‎Projekt metallizsjeskogo dirischablja na 40 zsjelovjek (Russian). (A Project concerning a Metal Dirigible for 40 People [or A Proposed 40-Man Dirigible]).‎

‎Kaluga 1930. Orig. printed wrappers. 8vo. (16,5 x 12,8 cm). A few spots to margins of wrappers, otherwise mint. 91 pp. + 21 pp. with illustrations only.‎

‎Rare and interesting first edition (in Russian). Few of T.'s works are as extensive and elaborate as this one. T. was clearly very much ahead of his time in the design of the metal dirigible presented here. Science and technology only very lately grasped his conceps and by the time they did, their author was forgotten and T.'s name was, very wrongly, not mentioned. ""The works of Tsiolkovskiy that date from the Soviet period repeat the principle assumption of his theory of the metal aerostat, provide counsel on the practical organization of experimental work, survey critically the existing types of dirigibles, and point out the errors in the research into metal-envelope dirigibles in the USSR and abroad."" (Collected Works, 1959, III: p. 23).Being the father of the all-metal dirigible aerostat with changeable volume and gas heating, his technical foresight was greatly in advance of the level of industrial development at the time. He came up with a number of entirely new ideas concerning dirigible design. He set out to develop a dirigible that would be safe as well as fast, up until then the dirigibles in use were neither. He wanted to ensure a longer flight-time, and was certain this could not be attained with the fabric envelopes in use at the time, -they leaked gas, lost hight and couldn't stay aloft for long at a time. Besides that they were insecure due to fire-hazard and not sufficiently strong. As the very first, T. developed the idea of an all-metal envelope that was capable of altering size, - the ""breathing"" metal envelope. ""Tsiolkovskiy's ideas found no support either in Russia or abroad. His ideas were dozens of years ahead of the science and technology of his time. The subsequent development of the technology of dirigible construction shows that Tsiolkovskiy's ideas were adopted by many authors who, however, treated them as recent discoveries, without mentioning the name of Konstantin Eduardovich."" (Collected Works, 1959, III: p. 11-12). ""Forty years of experimenting were needed to produce concepts that had already been expressed by K.E. Tsiolkovkiy, while aeronautics was still in the cradle."" (Collected Works, 1959, III: p. 17). With the invention of the all-metal dirigible T. has proved to be ahead of both contemporary scientists and inventors as well as of his time. ""His work is now a shining beacon in science, attracting the attention of the scientists and designers called upon to provide mankind with a reliable transport dirigible."" (Collected Works, 1959, III: p. 26).The father of modern rocketry, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovski (1857-1935), is probably most widely known for his works on rocket propulsion, however his contributions to several fields of science have been immense and of exceedingly seminal character. Deafened at the age of nine and as a consequence thereof unable to go to school, he was forced to learn everything on his own hand. His father, a forester, was fond of scientific experiments, and though not wealthy, he had books on science and natural history. Tsiolkovski began by reading all books he could find on these subjects and as a consequence was able to construct quite complicated devices for measuring distances and many other things. Having seen how gifted his son was, his father sent him to Moscow, where Tsiolkovski spend all three years in libraries, receiving no teaching but his own, but still succeeding in taking a degree in physics from the university. T. can thus be seen as a purely self-taught man. After Moscow he settled in the small city of Borovskoye, where he taught physics at a school, spending all his spare time conducting experiments and writing about them. He devoted his intellect mainly to three scientific problems of the greatest importance at the time: The aeroplane, the (long-range) rocket and the all metal dirigible. Self-taught as he was and unable to come in touch with new publications in his fields of interest, he began with nothing and made all necessary calculations himself. Calculations and experiments were always at the base of his scientific works, and no conclusions were derived from intuition and guesswork. He was the first in the world to solve numerous problems concerning his three main interests, but unable to be recognized by the tsar-regime and considered, at best, a dreamer and a utopian, the struggle for his inventions was long and hard. Aged 24 he was the first in the world to formulate the possibility of applying the principle of reactive motion for flight in a vacuum, thus presenting a simple plan for a spaceship. He established the possibility of space travel by means of rockets, and is thus called the father of rocketry. He is also called the father of the all-metal dirigible. He is the first to propose and state that liquid fuel is necessary for spaceflight. He was the first in the world to make calculations for the air-jet and turbo-prop-planes, and it is in his works we find the most complete elaboration of the theory of rocket propulsion for many years to come. ""In his works on rocket dynamics Tsiolkovsky, the first in the history of science, calculated the efficiency of the rocket and pointed out the advantages of rocket motors at high velocities."" (Kosmodemyansky, Moscow, 1956, p. 69). T. saw it as necessary step for mankind to explore and inhabit outer space and nothing could prevent him from working on the possibilities of this" in short, among many other things, we owe to him the fundamental principles of rocket dynamics.After the Revolution T. became a member of the Academy, was allotted a personal pension in 1921, and became able to devote himself entirely to his scientific work. Now his contemporaries finally saw him as the founder of a new domain of human knowledge, a new science, he was, and he was awarded the Red Banner of Labour Order for outstanding services to his country.‎

