Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Optics, Geography, Astronomy, and Dialling [3 volume set]

Ferguson, James; David Brewster; Robert Patterson

Published by M. Carey, Philadelphia, 1814

About this Item

Three volume set. 22 x 14 cm. xlvi 356, viii 500pp. Volume 3 is the plates volume consisting of 48 folding leaves of plates to illustrated experiments, scientific instruments, and mechanical devices described in the main text. The plates are in good condition overall, They show varying degrees of moderate foxing and one with a tape repaired closed tear. Volumes 1 and 2 are bound into older full calf, volume 3 in 1/2 leather with marble boards and a more modern spine. Prefaced with a life of the author. The second American edition , corrected and enlarged with notes and an appendix by David Brewster and edited by Robert Patterson. Chip out of tail of spine of volume 2. Ferguson was known for his works on astronomy, Newtonian physics, as an instrument maker and for his public lectures. References: DSB IV, p. 565. Ferguson and Henderson: "Life of James Ferguon: In a Brief Autobiographical Account, and Further Extended Memoir".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Optics, Geography, Astronomy, and Dialling [3 volume set]
• Publisher: M. Carey, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1814
• Binding: Full Leather
• Edition: Second American Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
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