A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JONAS SALK: (1914 - 1995) American physician and epidemiologist who developed the first vaccine against poliomyelitis. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, ...

ALBERT SCHWEITZER: (1875 - 1964) Nobel Prize-winning French physician and theologian, a specialist in tropical medicine. A.N.S. at the bottom of a let

ELMER A. SPERRY: (1860 - 1930) American engineer and industrialist, inventor of the gyroscopic compass and stabilizer which revolutionized navigation,

KLIMENT TIMIRYAZEV: (1843 - 1920) Russian physician, a pioneer of physiology. S.P. a small printed photograph on a 6" x 8" page, boldly si...

CLYDE W. TOMBAUGH: American astronomer and the discoverer of Pluto. S.P. 10" x 8" b/w, a reprint of a very early photo showing Tombaugh as...

(SCIENTISTS): A nice lot of three signed postal covers, includes: a cover honoring Albert Einstein with attractive image, signed by JONAS SALK and ALB

(SCIENTISTS): A nice lot of eight vintage scientific autographs in various formats, includes: FRIDJOF NANSEN (bold pencil sig, mounted); HENRY A. WARD

(SOVIET PHYSICISTS): Scarce war-date D.S. 1p. 4to., "Institute of Problems of Physics of the Academy of Science", Moscow, Apr. 26, 1944, a...

ORVILLE WRIGHT: (1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-

ORVILLE WRIGHT: (1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-