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Verlag: Manchester ; Printed by Harrison and Crosfield, 1824
Anbieter: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, Vereinigtes Königreich
Second edition. 8vo. ( 225mm. ) Pp. [5] vi - xx,[1] 2 - 244, [4] publishers adverts. Unopened.Title page and verso of the last leaf of the publishers adverts browned, otherwise a very clean copy. Publishers original drab paper backed boards, corners bumped, sometime new cloth backstrip retaining the original printed paper label. Dalton, John ( 1766 - 1844 ) , English meteorologist and chemical theorist, born in Cumbria. In the first edition ( 1793 ) of this important book, Dalton in the Preface alluded to a person who had given him much advice and time in his study of the physical and mechanical sciences, in this edition he reveals his mentor as a Mr Gough of Kendal and goes on to reveal that it was he who ' first set the example of keeping a meteorological journal at Kendal. For more details of Dalton see the Dictionary of Scientific Biography and Odnb.