‎OBSERVATIONUM PHYSICO-CHCYMICARUM SELECTIORUM LIBRI III.‎

‎In quibus multa curiosa experimenta, et lectissimae virtutis Medicamenta exhibentur. ex Typographia Balleoniana. Venetiis, 1740. In-8 p. (mm. 229x170), 2 opere dello stesso A. in 1 tomo, p. pergamena coeva, tit. ms. al dorso, testo su due colonne. La prima In quibus multa curiosa experimenta, et lectissimae virtutis Medicamenta exhibentur, ad solidam & rationalem chymiam stabiliendam praemissi, di pp. (16),292 (segue) Frederici Hoffmanni Dissertationum physico-chemicarum trias', di pp. 52. Cfr. Blake, p. 217 - Wellcome, p. 284 per un'ediz. di Napoli, 1755.La seconda "Opuscula medica varii argumenti seu Dissertationes selectiores antea diversis temportibus editae nunc revisae et auctiores, (1741), di pp. (8),311. Vi figurano 20 Dissertazioni fra cuii De Cinnabari Antimonii, ejusque eximiis viribus, usu tam secretiori quam vulgari, tam morbis hucusque cognitis quam incognitis e Fundamenta Medicinae ex principiis naturae Mechanicis in usum Philiatrorum succincte propopsita. Cfr. Wellcome, p. 285 per un'ediz. di Venezia di S. Coletus, 1741 - Blake. p. 217 - Castiglioni, p. 597-8: "Federico Hoffmann (1660-1742), prof. di medicina a Halle, medico a Berlino alla corte di Federico I. Per le sue concezioni meccaniciste cercò di spiegare tutte le funzioni dell'organismo da un punto di vista matematico. Fu soprattutto un chimico e altresi' l'introduttore delle acque minerali nella terapia razionale".Con qualche fiorit. ma buon esemplare.‎

‎OPERA OMNIA PHYSICO-MEDICA.‎

‎ apud Fratres De Tournes, Genevae, 1748-1753. In-4 gr. (mm. 362x220), 9 voll. (su 10), p. pergam. coeva, tit. oro al dorso. L'opera è composta da 6 voll. + 2 Supplementi: il 1° in due parti (1749) - il 2° tre parti in 2 voll. (1753), ed è illustrata da 1 ritratto dell'A. e 3 tavv. inc. in rame. "Manca" la prima parte del 1° Supplemento. Seconda edizione e prima edizione dei Supplementi.<br>Denuò revisa, correcta & aucta, in sex tomos distributa; quibus continentur doctrinae solidis principiis physico-mechanicis & anatomicis.. Cum Vita Auctoris et ejus Praefatione de differente medicinae & medicorum statu atque conditione & criteriis boni ac periti medici.<br>Cfr. Castiglioni, p. 597-8: "Federico Hoffmann (1660-1742), prof. di medicina a Halle, medico a Berlino alla corte di Federico I. Per le sue concezioni meccaniciste cercò di spiegare tutte le funzioni dell'organismo da un punto di vista matematico. Fu soprattutto un chimico e altresi' l'introduttore delle acque minerali nella terapia razionale" - Biographie Médicale,V, p. 257: "précieuse collection" - Morton,72: "Hoffmann of Halle was the most important of the iatromechanists. He believed an ether-like 'vital fluid' to be present in the nervous system and to act upon the muscles, giving them 'tonus'" - Wellcome,III, p. 285 e Blake, p. 217 citano le numer. ediz. a partire dalla prima del 1740<br>Esempl. più o meno pesantem. arross. e fiorito, fori di tarlo margin. su alc. carte di un vol. di Supplemento. ‎

‎Anweisung zum vervielfältigen einer Schrift oder Zeichnung, ausgeführt mit der feder oder reissfeder, durch Hülfe der galvanischen Kupferausscheidung. (Aus dem Dänischen übersetzt). Mit einer galvanographischen Tafel.‎

‎Kopenhagen, Reitzel, 1842. Clothbacked stiff blank wrappers. Stamp on title-page. Lower right corner of title-page defective, but no loss of letters. 22 pp., 1 galvanographic plate.‎

‎Early work on the galvanographic process.‎

‎Les Principes de politique de Benjamin Constant. La genèse d'une oeuvre et l'évolution de la pensée de leur auteur (1789-1806), 2 vol.‎

‎ Couverture souple Droz 1980 Genève 23x15,5 cm ‎

‎2 vol., broché, dos carré, couverture souple d'éditeur imprimée en rouge et noir - 459 pp.; 690 pp. Le tome II est intitulé: Principe de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements. Bel état. Travail de thèse à l'Université de Lausanne.‎

‎Praktische Anleitung zum Nivelliren oder Wasserwägen, nach einer in vielen Stücken veränderten und erleichterten Methode, nebst Beschreibung der dazu gehörigen Wasserwage. Mit fünf, fast sämmtlich illuminirten Kupfertafeln.‎

‎Hannover, Helmingschen, 1800. Contemp. hcalf. Wear to extremities. Titlelabel gone. Stamps on foot of title-page. (2),252,(2) pp., 5 large folded engraved plates, of which 4 are handcoloured. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition. - Poggendorff I,1129.‎

