Hamburgisches Magazin, oder gesammlete Schriften zum Unterricht und Vergnügen aus der Naturforschung und den angenehmen Wissenschaften überhaupt. Achtes Bandes (Volume 8).

Published by Georg Christian Grund and Adam Heinrich Holle, Hamburg and Leipzig, Germany, 1751.

Six issues bound in one volume, hardcovers, leather covered boards, gilt coat-of-arms embossed on the front and rear covers, six spine bands, gilt decorations on spine, marbled page edges, marbled endpapers, 12 mo., 4.5x7 inches (10.5x18 cm), 658 + [14] pages. Illustrated with one folding plate, engravings on the title page of each issue, and tail pieces.

The Hamburgisches Magazin was a scientific journal containing essays, letters to the editor, etc., on the natural and physical sciences, often highlighting work from foreign scientists translated into German.

GREAT ASSOCIATION COPY. There is an OWNERSHIP BOOKPLATE of JOHANN FRIEDRICH BLUMENBACH, b.1752 d. 1840, on the front pastedown. Blumenbach was one of Germany's most important and influential early anthropologists. The bookplate has his PRINTED SIGNATURE on its face. I feel the Signature is PRINTED even though others claim it is HAND SIGNED / AUTOGRAPH. The two copies I found online, one held by a noted HISTORY OF SCIENCE bookseller and another held by the important Herzog August Bibliothek (Herzog August Library), claim that the signature on Blumenbach's bookplates is HAND SIGNED. However, the signatures on both the examples presented online, and mine, are EXACT in even the minutest details, and convince me that this is a printed signature. I have seen his signature on documents in the past and, like all signatures, they all had noticeable, even if sometimes small, deviations. These three examples have none that I can detect. A RARE BOOKPLATE and IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY.

GOOD MINUS CONDITION: The front cover is detached but present, the rear cover is just holding on with the cord bindings, the leather spine title labels are missing and the spine gilt has substantially worn off, the leather covered boards are rubbed and scraped, the gilt coat-of-arms on the front and rear covers is bright but scratched and rubbed; the marbling on the top edges has faded away but is visible on the front and bottom page edges; internally, there is light browning and spotting throughout but the text is always clear and fully legible, overall the pages remain tightly bound, clean and unmarked. A complete, presentable copy with a detached front cover.

This publication is often found disbound with the various articles sold separately. It is hard to find a complete volume (i.e. 6 bound issues).

RARE with the ownership bookplate of the great natural scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.

About JOHANN FRIEDRICH BLUMENBACH (from Wikipedia):

******Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, b.1752 d.1840, was a German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist. He is considered to be a main founder of zoology and anthropology as comparative, scientific disciplines. He was also important as a race theorist.

He was one of the first to explore the study of the human being as an aspect of natural history. His teachings in comparative anatomy were applied to his classification of human races, of which he claimed there were five, Caucasian, Mongolian, Malayan, Ethiopian, and American. He was a member of what modern historians call the Göttingen School of History.

Blumenbach's contemporaries considered him one of the great theorists of his day and a leading light of German science. Kant and Friedrich Schelling both called him "one of the most profound biological theorists of the modern era". In the words of science historian Peter Watson, "roughly half the German biologists during the early nineteenth century studied under him or were greatly influenced by him".******

ABHANDLUNG VON DEN FINGERN, deren Verrichtungen und symbolishe Bedeutung, in so serne sie de deutschen Sprache Zusatche geliesect aus aller Art Alterthumer erwogen... by Friedrich GROSCHUFF [sometimes also attributed to Michael Gottlieb Griessbach.]

Rare study of the aspects of the hand, finger by finger, with historical, literary, scientific, and occult references to our digits.

LEIPZIG & EISENACH (Germany): Michael Gottlieb Griessbach, 1757. GERMAN TEXT.

Later Plain Paper Wrappers, 5x7.25 inches. Pagination: [14] prelim pages (title page and introductory pages), 312 numbered pages, [24] Register and Errata. Illustrated with Engraved Printer's Device on the title-page and on the last page of Errata, and with a few head and tail pieces.

Condition: The pages are toned / lightly browned with age, there is some foxing throughout (heavy on only a few pages), overall the pages are bright and the printing is clear and fully legible. A nicely maintained vintage book.

About FRIEDRICH GROSCHUFF (from a German Internet site):

****** Groschuff (1700-1784), German philologist. He studied theology and law at Konigsburg and Leipzig and then tutored several noble families. He was the secretary of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippstahl, governor of Breda. He afterwards served as a lawyer and counselor. He published a number of works on various subjects, including two on hands and fingers******

VITA e COMMERCIO LETTERARIO di GALILEO GALILEI Nobile e Patrizio Fiorentino Mattematico e Filosofo Sopraordinario de' Gran Duchi di Toscana COSIMO E FERDINANDO II. Scritta da GIO. BATISTA CLEMENTE DE NELLI...

TWO VOLUME SET - Complete in These Two Volumes (Four Parts, in Two Volumes). TEXT IN ITALIAN.

Losanna (LAUSANNE) : 1793. Publisher unstated.

FIRST EDITION. Contains the FIRST BIBLIOGRAPHY of the works of GALILEO.

I collated these two volumes page-by-page with copies from the Rare Book Rooms of Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and Cambridge University.

Two Hardcover Books, blue cloth covered boards, 7.5x10 inches.

Pagination:

VOLUME I: Frontispiece, xvi Introductory pages, 471 Text pages (actually 467 pages because pagination skips to page 429 after page 424 - as normal - text flows correctly - collates correctly with rare copies at Harvard and Cambridge), + one blank.

