Michael Faraday Editor William Crookes (5 results)
More imagesThe Chemical History of a Candle: A Course of Lectures Delivered Before a Juvenile Audience at the Royal Institution
Faraday, Michael; Crookes, William, editor; Irwin, Keith Gordon, introduction
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1960
- Softcover
Seller: KCMidwestbooks, Leawood, KS, U.S.A.KCMidwestbooks
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. The Viking Press Explorer Books edition of Michael Faraday's celebrated series of six lectures explaining the chemistry and physics of a burning candle. Edited with a preface and notes by William Crookes, with a new introduction by Keith Gordon Irwin and reproductions of the original 35 diagrams. Thi…s second printing was issued in September 1960 and comprises 102 pages. Beginning with the candle's wax, wick, flame, and combustion, Faraday expands the discussion to include capillary action, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, water, respiration, and the interdependence of natural processes. First published from lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, the work became a classic of Victorian popular science and remains admired for Faraday's ability to make complex scientific ideas understandable through an ordinary object. Condition: Good. Illustrated wrappers remain securely attached but show considerable age and handling wear. Covers are toned, rubbed, spotted, and soiled, particularly along the margins and rear panel, with worn and softened corners. Spine is faded and creased, with rubbing, small areas of paper loss or abrasion, and a black "X4" notation near the foot. Page edges are toned. The photographed interior pages remain clean and legible, with mild age-toning and no extensive writing or markings visible. A sound, complete reading copy with an appealing period cover design. This 1960 Explorer Books printing is collectible primarily for its colorful mid-century wrapper design, original printed 95-cent price, and association with one of the most influential scientific lecturers of the nineteenth century. It offers affordable appeal to collectors of Michael Faraday, chemistry, physics, popular science, scientific education, and the history of the Royal Institution. Carefully packed and shipped in a sturdy box. USPS Media Mail available within the United States; expedited and international shipping quoted at cost. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks' 30-day return policy. SCI 2a.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1960
- Softcover
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United KingdomExcalibur Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Near Very Good. "A Course of Lectures Delivered Before a Juvenile Audience at the Royal Institution." Edited and with a Preface and Notes by William Crookes. With Reproductions of the Original Illustrations and a New Introduction by Keith Gordon Irwin. 7 3/4" Tall. Previous owner's initials at top of ffep a…nd on fore edge. Some browning to cover, mainly on back and a light crease to bottom corner. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1894
- Hardcover
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United KingdomStrawberry Hill Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. A new edition with illustrations. Type: Book Internally fine.
Published by CHATTO AND WINDUS, LONDON, 1890
- Hardcover
Seller: MostlyAcademic, Berrima, NSW, AustraliaMostlyAcademic
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Full Blue calf leather with Five raised bands, red leather title slip and gilt titles and decs to spine and College Gilt blocked device to front, gilt dec edges to boards, marbled non parallel red end papers and hand sewn two colour head and tail bands. Signed Prize binding by Bickers & Son London.175… x 120 mm approx. matching marbled edges to book block, 200 pages 59 line figs in text. Series of 6 Lectures + Light-House Illumination- The Electric Light delivered 1860. Undated circa 1890's (New Edition with Illustrations). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- 4 cm approx crack to leather top front hinge, no notable rubbing or soiling. no cracks to end papers and binding other than crack to leather very sound. The leather has now been treated and polished by us. No other notable defects).
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1861
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst American edition. First American edition. viii, 223 pp. Bound in publisher's brown ribbed cloth with gilt spine lettering. A Good copy, boards have a few small stains, wear and chipping to cloth along edges, lettering mostly rubbed off, dampstain to endpapers, small bookplate ghost to paste down. A classic illustrated seri…es of Christmas lectures on the composition of flames for children and lay folks.
