From Malcolm Books, Thetford, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 10 April 2002
About this Item
62 + viii pages, unbound, tight copy, most pages good , the odd minor corner tip fold etc., a little edge fading to front/rear not to text, thin cord through inner edge. NO inscriptions, there are various illustrations within text. This is the first English publication on the description of electrotyping. In his preface he describes his experiments thus: "In the latter part of September, 1837, I was induced to make some Electro- Chemical experiments" etc & he ends by stating it should be called " Electrography" …. In September, 1839, Thomas Spencer read a paper to the Liverpool Polytechnic Society entitled 'On Working in Metal by Voltaic Electricity . In his paper, Spencer reported his experiments with the Daniell cell, and its use in electro-deposition of copper. etc. p.s. it was George Elkington and Henry Elkington who were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840…. This is an extremely rare item. 14 x 22cm.approx. Seller Inventory # 000921
Bibliographic Details
Title: Instructions for the Multiplication of Works...
Publisher: Richard Griffin and Company and Thomas Tegg, Glasgow & London
Publication Date: 1840
Edition: First Edition
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