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DYSON, Sir Frank Watson. Autograph letter signed, to Hugh Frank Newall, on astrophotography.London : 1926
Two page autograph letter by Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson (1868-1939) to fellow astronomer Hugh Frank Newall, director of the Solar Physics Observatory at Cambridge, on the practical details of a joint astro-photography project. With pencilled notes by the recipient in reply to Dyson's questions.
"My dear Newall, I enclose a specimen... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 126210
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LOOMIS, Elias. Circular. The Great Auroral Exhibition of August 28th to September 4th 1859.New Haven : 1859
Seemingly unrecorded appeal from Elias Loomis (1811-1889), the eminent American mathematician - at the time Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of the City of New York - requesting information regarding the spectacular appearance of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights during the summer of 1859.
As Loomis notes in the preamble to this... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 140209
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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Quadripartitum, translated by Plato Tiburtinus.Venice : 1484
First edition in Latin. Ptolemy's treatise on astrology, the Tetrabiblos, was the most popular astrological work of antiquity and also enjoyed great influence in the Islamic world and the medieval Latin West. The translation was made from Arabic to Latin in 1138 by Plato of Tivoli, the 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator who... Learn More£47,500.00Stock Code: 119247
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SAGAN, Carl, & Ann Druyan. Comet.New York : 1985
First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed by Sagan "For Steve, Brave man, wise owl, with our fond regard to you and Deborah. Carl and Ann", Druyan penned the "and Ann".
The recipient was American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), with his book label loosely inserted.... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 136562
