An introduction to electricity in six sections. I. Of electricity in general. II. A description of the electrical machine. III. A description of the apparatus (belonging to the machine) for making electrical experiments. IV. How to know if the machine be in good order. . . V. How to make the electrical experiments, and to preserve buildings from damage by lightning. VI. Medical electricity. . . .
Published by Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell (Successor to Mr. Millar), in the Strand,, London:, 1770
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8vo. [4], 140 pp. With 3 large folding copper-engraved plates. Contemporary quarter-vellum over marbled boards, green & gilt morocco spine label (minor wear to corners, fore-edges, minor scuffing, very slight occasional foxing), still a superb bright fresh copy w/ fore-edges of textblock uncut, from the library of Dr. Sydney Ross (1915-2013), former professor of colloid chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, and founder of the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, and active bibliophile. First edition of this excellent early treatise on electricity, by the noted Scottish astronomer, instrument maker and author. The plates illustrated his globe electrical machine, with three large Leyden Phials, a view of the works and dial-face of an electrical clock, and an electrical wheel-work orrery, as well as a electrical triple pump. The final section describes several curious experiments with medical electricity, including one where he himself went to Mr. Adlam with a sore throat, where the medical electrician applied electrical sparks to his throat over the course of a couple hours, and he felt cured. Wheeler, I, 429; See: Henderson & Ferguson, Life of James Ferguson, pp. 371-377. …
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- Title
- An introduction to electricity in six sections. I. Of electricity in general. II. A description of the electrical machine. III. A description of the apparatus (belonging to the machine) for making electrical experiments. IV. How to know if the machine be in good order. . . V. How to make the electrical experiments, and to preserve buildings from damage by lightning. VI. Medical electricity. . . .
- Author
- FERGUSON, James.
- Publisher
- Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell (Successor to Mr. Millar), in the Strand,, London:
- Publication year
- 1770
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Electricity
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We are a small Used & Rare Bookseller available by appointment through phone, or e-mail. We exhibit at 10-14 trade shows a year, including the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Rose City Book Fair in Portland, Oregon, as well as many others. We specialize in History, Medicine, Science, Children's Literature, Photographs, Photography, Archives, Trade Catalogues with an emphasis on Salesman Sample Catalogues, and Nineteenth-century imprints.
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