solution, the change of temperature produced by the longitudinal extension and compression of solids, etc. It was during the experiments involved by the first of these inquiries that Joule was incidentally led to appreciate the value of surface condensation in increasing the efficiency of the steam engine. A new form of condenser was tested on the small engine employed, and the results it yielded formed the starting-point of a series of investigations which were aided by a special grant from the Royal Society, and were described in an elaborate memoir presented to it on the 13th of December 1860 (the paper offered). His results, according to Kelvin, led directly and speedily to the present practical method of surface-condensation, one of the most important improvements of the steam engine, especially for marine use, since the days of James Watt. Joule died at Sale on the 11th of October 1889.""(NNDB)‎

‎Expériences sur l'identité entre le calorique et la force mécanique. Détermination de l'équivalent par la chaleur dégagée pendant la friction du mercure. (Joule) (+) Sur la transformation de la force vive en chaleur, et réciproquement. (Extrait d'u...‎

‎Paris, Bachelier, 1847 a. 1848. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 25, No 8 and Tome 27, No 16. Pp. (286-) 324 a. pp. (373-) 400. (Entire issues offered). Joule's paper: pp. 309-311. Mayer's paper: pp. 385-387.‎

‎First apperance of the paper in which Joule presented his last and most exact measurement of ""THE MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT"" by using his famous experimental design, the Paddle-wheel experiment, the most direct demonstration of the heat-mechanical-work equivalence. - He reported his final determinations of the equivalent to the French Academy of Sciences, and presented this learned body with the iron paddle-wheel calorimeter he had used in the case of mercury, thus establishing that heat is a form of energy.Mayer, in his paper, claimed that he was the first to evaluate the mechanical equivalent, and thus claiming priority to the importent conservation law, the first law of thermodynamics and the conservation of energy.Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1847 P.‎

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‎Journal de la Société des Américanistes - Publié avec le concours de l'Unesco et du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Au siège de la Société / Musée de l'Homme Paris Sommaire : Glyphes et attributs chrétiens dans les manuscrits pictographiques mexicains du XVIIème siècle : Le codex Mexicanus 23-24 ( Joaquin Galarza ) - Le complexe précéramique d'El Paraiso ( Pérou ) ( Frédéric Engel ) - Curieuse structure de certaines " antara " péruviennes ( Raoul d'Harcourt ) - Le problème de l'adaptation des populations de l'Altiplano bolivien dans les basses terres ( Jacques Ruffie et Georges Larrouy ) - La maison Bari ( I ) ( Robert Jaulin ) - Classification vernaculaire des plantes médicinales chez les Calawaya, médecins empiriques ( Bolivie ) ( Louis Girault ) - An afternoon with an Araucanian Family on the coastal Range of Chile ( Sister Hilger M. Inez et Mondloch Margaret ) ‎

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‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - No. VIII, 1874‎

‎Shanghai, A. H. De Carvalho, 1874. 1 volume in-8, xii-173 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, with 15 full pages of illustrations of Chinese instruments of Music out of text and 12 pages of diagrams of the stone drums of the Chou Dynasty, internal clean, a very nice copy.‎

‎Contents: Reports of the Council for 1873 - Article I. Recollections of China prior to 1840 by S. W. Williams - Article II. The Legend of Wen Wang, Founder of the Dynasty of the Chows in China by Thos. W. Kingsmill - Article III. Extracts from the History of Shanghai by the Rev. C. Schmidt - Article IV. Chinese Fox-Myths by T. Watters - Article V. Brief Account of the French Expedition of 1866 into Indo-China by S. A. Viguier - Article VI. A Visit to the City of Confucius by the Rev. J. Edkins - Article VII. Short Notes on Chinese Instruments of Music by N. B. Dennys - Article VIII. The Stone Drums of the Chou Dynasty by S. W. Bushell - Article IX. Retrospect of Events in China for the Year 1873.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - No. XI, 1877‎

‎Shanghai, Celestial Empire Office, 1877. 1 volume in-8, XVI-184 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, internal clean, a very nice copy.‎

‎Contents: Report of the Council for 1876 - Inaugural Address by the President, The Border Lands of Geology and History - Article I. Fort Zelandia, and the Dutch Occupation of Formosa by H. E. Hobson - Article II. The Vertebrata of the Province of Chihli with Notes on Chinese Zoological Nomenclature by O. F. von Mollendorff - Article III. On the Style of Chinese Epistolary Composition by Rev. W. A. P. Martin - Article IV. On Chinese Names for Boats and Boat Gear with Remarks on the Chinese use of the Mariners Compass by J. Edkins - Article V. Chinese Eunuchs by G. Carter Stent.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. II, No. 1, 1860‎

‎Shanghai, The North China Herald, 1906. 1 volume in-8, 128 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, slight yellowing on the pages, internal clean, a nice copy.‎

‎Content: I. A Sketch of the Life of Confucius - II. The Ethics of the Chinese, with special reference to the doctrine of Human Nature and Sin - III. On the Cosmical Phenomena observed in the neighborhood of Shanghai, during the past thirteen centuries - IV. On the ancient mouths of Yangtsi kiang - V. Dissection of a Japanese Criminal - VI. Notes on the Mineral resources of Japan, etc. - VII. Supplemental Memorandum on the present state of the Magnetic Elements in China and places adjacent - VIII. Temperature of Hakodai - IX. Winds and Weather at Chefoo - X. Record of Occurrences.‎