Lot 375
Young, Thomas
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
A course of lectures on natural philosophy and the mechanical arts. London: William Savage for Joseph Johnson, 1807. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xxiv, [ii], 796; xii, [ii], 738, 58 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spines
Footnote
Note: Young, a prodigy as an infant, and a doctor by profession, was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution from 1801 to 1803. This work contains revised versions of the lectures he delivered during that time, including his demonstration of the fact of the interference of light, his lecture, "On Collision", which first suggested that the word "energy" be used in place of "living force" and his lecture on "Passive strength and friction", defining the ration between a stressing force and the resultant strain. Norman 2277.
Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.