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WALSH, John W.T.
The Elementary Principles of Lighting & Photometry.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1923..
8vo. pp. xvi, 220, 8(ads). 85 text diagrams by F.G.H.Lewis. biblio. cloth (small library stamp on front flyleaf). Presentation Copy rubberstamp on title. First Edition.
$100 USD Book Number: elala4242 Order / Enquire

WALTON, Thomas H.
Coal Mining Described And Illustrated.
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co. & London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885..
folio. pp. xv, 175. with half-title. 24 lithographed plates & some wood-engraved text illus. A partly unopened copy in original blind-stamped & gilt-lettered cloth (slight wear to spine ends). First Edition.
$450 USD Book Number: elala4243 Order / Enquire

WARD, Mrs. [F. Marshall].
The Microscope.
London: Groombridge & Sons, [c1880]..
8vo. pp. vi, 154. 8 chromolithographed plates. numerous wood-engraved text illus. A nice copy in original black, gilt & blind-stamped cloth, gilt edges (light wear to extremities).
$175 USD Book Number: elala2138 Order / Enquire

WARNES, Arthur R.
Coal Tar And Some Of Its Products.Second Edition. [At Head of Title: Pitman's Common Commodities And Industries].
London.: Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., nd..
12mo. pp. xxii, 106 + 32(ads). with half-title. frontis., 2 tipped-in folding charts & 15 text illus. (most full-page). original cloth.
$50 USD Book Number: SRNalWAR30 Order / Enquire

WARRINGTON, C.J.S. & R.V.V.NICHOLLS.
A History of Chemistry in Canada.
Toronto: Sir Isaac Pitman And Sons (Canada) Limited, 1949..
8vo. pp. x, 502. frontis., 6 double-sided plates, & numerous text illus. (incl. 5 full-page maps). cloth (institutional rubberstamp on front flyleaf, scattered pen markings). Presentation book label from Canadian Industries Limited. First Edition.
$45 USD Book Number: elala4430 Order / Enquire

WATSON, R[ichard] [1737-1816].
Chemical Essays.
Cambridge: Printed by J.Archdeacon, Printer to the University; For T. & J.Merrill. [Vol. V: London: Printed for T.Evans], 17.
5 Volumes. small 8vo. 1 folding table. contemporary quarter calf (rubbed, several joints cracked, spine of Vol. I split, several headpieces chipped). in 2 modern cloth & paper boxes. First Editions of all five volumes: scarce thus. By his own admission, Watson knew nothing of the subject when he was first elected professor of chemistry at Cambridge on the death of John Hadley in 1764. After fourteen months' immersion, he began his lectures, and over the course of the years, he made sound and significant contributions to the science. This is his best know work, containing many notable essays, among them 'Experiments and Observations on various Phenomena attending the Solution of Salts', which won him admission into the Royal Society, his paper on his discovery of the black-bulb thermometer, 'On the Degrees of Heat at which Water Boils', describing an experiment which has since become classical; 'On Pit-coal', suggesting the condensing of the volatile products from coke-ovens, an operation which became of great industrial importance, 'Of the Composition and Analysis of Gunpowder' - his advice to the government in 1787 on the improvement of gunpowder resulted in a saving of 100,000 pounds a year; 'Of the Saltness and Temperature of the Sea', a perceptive contribution to early marine science, &c. cfDuveen p. 610. cfSotheran 15466.
$1199 USD Book Number: elala1589 Order / Enquire

WATSON, Sir William [1715-1787].
Experiments And Observations Tending To Illustrate The Nature And Properties Of Electricity. In one Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; President, and Two to the Royal Society.
London: Printed for C.Davis, 1746..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., viii, 3-59. interleaved throughout. a few old ms. corrections in the text. modern bds. (small wormholes through upper blank margin, edges of first leaves chipped). First Edition. An important work by one of the most distinguished figures of this period in the history of electricity, who was described by Priestley as "the most interested and active person in the kingdom in everything relating to [the subject]". Watson, British physician and naturalist, contributed to the 'Philosophical Transactions' during the course of his lifetime more than fifty-eight original papers on electricity, natural history and medicine, many of which are of considerable importance. In 1745 he was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for his electrical research. Watson was the first to observe the flash of light from the discharge of a Leyden jar, as well as providing the first demonstration of the passage of electricity through a vacuum, and the plus and minus of electricity. The present work contains Watson's first papers on electricity, originally communicated to the Royal Society in 1745 and 1746, including accounts of his experiments relating to the ignition of warm spirits by electrical sparks, and his discovery that although ice as well as water is an 'electric' or 'non-conductor', moist air conducts, thereby explaining the failure of electrical experiments in wet weather. Sotheran 15472. cfWheeler Gift Cat. 333 (3rd Edn.: 1746).
$899 USD Book Number: elala1590 Order / Enquire

