Medicine, Science, Topography & Travel, and Natural History
Sale held on
Thursday 24th April 2008
Auction Results
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Print a Summary Sheet 1. [Andry de Boisregard (Nicolas)]Lettre a l’auteuer de l’article … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
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2. Chain (Ernst Boris)Penicillin as a Chemotherapeutic Agent … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£100
3. Fantonus (Joannes, Professor of Anatomy at … Opuscula Medica et Physiologica, title … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
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4. Gray (Henry)Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical, first … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£460
5. Harvey (William)Exercitationes de Generatione Animalium … (details)
estimate: £1200 – £1800
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6. Helvetius (Claude Adrien)De l’Esprit: or, Essays on the Mind … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
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7. Hopkins (Frederick Gowland)Feeding Experiments Illustrating the … (details)
estimate: £400 – £500
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8. Howard (Robert)A Treatise on Salt...its tendency to cause … (details)
estimate: £80 – £120
£10
9. Hunauld (Pierre, physician and professor … Dissertation sur les Vapeurs et les Pertes de … (details)
estimate: £80 – £120
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10. Inoculation.- Burges (James)An Account of the Preparation and … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£180
11. James (R.)A Treatise on Canine Madness, first … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£400
12. Morton (William J.) and Edwin W.Hammer.The X Ray or Photography of the Invisible … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£140
13. Pomet (Pierre)A Complete History of Drugs, fourth edition … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£400
14. Ruysch (Frederik)Opera Omnia Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgica, vol … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
£800
15. Sanctorius (Sanctorius)De medicina statica, half-title, woodcut … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
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16. Spratt (G.)Obstetric Tables, 2 vol. (including … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
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17. Vesalius (Andreas)Icones Anatomicae, one of 615 copies … (details)
estimate: £1800 – £2200
£1600
18. Willis (Thomas)Pathologiæ cerebri, et Nervosi … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
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19. Adams (John Couch)The Scientific Papers, 2 vol., portrait … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£130
20. Airy (George Biddell)A small collection of offprints and extracts … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
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21. Annales de Chimie [-Annales de Chimie et de … (details)
estimate: £8000 – £12000
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22. Babbage (Charles)On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£340
23. Babbage (Charles), Luigi Federico Menabrea … History of Mr. Babbage’s Calculating … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
£19000
24. Barnes (Franklin George)Protective Means for Ships against Mines … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
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25. Bohr (Niels)Determination of the Surface-Tension of Water … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£200
26. Bohr (Niels)On the Quantum Theory of Line-Spectra, 3 … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
£1800
27. Bonnycastle (John)An Introduction to Algebra, fourteenth … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£190
28. [Book of Secrets].Neueröffneter Schauplatz Geheimer … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£420
29. Burton ( Capt. Richard Francis)Fire-Arms and Projectiles, Provisional … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£500
30. Carnot (Nicolas Leonard Sadi)Réflexions sur la Puissance Motrice du … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£15
31. Cauchy (Augustin-Louis)Memoire sur la theorie de la lumiere … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
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32. Cavallo (Tiberius)A Treatise on the Nature and Properties of … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£250
33. [Costard (George)]A Letter to Martin Folkes...Concerning the … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
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34. Davy ( Sir Humphry)The Bakerian Lecture, on some new Phenomena … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
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35. ENIAC.- Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation.Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
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36. Einstein (Albert)Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
£1600
37. Einstein (Albert)Folgerungen aus den … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£600
38. Einstein (Albert)Über eine Methode zur Bestimmung des … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
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39. Einstein (Albert)Die Plancksche Theorie der Strahlung und … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
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40. Einstein (Albert)Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
£5400
41. Einstein (Albert), Hendrick Antoon Lorentz … Das Relativitätsprinzip, first … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£200
42. Einstein (Albert)Äther und Relativitäts-Theorie … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
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43. Einstein (Albert)Geometrie und Erfahrung, first separate … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
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44. Einstein (Albert)Zur Theorie der Lichtfortpflanzung in … (details)
estimate: £1800 – £2200
£1500
45. Einstein (Albert)Vier Vorlesungen ueber … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£100
46. Einstein (Albert)Einheitliche Feldtheorie von Gravitation … (details)
estimate: £500 – £600
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47. Einstein (Albert)Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie und … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£120
48. Einstein (Albert) and Leo Szilard.Improvements relating to Refrigerating … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
£1500
49. Einstein (Albert).- Weil (E.)Albert Einstein, A Bibliography of his … (details)
