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Book/Printed MaterialLe proprietaire en francoys. "... Des p[ro]prietes des choses fut tra[n]slate de latin en fra[n]coys lay de grace Mil.CCCC.lxxij [sic, i.e. 1372] par le co[m]ma[n]deme[n]t de tres puissant et noble prince Charles le quint ... Et...
- Contributor: Corbichon, Jean - Bartholomaeus - Huss, Mathias - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1491
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Book/Printed MaterialRenati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiae.
Des Cartes philosophia René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, scientific thinker, and philosopher who made important contributions to mathematics, optics, epistemology, and other fields that helped to shape how the modern world came to...- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Descartes, René - Elzevir, Louis
- Date: 1644
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Book/Printed MaterialDe caelo, Separate issue of part of vol. II of the Works, containing De caelo, and De generatione et corruptione, each with separate t.-p., the two works being paged according to Bekker's Oxford edition,...
- Contributor: Stocks, J. L. (John Leofric) - Wallis, Harry Bernard - Aristotle
- Date: 1922
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Book/Printed MaterialThe world machine. The first phase: the cosmic mechanism, Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Snyder, Carl
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialA stellar key to the summer land "Part I." A sequel was published in 1878 under title: Views of our heavenly home. Also available in digital form. LAC brd 2018-11-02 update (1 card) LAC kcc 2018-11-05 review
- Contributor: Davis, Andrew Jackson - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1867
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Book/Printed MaterialAlbumasar De magnis [con]iunctionibus, anno[rum] reuolutio[n]ibus, ac eo[rum] profectionibus, octo [con]tine[n]s tractatus.
De magnis [con]iunctionibus, anno[rum] reuolutio[n]ibus, ac eo[rum] profectionibus, octo [con]tine[n]s tractatus Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First edition, Augusburg, 1489. Essentially a translation by Joannes Hispalensis of the Kitāb aḥkām sinī al-mawālīd (Book of revolutions of...- Contributor: Sessa, Melchiorre - Pencio, Jacopo - Joannes - Abū Maʻshar - Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress) - Kindī
- Date: 1515
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Book/Printed MaterialCreator and cosmos illustrated Each part has its own t.p. Also available in digital form. Copy 2 formerly part of the YA collection: YA number unidentified. vj21 2002-01-16.
- Contributor: Shaw, Robert
- Date: 1880
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Book/Printed MaterialThe world: historical and actual. What has been and what is. Our globe in its relations ... Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Gilbert, Frank
- Date: 1882
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Book/Printed MaterialCalendarium. Block book. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 7 (IA.26) (variations) Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.),...
- Contributor: Stiftsbibliothek St. Florian - Briefftruck, Hans - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Regiomontanus, Joannes
- Date: 1474
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Book/Printed MaterialBuch der Natur. Das Buch der Natur (Book of nature) is a Medieval Latin compendium of science that was edited and translated into German in the 14th century by Konrad von Megenberg, a German scholar...
- Contributor: Thomas - Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Bämler, Johann
- Date: 1481
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Book/Printed MaterialBreuis ac perutilis co[m]pilatio Alfragani ... totu[m] id continens quod ad rudimenta astronomica est opportunum. Translated by Joannes Hispalensis. Known in Latin as Compilatio astronomica. Goff A-460 Hain-Copinger 822 BM 15th cent., VI, p. 605 (IA.25717) GW 1268 (variant) Stillwell, M.B. Science, 13 Vollbehr H822
- Contributor: Joannes - Farghānī
- Date: 1493
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Book/Printed MaterialEpytoma Ioa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei. Woodcut title. Begun by Georg von Peurbach. Edited by Giovanni Abiosi. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Goff R-111 Hain-Copinger 13806 BM 15th cent., V, p....
- Contributor: Peurbach, Georg Von - Regiomontanus, Joannes - Abiosi, Giovanni - Ptolemy
- Date: 1496
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Book/Printed MaterialAlmagestū Cl. Ptolemei. Opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Translated by Gherardo da Cremona from an Arabic version.--Cf. M.B. Stillwell. The awakening interest in science during the first century...
- Contributor: Honter, Johannes - Gherardo - Ptolemy
- Date: 1515
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Baltimore gun club = (From the earth to the moon) : from the French of ...
