James Dewar, 1842 - 1923: A Friday Evening Lecture to the Members of the Royal Institution on January 18, 1924

London: Ernest Benn, 1924. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cream card wrappers, yapp edges; 32pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled and lightly worn from handling, glue residue in title page gutter, a few unobtrusive pencil check marks in margins, else Near Very Good and sound. Lecture on the life and career of Scottish chemist Sir James Dewar, best known for the vacuum flask which was used for the liquefaction of oxygen and hydrogen.