An essaye on ice 1749
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AN ESSAY ON ICE 1749. MAIRAN, JEAN-JAQUES D´ORTOUS DE. Dissertation sur la glace, ou Explication physique de la formation de la glace, & de ses divers phénomènes. Par M. Dortous de Marain, l´un des quarante de l´Académie Francoise, de l´Academie Royale des Sciences, & c. A Paris, de l´Imprimerie Royale, 1749.
12mo. 171 x 102 mm. XXX, (10), 384, XX pp. With engraved frontispiece and 5 folding engraved plates. Somewhat worn contemporary mottled calf with gilt spine with red label and marbled edges. Occasional foxing, a couple of markings with pencil in margins. Stamp of Marcos de Estrada on front fly leaf.
Elaboration on a briefer essay from 1716. Jean-Jaques d´Ortous de Marain (1678-1771) was a French physicist end experimenter, most famous for his pioneering work on the circadian rhythms of plants. He died of pneumonia at the age of 92.
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465632
Datum:
2017-05-29