Précis élémentaire de physique expérimentale

Paris: Deterville, 1821. SECOND EDITION. Contemporary green marbled paper boards, gilt title labels, old library shelf mark. Illustrated with eighteen folding etched plates of instruments, projections, a map, optometric explanations, laboratory apparati, and animal dissection. Internally fresh and in excellent condition. Second edition, greatly expanded from the first, of this landmark treatise on physics. The text covers bodily movement and use of energy, acoustics, electricity, magnetism, light and color theory, microscopy, and optometry. A comprehensive table at the end of the second volume makes this a user-friendly reference work.
Biot (1774-1862) was a pioneer of the scientific community and made significant contributions in the fields of physics, astronomy, optics, and mathematics. He proved the existence of meteorites, and his work on light polarization led to the development of modern screen displays.
Poggendorff I, 195.