From the earth to the moon "The complete works of Jules Verne translated by Edward Roth - The Baltimore Gun Club"--Page [1] at front. Also available in digital form. # ACQ 08-24 no. 2 (PQ2469.D3E5 1874 copy 1);...- Contributor: Roth, Edward - Verne, Jules
- Date: 1874
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Book/Printed MaterialL'homme dans la lvne, ov, Le voyage chimeriqve fait au monde de la lune
L'homme dans la lune, ou, Le voyage chimerique | Homme dans la lune | Voyage chimerique fait au monde de la lune LAC scc 2019-12-09 update (1 card)- Contributor: Guignard, Jean - Baudoin, Jean - Godwin, Francis
- Date: 1648
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Book/Printed MaterialThe first men in the moon, Also available in digital form. LAC tnb 2019-12-23 update (1 card)
- Contributor: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
- Date: 1901
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Book/Printed MaterialA princess of Mars Verso of t.p.: Published October, 1917. W.F. Hall Printing Company. Frontispiece and plates facing p. 58, 142, 178 and 224. Heins, H.H. Burroughs p. 108.
- Contributor: A.C. McClurg & Co - W.F. Hall Printing Company - Schoonover, Frank E. - Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Date: 1917
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Book/Printed MaterialA voyage to the moon An edition by C.H. Page of A. Lovell's translation, published with title: The comical history of the states and empires of the world of the moon. With reproduction of the title page...
- Contributor: Cyrano De Bergerac - Page, Curtis Hidden - Lovell, Archibald
- Date: 1899
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Book/Printed MaterialTo the sun? a journey through planetary space. Translation of Hector Servadac; voyages et aventures. Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Roth, Edward - Verne, Jules
- Date: 1895
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Book/Printed MaterialThe war of the worlds, Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
- Date: 1922
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Book/Printed MaterialAstronomy; the science of the heavenly bodies, Plates printed on both sides. Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Todd, David P. (David Peck)
- Date: 1922
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Book/Printed MaterialDeliciae physico-mathematicae, oder, Mathemat. vnd philosophische Erquickstunden : darinnen sechshundert drey vnd sechzig schöne liebliche vnd ...
Volume 2 has title: Delitiae mathematicae et physicae : der mathematischen und philosophischen Erquickstunden ... zusammen getragen durch Georg Philip Harssdörffern | Half title, volume 2: Mathematischen und philosophischen Erquickstunden | Volume 3 has title: Delitae philosophicae et mathematicae : der philosophischen und mathematischen Erquickstunden ... zusammem getragen durch Georg Philip Harssdörffern | Engraved title page, v. 2: Fortsetzung der mathematischen und philosophischen Erquickstunden | Engraved title page, v. 3: Philosophischen und mathematischen Erquickstunden III. Theil | Deliciae physico-mathematicae, oder, Mathemat. und philosophische Erquickstunden | Deliciae physico-mathematicae | Mathemat. vnd philosophische Erquickstunden | Delitiae mathematicae et physicae : der mathematischen und philosophischen Erquickstunden ... zusammen getragen durch Georg Philip Harssdörffern | Mathematischen und philosophischen Erquickstunden | Delitae philosophicae et mathematicae : der philosophischen und mathematischen Erquickstunden ... zusammem getragen durch Georg Philip Harssdörffern | Fortsetzung der mathematischen und philosophischen Erquickstunden | Philosophischen und mathematischen Erquickstunden III. Theil Engraved title page (v. 1); added engraved title pages in volumes 2 and 3. Vol. 3 has imprint: Nürnberg : In Verlegung Wolffgang Moritz Endters, anno MDCXCII. Vol. 1: [12], 574 p.;...- Contributor: Schwenter, Daniel - Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp - Dümler, Jeremias - Endter, Wolfgang Moritz - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1636
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Book/Printed MaterialPhilosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: [A]-Z⁴, (H₂ lettered G₂), Aa-Zz⁴, ***⁴, Aaa-Ooo⁴. The second and third books were apparently printed by different printers as...
- Contributor: Newton, Isaac
- Date: 1687
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Book/Printed MaterialNewton's Principia. The mathematical principles of natural philosophy, Also available in digital form. LAC scc 2018-11-09 update (1 card)
- Contributor: Motte, Andrew - Chittenden, N. W. - Newton, Isaac
- Date: 1848
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Book/Printed MaterialNouicijs adolesce[n]tib[us] ad astronomica[m] remp. capessenda[m] aditu[m] impetra[n]tib[us] p[ro] breui rectoq[ue] tramite a vulgari vestigio semoto, ... Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Caption title (printed in red). Imprint from colophon (place from Goff). The col. ill. are printed with blocks inked yellow...