‎Origin of Modern Calculating Machines: A Chronicle of the Evolution of the Principles that form the generic make-up of the Modern Calculating Machine.‎

‎Chicago, Western Society of Engineers, 1921. Orig. full cloth, frontcover and back stamped in blind. (2),196 pp., 45 illustrations, mostly full-page, incl. photographic reproductions of calculating machines designed by Pascal, Leibniz, Burroughs, Felt, and others. Fine and clean. With a typed letter in 4to, signed by the author, to Mons. Paul Jeannin in Paris, Turck thanks Jeannin for his letter congratulating him on the success of this book, and recalls with pleasure going with Jeannin to see Pascal's calculating machine in Paris. 21 lines dated Wilmette, Ill., l1 11 décembre, 1925. (in French). Also with Felt & Tarrant shipping lebel addressed to Jeannin, incorporatiing a picture of their invention, the Comptometer, the first practical desktop calculator. This was presumably used on the package that held this book.‎

‎First edition of the first popular history of modern calculating machines.Turck was the inventor of several calculating machines, the earlliest being the Mechanical Accountant, which appeared around 1900. He joined the firm Felt & Tarrant in 1911, and his name appears jointly with that of Felt. After Felt's death, Turck took over design resoponsabilities for the business. The dual-register SuperTotalizer that appeared in 1934 was undoubtly his work. - Hook & Normann, origins of Cyberspace: 393.‎

‎L'Artillerie moderne à grande puissance. Etudes et renseignements (extrait des Grandes usines). Essen. - Ruelle ‎

‎Paris Michel Lévy frères 1867 2 parties en 1 vol. in-4 dérelié ‎

‎[2] ff. n. ch. (titre et présentation), pp. 153-216 [Fabrique d'acier fondu de M. Friedrich Krupp à Essen] ; 96 pp. [Fonderie de canons de la Marine impériale à Ruelle, près Angoulême], figures dans le texte.Il s'agit de deux articles (livraisons 111-114, puis 121-126) parus dans le périodique Les Grandes usines de France, qui sortit de 1859 à 1898, et regroupait, par livraisons, des monographies sur les établissements industriels du pays (la collection complète comprend 360 livraisons et 19 volumes). La présence des usines Krupp détonne un peu dans une production très orientée vers la France, mais l'importance de cet établissement industriel ne pouvait déjà plus échapper à l'observateur.Médecin de formation, Julien Turgan (1824-1887) bascula vite dans le domaine de la vulgarisation scientifique et technique : entré comme rédacteur scientifique au journal L'Evénement fondé par Victor Hugo, il se mit à rédiger les comptes rendus des séances hebdomadaires de l'Académie des sciences. Il devint ensuite rédacteur scientifique au journal Le Bien-être universel d'Emile de Girardin, et créa lui-même un journal de vulgarisation scientifique, La Fabrique, la ferme, l'atelier (1851–1853). Pendant l’invasion prussienne, Turgan se mit à la disposition du ministre de la guerre, Gambetta, et fut chargé par lui d’une importante mission auprès des usines qui fabriquent des armes et des munitions, ce qui explique l'importance de ce secteur dans les Grandes usines ‎

‎Wireless. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of High-Frequency electric Signalling.‎

‎Cambridge, University Press, 1931. Orig. full cloth. XXI,528 pp., textdiagrams.‎

‎Optisk Felt-Signalapparat efter fransk System.‎

‎(Stockholm, 1886). 8vo. In contemporary boards. Offprint from ""Tidsskrift i Fortification"". Wear to extremities, stamp to first leaf. 7 pp.+ folded plate. ‎

