ALL ABOUT ENGINES
Written by Edward Cressey.
Stock no. 1830430
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Good condition.

For boys. Beginning with an account of a simple engine, and an explanation of how it works by steam, the reader is next introduced to the pioneers and their difficulties in order to bring out more clearly the principles involved in the production of mechanical power. After a survey of the various types of steam engines and boilers, gas, petrol, and oil engines are described. Blue pictorial cloth boards. Coloured frontis. 182 b/w illustrations and diagrams. Top edge blue. xv and 352 pages including index. Spine faded, boards marked and grubby. Text block browned. Frontis is detached but present. Foxing throughout. One plate partially detached.

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RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND THE GENERAL THEORY
Written by Albert Einstein; Robert W. Lawson; Roger Penrose.
Stock no. 1830340
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Authorised translation by Lawson, introduced by Penrose. Matt, grey patterned boards, silver title to spine. xxii and 201 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS (WORLD STUDENT SERIES)
Written by Robert H. Dicke; James P. Wittke.
Stock no. 1830314
Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc.. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An introduction to the physical concepts and mathematical formulations of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, designed as a textbook for courses at the graduate level but also suitable for advanced undergraduates. A complete and unabridged reprint of the original American work. Grey cloth boards, red title block to spine with gilt title. xi and 369 pages including index. Fourth Printing. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Neat name in pink ink to top edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Turquoise dustwrapperis lightly scuffed, a little grubby to rear panel.

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TIME BASES (SCANNING GENERATORS)
Written by O.S. Puckle.
Stock no. 2138851
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1945. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Their Design and Development with Notes on the Cathode Ray Tube. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w circuits to text. xii and 204 pages including index. Fourth Impression. Small mark to rear board. Spine is slightly cocked. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn and chipped, with loss; most of spine missing.

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A HISTORY OF ENGINEERING METROLOGY
Written by Kenneth J. Hume.
Stock no. 2137373
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of engineering metrology. The book opens with an account of the early attempts at accurate measurement made by various eminent engineers... Yellow cloth boards with purple title to spine. B/w photos. x and 220 pages including index. ISBN: 0852984480. Minor knock to top edge of front board. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and unevenly faded; especially faded to spine and edges. Slight musty odour present.

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MEASUREMENT ERRORS AND UNCERTAINTIES - THEORY AND PRACTICE
Written by Semyon G. Rabinovich.
Stock no. 1319670
Published by Aip Press; Springer. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third Edition. Glazed boards. 308 pages. ISBN: 0387253580. Minimal bumping and fading to spine. A few light grubby marks to covers. Some page corners lightly creased.

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CHAOS UNDER CONTROL THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY
Written by David Peak; Michael Frame.
Stock no. 2121658
Published by W.H. Freeman and Company. Circa 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. This book introduces you to the rich concepts driving the new science of complexity. ISBN: 0716724294.

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THE PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
Written by L.J. Tassie.
Stock no. 2120478
Published by Longman Group Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition.

This book is for all physics students, including those who will not become particle physicists. The book is mainly concerned with the ideas and the simple aspects of theory of the subject, but some important experiments, such as the muon neutrino experiment and the non-conservation of CP in the decay of the neutral K meson are described. White cardwraps. xi and 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0582441250. Light browning to covers. Minor foxing to text block and a few minor grubby marks. Publisher's price label to inside front cover else contents clean.

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MATRIX THEORY FOR PHYSICISTS
Written by J. Heading.
Stock no. 2120023
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; some foxing.

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ELECTROSTATIC POWDER COATING
Written by J.F. Hughes.
Stock no. 2119812
Published by Research Studies Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Electronic & Electrical Engineering Research Studies Series. This book will be invaluable to all those dealing with applications involving charged particles, particularly to industrial coaters, equipment manufacturers and powder manufacturers who require background knowledge of fundamental electrostatic phenomena and to students and technicians needing information on particle charging and manipulation of particles in an electric field. Blue glazed boards. B/w diagrams. xix and 121 pages including index. ISBN: 0863800181. Minor bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light browning to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents otherwise clean.

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QUESTIONING GRAVITY: A NEW HYPOTHESIS
Written by A. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1208138
Published by A. Wilkinson. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An attempt to demonstrate a physical cause of Gravity that can elucidate many phenomena that are otherwise inexplicable. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 223 pages. ISBN: 1854210726. A nice, clean copy.

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THE PARTICLE PLAY: AN ACCOUNT OF THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF MATTER
Written by J.C. Polkinghorne.
Stock no. 2119117
Published by W.H. Freeman and Company. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Written for the layman. It unfolds a tale which starts with the deceptively simple days of the early 1930s, through the tide of discovery which flowed from the giant machines constructed for accelerating particles, to the present concern with the quark structure of matter and the unification of fundamental interactions. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 138 pages including index. ISBN: 071671177X. A very nice copy with dustwrapper.

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