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BECCARIA, Giovanni Battista (1716-81). Dell' elettricisimo artificiale e naturale. Libri due, Turin: Filippo Antonio Campana, 1753.
4° (247 x 185mm.), half title, errata leaf at end (browned throughout with some light spotting), contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with olive-green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (bottom compartment repaired, rubbed and scuffed).
FIRST EDITION of Beccaria's first book which made him the leading champion of Franklin's new theory of electricity. He modified some aspects of Franklin's theory, devised new experiments and applied it to new areas. "... the book is notable for Beccaria's love of system ... and for his skill in designing apparatus, including such measuring devices as the electrical thermometer, whose invention is usually wrongly ascribed to Franklin's colleague Ebenezer Kinnersley" (DSB). Ekelov 353; Wheeler 375.
4° (247 x 185mm.), half title, errata leaf at end (browned throughout with some light spotting), contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with olive-green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (bottom compartment repaired, rubbed and scuffed).
FIRST EDITION of Beccaria's first book which made him the leading champion of Franklin's new theory of electricity. He modified some aspects of Franklin's theory, devised new experiments and applied it to new areas. "... the book is notable for Beccaria's love of system ... and for his skill in designing apparatus, including such measuring devices as the electrical thermometer, whose invention is usually wrongly ascribed to Franklin's colleague Ebenezer Kinnersley" (DSB). Ekelov 353; Wheeler 375.
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