‎Guide Pratique pour L'Application du Propulseur a Turbine Hélicoïde aux Navires et aux Bateaux de Rivières et de Canaux. ‎

‎Paris, Chaix et Cie, 1856. Large 4to. Contemp. hcloth. Titlelabelwith gilt lettering on upper cover. 32 pp., 4 folded tables, 2 folded lithographed plates.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Opfindernes Liv. 1.-2. Del. (2 Bd.).‎

‎Kbhvn. og Kria., 1914-15. Lex8vo. 2 solide private hshirtbd. med rygtitler i skind. 352,334 pp. Tekstillustr.‎

‎THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION.‎

‎The second edition with additions. A. Millar, London, 1759. In-8 p., (mm. 203x118), mz. pelle coeva (con abras.), dorso a cordoni con filetti e titolo oro su tassello, tagli rossi, pp. VIII,207.This work describes various experiments the results of which eventually led to the understanding of the principles of photosynthesis. Pagg. ingiallite per la qualità della carta e con aloni interc. nel t. ma complessivam. discreto esemplare. ‎

‎Libri Tres: In Quibus Primo Constructio Circini Proportionum Edocetur. - [THE INVENTION OF THE PROPORTIONAL COMPASS]‎

‎Mainz, Balthazar Lipp, 1605. 4to. Bound in a beautiful 18th century full mottled calf binding with double gilt line-borders to boards. Edges of boards gilt. Expertly rebacked perfectly matching the boards and the gilding. With gilt leather title-label and gilt ornamentations. End-papers renewed. B2 and B3 defective in lower blank margins, not affecting text. A nice and clean copy. 53, (1) pp. + 1 folded plate and numerous illustrations in text. ‎

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‎The exceedingly rare first edition of the first work to describe the construction of the adjustable proportional compass – the first work to describe both its construction and its application. The adjustable proportional compass became an indipensable tool for calculations and measurements for over three centuries. The proportional compass was a seminal calculating instrument in use from the end of the sixteenth century until the nineteenth century. Consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge, it was a precursor to the sector and could be used for solving problems in proportion, multiplication and division, geometry, and trigonometry, and for computing various mathematical functions, such as square roots and cube roots. The sector derives its name from the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, where it is demonstrated that similar triangles have their like sides proportional. Some sectors also incorporated a quadrant, and sometimes a clamp at the end of one leg which allowed the device to be used as a gunner's quadrant. “The device was apparently first developed by Joost Bürgi and first published by Levinus Hulsius (1604). Hulsius offered the instrument for sale and thus limited himself to instructions for its use and did not detail its construction. The present work provides construction details on the hindge and the creation of the scales.” (Tomash & Williams). The sector was invented, essentially simultaneously and independently, by a number of different people prior to the start of the 17th century. Credit for the invention is often given to either Thomas Hood (who did not claim priority himself), a British mathematician, or to the Italian mathematician and astronomer Galileo Galilei. Galileo, with the help of his personal instrument maker Marc'Antonio Mazzoleni, created more than 100 copies of his proportional compass design and trained students in its use between 1595 and 1598. Of the credited inventors, Galileo is certainly the most famous, and earlier studies usually attributed its invention to him. James Kynvyn, Robert Beckit and Charles Whitwell all at some point also seem to have claimed to priority of the invention.Giordano Bruno, shortly before his death, also saw its potential. It could measure the infinitesimal fractions of the angular degrees and calculate the proportions between lines, geometric shapes and solids, working on the proportionality and commensurability of angles and segments. This new precision in calculations confirmed Bruno’s thesis of the existence of the physical minimumas opposed to the Aristotelian thesis of the infinite divisibility. (see: Zaffino, Giordano Bruno and the Proportional Eight Spike Compass) The many claims of invention, however, do not deprive Horcher of being the very first to describe the actual construction of the instrument, thus being of seminal importance in its widespread use over more than three hundred years. Tomash & Williams H164‎

‎Theatrum Machinarum universale of Keurige Verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie Waterwerken, Schutsluizen, Waterkeringen, Ophaal- en Draaibruggen. met hare Gronden, Opstallen en Doorgesnedens Als: de grote Sluys te Muyden.... etc. etc. I-...‎

‎Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk, 1757-74. Large folio. (55 x 34,5 cm.). A large uncut copy in contemp. marbled boards, spine gone and later backed with buckram, original corners in leather a bit bumped. Stamps on foot of first title-page. Halftitel, title-pages in red/black with engraved vignettes. (2),2 engraved leafs with dedications, 14"(2),8 pp. and 25 + 24 large double-page or triple-page folded engraved plates + 6 additional plates (only sometimes present). With a total of 55 plates. On thick, heavy paper, wide-margined and internally fine and clean.‎

‎Second edition. ""Tileman van der Horst and Jan Schenk produced the Theatrum Machinarium Univesale, one of the most celebrated works on the construction of all those elements so necessary to keeping life dry in Amsterdam (the place of the book’s publication). It was perhaps the most important work then produced on dikes, sluices, dams, weirs, canals and swing-bridges, the very elements of existence in Holland. Jan Schenck was the engraver of this work, which may also be the most accurate and the most sumptuously illustrated book of its type in Holland in the 18th century - the technical aspects of the rendering was just superb."" - Brunet V,1082 - Graesse VII, 258.‎

