DALTON, John (1766-1844). Meteorological Observations and Essays, London: for W. Richardson, J. Phillips, and W. Pennington, 1793, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (short, marginal tear at foot of C1, longer tear to outer margin of 2B2, front free endpaper and blanks detached), contemporary calf (rebacked, but spine worn and front cover detached). [Honeyman 812-3,; Norman 574; Wheeler Gift 582] Provenance: E.N. da C. Andrade (bookplate); Joseph Halle Schaffner (bookplate and gift label)

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DALTON, John (1766-1844). Meteorological Observations and Essays, London: for W. Richardson, J. Phillips, and W. Pennington, 1793, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (short, marginal tear at foot of C1, longer tear to outer margin of 2B2, front free endpaper and blanks detached), contemporary calf (rebacked, but spine worn and front cover detached). [Honeyman 812-3,; Norman 574; Wheeler Gift 582] Provenance: E.N. da C. Andrade (bookplate); Joseph Halle Schaffner (bookplate and gift label)

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The seeds of Dalton's chemical atomic theory are contained in the ideas on evaporation expressed in this, his first book.

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