Lot 465
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[Electricity] - Cavallo, Tiberius
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1803. First edition, 5 volumes (including plate volume), 8vo, inscription on verso of volume 1 title: "To William Young, Student of Logic, this Premium, given by the City of Edinburgh, was adjudged by David Ritchie, Professor Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh, 6th April, 1811", 29 double-page engraved plates mounted on guards, contemporary calf gilt, gilt arms to covers
Footnote
Note: Italian physicist and moral philosopher, he invented Cavallo's multiplier, a device used for the amplification of small electric charges, making them observable and measurable in an electroscope. He also worked on refrigeration.