Poggendorff, J. C

BIOGRAPHISCH-LITERARISCHES HANDWORTERBUCH ZUR GESCHICHTE DER EXACTEN WISSENSCHAFTEN.... 4 volumes in 6

      Storrs-Mansfield, CT/Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher, [circa 1990s].. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spines. Volumes 1 & 2contain1584 columns &1458 columns, respectively. Volumes 3 & 4 arecontinuously paged 1-1496; Volumes 5 & 6 are continously paged 1-1718.Near fine. pThis set is a limited edition reprint of a work publishedfrom 1863 to 1904. Volumes I and II cover the period prior to 1858; theremainder of the set brings the work up to date through 1904.pAninvaluable source of information about the life and works ofmathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists,geologists and other scientists of all nations. The text is in German.