LAMBERT, Johann Heinrich (1728-1777). Pyrometrie oder vom Maasse des Feuers und der Wärme, Berlin: Haude und Spener, 1779, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 8 folding engraved plates mounted on blue paper (quire Y to end with worsening stab marks at outer margin, plates also affected), modern marbled boards (spine a little worn) [Honeyman 1901] Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans; JCL

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LAMBERT, Johann Heinrich (1728-1777). Pyrometrie oder vom Maasse des Feuers und der Wärme, Berlin: Haude und Spener, 1779, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 8 folding engraved plates mounted on blue paper (quire Y to end with worsening stab marks at outer margin, plates also affected), modern marbled boards (spine a little worn) [Honeyman 1901] Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans; JCL

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Lambert's most important work, containing the record and full discussion of his experiments with heat.

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