Henry Morton, “Sunlight and Moonlight”, an 11-part article over two volumes in Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol 56 (third series) vol 76 (overall), 1868, 426pp overall. Bound in half calf and marbled boards. Ex-library with a few stamps on title page. The binding has a set of problems, mainly with the front board being nearly detached, and the first two pages are detached. Fair/Good condition. Two volumes, $225
The Morton occupies is located on pp 59-64 (with a lovely plate showing a view across the crater Copernicus), 131-136 (with folding photographic map of the Moon), 201-203 (with a plate of lovely lunar shadows), 274-277 (with a beautiful plate of a lunar vista on the surface of the Moon), 349-351 (with a plate of Mars), and continued in the next volume.
C.S. Lyman, “A New Form of Wave Apparatus”, pp 187-194.
Octave Chanute, Pneumatic Bridge Foundations, continued from a previous vol and here occupying pp 17-28 (with three plates), 89-99; Chanute is mainly remembered for his work in aeronautics and his influence on the Wright brothers, though some of his technical work wound up being incorrect, something the Wright's discovered on their own but were loathe to publish on it.
John Mayer, “Nitro-Glycerine: its Claims as a New Industrial Agent”, pp 40-45, 119-123.
And many others.
Morton, Henry. Sunlight and Moonlight", in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol 57 (third series) vol 77 (whole series), 1869, 424pp complete. Half calf and marbled boards; nice condition, ex-library with a few stamps on the title page. G-VG condition. The Morton article is continued from p. 418 vol 56, and occupies pp 65-69 (with a plate), 133-135, 204-208 (with a plate), 274-275, 344-347 (and a plate), 414--420 (concluded).
De Volson Wood, "History of the Investigation on the Resistance of SOlid Bodies, pp 100-110;
Charles Emery, The Best Modes of Testing the Power and Economy of the Steam Engine, pp 110-120, 177-184;
Lewis Leeds, Lectures on Ventilation, continued from vol 56, pp 65-69, 135-139, 199-204, 276-280,
J. Norman Lockyer, "Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun", pp 266-267;
Total Eclipse of the Sun *August 18, 1868), with a plate, pp 268- 273
Clemens Herschel, Gauging the Flow of Rivers, pp 305-315, with a plate of the device.
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