Thorne Baker T (42 results)

Hardcover. 209 pp - "In industry, air, cinema, crime, medicine, television, engineering, journalism" - Soiled d/j - G.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible- very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tight and sound Book is in good shape but does have some minor foxing on page edges Dust jacket has a few small tears to front cover, but none on back Clean white pages No inside markings or underlinings Please see our photo as some book sites use stock images.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" VG/G Pages clean, binding tight. Prior owners name/inscription inside front cover. DJ in brodart shows wear and chips. Three tears on back of DJ.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and soiled. Stapes rusted. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 72pp.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, few traces of use. L0840 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Second Edition. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards and spine uniformly sun-toned. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Minor library marks remain. Physical description: x, 208 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects: Spectrum analysis; Spectroscope. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards and spine uniformly sun-toned. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Minor library marks remain. Physical description: x, 208 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects: Spectrum analysis; Spectroscope. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. In good condition; hard rubbing top and bottom of spine; 1 1/2-in diagonal crease lower right corner, soft creasing top right corner; light to moderate soiling to wraps; heavy soiling outside edges of book; sectional looseness at gutter without harm to binding; tiny nick lower edge pages 321-5; soft diagonal crease lower corner pages 327-95; light toning to clean interior. Flexible cloth cover. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Faraday Society, Vol. XIX, Part 2, November 1923. Paginated from 241-405. 9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book measures 22x15cm, 208pp. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding with minor shelf wear, rubbed corners, spine and top edge sun damaged. Binding in good clean condition. Internally pages clean. A very good clean copy.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Wireless Pictures and Television' is a seminal exploration of the early technologies that enabled the transmission of images and moving pictures across distances without the use of physical wires. Written by T. Thorne Baker, a pioneer in the field of phototelegraphy, this work provides a comprehensive technical and historical overview of the transition from still-picture transmission to the birth of television.The book details the intricate mechanisms of the period, including the development of light-sensitive cells, the synchronization of transmitters and receivers, and the various mechanical scanning systems that preceded modern electronic displays. Baker examines the state of the art in the late 1920s, documenting the experiments and breakthroughs that made it possible to send news photographs across oceans and sparked the global race for a functional television system.This work remains a vital resource for those interested in the history of technology, media studies, and the engineering challenges overcome by early inventors. It serves as a fascinating window into a time when the concept of seeing at a distance was moving from the realm of science fiction into a tangible reality.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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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 - 'Wireless Pictures and Television' is a seminal exploration of the early technologies that enabled the transmission of images and moving pictures across distances without the use of physical wires. Written by T. Thorne Baker, a pioneer in the field of phototelegraphy, this work provides a comprehensive technical and historical overview of the transition from still-picture transmission to the birth of television.The book details the intricate mechanisms of the period, including the development of light-sensitive cells, the synchronization of transmitters and receivers, and the various mechanical scanning systems that preceded modern electronic displays. Baker examines the state of the art in the late 1920s, documenting the experiments and breakthroughs that made it possible to send news photographs across oceans and sparked the global race for a functional television system.This work remains a vital resource for those interested in the history of technology, media studies, and the engineering challenges overcome by early inventors. It serves as a fascinating window into a time when the concept of seeing at a distance was moving from the realm of science fiction into a tangible reality.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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. " A practical description of the telegraphy of pictures, photographs and visual images." The first readily-available book on the wired and wireless transmission and reception of pictures. Includes a comprehensive history and full details of scanning-disk apparatus. Shiers 840: "Historical background and references to the work of Swinton, Ruhmer, Mills, Ribbe, Andersen, Karolus, Schroter, Fournier d'Albe, Baird, and von Mihaly." x + 188pp, 99 illus. Spine cloth re-glued, otherwise a nice copy.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. T. Thorne Baker. "The Telegraphy of Photographs, Wireless and by Wire", in Nature, vol 84, no. 2129, 18 August 1910, pp 220-226 (with 12 figure illustrations and diagrams) in the issue of pp 197-228. This is the full weekly issue, extracted and disbound from a larger bound volume. There is an old certcial fold running through the issue. GOOD condition. This is an early work on what is basically known now as facsimiles, and is alsofor Nature, quite an extended article. Baker would publish a 146pp book in this year by about the same title, plus another edition (featuring much on the new Baird television system) in 1926.…

1907, London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, ppviii + 130 + 4, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, green cloth. Spine faded, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. cloth top of spine torn ex institution.

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: 108. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1906 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. Language: English Pages: 108.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 209pp. Illustrated. A little sunning and slight puckering on the cloth, very good in near very good dust jacket with shallow chipping and faint dampstaining on the rear panel. Scarce specially in jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Good condition. Ownership mark on the FEP. Some foxing on the end papers, some edge wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards, with gold lettering. Binding and textblock tight and clean and in good condition. Title page dated 1927. Copyright page undated (it was printed in the UK in the previous year). 188 pages. Illustrated with photos and diagrams. Bookplate on the inside cover from George Shiers, a noted electronic engineer and author. His business card tucked inside the book as well. More recently, Chris Sterling's name and date 21 Jan 90 on front endpaper. From the collection of Christopher Sterling, a professor, writer, and collector; he wrote extensively on communications; we are excited to have several shelves of scarce books from his collection listed beside this one. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right). …

12mo. x, 188 pp., plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, text illustrations. Black ribbed cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slight shelfwear), still VG copy, w/ former ownership stamps on endpapers. First edition of this scarce early work on television reporting on the successes of John Baird, the transmission of photographic images, and even a form of early faxes developed by the author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. xii, [264] pp. Red cloth. Very Good. Mild wear to spine ends. Bookplate to front paste down endpaper.

Hardcover. Navy blue library buckram. xi + 146 pp. 64 bw illustrations plus 2 bw photographic plates. Exceedingly uncommon and a seminal publication in the field that would eventually become known as telivision. good (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on frontispiece, title page, pg 1, and the full page plate. minor soiling to some pages from handling, as well as a few small tears to page margins. library binding is holding well, though the end papers are acidic and should be removed.).…

First edition. Original gray cloth lettered in dark blue. Extreme corner clipped from front endpaper, but a fine copy. An American edition was published the same year.

First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, albeit the jacket lacks large chips at the top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 188pp., illustrated with diagrams and from photographs. Errata slip facing page 156. Pencil owner name, faint offsetting to two pages of text, still a lovely and tight, fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. A very early book on television, in exceptional condition.…