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Rennaes, Selmer . CANCER OF THE BREAST IN WOMEN
Stockholm 1960 Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica Sup 266. A clinical and statistical investigation of the material at the Norwegian Radium Hospital 1932-51. Octavo, 102pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a18030)
$39.00 (gamma rays) . GAMMA RAY RADIOGRAPHIC STANDARDS OF THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING FOR STEEL CASTINGS FOR STEAM PRESSURE SERVICE
September 1938. Reproduced with permission of the Navy Department by the Canadian Radium and Uranium Corporation, New York City. 8vo., 33 photographic plates with titles and accompanying line drawings, bound in metal ring binder. Owner name stamps on title and verso. VG. (a19494)
$150.00 Curie, Madame P. . L'ISOTOPIE ET LES ISOTOPES
Paris 1923. In Le Journal de Physique et Le Radium, Tome IV, Serie VI, No. 11, November 1923 at pp. 381-412. Sm.4to., wraps. Near VG, head and tail of spine chipped. (a23113)
$45.00Wilde, Henry. ON THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF RADIUM
Manchester 1908. Memoir No. I of the Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, 1907-1908, Volume 52, Part I. Removed from bound issue, 3pp. VG. (a25099)
$22.00 (physical Therapy) . HANDBOOK OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Chicago 1936 2nd edition, revised. American Medical Association. Articles by many different authors on massage, ultraviolet therapy, luminous and infra-red, light therapy, radiotherapy, xray and radium, short wave therapy. Hardcover. Octavo, 436pp., illustrated, cloth. Owner bookplate (signed by Irving Clyne.) Good, no DJ. (a29377)
$25.00 Modigliani, Franco . STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIMENTS ON THE INFLUENCE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL ON THE GROWTH OF CROPS CONDUCTED IN THE U.S.A. IN THE YEARS 1944 TO 1946
NY 1948. Prepared for the Canadian Radium & Uranium Corp., New York City. Marked "Confidential." This must be the Franco Modigliani who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1985. A most unusual work by this eminent thinker. 4to., 36 leaves mimeo on rectos only (legal size paper), stapled at top. VG, folded horizontally at about 3 inches from the bottom. (a43265)
$275.00Stoklasa, Julius ; Joseph Penkava. BIOLOGIE DES RADIUMS UND URANIUMS - erster band
Berlin 1932 Parey. In German. Volume in series Biologie des Radiums und er Radioaktiven Elemente. Hardcover. Thick heavy Sm4to., 958pp., 152 illustrations, 1 color plate. Booksellers label on titlepage. Good, corners worn, spine ends chipped. (a5135x)
$39.00 Beclere, Antoine . THE USE OF RADIUM IN MEDICINE
Washington 1925. 8vo., 5p., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a54250)
$25.00 Berry, Edward R. . CLEAR FUSED QUARTZ MADE IN THE ELECTRIC FURNACE
Washington 1925. 8vo., 6p., 3 plates, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a54251)
$25.00 Stovall, Marilyn ; L. H. Lanzl and W. S. Moos . ATLAS OF RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS VOL. IV BARCHYTHERAPY ISODOSE CHARTS, SEALED RADIUM SOURCES
Vienna 1972 International Atomic Engergy Agency. Lg.4to.,126 foldout charts, original printed wraps. VG, light cover soiling and wear. Volume IV only: (a54891)
$75.00 (leprosy) . STUDIES UPON LEPROSY XLIII TO XLVIII
1927 1st U.S. Public Health Service Public. Health Bulletin No. 168. Contents: Plasma Proteins in Leprosy, Lipase in Blook Serum of Lepers, Radium Treatment of Nasal Lesions of Leprosy, etc. Octavo, 47pp., original printed wraps. Institution stamp on front. VG, light wear. (a70501)
$35.00 Curie, Mme Pierre et M. D-K Yovanovitch . SUR L'ACCROISSEMENT DU DEBIT DE CHALEUR DES SELS DE RADIUM PAR FORMATION DE POLONIUIM
1925. Article in French at pp.33-35 in a single issue of Le Journal de Physique et le Radium. Included in a complete issue of this journal with a few other articles as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG (a74252)
$45.00 Curie, Mme Pierre et Mlle W. A. Lub . SUR LES RAYONS x DE LONG PARCOURS EMIS PAR LE DEPOT ACTIF DE L'ACTINIUM
1933. Article in French at pp. 513-516 in an issue of Le Journal de Physique et le Radium. Issue has a few other articles as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG (a74268a)
$45.00 Foex, G . RECHERCHES RECENTES SUR LE PARAMAGNETISME ET LES MOMENTS ATOMIQUES
1933. Article in French at pp. 517-532 in an issue of Le Journal de Physique et le Radium. Issue has a few other articles as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG (a74268b)
$45.00 Curie, Mme Pierre et Mlle I. Curie . SUR LA DECROISSANCE DU RADIUM D; SUR LA QUANTITE DE POLONIUM ACCUMULEE DANS D'ANCIENNES AMPOULES DE RADON ET SUR LA PERIODE DU RADIUM D
1929. Article in French at pp. 385-391 in an Le Journal de Physique et le Radium. Issue has a few other articles as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG (a74269)
$55.00 Bragg, W. H. . DURCHGANG DER ALPHA-, BETA-, GAMMA-, UND ROENTGEN-STRAHLEN DURCH MATERIE; BOUND WITH TWO OTHER WORKS ON RADIOACTIVITY
Leipzig 1913 Barth. Deutsch von Max Ikle. Bragg won Nobel in Physics in 1915. Hardcover. Octavo, 241p., mit 70 Figuren, 3/4 maroon cloth with red and gold marbled boards. Bound with " Le Vingt-Cinquieme Anniversaire de la Decouverte du Radium 1893-1923 ", 85p. with several photo illutrations of the Curies, of the Dispensaire de la Fondation Curie, etc. This book has chapters by Appell, Lorentz, Perin, Beclere, Derard, Curie, Millerand, Strauss and others. Bound with: John Joly, "Radioactivity and the Surface History of the Earth Being the Halley Lecture" for 1924, 40p. with large color foldout map Oro-Bathygraphical Chart of World showing areas of Volcanic Activity. VG, some chips on gilt spine lettering, light wear on boards.Great gift book! (a85281)
$320.00 Geiger, H. und A. Werner . DIE ZAHL DER VON RADIUM AUSGESANDTEN a-TEILCHEN
1924 Vieweg. Article at pp. 187-203, removed from Zeitschrift fur Physik, einundzwanzigster band 21, 1924 and rebound in later wraps. Near Fine. (a88010)
$35.00