Fr. Rychnowski: A popular critical view of the essence of exact science, and its social results, 1924

Title: Popular critical view of the essence of exact science, and its social results

Author: Iks won Chyr. [Rychnowski Franciszek]

Item description:

Notes: Binding almost certainly publisher's throughout (not just publisher's pastedown cover over secondary cardboard binding), compared with pieces in digital library https://polona.pl/item/popularny-i-krytyczny-poglad-na-istote-nauki-scislej-i-jej-wyniki-spoleczne,ODk3NzY2NzY/. Very rare, in the electronic catalogs of Polish scientific libraries known only two pieces in the collection of the National Library in Warsaw. The actual author of the publication is Franciszek Rychnowski, with the author's pseudonym on the title page. Chromolithographed cover unsigned of undetermined authorship. In the publication, the author describes his scientific hypotheses mainly in the field of physics.

- Franciszek Rychnowski, Franciszek Dionizy de Welehrad Rychnowski, using the pseudonym Iks won Chyr (surname spelled backwards) (3.10.1850 Welehrad - 3.07.1929 Lviv) Polish entrepreneur, engineer, physicist, photographer and inventor. He was the holder of 21 Austrian, Hungarian and German patents for fuel boilers, air-conditioning and electrical appliances. He postulated the existence of the electroid, considered a product of pseudoscience; see Wikipedia biography (no biography in the Polish Biographical Dictionary (PSB)), above link: file:///C:/Users/a/Downloads/Franciszek_Rychnowski_1850_1929_no.pdf (Piotr Rataj: Franciszek Rychnowski (1850-1929) underestimated genius, maniac or madman? in Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki 2021/66/1) accessed 7.12.2022 and Walanus 2022 pp. 276

Condition:

Binding slightly discolored, block loosened, title page slightly stained otherwise block clean, tightly loose otherwise no defects, no entries or stamps. Item in quite nice condition

Grading of state of preservation:

• perfect condition: (6) no flaws, no signs of use, like new
• very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
• nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
• quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
• more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), fairly insignificant, not very significant defects
• at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
• good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
• less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
• more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
• at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
• Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct

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