VOLUME II: [2], 471-961 pages.

The two volumes are ILLUSTRATED with TEN (of TWELVE) plates, namely: 2 engraved frontispiece portraits of Galileo (one in each Volume), 7 (of 9) engraved plates, and 1 large folding genealogical chart / plate. Four of the original nine plates were fold-open, but 2 of those 4 (plates IX and X) are now lacking (being the 2 of 12 plates that are missing).

Condition:

The covers are soiled and worn, the blue cloth covering is rubbed, splotchy, split at the spine folds, worn through at the corners, and chipped away at the spine ends, nonetheless the covers are present and still bound well to the inner pages; there is a splattering of dark blue spots to the bottom page edges of Volume I and to the top page edges of Volume II (page edges of the closed books).

Volume I has some old shorelining / water staining to the margins of various pages here and there throughout - nothing too significant except in the margins of a few pages where the margin soiling is heavy; overall the pages are in remarkably bright condition.

Volume II has shorelining / water staining to the upper margin area of the frontispiece and title page; is missing the leaf that would be pages v/vi - consisting of a "Part Three" title page and its blank verso (i.e. no text is missing); there is shorelining / light water staining and soiling to the top blank margin of a number of pages here and there throughout, not affecting text; leaf consisting of pages 521/522 has a stiff crease that appears to be a binder's error (text is complete); there are wormholes / small worm lines to the bottom blank margin of the latter pages, not affecting text; the upper corner area of pages 951-960 is soiled and foxed; page 961 (the last page - the verso is blank) has its upper portion torn away, including approximately 3 lines of 2 column.

The plates are all bright and clear, some with mild margin soiling and/or margin shorelining. The fold-open genealogical chart has some splitting at the folds and tearing near the gutter, but is overall solid, bright and clear.

A SOLID SET of these TWO VOLUMES with 10 of 12 plates and only the faults as described above. The covers are worn, but internally both volumes are still tight, bright and clear. A very presentable set.

RARE and IMPORTANT 1793 First Edition Books on GALILEO.

From an 1861 Sotheby auction catalog - the "Catalogue of the Mathematical, Historical and Miscellaneous Portion of the Celebrated Library of M. Guglielmo Libri":

******Nelli. VITA e COMMERCIO LETTERARIO di GALILEO GALILEI... Scritta da GIO. BATISTA CLEMENTE DE NELLI... Losanna, 1793.

A most valuable contribution to scientific biography, giving full particulars of Galileo's friends and opponents, and containing extracts of numerous unpublished letters of Galileo and his friends which Nelli was prevented by death from publishing in extenso, and which were only partially published in the last edition of Galileo's works.******

DIRECTIONS for the TREATMENT of PERSONS WHO HAVE TAKEN POISON, and THOSE IN A STATE OF APPARENT DEATH; Together with the Means of DETECTING POISONS and ADULTERATIONS IN WINE; Also, of DISTINGUISHING REAL FROM APPARENT DEATH. By Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila. Translated from the French by R.H. Black, Surgeon.

With an Appendix on Suspended Animation and the Means of Prevention.

BALTIMORE: Nathaniel G. Maxwell, 1819. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, as stated on the title-page.

Hardcovers (front cover detached but present), leather covered boards, 4x7 inches (10x18 cm), 240 pages.

COPY of C.W.G. Rohrer (Caleb Wyand Geeting Rohrer M.D.) with his signature and the date "June 21, 1912" on the front free endpaper.

GOOD condition, front cover detached but present, rear cover appears to have been reinforced with glue along its gutter fold, internally there is browning to the front and rear endpapers, the pages are lightly toned, there is foxing, most noticeable on the early and latter pages and then light throughout; overall a solid copy with a tightly bound text block and clear printing.

SCARCE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of this IMPORTANT WORK on TOXICOLOGY.

About MATHIEU ORFILA (from Wikipedia):

******Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila, b.1787 d.1853, was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology.

If there is reason to believe that a murder or attempted murder may have been committed using poison, a forensic toxicologist is often engaged to examine pieces of evidence such as corpses and food items for poison content. In Orfila's time the primary type of poison in use was arsenic, but there were not any reliable ways of testing for its presence. Orfila created new techniques, refined existing techniques and described them in his first treatise, TRAITÉ DES POISONS, Paris, 1813, (TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO TOOK POISON first American edition, 1819).******

About C.W.G. ROHRER, book's previous owner (from the Internet):

******Caleb Wyand Geeting Rohrer M.D., b.1873 d.1952, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore in 1900. Author of RESEARCHES IN CANCER: Part I 1896-1921; 1922-1932, Baltimore: Brentwood Printing, 1935; and numerous medical articles, e.g. Comparative Anatomy of the Prostate Gland, Baltimore, 1909; Medical Men and the Muses, New York, 1920.******

ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEMS, PRODUCING SIMPLE and QUADRATIC EQUATIONS, with THEIR SOLUTIONS. Designed as an Introduction to the HIGHER BRANCHES of ANALYTICS, by MILES BLAND, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Published by Cambridge University, 1820. Third Edition. Scarce early edition. Pagination: [8] half-title, title, contents, errata, 375, [1] Publisher's ads. BOUND TOGETHER WITH: A KEY TO THE GREEK EXERCISES, by REV. WILLIAM NEILSON. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, LONDON; and Anderson & Macdowall, EDINBURGH; printed at the University (of Edinburgh) press; 1818. Pagination: 90 pages, title page through last page of text, with "Finis" at the bottom of the last page. TWO SCARCE BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER IN THIS ONE VOLUME. Hardcovers, leather covered spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards, 5.25" x 8.5". GOOD condition, covers are scraped and rubbed, but holding together well; some foxing throughout especially on the first and last few pages; the rear endpapers have some blue lines; there are several previous owner's signatures on the blank page facing the title page; the inner hinge is split at several places (including at the title page) but always holding well; overall a solid, complete copy that remains tight, bright and clean.

