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Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-library, very good otherwise. 281 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Full Title: "PLANT NAMES SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR, INCLUDING IN THE CASE OF EACH PLANT THE CORRECT BOTANICAL NAME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFORMED NOMENCLATURE, TOGETHER WITH BOTANICAL AND POPULAR SYNONYMS AND VERNACULAR GERMAN, FRENCH AND SPANISH NAMES. THE LIST COMPRISES ALL IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH THEIR PHARMA-COPOEIAL NAMES, THE PRINCIPAL FOOD PLANTS OF THE WORLD AND ALL OTHERS OF ANY ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, GIVING ESPECIAL PROMINENCE TO THOSE WHICH ARE INDIGENOUS IN THE UNITED STATES. COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES BY A. B. LYONS, M. D." This botanical reference work gathers scientific and popular plant names into a single, authoritative source. It emphasizes standardized botanical nomenclature, includes synonyms across multiple languages, and focuses on economically important plants - from global food crops to pharmacopeial species. Published in Detroit in 1900, it positions itself as a comprehensive guide for practical and commercial plant identification. Hard cover edition without dustjacket. 469 pages. Dimensions: 5.25" by 8". Published by Nelson, Baker & Co., Publishers, Detroit. 1st printing, 1900. Brown binding. Cover defect(s): Some scratches/scuffing. Moderate corner/edge damage. Page defect(s): Some writing. 2 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Science / Reference / Flora / English. (B102).

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Taylor and Hoyt's Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | Christopher J. Lyons (u. a.) | Buch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2022 | Elsevier LTD | EAN 9780702082986 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket in mylar. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A pantheon of computing pioneers and firms each a thread in the tapestry of early data processing, tabulation, and computing history. Bit of timeline timeline that traces their contributions, with emphasis on patents, machines, and institutional lineage grouped by era and innovation type for clarity. Herman Hollerith Patented the punched card tabulator (1889); founded Tabulating Machine Co., precursor to IBM1 Brunsviga German firm producing mechanical calculators; licensed Odhner s pinwheel design. Monroe U.S. calculator company; known for rotary calculators and tabulators. Felt & Tarrant Makers of the Comptometer, a key mechanical calculator. 2. 1930s 1950s: Electromechanical & Early Electronic Computing Tommy Flowers Designed Colossus (1943), the first programmable electronic computer. Freddie Williams & Tom Kilburn Developed the Williams-Kilburn tube (1947), early digital memory. British Tabulating Machine Co. Built Colossus under Flowers; later merged into ICT. Ferranti Produced the Mark I (1951), first commercial computer in the UK. Henry Babbage Built a working portion of his father s Analytical Engine in the late 1800s. 3. 1950s 1970s: Commercialization & Corporate Expansion IBM Dominated punched card systems; introduced the IBM 701 (1952) and System/360 (1964). Burroughs Known for business computers and banking systems; later merged into Unisys. Honeywell Entered computing via acquisition; part of the BUNCH group (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC, Honeywell). Eckert & Mauchly UNIVAC I; founded EMCC, later acquired by Remington Rand. Bendix Produced the G-15 (1956), a personal scientific computer. Booth (Andrew D.) Developed magnetic drum memory and early British computers. Compagnie des Machines Bull French firm; licensed Hollerith tech, developed Gamma 3 and Gamma 60. EMI (Electric and Musical Industries) Built the EMI Electronic Business Machine; also involved in radar and computing. Kienzle German firm known for time-recording and data processing machines. Olivetti Italian firm; developed the Programma 101 (1965), a precursor to personal computing. Philips Dutch electronics giant; contributed to European computing and microelectronics. Sperry Merged with Rand to form Sperry Rand; produced UNIVAC systems. IBM s history of the punched card tabulator offers rich detail on Hollerith s legacy. collection includes headings: Area meters planimeters and other apparatus the direct measurement of both superficies digital data storage apparatus mechanical digital electric calculating such circuits and apparatus receipts checking recording and registering sorting classifying and collating digital data words represented by electric signals apparatus for statistics apparatus for compiling segregating or sorting and tabulating form perforated profiled magnetised and other representations of data on cards sheets and tapes analogue electric calculating and evaluating systems digital electric calculating circuits and apparatus receipts checking recording and registering sorting classifying and collating digital data words represented by electric signals apparatus for First editions unbound and disbound. Possibly high carriage cost (12,000 items).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.