Young, Thomas
A syllabus of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy
£1,260
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Press of the Royal Institution, 1802. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 162, 32, 4 parts in one volume, diagrams, nineteenth century half calf with cloth sides, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spine
Footnote
Note: Scarce. 'Young was the last of the natural philosophers who could know all that was to be known. He was the perfector of the wave theory of light, he expounded the mechanism of vision, stated the laws of blood circulation, introduced the modern conceptions of 'energy' and 'work done'' evolved a sound theory of tides, and helped decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosette Stone' (PMM 259 note).