ON the EXTENSION of BODE'S EMPIRICAL LAW of the DISTANCES of the PLANETS from the SUN to the DISTANCES of the SATELLITES from their RESPECTIVE PRIMARIES, by JAMES CHALLIS. INSCRIBED by CHALLIS on the title page: "From the Author". Unfortunately the top margin of the title page has been clipped off, probably on purpose to remove the recipient's name which would have been right above the inscription. Published by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY and Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, 1829. First Edition. Disbound from a bound volume with remains of stitching still attached to the spine, 8.5x10.5 inches, 15 pages. GOOD Condition: Top margin of title page clipped off, as noted above, not affecting printed text; neat ink number in the upper corner of every other page; crease to the bottom corner and bottom margin, overall still bright, clean and clear. About James Challis (excerpted from Wikipedia): James Challis, b. 1803 d. 1882, was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy and the Director of the Cambridge Observatory. He investigated a wide range of physical phenomena.

MÉMOIRE SUR UNE APPARENCE DOUTEUSE DE MIRAGE, par Le Professeur P. (PIERRE) PREVOST. La Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, 1834. Pagination: (2), 18 pages. printed on rag paper that remains bright white, 4to., 8.5x10.75 inches (21.5x27 cm). There is one plate at the rear, 8x5.75 inches ( 21x14 cm) that contains two figures. Bound in recent plain brown paper wrappers. VERY GOOD condition. Many pages are untrimmed / unopened at their top edge; there is light foxing, some corner creases, overall bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The recent plain brown paper wrappers have creases and some soiling. Rare booklet of Pierre Prévost (1751-1839), physicist and philosopher of Geneva, recognized in the field of science for his contribution to the theory of heat exchange (he explained Pictet's experiment by arguing that all bodies radiate heat, no matter how hot or cold they are). He was also a renowned Hellenist, who, among other things, contributed a translation of Euripides. Early on he held the chair of literature at the University of Geneva. In 1786 he became politically active and was a member of the Council of Two Hundred. In 1793 he was appointed to the Chair of Philosophy and General Physics at the University of Geneva, a position he held until 1823. In this booklet, MÉMOIRE SUR UNE APPARENCE DOUTEUSE DE MIRAGE, Prévost explains the scientific causes for visual appearances that seem real but are not (i.e. mirages). It is known that Prévost

himself suffered from mirages, which he considered a type of visual affectation.

THÉORIE POSITIVE de L'OVULATION SPONTANÉE de la FÉCONDATION des MAMMIFÈRES et de L'ESPÈCE HUMAINE, Basée sur L'Observation de Toute la Série Animale. Par F. A. POUCHET

(Félix Archimède Pouchet). (English Translation: PROVEN THEORY of SPONTANEOUS OVULATION and FERTILIZATION of MAMMALS and the HUMAN SPECIES, Based on the Observation of the entire Animal Series. By F. A. POUCHET.) Published by Chez J.-B. Bailliere, Libraire de L'Académie Royale de Medecine, PARIS, 1847. First Edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. Two Volumes: The TEXT VOLUME plus the Especially Rare ATLAS VOLUME that contains 20 HAND COLORED PLATES. TEXT VOLUME: Original printed wrappers, 5.5x9 inches (14x22.5 cm), 8vo. Pagination: xxxi, [1], 476, [1] fold open table, [3], 28 irregularly numbered Publisher's advertisement pages. ATLAS VOLUME: Hardcovers, original printed paper covered boards and cloth covered spine, large format 9x12 inches (23x30cm). Contains TWENTY HAND COLORED PLATES, one folding, all with tissue guards. CONDITION: Text Volume GOOD Condition: Some wear and soiling to wrappers including several inches of splitting at the spine folds, wear to the spine ends, and edge wear including some small chips. Internally, the front and rear endpapers are mostly glued to the inside front and rear covers; there is some scattered foxing though most pages are bright and white; many pages are still uncut / unopened. Overall a solid, complete copy with original wrappers. Atlas Volume VERY GOOD Condition: The covers spine has been neatly rebacked with cloth; the covers have some soiling, light staining, and edge wear, but remain solid and are doing their job well; there are two rubber ink stamps on the title page "Property of the N. York Hospital" and "Triplicate"; there are creases and a few tears to some of the tissue guards; otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The plates are all lovely. (Note: The New York Hospital, whose rubber ink stamp is on the title page of the Atlas volume, was founded in 1771 with a charter from King George III. It is the second oldest hospital in New York City, and the third oldest in the United States.) This Two Volume 1847 First Edition Set with the ORIGINAL ATLAS with its 20 HAND COLORED PLATES is SCARCE. About FÉLIX-ARCHIMÈDE POUCHET (from Wikipedia): ******Félix Archimède Pouchet (b. 1800 d. 1872) was a French naturalist and a LEADING PROPONENT of the SPONTANEOUS GENERATION of LIFE from

