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An essaye on ice 1749

An essaye on ice 1749
An essaye on ice 1749
An essaye on ice 1749
An essaye on ice 1749
An essaye on ice 1749
An essaye on ice 1749

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2 000 SEK

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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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Auktionsnummer:

465632

Datum:

2017-05-29