J W John William Griffith (49 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Second printing of the first edition (per publisher's single reprint statement upon copyright page). viii, 366, [3] pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 13cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Light blue cloth lightly soiled; white spine lettering rubbed; front board decorated with partially color-flaked vignette but with white stamped lettering still bright; mild wear at spine ends with stronger wear along bottom edges of boards. Top edge gilt; foxing along fore-edge. Past owner's name in ink at center of front free endpaper; slight splitting evident at rear hinge. Frontispiece with tissue guard and five b/w plates all illustrated by William J. Aylward. Three pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Some foxing to plates but minimal foxing on interior leaves. A very good- copy.

Condition: New. In.

Fourth Edition. Crudely bound in fine ribbed modern cloth. Slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Dover Public Library with the owner's bookplate and library marks. Series; Bohn's standard library. Physical description; vol. I (only): 518 pages ; 1 portrait (including frontispiece) ; 19 cm. Subjects; Inventions History. Science history. Inventions. Inventions History. Trades and industries History. Discoveries in science History. Technological innovations. Material culture. Inventions History. Discoveries in science History. Inventions. Science Technology History. 3 Kg.

Fourth Edition. Crudely bound in fine ribbed modern cloth. Slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Dover Public Library with the owner's bookplate and library marks. Series; Bohn's standard library. Physical description; vol. I (only): 518 pages ; 1 portrait (including frontispiece) ; 19 cm. Subjects; Inventions History. Science history. Inventions. Inventions History. Trades and industries History. Discoveries in science History. Technological innovations. Material culture. Inventions History. Discoveries in science History. Inventions. Science Technology History. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 48 pp., Soft Covers, Very Good. Illustrated. With Compliments dedication plate present.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope' by John William Griffith is a comprehensive guide to the world of microscopy. This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the historical techniques and principles of using the microscope as a vital scientific instrument. Delve into the intricacies of specimen preparation and mounting, essential skills for anyone interested in exploring the microscopic world. Perfect for students and enthusiasts alike, this volume provides a foundational understanding of the scientific method as it applies to microscopy. Discover detailed descriptions of various techniques and methods used in the study of microscopic objects. Explore the historical context of microscopy and gain insight into the evolution of scientific research and methodology through this classic text. A valuable resource for anyone curious about the art and science of microscopy.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope' by John William Griffith is a comprehensive guide to the world of microscopy. This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the historical techniques and principles of using the microscope as a vital scientific instrument. Delve into the intricacies of specimen preparation and mounting, essential skills for anyone interested in exploring the microscopic world. Perfect for students and enthusiasts alike, this volume provides a foundational understanding of the scientific method as it applies to microscopy. Discover detailed descriptions of various techniques and methods used in the study of microscopic objects. Explore the historical context of microscopy and gain insight into the evolution of scientific research and methodology through this classic text. A valuable resource for anyone curious about the art and science of microscopy.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spines faded, corners rubbed with minimal loss, front joint of fourth volume beginning to split. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1911 Half-Leather. Complete in four volumes. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles, marbled boards and endpapers, photographic and engraved frontispieces and plates. A detailed account of the history of New York State covering the governorships of Grover Cleveland through Charles E. Hughes (1882-1910), with profiles of each administration, accounts of the various officers, government departments, and commissions, and chapters on each county. Includes chapters on Theodore Roosevelt's administration, and on the origin and construction of the barge canals. Lists of New York State Assembly members and state senators from 1883 to 1911 follows text.

First edition - second state, first printing (per Macmillan's single printing statement upon copyright page). viii, 366, [3] pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 13.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Light blue cloth lightly soiled and rubbed; scuffing/bumping at spine ends and board corners with some fraying at spine heel as well; some flaking to front board's color stamped vignette but with white lettering to spine and front board still bright. Top edge gilt; light toning to fore-edge. Ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper; slight bumping to leaf corners; some chipping to top corner of pages 299-300; light interior foxing/toning mostly occurring to plates and their adjacent pages. With paged b/w frontispiece (with tissue guard) and five unpaged b/w plates all present as called for and all illustrated by William J. Aylward. Glue reinforcement to shaken rear hinge and its surface paper but otherwise binding is firm. Three pages of publisher's advertisements at rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DUNCANNON Lord. SANDBY P.MARLOW. WHEATLEYF. BEILBY W. GRIFFITH M. INGLEBY J. SANDBY T. etc (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG+, 3 volumes as one, 1st eds, 64 pls, 1787, 94 & 92 In oblong contemporary dark green straight grained morocco gilt, with the gilt cipher ''XS'' surmounted by a crown at the head of the spine, a.e.g., Internally, bound without the half title, engraved tp (Seats of the Nobility and Gentry), followed by 40 pls (B&W & dated 1786-1795) each with a leaf of descriptive text. Bound With: Select Views in the Cities of Bath and Bristol, tp, followed by 12 pls (B&W, dated 1794), lacks all the descriptive text leaves. Bound With: Collection of Views of Gentlemen's Seats, 1792, John and Josiah Boydell, [2] titlepage, 7 leaves of descriptive text, 12 pls (B&W, dated 1792). Gilt tooling to board edges, & turn-ins, library letter Z6 to fpd, crease to ffep leaf, some light foxing and offsetting. With sixty-four engraved plates, most with accompanying descriptive letterpress. Good early impressions of a fine collection of plates, complete as they stand. The three volumes would appear to have been bound up very soon after they were issued and so do not incorporate any plates published subsequently. 'In little estimation except the impressions be good' - Lowndes. The Angus contains 40 plates only of 63, although the remaining plates would appear to have been issued subsequently to 1787. Watts' Bath and Bristol contains 12 plates, of Bath only, dated 1794 although Abbey's copy was a later issue calling for 15 plates with the date 1819. The descriptive letter press is absent. Griffith's Wales also contains 12 plates, (dated 1792) without the 4 plates issued subsequently in 1795. (192*266 mm). (ESTC T145837. N28006). A detailed visual record of Georgian country houses and designed landscapes, many of which were later altered or demolished!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. volumes 1 and 2 only. half-leather covers show minor wear, rubbing. pages tanned and clean. bookplates on front pastedown.