NON LIVING MATERIALS, and as such an opponent of Louis Pasteur's germ theory. From 1828 he was director of the Rouen Jardin des Plantes. In 1838 he became professor at the School of Medicine at Rouen. In 1847, Pouchet effectively launched the study of the physiology of cytology. His major scientific work Hétérogénie was published in 1859. He also wrote a layperson's encyclopedia The Universe, published in 1870, which gives an overview of the sciences, but in which Pouchet ridicules Louis Pasteur's theories. Pouchet was 60 years old while Louis Pasteur was 37 years old when the heart of the debate about spontaneous generation began. Their opinions on generation originated from two competing theories. Pouchet believed in HETEROGENESIS, which assumed that NEW LIVING ORGANISMS CAME FROM INANIMATE OBJECTS, SUCH AS AIR. The parents of these new organisms were not the same species as the new organism. Pasteur supported the germ theory that said microorganisms arose from germs and those microorganisms came from parents of the same species. He supported the idea that germs were mostly everywhere, including things like air and those germs explained the appearance of microorganisms on different inanimate things.****** You can read much more about Félix-Archimède Pouchet on Wikipedia and elsewhere on the Internet. I believe this is the perfect time to bring the SPONTANEOUS GENERATION OF LIFE theory back to life, given our ruling government no longer believes in real science.

TEN IMPORTANT PAPERS by P.A. Hansen (Peter Andreas Hansen). Leipzig, Bei S. Hirtzel, 1865-1870. German Text. Professionally Bound in hardcovers, half calf and cloth covered boards, gilt titling and designs to the spine, five raised spine bands, 7.5x11 inches, approximately 1350 pages (each paper paginated separately), and 4 folding plates. There is a handwritten list of the ten papers affixed to the front pastedown. "P. A. HANSEN'S MEMOIRS" is printed in gilt on the spine. GOOD condition. The covers are cracking at the spine folds but holding well, there is a small shelving label near the bottom of the spine, there is wear to the spine ends and corner tips, the boards have some rubbing, overall the covers are solid and attractive. Internally, there is a handwritten table of contents on the front pastedown, as noted above; there is a circular ex library blindstamp on the title page (Cardinal Kayes Library / Manhattan College / New York) and a few other minor library numbers and marks on other pages; there are pencil translations and notes here and there, most notably on the title page of each paper; otherwise this bound collection is complete, tight, bright, clean and clear. The ten papers (with my rather poor English translations in parenthesis) are: (1) BESTIMMUNG der SONNENPARALLAZE durch VENUSVORÜBERÄNGE vor der SONNENSCHEIBE mit BESONDERER BERUCKSICHTIGUNG des im Jahre 1874 EINTREFFENDEN VORUBERGANGES. Mit ZWEI PANIGLOBEN. (The DETERMINATION of the SUNSET PARALLAX by means of VENUS TRANSITIONS before SUNSET with SPECIAL REVIEW of the INITIAL TRANSITION in 1874. With TWO HEMISPHERE MAPS.) Pagination: [4], 95 pages (pages numbered 457 to 552). With 2 folding hemisphere maps. Bei S. Hirzel, Leipzig, Germany, 1870. (2) THEORIE der SONNENFINSTERNISSE und VERWANDTEN ERSCHEINUNGEN. Mit 2 Tafeln. (THEORY of SUN ECLIPSES and RELATED APPEARANCES. With 2 Plates.) Pagination: [2], 150 pages (pages numbered [305] to 454). With 2 folding maps. Undated, circa 1870. (3) Die THEORIE des AEQUATOREALS. (THEORY of (?)) Pagination: [2], 72 pages (pages numbered [433] to 504). Undated, circa 1870. (4) RELATIONEN einestheils ZWISCHEN SUMMEN und DIFFERENZEN und anderntheils ZWISCHEN INTEGRALEN und DIFFERENTIALEN. (RELATIONS BETWEEN TOTALS and DIFFERENCES, and the other part BETWEEN INTEGRALS and DIFFERENTIALS.) Pagination: [4], 77 pages (pages numbered [507] to 583). Bei S. Hirzel, Leipzig, Germany, 1865. (5) GEODÄTISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN. (GEODETIC STUDIES) Pagination: [4], 224 pages (numbered 1 to 224). Bei S. Hirzel, Leipzig, Germany, 1865. (6) Von der Methode der KLEINSTEN QUADRATE IM ALLGEMEINEN und in ihrer ANWENDUNG auf die GEODASIE. (The SMALLEST COMMON QUADRAT and in its APPLICATION to GEODESY.) Pagination: [4], 234 pages (pages numbered [573] to 806). Bei S. Hirzel, Leipzig, Germany, 1867. (7) Fortgesetzte GEODÄTISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN von der Methode der KLEINSTEN QUADRATE IM ALLGEMEINEN... (Continuation of GEODETIC STUDIES using the SMALLEST COMMON QUADRAT.) Pagination: [4], 184 pages. Bei S. Hirzel, Leipzig, Germany, 1868. (8) Entwickelung eines NEUEN VERÄNDERTEN VERFAHRENS zur AUSGLEICHUNG EINES DREIECKSNETZES... (Development of a NEW MODIFIED METHOD for the ADJUSTMENT of a TRIANGULAR NETWORK...) Pagination: [4], 101 pages (pages numbered [187] to 287). Bei S. Hirzel, Leipzig, Germany, 1869. (9) Entwickelung des Products einer POTENZ des RADIUS VECTORS... (Developments in Producing the POWER of RADIUS VECTORS...) Pagination:

[2], 99 pages (pages numbered [183] to 281). Undated, circa 1870. (10) Entwickelung der NEGATIVEN und UNGRADEN POTENZEN der QUADRATWURZEL der FUNCTION... (Development of the NEGATIVE and ODD POTENTIALS of the SQUARE ROOT of the FUNCTION...) Pagination: [4], 91 pages (numbered [285] to 376). Undated, circa 1870. INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE: This Book is Thick and Heavy and will require additional shipping charges. You will be notified of the additional charges before your payment is accepted. Thanks.

