Description: Lot of three pieces from the Hodgkins Fund and the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Includes: #1034: Atmospheric Actinometry and the Acting Constitution of the Atmosphere - E. Duclaux - 1896. #1126: A Determination of the Ratio (x) of the Specific Heads at Constant Pressure and at Constant Volume for Air, Oxygen, Carbon-Dioxide, and Hydrogen - O. Lumber and E. Pringsheim - 1898. #1413: On the Absorption and Emission of Air and its Ingredients for Light of Wave-Lengths from 250 to 100 - Victor Schumann - 1903. As-is. Some chipping and wear to covers. All three text blocks either completely or nearly detached from covers. Text blocks themselves bound well with minor wear. Some pages uncut at top. Light markings and marginalia. Includes a small assortment of black-and-white illustrations. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce assortment of Smithsonian publications. Funded by a $200,000 bequest by Thomas George Hodgkins in 1891 to study atmospheric effects on human health. A great assortment for restoration. FORN-SHELF-529-BB-0824-aj2423
Price: 125 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-19T05:25:07.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Region: North America
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Topic: Science & Pyschology
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1898
