Meteorological Observations and Essays
- later 19th cent. three quarter leather.
- London: Printed for T Ostell, [1793]
London: Printed for T Ostell, [1793]. First Edition. Second Issue.. later 19th cent. three quarter leather.. A very good copy; some age toning throughout; frt. endpaper excised; small inst. stamp at base of spine but no accessioning.. 8vo. There are several text illus. .
Dalton's first book. He acknowledged years later that it contained the germs of most ideas later expanded by him into discoveries, e.g., his years of observations of the auroral lights led him to claim that their origin was electric; the hypothesis that the atmosphere contained aqueous vapor that existed as an independent elastic fluid mechanically mixed with the other components of the air. The record of a vigorous original thinker. The second issue point is the fact that the date is not present on the title and the printer is stated as Ostell. Smyth #2; Gartrell #128; Wheeler Gift #582; Norman #574.
Dalton's first book. He acknowledged years later that it contained the germs of most ideas later expanded by him into discoveries, e.g., his years of observations of the auroral lights led him to claim that their origin was electric; the hypothesis that the atmosphere contained aqueous vapor that existed as an independent elastic fluid mechanically mixed with the other components of the air. The record of a vigorous original thinker. The second issue point is the fact that the date is not present on the title and the printer is stated as Ostell. Smyth #2; Gartrell #128; Wheeler Gift #582; Norman #574.
Details
Title
Meteorological Observations and Essays
Author
Dalton, J
Binding
later 19th cent. three quarter leather.
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Printed for T Ostell: London
Date
[1793]
Edition
First Edition. Second Issue.