1869 FILTRATION OF RIVER WATERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF CITIES AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE, by James P. Kirkwood. Published by D. Van Nostrand, Publishers, New York, 1869. First Edition.

Copy of HIRAM BISSELL who was President of HARTFORD'S WATER COMMISSION from 1854 to 1873 and OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF HARTFORD'S WATER WORKS SYSTEM.

The book is SIGNED by Hiram Bissell at the top of the title page: "Hiram Bissell / Hartford, Conn." Also, laid-in the book is a MANUSCRIPT LETTER by Hiram Bissell on "Office of Water Commissioners" letterhead. The letter reads in part:

"Hartford Jany 28 1856 / To the Mayor Aldermen, and County of Common Council of The City of Hartford / The Water Commissioners...recommend to the Hon. Court of Common Council the payment of The Woodruff & Beach Iron Works bill of extras...$3851.57. / Respectfully Submitted / Hiram Bissell / President Pro Tem".

(Woodruff & Beach Iron Works of Hartford built many items for Hartford Water Works, including some massive iron pumps.)

Hardcover book, 9x11.5 inches, 178 pages of text followed by 30 PLATES, many double-page, one in color. The plates are drawings of a variety of European city water works systems, including: London, Liverpool, Dublin, Hamburg, Berlin, Marselles, Lyons, Genoa, and others.

Condition: The covers are disbound (loose but present), the cloth spine edges and spine ends are scraped and chipped, nonetheless the covers are original. Internally nice, the endpapers have a few small scrapes, the pages are lightly toned, there is some foxing to the plates mainly on their blank backsides, overall the pages are complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A nice, complete copy in disbound but present covers.

RARE TRUE 1869 FIRST EDITION with all the PLATES. Unique with the SIGNATURE and LETTER of HIRAM BISSELL, who oversaw the construction of Hartford's Water Works in the mid 1800s.

An important book that may have been partly responsible for the design of Hartford's water system

About HIRAM BISSELL of HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT (from "Water for Hartford: The Story of the Hartford Water Works", published by the Wesleyan Press, 2010).

******HOW THREE MEN BROUGHT CLEAN WATER TO HARTFORD, ON A MASSIVE SCALE. As good health is inextricably wedded to pure drinking water, understanding delivery systems is almost as important as the water itself. Water for Hartford chronicles the century-long effort, beginning in the 1850s, to construct a viable, efficient water system. The story of Hartford's water works is a fascinating one, for it recalls the hard work, great sacrifice, and extraordinary engineering feats necessary to deliver wholesome drinking water to a growing urban center.

The story of its construction is the story of three men - HIRAM BISSELL, Ezra Clark, and Caleb Saville. Readers are transported back in time and given a firsthand glimpse of what these champions of a water system faced on a daily basis: unforgiving geography, venal politicians, and an often indifferent public. The book culminates in the exhilaration of these men having built a water works from scratch to deliver clean, safe drinking water to the masses. These men understood that their decisions and actions would affect millions of people for decades to come.******

About HIRAM BISSELL and the HARTFORD WATER WORKS SYSTEM (from the Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut, published 1901):

******Hiram Bissell, b.1819 d.1888, was elected Water Commissioner in 1854 and, in 1856, was made President, in which capacity he served for seventeen years, retiring in 1873. He oversaw the entire system of Hartford's system of water works.******

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CHARLES MARTINS by P. MAGNUS (Paul Wilhelm Magnus). A three page (printed on 2 leaves) biography of Charles Martins, important French evolutionary botanist who was a correspondent and translator of Charles Darwin. Printed by Blochmann und Sohn, Dresden, Germany. Undated but circa 1890. A separately printed reprint from the journal Leopoldina, Volume XXVI, Number 3-4, 1890. THREE PAGES on TWO LEAVES. Text in German. POOR condition. The single fold sheet (to make 4 pages) has split down the fold so that there are now 2 separate leaves. The pages have a horizontal fold across the center. The first page has tape reinforcement / repair across its horizontal folds; the tape has darkened making the words beneath the tape difficult to read (the words can all still be read upon close examination). The blank last page also has tape reinforcement / repair across its horizontal fold. There is edge wear including chips, tears and corner creases; 4 of the tears are 1 inch. There is foxing overall. Scarce. OCLC shows only 4 copies of this 3 page document printed by Blochmann. The copies are held at the University of Bern, the University of Strasbourg, the Museum of Natural Science in Trento Italy, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at the New York Botanical Garden.

Leçons sur la DÉTERMINATION DES ORBITES Professées a la Faculté des Sciences de Paris, par F. TISSERAND. Rédigées et Développées pour les CALCULS NUMÉRIQUES par J. PERCHOT. (Lessons on the DETERMINATION OF THE ORBITS as Taught by the Paris Faculty of Science, by FELIX TISSERAND. Reedited and Developed for use in NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS, by J. PERCHOT. PARIS: Gauthier Villars, 1899. TEXT IN FRENCH. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED and INSCRIBED in French on the title page by J. PERCHOT. The main work by Tisserand / Perchot is BOUND TOGETHER with TWO WORKS in SPANISH on the same subject. (1) ALEXANDER WILKINS, "DETERMINATION DE ORBITAS DE PLANETAS Y COMETAS", LA PLATA, 1939. (2) JULIO GARAVITO ARMERO, "UNA EXPOSICION ELEMENTAL DEL METODO DE OLBERS PARA EL CALCULO DE UNA ORBITA COMETARIA", no publication place or date. Bound in a FINE BINDING by M. PEREZ NAVAS with a small embossed label at the bottom margin of the inside rear cover that states: "ENCUADERNACIÓN / M PEREZ NAVAS / TLF 21310 / CARACAS". Calf Leather Spine and Corners with Marbled Paper Covered Boards, gilt titling to the spine, 9x11 inches. Pagination: (1) Leçons sur la DÉTERMINATION DES ORBITES, xiv, 123, [1] pages. (2) ORBITAS DE PLANETAS Y COMETAS, 70 pages. (3) METODO DE OLBERS, 14 pages (pages numbered 241 to 254). Previously the