4th edition. Finely bound in aniline calf over buckram boards. Raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes bound in 1; 829 pages, 53 plates; 22 cm. Contents: v. 1. Text .-- v. 2. Plates. Subjects: Microscopy; Natural history; Dictionaries; Life Sciences; Biology; 19th Century Science. 3 Kg.

4th edition. Finely bound in aniline calf over buckram boards. Raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes bound in 1; 829 pages, 53 plates; 22 cm. Contents: v. 1. Text .-- v. 2. Plates. Subjects: Microscopy; Natural history; Dictionaries; Life Sciences; Biology; 19th Century Science. 1 Kg.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. 12mo. Original blind stamped black cloth. xxiii, 518; xii, 548. Frontis portrait to each volume. Slight bowing to boards, bumping to corners. Cloth is faded, spines sunned, some rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked but holding firmly. Ownership inscription to head of title page of vol. I. Portraits a bit foxed, otherwise a fine set.

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Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 206. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1875 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume c.1 2 Language: English Pages: 206 Volume c.1 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th ed., carefully revised and enlarged by William Francis . and J.W. Griffith .; 2 v. 2 port. (incl. front.) 19 cm. ; Series: Bohn's standard library ; LCCN: 05-33752 ; LC: T15; Dewey: 608.9 ; OCLC: 564976 ; Tr. from the German, by William Johnston. ; German edition published 1783-1805 with title: Beyträge zur geschichte der erfindungen. ; "Although the plan of this new edition of Beckmann's ' History of Inventions and Discoveries' was to confine it to the subjects treated of in the original work, yet we feel it imperative to make an exception in favour of the Steam-Engine, the most important of all modern inventions. " ; Contents: Vol.1 -- Italian Bookkeeping -- Refining Gold and Silver Ore by Quicksilver -- Canary Bird -- Secret Poison -- Wooden Bellows -- Waterclocks Clepsydras -- Ananas Pineapple -- Coloured Glass Artificial Gems -- Collections of Natural Curiosities -- Chimneys -- Hungary Water -- Apothecaries -- Clocks and Watches -- Quarantine -- Paperhangings -- Kermes Cochineal -- Sealingwax -- Verdigris or Spanish Green -- Alum -- Falconry -- Turf -- Artichoke -- Sawmills -- Stamped Paper -- Adulteration of Wine -- Artificial Pearls -- Paving of Streets -- Writingpens -- Wiredrawing -- Buckwheat -- Saddles -- Horseshoes -- Floating of Wood -- Lace -- Cobalt Zaffer Smalt -- Turkeys -- Butter -- Aurum Fulminans -- Vol 2 -- The Steam-Engine, and Discoveries of James Watt -- Lending and Pawnbroking -- Chemical Names of Metals -- Zinc -- Carp -- Camp-mills -- Mirrors -- Glass-cutting. Etching on Glass -- Soap -- Madder -- Jugglers, Rope-dancers, Automata -- Artificial Ice. Cooling Liquors -- Hydrometer -- Lighting of Streets -- Night-watch -- Plant-skeletons -- Bills of Exchange -- Tin. Tinning -- Sowing-machines -- Manganese -- Prince Rupert's Drops. Lacrymae Vitreae -- Fire-engines -- Indigo -- Vanes. Weathercocks -- Gilding -- Fur Dresses -- Steel -- Stamping-works -- Kitchen Vegetables -- Knitting Nets and Stockings. Stocking-Loom -- Hops -- Black Lead -- Sal-Ammoniac -- Forks -- Lottery. Tontine -- Bologna Stone -- Foundling Hospitals -- Orphan Houses -- Infirmaries. Hospitals for Invalids. Field Lazarettos -- Cock-fighting -- Saltpetre. Gunpowder. Aquafortis -- Book-censors -- Exclusive Privilege for Printing Books -- Catalogues of Books -- Ribbon-Loom -- Guns. Gun-Locks; foxing, else VG/VG. Book.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1871 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 52 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 52 Volume 1.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1871 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 50 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 50 Volume 2.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1857 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 40 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.