Robert b sosman (120 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. pp225-234. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1921. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "The subject-matter of geophysical-chemistry may be defined as 'the physical properties and chemical reactions of the substances and aggregates that make up the earth.' It may therefore be roughly divided into two parts: A. Properties and reactions of materials accessible at the earth's surface. B. Properties and reactions of materials in the earth's interior.".…

Soft cover. Zustand: VG. 10pp extract, savaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1921. Author was at the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington. In mylar report cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No jacket - as issued. First Edition. Vintage Hardcover, First Edition 1940 American Society for Metals 100 pages. Very Good, no jacket. Minor shelf/edge wear to dark red cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp, with a touch of wear to the tips. Has the stamp of the Claud S. Gordon Company of Cleveland, Ohio on FFEP and LFEP. All other pages are clean and unmarked. A series of three educational lectures presented to members of The American Society For Metals during the Twentieth National Metal Congress and Exposition in Detroit, Mich Oct 17 to 21 1938. A very handsome First Edition.LOC SSE-07.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. covers have minor wear, corners and ends of spine heave heavy wear, binding tight, pages unmarked, 100 pages including index, series of 3 lectures presented to members of the American Society for Metals during the Twentieth National Metal Congress and Exposition in Detroit Michigan in 1938 on the measurement of temperatures and gradients in metals, bw illustrations Size: 6.25 x 9.25.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover. No dust jacket. First Edition First Printing. Previous owner's name blacked out on the title page else Fine. Clean, bright and tight. No writing or other marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good condition. No Jacket. 1895 printing of 1893 original. Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1895. Very Good condition but for a narrow strip (3/4 inch) cut from the top of title page (to remove a previous owner's name?). Chapter IX is an Historical Summary (pp. 267-275). Appendix (6 tables). Index. Bound in the original black cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. This copy is from the library of, and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. In addition, his tiny signature and "M.I.T." are pencilled on the front pastedown endpaper. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." . 1895 printing of 1893 original. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. 287pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …

Paperback. Zustand: Near Very Good condition. First Edition. [Charlottesville]: University of Virginia, 1928. Near Very Good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. With 19 figures and 28 plates in the text, bibliography, and index. Includes 3 (of 4) folding maps in a pocket at the end. The pocket is edgeworn and frayed, but the maps are in perfect condition. Bound in the original blue wraps. This book is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xii, 205pp. + maps. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

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Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. The Properties of Silica: An Introduction Top the Properties of Substances in the Solid Non-Conducting State. Book.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good condition. First Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Geological Survey of Ohio, 1948. Very Good condition. Geological Survey of Ohio. Report of Investigations No. 4. Analyses of coal beds in Athens, Perry, Noble, Morgan, and Washington counties. Map. Tables. This book is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 17pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good condition. No jacket. Fourth Edition, First Impression. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1903. Very Good condition. A clean, square and reasonably tight copy of the scarce 1903 first printing of the 4th revised and enlarged edition. Corners are NOT bumped. Pages are clean. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. This copy is from the personal library of, and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". Fourth Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Reeks, Miss M. xxii, 951pp + 40 pages of ads. Reeks, Miss M. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. First Edition. New York: The Chemical Catalog Company, Inc., 1927. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. A square, reasonably tight copy. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the endpapers. Text pages are unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with figures. Tables. Graphs. Footnotes/bibliographical references. Index and Glossary. Bound in the original dark blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. Arthur H. Heuer has called this book "demonstrably the first truly modern treatise in ceramics." It's author, the physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman, received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 8vo. 856pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+ condition. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1933. 6" wide by 9" tall. Original printed wrappers. Cover lightly soiled. Text pages are FINE. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with line drawings. From the text: "The Washington mine is on Jonestown Hill, one mile south of Oxford, in northwestern New Jersey. It is producing 16,000 tons of concentrates a month, which are being shipped to the Alan Wood Steel Company's furnaces at Swedeland, Pennsylvania." This copy is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman, with his tiny ink stamp. A physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: New Jersey Mineralogy. Geology. . Softcover pamphlet. Very Good+ condition. 9 pages.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good condition. Offprint. American Journal of Science, 1934. 6" wide by 9" tall. Original printed wrappers. Vertical crease in center, as if folded for mailing. Text pages are otherwise FINE. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with map and line drawings. This copy is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman, with his tiny ink stamp. A physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: New Jersey Mineralogy. Geology. . Offprint. Softcover pamphlet. Very Good condition. pp. 65-70.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Thus. First Thus Edition, First Printing (orig. pub. as "The Properties of Silica", 1927). Hard cover 8vo in gray cloth. Very Good book in Very Good DJ. Owner name front endpaper, DJ taped to boards, else Fine and unmarked; unclipped jacket heavily taped, edgeworn w/sunned spine. 388pp; illustrated in graphs and charts. Book. …