COPY of an ASTRONOMER / MATHEMATICIAN, perhaps a professor or student. There are 11 LENGTHY HANDWRITTEN MATHEMATICAL NOTES tipped in to 7 printed pages that refer to the subject matter on those pages. There are also relevant margin notes, in French, equations and marks here and there. All the tipped in paper and margin notes are on the first 37 pages of the Tisserand / Perchot work. GOOD CONDITION: The finely bound covers are very good, with some scrapes to the leather and paper covered boards, overall quite lovely. Internally, the pages are lightly toned; there is some foxing throughout, heavy on the last few pages; there are relevant handwritten margin notes and marks, and some tipped in pages of handwritten notes, as stated above; there are corner creases to the latter pages and some signs of handling here and there; overall a solid, nice copy. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

Ueber das Hirngewicht des Menschen, von F. (Felix) Marchand. (Study of the WEIGHT of the BRAIN of MAN, by F. Marchand.) Published by B. G. Teubner, LEIPZIG, Germany, 1902. First Edition. Professionally bound in hard covers, red cloth covered boards, gilt titling to the front cover, 8x12", brown and blue endpapers, entire work including the original wrappers bound-in. Pagination: Front wrapper page (with original price "Einzelpreis:

3 Mark" at the bottom), title page, 88 pages (numbered 393-481 - this is one of a series of scientific publications, numbered consecutively), back wrapper (with Publisher's ads on both sides). Contains numerous tables. GOOD condition, the recent hardcovers and endpapers are very nice, the bound-in original publication has foxing, primarily to its wrappers and first and last few pages, otherwise complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. About FELIX MARCHAND (from Wikipedia): ****** Felix Jacob Marchand (22 October 1846 - 4 February 1928) was a German Pathologist born in Halle an der Saale. He studied medicine in Berlin, and later became an assistant at the Pathological Institute in Halle. In 1881 he became a Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Giessen, and two years later garnered the same position at Marburg. In 1900 he succeeded Pathologist Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld (1842-1899) at the University of Leipzig. In 1904 Marchand was credited with coining the term Atherosclerosis from the Greek "athero", meaning gruel, and "sclerosis", meaning hardening, to describe the fatty substance inside a hardened artery. His name is lent to the eponymous "Marchand's Adrenals", which is theaccessory adrenal tissue in the broad ligament of the uterus. Among his written works is a 1915 textbook on pathology that he co-authored with Ludolf von Krehl (1861-1937), called "Handbuch der allgemeinen Pathologie".******

LES TREMBLEMENTS DE TERRE. GÉOGRAPHIE SÉISMOLOGIQUE, F. De. Montessus De BALLORE. Avec une Préface de M. A. De Lapparent. (EARTHQUAKES. GEOGRAPHIC SEISMOLOGY. By F. De Montessus De BALLORE. With a Preface by M.A. De Lapparent.) PARIS: Librairie A Colin, 1906. TEXT IN FRENCH. Softcovers / Paper Wrappers, 6.5x11 inches (16.5x25 cm). Pagination: [4],vi, 475. Many pages remain uncut. ILLUSTRATED with 89 Maps and Figures, and 3 fold open Maps at the rear. GOOD condition. The covers are worn and chipped along the edges and corners, the spine covering is splitting at the upper and lower folds, and is creased and toned, there is a previous owner's signature at the top of the front cover.. Internally, the pages are lightly toned, there is offsetting to facing pages 2 and 3, as if from a newspaper article that had been laid in; there is red pencil underlining on the Preface pages and the first text page (i.e. on 6 pages) otherwise the rest of the pages are uncut and unmarked (I guess page 1 of the text was as far as the previous owner made it with this book); the text block binding is cracked at a number of places and some of the signatures are shaky but still holding with the sewn binding. First edition of a classic treatise on Earthquakes.

HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES. (HISTORY of SEISMIC ACTIVITY in the SOUTHERN ANDES.) Por (by) FERNAND DE MONTESSUS DE BALLORE (b. 1851, d. 1923). PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, published in Santiago, CHILE, 1911-1915 (a sixth and final part was published later). Spanish Texts. Association with (and possible copies of) D. TOMÁS THAYER OJEDA, a noted Chilean scholar, with his signature at top of the title page of Part 3. The FIVE PARTS (in Four Volumes) are: (1) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES.

PRIMERA PARTE: SÉRIES DE OBSERVACIONES DE TEMBLORES (1810-1905). Published by Imprenta Cervantes, Santiago, Chile, 1911. Bound in Hardcovers (Parts 1 and 2 bound together in this one volume), 6x9.5 inches (15x24 cm), 345 pages. (2) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES. SEGUNDA PARTE: CHILE SEPTENTRIONAL, PERU MERIDIONAL Y BOLIVIA. Published by Imprenta Cervantes, Santiago, Chile, 1912. Bound in Hardcovers (Parts 1 and 2 bound together in this one volume), 6x9.5 inches (15x24 cm), 236 pages. CONDITION: PARTS 1 AND 2 are in GOOD condition. Both parts are bound together in this 1 hardcover volume (leather spine lettered in gilt and marbled paper covered boards). The covers are worn through at their corner tips but are otherwise solid; internally, Part One is Lacking Its Title Page, otherwise complete from page 1 through 345, the last page. Part Two, paginated separately, is complete including its title page. There is foxing on the first and last few pages, otherwise the pages remain tight, bright, clean and unmarked. (3) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES. TERCERA PARTE: CHILE MERIDIONAL Y TERRITORIOS MAGALLANICOS, PENDIENTES ARGENTINAS DE LOS ANDES...