- Contributor: Sacro Bosco, Joannes De - Incunabula Collection (Library of Congress) - Peurbach, Georg Von - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Regiomontanus, Joannes
- Date: 1482
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Book/Printed MaterialThe gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe Published also as thesis (PH. D.) Columbia university, 1917. Bibliography: p. 130-144. Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Stimson, Dorothy
- Date: 1917
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Book/Printed MaterialLife of Galileo Galilei: with illustrations of the advancement of experimental philosophy. "List of Galileo's works" : p. [308] Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Bethune, John Elliot Drinkwater
- Date: 1832
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Book/Printed MaterialGalileo, his life and work, "Bibliography": p. 423-433. "List of the principal works consulted": p. 435-446. Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Fahie, J. J. (John Joseph)
- Date: 1903
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Book/Printed MaterialA general catalogue of 1290 double stars discovered from 1871 to 1899 by S.W. Burnham. Arranged ... The original lists of new double stars. A complete list of the nineteen catalogues which are included in this work: p. ix-x. Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley)
- Date: 1900
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Book/Printed MaterialM. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles whereof are set down in the ...
M. Blvndevile his exercises | M. Blundevile his exercises Each treatise, except that on arithmetic, has a special title page. Signatures: A-3B⁸ 3C⁸(-C5,6,7,8+chi⁴) 3D-3E⁸. The chi cancellans signed "Bbb3", "Bbb4". Pages 761-768 on cancellans foliated 371, 372, 375, 374. One of...- Contributor: Blundeville, Thomas - Stansby, William - Plancius, Petrus - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Blagrave, John - Mercator, Gerhard
- Date: 1613
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Book/Printed MaterialTychonis Brahe Dani Epistolarum astronomicarum libri : quorum primus hic illustriss. et laudatiss. principis Gulielmi Hassiae ...
Epistolarum astronomicarum libri This volume contains correspondence in Latin and German with Landgrave Wilhelm and his astronomer Christopher Rothmann. Subsequent volumes were never published. Cf. Tycho Brahe / J.L.E. Dreyer. 1890. p. 228. A reissue...- Contributor: Rothmann, Christoph - Brahe, Tycho - Wilhelm IV
- Date: 1601
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Book/Printed MaterialNicolai Copernici Torinensis De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : habes in hoc opere iam recens ...
De revolutionibus orbium cœlestium | De revolvtionibvs orbium cœlestium | De revolvtionibus orbium cœlestium De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres), written by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) and published just before his death, placed the sun at the center of the...- Contributor: Copernicus, Nicolaus - Petrejus, Johannes
- Date: 1543
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Book/Printed MaterialThe sidereal messenger of Galileo Galilei and a part of the preface to Kepler's Dioptrics containing ... Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Galilei, Galileo - Kepler, Johannes - Carlos, Edward Stafford
- Date: 1880
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Book/Printed MaterialSidereus nuncius : magna longeque admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique, praesertim verò philosophis atq[ue] astronomis, ...
Obseruat. sidereae recens habitae | Siderevs nvncivs | Sidereus nuntius Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: A-C⁴ D⁶ E-G⁴. Contains both woodcut and engraved illustrations; moon illustrations from Galileo's own drawings. Vendor: Jonathan A. Hill.- Contributor: Galilei, Galileo - Baglioni, Tommaso
- Date: 1610
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Book/Printed MaterialHarmonices mvndi libri v. qvorvm primus geometricvs, Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Books 1-2 and books 3-5 are paged continuously. Books 1, 4 and 5 have special t.p. included in pagination.
- Contributor: Kepler, Johannes - Fludd, Robert - Ptolemy
- Date: 1619
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Book/Printed MaterialTabvlæ Rudolphinæ, qvibvs astronomicæ scientiæ, temporum longinquitate collapsæ restauratio continetur; a ... Tychone, ex illustri ...
Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, quibus astronomicæ scientiæ, temporum longinquitate collapsæ restauratio continetur Sportula genethliacis (p. 121-125) and Notæ ([2] p.) with imprint: Typis Saganensibus, 1629, and the map by Philipp Eckebrecht, with imprint: Norimbergae, Sculpsit J.P. Walch, 1630, were added after publication for the...- Contributor: Bibliotheca Lindesiana - Brahe, Tycho - Kepler, Johannes - Eckebrecht, Philipp - Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp) - Saur, Jonas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1627
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