1842 · New York
by Sherwood, H. H.
New York: Published at Fulton Street, (for the Author?), 1842. 12mo. 180 x 110 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches]. 72 pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcut images of the planets. Disbound, trimmed to outer margin. First edition. "No. 1.-To be Continued Annually." This appears to be the only edition printed. "The loadstone, the magnet, magnetism, and the mariner's compass, have been known to the ancient eastern nations from time immemorial. They called the two opposite forces in the magnet male and female and taught that everything was formed and moved by the combined action of these male and female forces. Little, however, was known on this subject among the Europeans. . ." OCLC list nine copies of this edition only. . (Inventory #: 581)