Zustand: Good. 129 pp., original paper wrappers (softcover), library markings, else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good condition. Revised edition. Columbus, Ohio: Geological Survey of Ohio, 1946. Very Good condition. Pages are age toned, but clean and unmarked. Fourth Series, Information Circular, No. 1 (Revised Edition). This is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". Revised edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 33pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine condition. No jacket. First US edition presumed. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1921. A gorgeous copy. (1921). Fine condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Pages are clean and crisp -- pages are largely unopened. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No date of publication is indicated; although 1921 appears at the end of the author's preface. Illustrated with 167 diagrams. Translated by H. C. Booth. Select bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, lettered in gold on the spine and front cover. This copy is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." . First US edition presumed. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. viii, 308pp.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the difficulties and errors in gas thermometry, especially as it reaches beyond 1150 degrees Celsius. The author traces the history of this centuries-old scientific pursuit, outlining the conceptions of gas temperature measurement from the 1800s onward, as well as the experiments and interpretations of respected scientists like Prinsep, Pouillet, Regnault, and others. The author's own research adds to this long history, and their work not only builds on previous research, but aims to clear up some considerable uncertainty in high-temperature measurements that had come before. Their work, and the work of others they discuss, has important implications for the use of gas thermometry to calibrate other temperature-measuring instruments. A solid understanding of gas thermometry is key to accurately measuring high temperatures, and this book contributes to this understanding with its detailed descriptions of experiments, references to prior research, and discussions of error and uncertainty. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good condition. First Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Geological Survey of Ohio, 1944. Very Good condition (mild bump to one corner -- NO text or illustrations are affected). Pages are clean and unmarked. Fourth Series, Bulletin 45. 1944. First Edition. Tables. Fold-out charts. Bound in the original dark green wraps, printed in silver. This is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. vii, 230pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine condition. No jacket. First Edition. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1937. Fine condition. 5" wide x 7.75" tall. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Corners are NOT bumped. Pages are clean. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original blue cloth. Illustrated with photos, portraits, figures, graphs. Foreword by Karl T. Compton with chapters by E. C. Sullivan (Accomplishments of the Industrial Physicist in the Glass Industry); Zay Jeffries & E. Q. Adams (Physics in the Metal Industry); Paul D. Foote (Let the Physicist Change Your Oil!); J. P. Den Hartog (Vibration in Industry); John Ely Burchard (Building -- The Forgotten Child of Physics); Oliver E. Buckley (The Evolution of the Crystal Wave Filter); Clark B. Millikan (The Physicist Gets Air Minded [Aeronautics]); Joseph Slepian (Some Physical Problems in the Electrical Power Industry); Homer L. Dodge (Training of Physicists from the Viewpoint of the Educator); A. R. Olpin (Training of Physicists from the Viewpoint of the Employer). Bibliographical references. Index. This copy is from the personal library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. xiv, 290pp.…

VI, 129 pages. With 18 figures in text and on plates and one plate in opposite of the title. Original cloth binding. 26x18 cm Arthur Louis Day (* 30. Oktober 1869 in Brookfield, Massachusetts; 2. März 1960) war ein amerikanischer Geophysiker. Er war zwischen 1907 und 1936 Leiter des Geophysikalischen Labors der Carnegie Institution of Washington. Während seiner wissenschaftlichen Laufbahn und vor allem am Carnegie-Institut veröffentlichte Louis Day wichtige Forschungsbeiträge zur Physik, Chemie, Geologie, Seismologie und Vulkanologie. Darüber hinaus forschte er über Glas und Keramik. Day war zweimal verheiratet und hinterließ vier Kinder. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good condition. First Edition Thus. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Journal of Science, 1947. Very Good condition (spine a little sunned). Offprint from the Ohio Journal of Science, Volume XLVII, No. 2, 1947. Report of Investigations No. 2, Geological Survey of Ohio. Bound in the original pale green wraps, printed in black. This book is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition Thus. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. pp. 49-54. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good condition. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1942. Very Good condition. A square, reasonably tight copy. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated. Bibliographical references. Index. Original blue cloth. This copy is from the personal library of, and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman is the author of THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Beneath his name in this volume, there is a brief pencil note in Sosman's microscopic hand that this book was used as a reference in writing SILICA. Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 531pp.…