Hart Ivor Foreword Ernest Moody (2 results)

Illustrated p/back. Condition: Good-VG. 2nd rev. & enlarged, 1st-1925 UK. li+240, 136 text figs, 8 pp.plates ex-pagination; clean, tight & unmarked internally (bar faintest ghost of pencil price top fr. free endpaper), covers clean and minimally worn but sp.& adjacent strip of covers browning, v.sm.nick & rubbing bottom sp. of little consequence. Originally published by Chapman & Hall in London, 1925, this edition has an extensive 'Introduction to the Second Edition (pp.xvii-li) by the author, and was only issued in p/back format. Includes a trans. of Leonardo ms. 'On the Flight of Birds'. Size: 13.5 Cm x 20 Cm.

Hard Back / Library Binding. Condition: Good Clean Cond. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illus with b/w Drawings (illustrator). Hardback : hard cover edition / In good condition, some wear to edges, as normal for age. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Some very minor library marks in back of book. Gutter crack at title page. From wikipedia : Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics. Book.