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Auction archive: Lot number 115

Scientific American, 23 issues, 1920-21, 1936

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$120
Auction archive: Lot number 115

Scientific American, 23 issues, 1920-21, 1936

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$120
Beschreibung:

23 issues. Scientific American Monthly, 1920 – 6 issues ( Jan., March (lacks rear wrapper), May, June, July, Oct.). 9x12”, approx. 100 pages each. Scientific American…Weekly Review, 1921 - 10 issues (Jan. 1, 15, 22, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, 12, Apr. 2, 9, 16,. 30) 11x14", approx. 20 pages each. Scientific American, monthly, 1936 – (Jan., March, May, June, July, November, December) 9x11”, approx. 50 pages each. The 1920 issues covers such diverse subjects as Aerial diving suits, storm detectors, ballistics of volcanoes, airplanes as commercial possibility , photographing clouds from an airplane, airplanes in mine rescue, artificial Siamese twins, world’s supply of energy, shooting flying bullets with a camera, deep sea exploration, motion pictures, ships, automobiles, electric equipment, radium, agriculture. The 1936 issues include such features as Space Penetrating Power of Telescopes, auto accidents, Arctic radium, Cigarettes not harmful, breeding machine brains, motor car speed, and J.Edgar Hoover on Science and Crime

Auction archive: Lot number 115
Auction:
Datum:
22 Oct 2020
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

23 issues. Scientific American Monthly, 1920 – 6 issues ( Jan., March (lacks rear wrapper), May, June, July, Oct.). 9x12”, approx. 100 pages each. Scientific American…Weekly Review, 1921 - 10 issues (Jan. 1, 15, 22, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, 12, Apr. 2, 9, 16,. 30) 11x14", approx. 20 pages each. Scientific American, monthly, 1936 – (Jan., March, May, June, July, November, December) 9x11”, approx. 50 pages each. The 1920 issues covers such diverse subjects as Aerial diving suits, storm detectors, ballistics of volcanoes, airplanes as commercial possibility , photographing clouds from an airplane, airplanes in mine rescue, artificial Siamese twins, world’s supply of energy, shooting flying bullets with a camera, deep sea exploration, motion pictures, ships, automobiles, electric equipment, radium, agriculture. The 1936 issues include such features as Space Penetrating Power of Telescopes, auto accidents, Arctic radium, Cigarettes not harmful, breeding machine brains, motor car speed, and J.Edgar Hoover on Science and Crime

Auction archive: Lot number 115
Auction:
Datum:
22 Oct 2020
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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