J W Van Spronsen (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (NA)Heavily illustrated. Former owner's name.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Profusely illustrated. Former owner's name on top edge of cover.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0444407766.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable/Fair; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Covers are worn with moderately "bumped" edge-corners; Library stamps to the endpapers; There is wrinkling to a 2" x 1" section at the lower right corner of about half of the text pages; All text pages are clean and readable, and are otherwise unmarked; Good binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75" - 10.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Red cloth covers with title in gold lettering along spine; 1969, Elsevier Science Publishing; 383 pages; "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements. A History of the First Hundred Years," by J.W.Van Spronsen.…

26 cm. or softcover. 106 pp. many ills. "Mededeling No 141 uit het Rijksmuseum voor de geschiedenis der natuurwetenschappen te Leiden". -good. 777g.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, xv, 368 pp; 7 tables; 139 illus.; 22 photographs. Original cloth. Very Good, without dust jacket. 'I very warmly recommend J. W. van Spronsen's book to every chemist -not only to the chemist who is interested in the history' (E. Rancke-Madsen, 'The Periodic System of Chemical Elements. An Essay Review', Centaurus, Vol. 18 Issue 1, pp. 76-80). 'The classic predecessor of [Eric R. Scerri's] The Periodic Table is J. W. van Spronsen's 1969 book The Periodic System of Chemical Elements: A History of the First Hundred Years. The material covered is quite similar, but van Spronsen's account, much more iterative than Scerri's, provides more examples of the great diversity of periodic systems that have been constructed, particularly in the 20th century' (Seymour Mauskopf, 'Elemental Deductions', review of Scerri, The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance for American Scientist, Sept.-Oct. 2007). …

xv,368pp. roy.8vo. with brown dust jacket (wrinkled).