Versuche über die chemische Zerlegung der Luftkreises und über einige andere Gegenstände der Naturlehre.

Two engraved plates & four folding printed tables (each printed on both sides). 2 p.l., 258 pp. 8vo, cont. black boards (minor foxing), pale blue lettering piece on spine. Braunschweig: F. Vieweg, 1799.

First edition of an important work on eudiometry, containing valuable data on the composition of air and different gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide) and on the oxidation of phosphorus. At the end (pp. 255-58) is a letter by Humboldt to the brother of A.J. Garnerin, the first man to descend by parachute from a balloon (1797), on the analysis of air gathered by the latter 1300 meters above Paris.

Fine copy. Signature on free front-endpaper dated 13 June 1857 and stamp on verso of title of Dr. Schwarz.

❧ Neville, I, p. 666. Poggendorff, I, 1157.

Price: $2,500.00

Item ID: 1114

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