WATTS, Henry C.
The Design Of Screw Propellers With Special Reference To Their Adaptation For Aircraft.
London...: Longmans, Green And Co., 1920..
8vo. pp. xi, [1 leaf], 340. 8 plates. numerous text figures. cloth (discoloured, extremities frayed, head of spine cellotaped, institutional rubberstamps on front flyleaf & title). First Edition.
$100 USD Book Number: elala4432 Order / Enquire

WEBER, Carl Otto.
The Chemistry Of India Rubber, Including The Outlines Of A Theory On Vulcanisation.
London: Charles Griffin And Company, Limited, 1912..
8vo. pp. x, [1 leaf], 314. tipped-in publisher's notice. 3 plates (1 double-sided). several text illus. cloth. Fourth Impression.
$100 USD Book Number: elala4244 Order / Enquire

WEISMANN, August [Friedrich Leopold] [1834-1914].
Studies In The Theory Of Descent.With Notes And Additions By The Author Translated And Edited, With Notes, By Raphael Meldola.With A Prefatory Notice By Charles Darwin.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxxvi, 400; 1 p.l., [401]-729, [1]errata. lacking half-titles. 8 chromolithographed plates. original black-stamped & gilt-lettered cloth (extremities & joints bit rubbed & frayed, 1 gathering sprung, errata crossed out & all corrections entered in ms. by former owner). small book label on title of F.J.Cole. First Edition of the English Translation by Raphael Meldola, with preface by Charles Darwin & a new Engish preface by Weismann (first published in German at Leipzig in 1875-76). [The German zoologist's] most influential contribution to biological thought was his theory of the continuity of the germ plasm, an explanation of heredity and development. He maintained that the germ plasm, the substance of heredity, was transmitted from generation to generation, distinguishing it from the somatoplasm; he also was foremost in his day in denying that acquired characters were inherited. Keeping abreast of current researches on the cell and the growing understanding of the role of the nucleus and the chromosomes in inheritance, Weismann modified the theory of germinal continuity. Cytology repeatedly confirmed the phenomena the existence of which he had presumed with theoretical considerations. He was a strong defender of Darwin's theory of evolution and a leader among Neo-Darwinists arguing for the sufficiency of natural selection.[In the present work he] treated the seasonal dimorphism of butterflies and questions of evolution and heredity.[and] proceeded to construct his own theory of heredity rather than accept Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis.he decided that acquired characters could not be inherited, for to become inheritable, changes would have to affect the germ plasm itself.". (DSB) Freeman 3932.
$769 USD Book Number: SISudWEI24 Order / Enquire

WEST, Thomas D.
American Foundry Practice. Treating Of Loam, Dry Sand and Green Sand Moulding, And Containing A Practical Treatise Upon The Management Of Cupolas And The Melting Of Iron...
London: E. & F.N.Spon, 1883..
2mo. pp. vii, 391 + [16]ads. with half-title. numerous text illus. (many full-page). original cloth (spine ends chipped). Second Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: elala4245 Order / Enquire

WEYMOUTH, F. Marten.
Drum Armatures And Commutators (Theory And Practice). Complete Treatise On The Theory And Construction Of Drum Winding, And Of Commutators For Closed-Coil Armatures...
London: "The Electrician" Printing And Publishing Company Limited, [c1893]..
8vo. pp. xiii, 294, [1 leaf] + [32]ads. numerous text illus. original cloth. First Edition.
$100 USD Book Number: elala4246 Order / Enquire

WHEWELL, Rev. William [1794-1866].
Astronomy And General Physics Considered With Reference To Natural Theology.
London: William Pickering, 1834..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xv, 381, [1]. lacking half-title. contemporary half calf (rubbed, library stamp on title). Second Edition. One of a series of eight works on the power, wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the creation, known as the 'Bridgewater Treatises'. They were written at the request of the trustees of Francis Henry Egerton, eighth and final Earl of Bridgewater [1756-1829], in accordance with the provisions of his will.
$225 USD Book Number: elala3029 Order / Enquire

WHITE, Benjamin.
Silver Its History And Romance.
London...: Hodder And Stoughton, 1917..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xxv, 320. 59 plates cloth (repaired tear at head of spine, institutional bookplate & institutional rubberstamp on front flyleaf). First Edition. Including chapters on silver mining in Europe, Mexico, Central and South America, the United States, Canada and Australasia, assaying, refining, silver manufactures, silver plate, mints, the London silver market, silver coinage, currency in India, China and Japan, bimetallism, &c.
$100 USD Book Number: elala4247 Order / Enquire

WHITE, W.C. & P.M.MILLMAN.
An Ancient Chinese Sun-Dial. (Communications From The David Dunlap Observatory University of Toronto No. 3).
[Toronto:] Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1938..
8vo. pp. 417-430. 3 plates. 8 text illus. wrs. Fine copy. Reprinted from the Journal of the RASC.
$75 USD Book Number: dola796 Order / Enquire

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