An Enquiry concerning the Nature of Heat, and the Mode of its Communication. Read February 2, 1804. [Printed in:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the year MDCCCIV, Part I.
Published by London, 1804
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Seller: Aquila Antiquariaat, Lochem, GLD, NetherlandsAquila Antiquariaat
AbeBooks seller since February 3, 2003
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4to, 30cm. Pp. 77-182 [whole volume: pp. viii,190;26], 6 finely engraved figures on 2 plates. Plain modern interim wrappers, uncut. Small neat repair to blank part of title-page, some faint foxing or toning, generally very good. - First appearance of Rumford's second large paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat, in which he overthrows the caloric theory. It is one of the autho'r important steps towards the conception of the principle of the "conservation of energy". - Rare.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- An Enquiry concerning the Nature of Heat, and the Mode of its Communication. Read February 2, 1804. [Printed in:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the year MDCCCIV, Part I.
- Author
- RUMFORD, Benjamin Thompson, Count (1753-1814).:
- Publisher
- London
- Publication year
- 1804
- Binding
- Soft cover
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Aquila Antiquariaat
Lochem, GLD, Netherlands
AbeBooks seller since February 3, 2003
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