General Account Development Methods Using by Smyth, Used (41 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint edition of work originally published by GPO; side-stapled printed paper wraps approx. 9.5 x 6 inches, light handling wear, some chipping to page edges with slight age toning, clean and unmarked.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "Written at the request of Major General L.R. Groves United States Army. Publication authorized as of August 1945." Paperback, bound with staples. 8vo, 182pgs.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Octavo, not illustrated, pp 144, corners a little dog-eared,otherwise clean internally, paperback, the covers slightly age-toned and a little worn.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint 1946 Soft Cover very good book, corners and edges rubbed, spotting to covers, closed tears. Owner's stamp. 144 pages. 5 Appendices.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Reprint. Sunning to covers. Small rips at base of spine.

First British edition. IV, 144 pp. Original printed wrappers, wrappers foxed.

brossura. Condition: Good. 0. Copertina cartonata ingiallita. Tagli sporchi di polvere e ingialliti. Pagine ingiallite. Cucitura con grappe metalliche. Buono (Good) . Book.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Fair. Pages Are Tanned With Foxing. The Soft Cover Is Frayed Around The Edges, Creased On The Spine, Corner Clipped On The Back And General Scruff Marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. An important early American public account of nuclear energy. A lot of technical level, although some topics are understandably underplayed. pp.144. Diags. Top strip of front cover missing; owner's name?

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Very good staple-bound pamphlet in brown wrapper. Some wear and rubbing along the edges of the covers with a bit of scuffing also. Small tear on heel of the spine of cover. Erased penciled numbers on front cover. Page edges are lightly browned along edges. Penciled in lines and notes on rear free endpaper. 182 pages with 5 appendices (1. Methods of observing fast particles from nuclear reactions, 2. the units of mass, charge and energy, 3. Delayed neutrons from Uraniun fission, 4. The first self-sustaining chain-reacting pile, 5. Sample list of reports). Has sections on metallurgical project at Chicago, Plutonium production problem in February 1943, Plutonium problem January 1943-June 1945, discussions of separation of isotopes, diffusion separation, electromagnetic separation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First printing. First general "trade" printing of the seminal public report on the Manhattan Project, #4 in Coleman's "The Smyth Report: A Descriptive Check List." Hardcover, tan cloth, very good+ condition, text clean, lacking dust jacket. Tiny price mark to upper corner of front endpaper.

Condition: Wie neu. 14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as "Smyth Report" on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127. Author was Chairman of the Department of Physics of Princeton University, Consultant to Manhattan District U.S. Corps of Engineers. The report was written at the request of Major General L.R. Groves, United States Army. It has thirteen chapters in all covering the history and progress of the development of atomic energy with particular application to the military in the early to mid 1900s.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. iv, 144 pp. Original printed wrappers, dust-soiled, frayed at base of spine. Ex-library, with circular stamp to verso of title-page and to final leaf, also to upper cover. First British edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Smyth, H[enry]. D[eWolf]. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Washington, D. C.: Superintendent of Documents, 1945. Washington, D. C.: Superintendent of Documents. Original tan wrappers. 182 pp. First edition, first printing (dated "1945" on last page) of the published version of the report, preceded by a 1000-copy "lithoprint" edition and evidently by another edition of which only one copy is known to exist. [++] This copy is in solid GOOD condition (a probable 5/10), which has definitely bee read, and used. There is some underlining in ink in some places, mostly in the last chapter or two. It is a decent copy, though with some drawbacks, and is offered at a comparatively low price.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First English Edition of the official account of the development of the atomic bombs. Written at the request of Major General L. R. Groves, United States Army, Publication authorized August 1945. Original printed wrappers, short tears to head of upper joints, light creasing, light surface soiling. Marking to first and final printed pages. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to inside front cover. Pages: iv, 143pp, [1]. Complete. Size: 24.5cm by 15.2cm.

1946 reprint of 1945. HMSO. Soft covers. Book - Good.

1st thus softback with stiff wrappers Very Good tall octavo 143pp., appends.,

Original Wraps. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First UK Edition. Some fading. Small chip to top of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. 182 pp. Original brown wraps w/ light sunning to edges. Front cover with creases and edgewear. Contents nice.