‎Beskrivelse af Sir William Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) Recorder.‎

‎(Kjøbenhavn, Mai, 1874). 4to. Samtidigt hshirt. 8 pp. i zinkografisk tryk samt 1 stor foldet planche.‎

‎Scarce Danish description of Lord kelvin's syphon or siphon recorder, with a large folded plate.‎

‎Description of Sir Charles Wheatstone's Automatic Instrument.‎

‎Copenhagen, August 1874. 4to. Contemp. hcloth. 24 pp. in zinkography and 3 folded plates.‎

‎Scarce Danish description of Wheatstone's automatic transmitter (telegrapy) with 3 folded plates.‎

‎Guide des Épreuves électriques a faire sur les Cables télégraphiques. Traduit sur la seconde Édition Anglaise par A.L. Ternant.‎

‎Paris, Masson et Plon, 1882. Orig. clothbacked printed boards. Stamps on half-title. VIII,88 pp. and 11 full-page illustrations.‎

‎L'Électricité dans la Maison. Avec 159 gravures dans le texte.‎

‎Paris, G. Masson, 1885. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. Frontispiece. VIII,310,(2) pp., 159 textillustr. in fine woodcut. A few marginal brownspots.‎

‎The Hotchkiss System of Rapid-Firing Guns. Descriptions and Illustrations of the Guns, Ammunition, Mounts and Carriages, as Designed for the Naval and Military Services together with firing Tables and penetration Diagrams, as determined by Official Te...‎

‎London, Printed for private Circulation, 1887. Large 4to. Original blindtooled full cloth. Spine with gilt lettering. Gilt title on upper cover. Very light wear along edges. (4),85 pp., 33 plates, partly in phototypie. Clean and fine.‎

‎Hotchkiss's naval guns originated in the 1880s and were mostly 3 pounders and 6 pounders, and originally were widely used (by Britain, Russia, and the United States amongst others) for close-up defence of major warships against small craft armed with the newly invented locomotive torpedo. When improvements in torpedo range made them obsolete in this role, they continued to be used as small-craft armament up to and including World War II.‎

‎Correspondence respecting the proposed Channel Tunnel and Railway. Presented to both Houses of Parliament.(+) Report of the Commissioners for the Channel Tunnel and Railway.‎

‎London, Harrison and Sons, 1875-76. Folio. Bound together in orig. blue printed boards, clothbacked. IV,766 pp. 4 folded maps and plans.‎

‎Rural Water Supplies and their Purification.‎

‎London, 1918. Orig. full cloth. XV,136 pp., textillustr.‎

‎Versuch eines Handbuches der Pontonnier-Wissenschaften in Absicht ihrer Anwendung zum Feldgebrauch. 3 Bde.‎

‎Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1793-94. Bound in 3 contemp. hcalf, raised bands, spines gilt and tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on titlepages. XXVI,374XIV,388XII,220 pp. and 19 large folded engraved plates. The first few leaves in all volumes a little brownspotted. A few scattered brownspots.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Gedenk- und Notizenbuch für Ingenieure. In Beziehung auf ihre Dienstverrichtungen im Frieden und Kriege.‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Einhorn, 1840. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine richly gilt. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. IV,325,(4) pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. The first 5 leaves brownspotted.‎

‎Guide des circuits intégréss linéaires TTL CMOS‎

‎Publitronic 1988 3e édition - 10e impression - Broché - 241 pages Etat d'usage - Couverture cornée 300 g‎

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‎Traité élémentaire des mesures électriques‎

‎Gauthier-Villars 1885 in8. 1885. relié. illustrations en noir et blanc‎

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‎bords frottés coins émoussés mouillure sur tranche et sur les 50 premières pages‎

‎Introduction aux Cours de Topographie et de Fortification, a L'Usage des Sous-Officiers. 2 vols. (Texte + Atlas).‎

‎Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1861. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamp on title-pages. 202 pp. and Atlas with 12 double-page engraved plates.‎

‎MANUEL MEDECINE PRATIQUE. FRUIT D'UNE EXPERIENCE DE CINQUANTE ANS. TRADUIT DE L'ALLEMAND, SUR LA 4E EDITION PAR A.J.L. JOURDAN.‎

‎ Société typographique belge, Bruxelles, 1841. In-8, brossura edit. (picc. manc. al dorso), pp. 379. Testo con qualche lieve fiorit., ma complessivam. in buono stato.‎

‎La peinture dans le bâtiment, composition, fabrication, application.‎

‎Paris, Editions Eyrolles, 1957. "15 x 25, 271 pp., 17 figures, broché, bon état (couverture défraîchie; 1 cachet ex-propriétaire)."‎

‎La sucrerie de Cannes (Manuel de l'ingénieur).‎

‎Paris, Dunod, 1950. 20 x 27, 820 pp., 456 figures, reliure d'édition pleine toile grise, bon état.‎