An Attempt to Explain Some of the Principal Phenomena of Electricity, by Means of an Elastic Fluid. By the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (Extracted].
London. Royal Society. 1771/1772. 8vo. 22cm, pp.584-677, with 2 folding plates, on heavy stock paper, bound in quarter modern dark blue cloth and marbled boards, printed title labels on front & spine, small library stamp on verso of plates, last page of previous Transaction bound in, fine (scn.ds). Item #41341
~ An original Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society. Volume LXI. ~ Read Dec. 19, 1771 & Jan. 9, 1772. Wheeler 2462: "views on electrical theory of the celebrated English chemist and physicist; this one of the few papers published by the author during his lifetime"
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