Published by Imprenta Cervantes, Santiago, Chile, 1912. Paper covers, side staple bound, 6.5x9.5 inches (16.5x25 cm), 87 pages plus 3 fold open line maps and 1 fold open table at the rear. CONDITION: PART 3 is in GOOD MINUS condition. Lacking its wrappers. The title page is disbound (i.e. laid on loosely), toned / browned, and has some edge wear including small edge chips. The title page has the SIGNATURE of TOMÁS THAYER OJEDA, Chilean Scholar and Author of Los Conquistadores de Chile. The first 20 pages are foxed at their upper front margin area. Latter pages are pulling from the staples. The pages are toned, especially at the margins. The fold open maps and the fold open table all are in solid shape. (4) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES AL SUR DEL PARALELO XVI. CUARTA PARTE: CHILE CENTRAL. Sociedad Imprenta Litografia Barcelona, Santiago-Valparaiso, 1912. Paper covers, side staple bound, 6.5x10.5 inches (17x26 cm), 213 pages. CONDITION: PART 4 is complete, including its wrappers, but is in only FAIR condition, the wrappers are coming loose, have water staining and shorelining, are soiled, and have edge wear; internally, the staples are rusted, there is water damage and shorelining to the bottom margin and gutter area of the inner pages, there are wormholes to the bottom margin of all pages and the wrappers; nonetheless the pages remain bright, many pages are uncut, and the printing is always bright and clear. (5) HISTORIA SÍSMICA DE LOS ANDES MERIDIONALES AL SUR DEL PARALELO XVI. QUINTA PARTE; El TERREMOTO DEL 16 DE AGOSTO DE 1906. Sociedad Imprenta Litografia Barcelona, Santiago-Valparaiso, 1915. Paper covers, side staple bound, 6.5x10.5 inches (17x26 cm), 213 pages. CONDITION: PART 5 is complete, including its wrappers, but is in only FAIR condition, the wrappers are splitting at the spine folds and coming loose, have water staining and shorelining, are soiled, and have edge wear; internally, there is some waviness / old water damage to the bottom margin and corner area of the inner pages, the bottom front corners are bent, there is red staining to the bottom corner of a few pages, some pages are soiled; nonetheless the pages remain bright, many pages are uncut, and the printing is always clear and fully legible.

BAKTERIOLOGIE FUR DIE MOLKEREISCHULE (BACTERIOLOGY for DAIRY SCHOOLS), by Professor Dr. W. Henneberg (Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg), of Kiel, Germany.

PRESENTATION COPY from the AUTHOR to FRAULEIN TAMM. Inscribed at the top of the front cover: "Fräulein Tamm / Überreicht vom Verfasser" (Miss Tamm / Presented by the Author).

Interestingly, Fraulein Tamm (Herta Irene Tamm) studied dairy bacteriology under Dr. Henneberg in Kiel, then later emigrated to Los Angeles where her first job was as a bacteriologist at a local dairy. There is a nice obituary on Herta Irene Mock (née Tamm) on the SF Gate website.

Published by Molkerei-Zeitung, Hildeshiem. TEXT IN GERMAN.

Booklet, paper covers, side stapled, 6x8.5 inches (14x27 cm), 56 pages. Laid in are two pamphlets on cultures and bacteriology of Yoghurt and Kefir. One is 2 pages, the other 4 pages.

VERY GOOD condition booklet, just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and clear. The two laid in pamphlets have been folded, are toned, and both have a bit of handwriting at the top in German which I cannot translate.

About Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg (from Wikipedia, roughly translated from the German by Google):

******Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg, b.1871 d.1936,

was a German bacteriologist and first director of the Bacteriological Institute at the Prussian Experimental and Research Institute of Dairy.

From 1897 he was employed in the vinegar department at the Institute of Fermentation in Berlin. From 1906 he headed the bacteriological department of the technical scientific laboratory of the Institute of Fermentation. In 1922 he was appointed to Kiel to head the Bacteriological Institute of the Prussian Experimental and Research Institute of Dairy Farming. In the eleven years as a university professor in Kiel, he supervised more than 80 dissertations and wrote several textbooks on the bacteriology of milk. Henneberg initiated the founding of the Federation of Technical Bacteriologists .

For bacteriological diagnostics, Henneberg invented new methods of investigation, such as the Chinese blue water agar developed especially for dairy farming, the spring stick culture and the cover glass agar method.

In his last years he devoted himself to the study of the saprophyte flora of the intestine and the human intestinal flora, in particular their conversion by the consumption of dairy products such as yoghurt and acidophilus milk.******

ABRISS DER LOGISTIK mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Relationstheorie und Ihrer Anwendungen, von Dr. Rudolf Carnap.

[OUTLINE OF LOGISTICS with Special Reference to the Theory of Relations and Its Applications, by Dr. Rudolf Carnap.]

WIEN (Vienna): Verlag Von Julius Springer, 1929. First edition.

Bound in hardcovers, original wrappers trimmed and pasted to endpapers, black cloth covered boards, hand painted gilt title on the front cover, 5.5x8.5 inches, vi, 114 pages.

