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Daguerre Val de Loire

135 - [Physics]. An 18th-century collection comprising:
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[Physics]. An 18th-century collection comprising: -BERNIARD. Treatise on the fixed alkali found in plants. Extract from the Journal de Physique, March 1781. 23 pp. Followed by: BERNIARD. A paper containing the chemical analysis of the bone found in Paris in a cellar on Rue Dauphine, compared with the analysis of the bones of a whale, an elephant, an elk, a porpoise and a human: to which has been appended a comparative analysis of a manatee tooth, an elephant’s molar, and an unidentified tooth found on the banks of the River Ohio in Canada. Extract from the Journal de Physique, October 1781. 39 pp. Followed by: BERNIARD. Treatise on Rubber, known as elastic gum. Extract from the Journal de Physique, undated. 32 pp. on bluish paper. Followed by: LUZURIAGA. Treatise on the decomposition of atmospheric air by lead. Paris, Extract from the Journal of Physics, 1784. 24 pp. Followed by: PRIESTLEY (Joseph). A method of impregnating water with fixed air, and of imparting to it the properties of Pyrmont water, and of all mineral waters known as ‘acidulous’ or ‘aerial’. 51 pp. and a fold-out plate outside the text. Followed by: M.L.C.D.M. Treatise on the method of treating newly built walls. 1778. 24 pp. Followed by: MARET. Review of the treatise on the means to be employed to counter the ravages of smallpox. 15 pp. Followed by: GRATELOUP. Treatise on optics. A method for improving the lenses of achromatic telescopes. Paris: the author’s press, 1788. 14 pp, (1). Followed by: Experiment on the propagation of sound and the voice through pipes extending over a great distance; a new method of establishing and achieving very rapid communication between places far apart. In Philadelphia and Paris, published by Prault, 1783. 32 pp. Followed by: New regulations for silk spinning. 18th century. 24 pp. Followed by: DEGRAVERS. A description of vision. In London, published by Shorn, 1776. 56 pp. with a folding plate. Followed by: Letter from M. de *** to Madame de *** on dowsers. 16 pp. Followed by: Letter from Mr de *** to Madame de ***. 14 pp. Followed by: CARLA (M. du). Expression of Levelling, or a New Method for Accurately Marking Elevations and Terrain Features on Land and Sea Charts. Paris: Cellot, 1782. 111 pp. (Stains and discolouration). Collection bound in half-calf with a smooth, decorated spine and a title label in red morocco. (As is).
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