The Special Theory of Relativity by Herbert Dingle (53 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 94 pages. Small book. Ex-university library marks, sunned spine and cover edges; a little discoloring; a solid book. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Nature; Inventory No: 220018.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Part of Metheun's Monographs on Physical Subjects. Scarce in DJ, which is price clipped. vii, 94 pp.

(1959). Reprint. Rear corners and upper spine edge lightly bumped, tiny stain to upper page edges, very mild spine slant, else near fine in blue cloth with silver lettering to front cover and spine; no dust jacket. Small octavo. 94 pages; figures, index. This book examines the effect of the relativity theory on the fundamental concepts of physics while presenting the theory as a mathematical formulation of relations first discovered in the world of experience.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Reprint. 17,5 cm VII, S. :. Hardcover. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Sehr Gut min. gebräunt (Innen); Einband (Außen) hat min. Gebrauchsspuren; Vorderdeckel hat eine Druckstelle; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Previous owner name. In blue boards.

reprint hardback in original cloth Very Good small octavo vii + 94pp., text ills., index, Methuen's Monographs on physical subjects.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Methuen's monographs on physical subjects. Spine slightly sunned, owner name to ffep, else VG Size: 12mo.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Small 8vo. in black printed yellow cloth covered boards, 94pp, index . [CONDITION: Covers very slightly foxed, small neat ink name on front paste-down end-paper else a well preserved VERY GOOD+ clean and tight unmarked copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second. 94pp, previous owners name on flyleaf otherwise unmarked, dustjacket is edgeworn and the spine is faded and discoloured.

Condition: New. pp. 47.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 94 pp., vi. Stated: "Reprinted 1952," following "First published November 10th, 1940"; "Second Edition May, 1946"; Third Edition May1950"; [in rear of book: "Reprinted by Lithography and Bound in Great Britain". Following the Preface, Contents divided into eight chapters: I. "Relativity and Physical Principles"; II. "The Experimental Basis"; III. "Relativity and Length"; IV. "Time"; V. "Velocity and Acceleration"; VI. "Mass, Energy and Force"; VII. "Electromagnetic Measurements"; VIII. "Transition to General Relativity"; Index, pp. 93-94. NO dustwrapper. Tan boards with sharp and distinct black lettering on front cover and spine; some nugatory offsetting along inner hinges; slight rubbing wear along spine edges near ends; spine SLIGHTLY darker tan than rest of tan boards (All lettering eminently bold); text pages uniformly, lightly age-toned: describes worse than it is, but there you have it. Binding strong (NO cracks); corners sharp (NO bumps or curls). Previous owner name and purchase date at top left ffep, with owner's pencil markings (NOT profuse, but occasional--easily erased, if buyer wishes to remove): "C.G. Smith / Jan.1, 1953". SEE Harvard University Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments: "Charles Grover Smith [1888-1969] studied mathematics and physics at Harvard after graduating from the University of Texas. At Harvard, he worked under Theodore Lyman in the spectroscopy of helium gas. His work resolved a controversy between astronomer Edward Pickering and quantum physicist Niels Bohr, and also implied practical uses for helium in discharge tubes. Due to this work, in 1919, Vannevar Bush hired him for the laboratory of the Amrad company, where he developed the gas rectifier known as the S-Tube in 1922. AmRad went out of business and American Appliance Co. (later Raytheon) was founded, also associated with Vannevar Bush. The company purchased Smith's patents and hired him to continue his development work resulting in the practical development of AC-DC rectifiers that permitted connecting radios to the electric grid. This gave the company a solid head start in the radio business, and it was renamed Raytheon." SEE "Amrad S-Tube" ['S' for Smith) "Vannevar Bush hired for the Amrad Laboratory Charles Grover Smith, who had studied mathematics and physics at Harvard after graduating from the University of Texas. Smith worked quietly in the lab with his rare gas mixtures and spectroscope, accumulating data among reports known among Amrad people as the "S" or "Smith" papers. . . ." \SEE Wikipedia entry for Vannevar Bush: "In 1924, Bush and [Laurence K.] Marshall teamed up with physicist Charles G. Smith, who had invented a voltage-regulator tube called the S-tube. The device enabled radios, which had previously required two different types of batteries, to operate from mains power. Marshall had raised $25,000 to set up the American Appliance Company on July 7, 1922, to build silent refrigerators, with Bush and Smith among its five directors, but changed course and renamed it the Raytheon Company, to make and market the S-tube. The venture made Bush wealthy, and Raytheon ultimately became a large electronics company and defense contractor." The way to read, or Collect, a significant book on the Special Theory, from the personal library of a distinguished figure in the history of radio, Raytheon, physics, electrical engineering, and applied science, nearly 70 years-old. Gift-giving quality or you need new friends.