estimate: £1200 – £1800
£1300
50. Euclid.Elementorum Libri XIV...a Federico Commandino … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£1100
51. Euclid.Euclide’s Elements; The Whole Fifteen … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£300
52. Finé (Oronce)De re & praxi geometrica..., title … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£650
53. Fulton (Robert)A Treatise on the improvement of Canal … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£900
54. Gauss (Carl Friedrich)Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium, first … (details)
estimate: £800 – £1000
£1200
55. Goddard (Robert H.)Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£400
56. Herschel (J.F.W.)10 extracts, from Philosophical … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
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57. Herschel (William)20 extracts, from Philosophical … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£320
58. Hertz (Heinrich)Ueber sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
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59. Hollerith (Herman)Improvements in the Methods of and … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
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60. Kircher (Athanasius)Magnes sive de Arte Magnetica, second … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£580
61. Lacroix (Sylvestre François)Traité Elementaire de Calcul … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
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62. Lacroix (Sylvestre François)Traité Élémentaire de … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
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63. Lorentz (Hendrik Antoon)Das Relativitätsprinzip, first … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£50
64. Lorenz (Ludwig Valentin)Ueber der Identität der … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
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65. [Macquer (Pierre Joseph)]A Dictionary of Chemistry, translated and … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
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66. Medina (Pedro de)L’Art de Naviguer...Traduict de … (details)
estimate: £800 – £1200
£850
67. Ozanam (Jacques)Recreations in Mathematics and Natural … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£500
68. Pascal (Blaise)Oeuvres, 5 vol., engraved portrait … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
£650
69. Pasteur (Louis)Mémoire sur la Fermentation … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
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70. Philosophical Magazine (The) and Annals of … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
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71. Priestley (Joseph)The History and Present State of … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£650
72. Ramsden (Jesse)Astronomical Equatorial Instrument, Patent … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
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73. Röntgen (Wilhelm Conrad)Ueber Töne, welche durch intermittirende … (details)
estimate: £500 – £600
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74. Röntgen (Wilhelm Conrad)Eine Neue Art von Strahlen, second … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
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75. Rutherford (E.)Radio-Activity, first edition , 4pp … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
£190
76. Strauss (Levi) and Jacob W.Davis.Pocket Fastening, Complete Patent … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£400
77. Television.- Baird (John Logie)A System of Transmitting Views, Portraits … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
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78. -. Valensi (Georges)Improvements on or relating to Television … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
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79. -. Zworykin (Vladimir Kosma).- Westinghouse … Improvements in optical systems for the … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
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80. Turing (Alan).- National Research Development … Acoustic Delay Lines, Complete Patent … (details)
estimate: £8000 – £10000
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81. Wallis (Barnes Neville)Improvements in Explosive Missiles and … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
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82. Wells (Edward)The Young Gentleman's Astronomy … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£140
83. Wells (H.G.).- Leeming (James Arthur)Improvements in and Relating to Ropeways … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£460
84. Buckland ( Rev. William)Geology and Mineralogy, 2 vol., 88 … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£110
85. Englefield ( Sir Henry Charles)A Description of the Principal Picturesque … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£440
86. Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthelemi)Voyage en Angleterre, en Écosse et aux … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£180
87. Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthelemi)Voyage en Angleterre, en Écosse et aux … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£110
88. Griffith (Richard)Geological and Mining Surveys of the Coal … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£220
89. Hennah ( Rev. Richard)A Succint Account of the Lime Rocks of … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£260
90. Martin (William)Petrificata Derbiensia; or, Figures and … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£750
91. Maton (William George)Observations Relative Chiefly to the … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£150
92. Parkinson (James)Organic Remains of a Former World., An … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£140
93. Parkinson (James)Organic Remains of a Former World., An … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
£600
94. Parkinson (James)Outlines of Oryctology. An Introduction to … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£50
95. Phillips (John)Geological Map of the British Isles engraved … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£140
96. Plot (Robert)The Natural History of Stafford-Shire … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
£950
97. Smith (William)Observations on the Utility, Form and … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£1000
98. Sowerby (James)British Mineralogy, vol.1 only (of 5 … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£440
99. Townsend ( Rev. Joseph)The Character of Moses Established for … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£600
100. Whitehurst (John)The Works, engraved portrait frontispiece … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£220