Wraps. Condition: Good. First Printed Edition. vii, [1],182, [4] pages, and rear cover. Wraps. Footnotes. Appendices, Cover somewhat stained and scuffed, small creases. Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (May 1, 1898 - September 11, 1986) was an American physicist and diplomat. He played key roles in the development of nuclear energy, in the Manhattan Project, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency. During WWII he was a member of the National Defense Research Committee's Uranium Committee and a consultant on the Manhattan Project. He wrote the Manhattan Project's first public official history, which came to be known as the Smyth Report. Smyth advocated for a comprehensive report to be released to the public following the weapon's use. Vannevar Bush, who oversaw the NDRC, agreed, and selected Smyth to write the report on the recommendation of James Conant. Groves granted Smyth unlimited access, waiving his insistence on compartmentalization. First printed edition (preceded only by typed and mimeographed editions). The report was released to the public on August 12, 1945, just days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9. Smyth was commissioned to write the report by Major General Leslie R. Groves, Jr., the director of the Manhattan Project. The Smyth Report was the first official account of the development of the atomic bombs and the basic physical processes behind them. It also served as an indication as to what information was declassified; anything in the Smyth Report could be discussed openly. For this reason, the Smyth Report focused heavily on information, such as basic nuclear physics, which was either already widely known in the scientific community or easily deducible by a competent scientist, and omitted details about chemistry, metallurgy, and ordnance. The Smyth Report was on The New York Times best-seller list from mid-October 1945 until January 1946 and was translated into 40+ languages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. 182 pp. Original brown wraps w/ light sunning to edges. Previous owner's names to top edge of front cover. Light dusting to edges of text block. Contents nice.

IV, 143pp. Orig. printed wrappers. First British edition. - PMM 422e. - Wrappers somewhat browned along the edges. Name on title-page. Else a very good copy.

paperback. 8vo, original printed wrappers. London, 1945. BOUND WITH: Atomic Energy Act, 1946. 9 & 10 Geo. 6. Ch. stapled. (London, 1946.) AND WITH : U.N. Scientific & Technical Aspects of the Control of Atomic Energy. 8vo, original wrappers. Lake Succes, N.Y., 1946. AND WITH: (U.S. Gov't) Radar. A Report on Science at War. 8vo, original printed wrappers. London, 1945. 4 works string-bound together under one modern paper wrapper. An important collection of official documents, including a reprint of the famous Smyth Report. The report on "Radar" is especially interesting today for containing a sketch of the early history of radar and of wartime radar development in the U.S. The list of authors who collaborated in its preparation includes Frederic Jolliot-Curie of France, Sir George Paget Thomson of the United Kingdom, J. Robert Oppenheimer of the United States among other leading scientists.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 182pp. Printed brown wrappers. One page corner creased, a little foxing in the text, else near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Foreword by Major General L. R. Groves. vii, 182 pages. Creasing to cover at top of spine. Small chip at base of front cover. Size: 230mm Tall, 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printed edition Preceded by the very rare lithoprint edition. Octavo. 182 pp. Publisher's printed beige cardboard wrappers. Previous owner's name and address at top margin of front wrapper (neat and legible). A very good copy. Published on August 12, 1945, only six days after Hiroshima, the remarkably full and candid account of the development work carried out between 1940 and 1945 by the American-directed but internationally recruited team of physicists, under the code name of 'Manhattan District,' which culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb. Professor Henry DeWolf Smyth of Princeton, a consultant to the 'Manhattan District' project at Los Alamos, whose commandant General L.R. Groves provided the foreword, 'The Smyth Report,' as it is familiarly known, was published at one dollar by the U.S. Superintendent of Documents. [It was preceded by a preliminary mimeographed version prepared for press use.] Earle E. Coleman, "The Smyth Report: A Descriptive Check List," Princeton University Library Chronicle 37/3 (Spring 1976); 204-218, nos. 5, 4. Printing and the Mind of Man 422e.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE SMYTH REPORT ON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (AUG 1945). The Smyth report contained a full account of the development work carried out between 1940 and 1945 by the Manhattan Project, which culminated in the production of the first atomic bomb. The printed version of the "Smyth Report" was preceded by an advance lithoprint issue, of which 1000 copies were printed, and a secret mimeographed issue of which no copies except for Smyth's master copy remain extant. Coleman, "The 'Smyth Report': A descriptive checklist," Princeton University Library Chronicle 37 (1976), pp. 204-218. Smyth, "The 'Smyth Report,'" Princeton University Library Chronicle 37 (1976), pp. 173-189. BOOK DETAILS AND CONDITION: 8vo (5 7/8 X 9 inches)- First public printing, first issue (1945 date on Colophon as required) printed light brown thick paper wraps with slight stain on front wrap. Hand-written title information on spine. At end two folding figures (no photos); vii (front wrapper serves as pp i-ii), 182 pp, near fine. Professor Greg Girolami (personal communication) notes that there appear to be two issues: the present copy and the other one both have 1945-663817 at the bottom of the final page of text. The present copy has Dor sale by the Superintendent of Documents/Washington 25, D.C. at the bottom of the printed cover. The present copy my actually be the second issue since Giralomi notes that Smyth s personal copy lacks this For sale information at the bottom of the printed cover and is probably the first issue.

Condition: About fine. First edtion for public distribution, following advance coy printed for press review. 15 x 23 mm (6 x 9 inches); viii, 183 pages. Printed wraps. Owner's inscription in pencil on front wrap, and again on first blank. Shelf mark on spine. Else crisp, tight, unread copy in near fine condition. Provenance: Dr. Lawrence Norton Morscher (1910-1992). The first public account of the Manhattan Project, which commissioned a stellar collection of scientists and engineers under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer to produce an atomic weapon during the Second World War.