‎"Le son; cours expérimental fait à l'institution royale."‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1869. "14 x 22, 381 pp., 171 figures, reliure dos cuir, mauvais état (reliure usagée mais solide; peu de rousseurs; 1 découpe au 3 premières pages avec 1 petit manque de texte à la préface, 1 étiquette et 1 cachet du collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons)."‎

‎traduction de l'anglais par l'Abbé Moigno.‎

‎THEATRUM SANITATIS.‎

‎Codice 4182 della Biblioteca Casanatense di Roma. Prefazione di M. Salmi. Studio storico medico di A. Pazzini, analisi bibliografica di E. Pirani. Franco Maria Ricci Parma, 1970-1971. In-4 gr., 3 volumi, leg. edit. in seta nera (dorsi sbiaditi) con ill. a colori applic. al piatto, astuccio (lievi aloni), pp. 201; 149; 160,(2); con ill. a colori applic. alla pag. nel testo. Vol. 7, 8 e 9 della collana "I Segni dell'Uomo". Testi ben conservati.‎

‎LA RUOTA E LA STRADA.‎

‎ Domus, Milano, 1946. In-8, cartonato edit. (piatto anteriore staccato), pp. 422,(10), con un ricchissimo apparato iconografico in b.n. nel t. (foto e disegni) e 6 tavv. a colori f.t. (alc. a doppia pag.). Epopea della civilt: dalla ruota e il carro all'automobilismo e alle ferrovie moderne. Testo ben conservato.‎

‎Berättelse om de på Bruks Societetens Bekostnad Åren 1819-1822 vid Skebo Bruk verkställda Puddlings Försök jemte några upplysningar om Jerntillverkningen i England.‎

‎Stockholm, Nordström, 1825. Ubeskåret i orig. blåt blankt kardusomslag. Lille hjørne af omslaget mangler. Kobberstukket titelblad. 287,(1) pp. Indvendig helt ren og frisk.‎

‎Her foreligger kun tekstdelen, idet der også udkom et planchebind.‎

‎Theorie der Kunststrassen. Atlas only.‎

‎Berlin, 1830. 4to. Cont.hcalf. 12 engr.plates.‎

‎Theorie des Neubaues, der Herstellung und Unterhaltung der Kunststrassen. Mit einer Atlas von 12 Kupfertafeln. 2 Bde. (Text + Atlas).‎

‎Berlin, August Rücker, 1830. 8vo. a. folio-oblong. Textvol. in contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Atlas in clothbacked marbled boards. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-page. XVII,376 pp. and 3 folded tables. Atlas with 12 engraved plates. Some foxing and scattered brownspots.‎

‎TRATTATO SOPRA LE ULCERE DELLE GAMBE.‎

‎Preceduto da alcune osservazioni in forma d'introduzione, sopra il processo dell'esulcerazione, e l'origine della vera marcia. Tradotto, ed accresciuto di Note dal Dottore Cosmo De Horatiis. presso Modesto Fenzo, In Venezia, 1803. In-16 gr. (mm. 183x104), brossura muta coeva (dorso rinforzato), pp. 228. Il trattato seguito da un metodo facile per curare alcuni tumori scrofolosi, l'ulcere del capezzolo, le crepature delle mammelle, e gli ascessi lattei .. Coll'aggiunta del metodo del fu signor Else per curare le ulcere suddette. Esempl. con lieviss. alone solo alc. cc., altrimenti ben conservato, con barbe.‎

‎L'Horloge Astronomique de la Cathdrale de Strasbourg.‎

‎Strasbourg & Paris, Le Roux, 1949. 47, [i] pp. 8vo (15,5 x 21 cm.). Original mprinted wrappers. With 9 illustrations in the text and 9 plates.‎

‎A popular description the the astronomical clock-work of the Strassburg cathedral which was constructed in 1352. The author, successor of D. Schwilgu, was a noted Alsacian watchmaker.‎

‎Cours de technique papetière à l'usage des élèves du CAP Papetier et des cours professionnels en usine.‎

‎Imprimerie Leperche. 1963. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 153 pages - nombreuses planches en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 676-Technologie de la pâte à papier et du papier‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 676-Technologie de la pâte à papier et du papier‎

