instructions taking meteorological observations tables von colonel sir henry james (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 52pp. 22 plates, some folding and hand coloured. Plus: TABLES FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE METOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. Published 1861 34pp. 2 large folding charts, one of which has a tear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Moderate to heavy wear including bumped edges and corners, scuffs, rub marks, lacking top half inch of spine cloth, and other general aging. "Drawn up by order of the Secretary of State for War". Illustrations include several fold-out diagrams/charts. Book.

First edition. 52pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 21 hand-coloured plates (three folding). [Bound with:] Table for the reduction of the meteorological observations taken at the stations of the royal engineers. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. 34pp. With two folding tables, one of which hand-coloured. Original publisher's green cloth recently rebacked, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to boards, corners bumped. Foxed throughout, ink library stamps and withdrawal stamp of the Meteorological Society to title. A comprehensive manual for the taking and recording of meteorological observations on land and at sea through the use of various instruments by Colonel Sir Henry James (1806-1877), Royal Engineer and latterly director-general of the Ordnance Survey. Size: Quarto.

First edition. 52pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 21 hand-coloured plates (three folding). [Bound with:] Table for the reduction of the meteorological observations taken at the stations of the royal engineers. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. 34pp. With two folding tables, one of which hand-coloured. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to spine, marking to boards, corners bumped. Upper hinge exposed, ink-stamp of Foyles Booksellers to FEP, near contemporary ink ownership inscription to FFEP, horizontal tear to one table - without loss, occasional spotting. The first edition of a comprehensive manual for the taking and recording of meteorological observations on land and at sea through the use of various instruments by Colonel Sir Henry James (1806-1877), Royal Engineer and latterly director-general of the Ordnance Survey.