Pure and Applied Science
ACCUM, Fredrick. A Practical Treatise on the Gas-Light, London: W. Clowes for R. Ackermann, 1818, 8°, fourth edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 folding, original cloth-backed light brown boards, printed paper spine label (spine ends slightly frayed, corners a little worn) -- John LESLIE. An Experimental Inquiry into the nature, and propogation, of Heat, London: T. Gillet for J. Mawman, 1804, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 9 engraved plates (mostly folding), contemporary calf (spine brittle and defective at ends, plates and text heavily dampstained). With Peter Barlow's A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and other Materials (London, 1845). (3)
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ACCUM, Fredrick. A Practical Treatise on the Gas-Light, London: W. Clowes for R. Ackermann, 1818, 8°, fourth edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 folding, original cloth-backed light brown boards, printed paper spine label (spine ends slightly frayed, corners a little worn) -- John LESLIE. An Experimental Inquiry into the nature, and propogation, of Heat, London: T. Gillet for J. Mawman, 1804, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 9 engraved plates (mostly folding), contemporary calf (spine brittle and defective at ends, plates and text heavily dampstained). With Peter Barlow's A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron, and other Materials (London, 1845). (3)