‎Code de mesurage des bâtiments.‎

‎Bruxelles, C. Moreau et Fils, 1921. 16 x 24, 66 pp., broché (agrafé), bon état.‎

‎Code de mesurage du béton armé.‎

‎Bruxelles, C. Moreau et Fils, 1929. 16 x 24, 35 pp., 32 figures, broché (agrafé), bon état (inscription au dos).‎

‎Die Welt in der wir leben werden. Die Forschung unserer Zeit.Weltall Strahlen und Materie‎

‎FisicalBook 1971 in8. 1971. Relié. iconographie en noir et blanc et en couleurs‎

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‎couverture défraîchie intérieur propre‎

‎Electro-Motors: A Treatise on the Means and Apparatus employed in the Transmission of electrical Energy and its Conversion into Motive Power. With numerous Illustrations.‎

‎Manchester - London, 1882. Orig. full pictorial cloth. Gilt. Frontispiece. XII,178 pp. Textillustrations.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Magazin for Kunstnere og Haandværkere. Tredie Bind.‎

‎København, Udgiverens Forlag, 1828. Samtidigt hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Kobberstukket portræt af Ole Römer som frontispiece. Vi,465 pp. samt 17 plancher, tekstillustrationer i træsnit. Rent frisk ekemplar på skrivepapir.‎

‎Heri talrige artikler af teknisk og håndværksmæssig art, om bogtrykkerkunsten, om farvning, om litografi, om dampvogne, om dampskibe, om urmageri etc. samt H.C. Ørsteds Maanedsforelæsninmger.‎

‎Dampmaskinen i det kongelige danske Postfartøi Mercurius. ‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, 1831. Med samtidigt blankt omslag. Indeholder 4 kobberstukne folioplancher, hver 35 x 51 cm., visende denne maskine i dens detaljer. Den forklarende tekst til alle 4 er trykt på nederste del af sidste planche. Spredte brunpletter. Titel og årstal er ikke trykt, men afskrevet fra et gl. håndskrevet notat på bagsiden af planche I.‎

‎Italian and French Explosive ordnance.‎

‎Washington, United Stats Government printing Office, 1953. 4to. orig. printed wrappers. A stamp and written numbers on frontcover. On covers and all leaves ""Restricted. Security Information"".‎

‎On frontcover: Department of the Army technical Manual TM 9-1985-4 -.6. Department of the Air Force technical order TO 39B-1A-8.‎

‎Catalogue Meura‎

‎CHEZ L'AUTEUR. Non daté. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 27 pages illustrées de photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs, dans le texte et hors-texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 663-Technologie des boissons‎

‎Accompagnée de 2 plaquette dépliantes. Classification Dewey : 663-Technologie des boissons‎

‎COSTRUZIONI IN CALCESTRUZZO ED IN CEMENTO ARMATO.‎

‎Sesta edizione. Hoepli, Milano, 1921. In-24, tela editoriale, pp. XXIV,407. In buono stato (good copy).‎

‎Les Arts et les Industries du Papier en France 1871-1894.‎

‎Paris, (1894). 4to. Cont.hcloth. Untrimmed, topedge gilt. 246 pp. Very richly illustr. with plates a.textillustr. A few brownspots.‎

‎Le Télégraphe Électro-Magnétique Américain, avec le rapport du Congrès et la Description de tous les Télégraphes connus ou sont mis en usage l'Électricité et le Galvanisme.‎

‎Paris, L. Mathias (Augustin), 1847. Contemp. full pattern-stamped cloth. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. A stamp on title-page. (4),263 pp., 81 textillustrations in woodcut. Internally fine and clean.‎

‎First edition in French of his ""American electro-magnetic telegraph.."", published 1845. The work contains one of earliest publications of the ""Standard Morse"" code.""Vail and another partner, Leonard Gale, made several improvements to Morse's apparatus, and on January 6, 1838, this new telegraph was demonstrated sucessfully, using an early version of the dot-and-dash Morse code. When in 1843 Congress approved the construction of an expwrimental telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington, Vail acted as Morse's chief assistant and received Morse's ""What hath God wrought"" message on May 24, 1844. (Hook & Norman No 208).Wheeler Gift: 1137 a.- Ronalds Library p. 507.‎