first edition Hardcover
1838 · Philadelphia, PA
by Wells, William Charles
Philadelphia, PA: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was a physician and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on friost and dew. Wells first believed that dew and frost were the causes of air that was a few degrees colder than the ground. He began to experiment and changed his theory when he realized that a combination of temperature, temperature change, and heat being conducted by various materials on the ground caused the condensate that resulted in dew or frost. First U.S. Edition. 71 pp. 8vo. Brown pebbled faux-leather boards with gold titling to spine, original volume has been rebound. Light foxing within, text block has been trimmed when it was rebound. (Inventory #: 29255)