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London, C. Davis, 1753. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", vol. 47. First leaf detached, otherwise fine. Pp. 201-212. First appearance of this paper in which several of Franklin's most important electrical experiments are presented. An accomplished botanist, apothecary and electrical experimenter in his own right, Watson here summarizes "a few of the most singular" of Franklin's electrical experiments.
London, Lockyer Davis, 1773. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", vol. 63, part 1. Including title-page of volume. Title-page reinforced in inner margin, otherwise a fine copy. Pp. (2), 41-48. First appearance of Franklin's report on affixing electrical conductors to five gunpowder magazines, a safeguard against the blowing up of a magazine by lightning. When the Purlfeet magazines were struck by lightning in 1777, the powder did not explode, and the buildings escaped serious damage (Weld, History of the Royal Society, 97).
Verlag: Royal Society of London 1773, 1774, London, 1773
Anbieter: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, USA
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Quarter Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Franklin and company's proposal for protecting the magazines at Purfleet, Wilson's dissent, and the group's letter saying they stand by their original assertions. Lengthty report on Deluc's development of a new hygrometer that used mercury instead of alcohol as the indicator fluid. Deluc's two folding plate with two separate illustrations was engraved by Basire. Also contains papers by numerous other authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. [2], v-viii, 218, v-vii, 221-507, [1] pp. 8vo. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.