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CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES

By: Culin, Stewart

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Ann Rept, Wash, DC: 1895

Seller ID: k190114f

Offprint “from the report of the U.S. National Museum for 1893, pages 489-537 with plates 1-12, and figures 1-33.” 8vo, stitched paper wrappers. Condition: covers present but detached; text block clean and tight.
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PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST being an attempt to illustrate the first principles of natural philosophy by the aid of POPULAR TOYS AND SPORTS

By: [Paris, John]

Price: $175.00

Publisher: London, Longman Rees Orme Brown And Green: 1827

Seller ID: k200801f

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

First Edition, 1827. 3 Volumes. 8vo, boards. Vol. (1). xviii, 316pp, Vol. (2). vii, 314pp [2]. Vol. (3). vi, 207pp. Woodcut chapter headings by George Cruikshank. ##### Chapters on balls and motion, marbles, popguns, the kite, ancient music, optical illusions, the swing. Also, an important book in the history of moving pictures since Vol 3 discusses the Thaumatrope, a pioneering device for displaying images in motion. Other topics covered include momentum, geometry, elasticity and the collision of bodies; the science behind these is demonstrated using a yo-yo, a jack-in-the-box, marbles and...
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CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES

PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST being an attempt to illustrate the first principles of natural philosophy by the aid of POPULAR TOYS AND SPORTS