ASSOCIATION COPY - Copy of EDMUND CALLIS BERKELEY, with his SIGNATURE on the front free-endpaper. Above his signature is a date stamp "Rec'd Jul 11 1940". It is interesting to note that the three other Berkeley signatures I have seen over the years all had a rubber date stamp as well, I guess that was something he did. There are some minor handwritten pencil notes, marks and corrections on pages 102-105, and a small notation "Errata p 44" written on the rear pastedown, all of which appear to be in his hand. Nine years after he "received" this book, Berkeley's book GIANT BRAINS OR MACHINES THAT THINK was published (John WIley, New York, 1949). Giant Brains or Machines that Think was an influential work that helped popularize computers. Perhaps this copy of Rudolf Carnap's ABRISS DER LOGISTIK was the work that influenced Edmund C. Berkeley.

VERY GOOD condition, The covers have wear to the spine and edges; internally, there is a rubberstamped date on the front free-endpaper and some minor notes and corrections within the text, as noted above. Overall a tight, bright, clean and clear copy.

RARE with the SIGNATURE of and ASSOCIATION to EDMUND CALLIS BERKELEY.

REED RESEARCH INC. - CORPORATE & PRODUCT PRESENTATION ALBUM with 28 Original 8x10 glossy photographs, each with a typed caption on a strip of white paper mounted at the bottom. The photos are loosely inserted in plastic holders and held in a three ring binder. There are two introductory leaves, the second of which states: "Several Products Resulting from Research and Development / Reed Research Inc. / Washington 7 D.C.". Put together by Reed Research Inc., circa mid 1950s.

The photos are all in VERY GOOD condition, bright, sharp, clear; the binder is solid and functioning well, with a few minor scrapes.

An interesting look at Hi-Tech and Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship in the 1950s.

Some of the reports and studies from Reed Research Inc. are listed in WorldCat, including:

Technical report on structural tests - SS President Wilson 1948. Mechanical Stabilization of Optical Elements on Lightships 1951. The Sphere Theorem Potential 1953. Theoretical studies on steady fluid motion under a free surface 1958 Design concepts for missile shipping containers 1958. Documentation and design of guided missile containers 1961. Study of Solar Energy Use in Marine Navigation Aids 1962.

The founder of Reed Research Inc. was STANLEY FOSTER REED. Steve Jobs had nothing on this guy who started this company at the age of 23. Read on.

About the FOUNDER of REED RESEARCH INC., Stanley Foster Reed (from Wikipedia):

******Stanley Foster Reed, b.1917 d.2007, was an entrepreneur, inventor, and publisher who founded Reed Research Inc. in 1940, the journal Mergers & Acquisitions in 1965, and the magazine Campaigns & Elections in 1980.

In 1940, at age 23, Reed started a scientific research company, renting a two story building next to a junkyard in Georgetown. Over the next 20 years he built "Reed Research Inc." into a multi-million dollar company. He worked on issues ranging from safe land mine removal to electrocardiography to language learning laboratories to designs for shipping containers for missiles, obtaining scores of patents in the process. Based solely on his work experience he was admitted to membership in the Society of Naval Architects and received certification as a Professional Engineer.

In 1962, after selling Reed Research to Log-Etronics, Inc., he started Tech-Audit as well as the Reed Research Institute for Creative Studies in the RCA Building on K Street in Washington, where he ran a number of publishing businesses.

Reed started the publications "Directors & Boards" and "Export Today". He was the author of several books, including the best-selling "The Art of M&A" (co-authored with his daughter, Alexandra Lajoux), and "The Toxic Executive".

In the 1960s, he was actively involved in social issues, including sponsoring programs to encourage inner-city entrepreneurship, writing about the poor of Appalachia, and lecturing on ethics.******

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Ph.D. THESIS in PSYCHOLOGY. An Original Typed Carbon Copy. By Murray Bilmes, who was a respected Existential Psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Ph.D. Thesis is titled RESISTANCE TO GROUP INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS PERSONALITY FACTORS - As Measured by the Modification of Individual Rorschach Responses Resulting from an Intervening Group Rorschach Experience.

Typed Carbon Copy, typed on 8.5x11 inch thin paper, 110 pages plus a 4 page abstract at the end. Bound in a hardcover binder that pinches the pages together at their blank left margin.

Approved and SIGNED at the bottom of the title page by ZYGMUNT A. PIOTROWSKI, Murray Bilmes's Ph.D. Research Adviser.

(Zygmunt A. Piotrowski, b.1904 d.1985, was a Polish born American psychologist who worked on the Rorschach test. He received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1971 and the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions from the American Psychological Association in 1980. Piotrowski developed a method of analysis for the Rorschach test he termed perceptanalysis, which emphasized perception of the images rather than secondary associations.)

GOOD condition, the pages are lightly age toned, the typescript is best read with a bright white sheet placed beneath the page being read else these thin sheets allow the type of the underpages to come through making legibility difficult. The hardcover binding shows some wear but is doing its job well.

Advanced Psychology at NYU in 1955. Have things changed? Let me consult my Rorschach cards...

From the Abstract (at the rear of the Thesis):

******The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect on personality of group influence. The following experiment was conducted: Thirty subjects received three Rorschach tests. The first was intended to provide an initial estimate of personality variables. The second, a two member group test, required subjects to compare impressions to the blots, ostensibly in order to establish as group responses those percepts they could agree on. The third was again an individual test. By comparing the first and third Rorschachs it became possible to determine how the group experience modified the Rorschach variables. By evaluating the personality referents of these variables, inferences were drawn concerning the personality modification. Subjects obviously did not themselves change; only their Rorschachs did. Unknown to each subject, his partner in the group test was the examiner's confederate and "saw" only responses he had been instructed to see...******

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