PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS,

Selected From the Originals, printed in the Philosophical Journals, between the Years 1802 and 1817, Containing, Among Other Discoveries and Improvements, New Outlines of Chemical Philosophy, Founded on Original Experiments. To Which are added, Essays on Interesting Subjects, Not Before Printed. Lynn: Printed by John Wade 1823.
1st Ed. [vi] + vi + 186pp. 3 copper plates. Frontis. stained in part, some browning, rebound in modern mottled calf backed marbled boards, gilt ruling and gilt lettered title label to spine. Exceptionally scarce. Chapters on Time-pieces, Chronometers, Light from candles, Pendulums, Electricty, Light and Heat, Magnitude of the Moon, Pendulum Rods, etc. With an Appendix ‘A new method of determining the Longitude at Sea.’
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