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A Scientist Speaks as a Citizen View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorBrown, HarrisonHeadlineSigned by Manhattan Project turned A-bomb criticPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1946 Lot #12 The Gentleman of Culture View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorBush, VannevarHeadlinePrivately printed, signed by Vannevar BushPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Publishedc. 1958-1959 Lot #13 University of Chicago Round Table, Number 601, September 25, 1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSzilard, Leo, William Ogburn, Harold Urey, and Louis WirthHeadlineEarly retrospect on the Manhattan ProjectPublisherUniversity of Chicago Round TableDate Published1949 Lot #82 Four works on the first post-World War II computing machines View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Computing)HeadlineBirth of American ComputingDate Published1949-1957 Lot #83 Calculating Instruments and Machines View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Computing)AuthorHartree, Douglas R.HeadlineWhen Calculating Machines became ComputersProvenanceWalter Freiberger, Professor of Mathematics at Brown UniversityPublisherCambridge University PressDate Published1950 Lot #84 "Les Automates" in La Nature [with] Chess and Computers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Computing)HeadlineOn Torres Quevedo's chess-playing automatonDate Published1914; 1976 Lot #85 Computers And Common Sense, The Myth of Thinking Machines View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Computing)AuthorTaube, MortimerHeadlineThe first critique of AI, inscribedPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1961 Lot #86 Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. C, No. 4862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Computing)AuthorWilkes, M.V.HeadlineFirst doubts about A.I.?PublisherRoyal Society of ArtsDate PublishedDecember 14, 1951 Lot #105 Observaciones sobre los males que se experimentan en esta isla de Cuba desde la infancia, y consejos dados a las madres y al bello sexo View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)AuthorBelot, CharlesHeadlineBelot's guide to women's health in CubaPublisherLanuza, Mendia y CiaDate Published1828 Lot #142 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 Lot #162 The Year 2000 [with] The Next 200 Years View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorKahn, HermanHeadlineTwo inscribed by the real 'Dr. Strangelove'Date Published1967-1976 Lot #167 Aircraft In Warfare; The Dawn of the Fourth Arm View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLanchester, F.W.Headline1st book on the math of warPublisherConstable and Company LimitedDate Published1916 Lot #199 New York State Museum - 48th Annual Report of the Regents 1894 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(New York)HeadlineRare with all mushroom lithographsPublisherUniversity of the State of New YorkDate Published1895 Lot #263 The Electrical Experimenter / Science and Invention View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Tesla, Nikola)Headline1919 article on Nikola TeslaDate PublishedJanuary 1919 Lot #264 Scientific American Supplement No. 1483 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Tesla, Nikola)HeadlineTesla plans to change world energyPublisherScientific AmericanDate PublishedJune 4, 1904 Lot #265 Polyphase Electric Currents and Alternate Current Methods View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Tesla, Nikola)AuthorThompson, Silvanus P.HeadlineTesla talks to Mars?PublisherP.F. Collier & SonDate Published1902 Lot #297 Le Corset histoire - Medicine - Hygiéne : Étude Médicale View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fashion)AuthorO'Followell, [Verfasserin]HeadlineO'Followell's scarce survey of the Corset, signedPublisherA. Maloine, ÉditeurDate Published1905 Lot #341 Space Flight: Countdown For The Future View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSänger, EugenHeadlineEugen Sänger's Space FlightPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published[1965] Lot #413 Terrestrial and Celestial Globes: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Edward LutherHeadlineImportant reference on globes, 2 volumesPublisherYale University Press for the Hispanic Society of AmericaDate Published1921 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next